Ernest Cline Books in Order
Ernest Cline has written 5 books, published between 2006 and 2024. The first book is The Importance of Being Ernest (2006) and the newest is Bridge to Bat City (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2006–2024
- Confirmed
- 5 of 5 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,219 in 4 of 5 books
- Reading time
- 20–30 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,219 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.
Ernest Cline has 5 catalogued books. Ready Player One (2011), set in a shared virtual world built on puzzles, is the best known of them, and Cline co-wrote the screenplay for the Steven Spielberg film adaptation. Armada (2015) and Ready Player Two (2020) followed. The Importance of Being Ernest (2006) opens the catalogue and Bridge to Bat City (2024) is catalogued under his children's writing. Cline also performs as a slam poet.
How many Ernest Cline books are there?
Ernest Cline has 5 books, released between 2006 and 2024. They include 2 separate series.
Ernest Cline Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Ernest Cline books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 12006773/4
- 220113743/4
- 320153843/4
- 420203843/4
- 52024–3/4
Ernest Cline series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Ready Player One books in order 2 books
Ernest Cline books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Ernest Cline Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ernest Cline Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ernest Cline Children's in order
1 bookDo you have to read Ernest Cline books in order?
You only need to read Ernest Cline books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ernest Cline
Start with Ready Player One (2011), the first Ready Player One book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Importance of Being Ernest (2006).
What is the newest Ernest Cline book?
Bridge to Bat City (2024) is the newest Ernest Cline book released so far.
Is there a new Ernest Cline book coming?
No next Ernest Cline book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Ernest Cline
Wikidata records 2 nominations for Ernest Cline. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2021Shortlistedfor Ready Player Two
- Locus Award for Best First Novel2012Shortlistedfor Ready Player One
Ernest Cline at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ernest Cline published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Ernest Cline books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 1,219 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 379 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ernest Cline books, 2 of 5, were published in the 2020s.
What the Ernest Cline books are about
4 of the 5 Ernest Cline books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: regression (civilization) is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Regression (Civilization) 2 of 4 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 2 of 4 books
- Utopias 2 of 4 books
- Virtual reality 2 of 4 books
- Dystopias 1 of 4 books
- Space opera 1 of 4 books
- Thrillers 1 of 4 books
- High schools 1 of 4 books
- High school students--Fiction 1 of 4 books
- Human-alien encounters 1 of 4 books
- Human-alien encounters--Fiction 1 of 4 books