Francis F.G. Cottam Books in Order
Francis F.G. Cottam has written 20 books, published between 2001 and 2019. The first book is The Fire Fighter (2001) and the newest is The Auguries (As: F.G. Cottam) (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2001–2019
- Pages on record
- 4,436 in 15 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 74–111 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,436 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Francis F.G. Cottam writes suspense, thrillers and horror. The catalogue holds 20 books dated between 2001 and 2019, opening with The Fire Fighter (2001) and closing with The Auguries (2019); part of the run is bylined F.G. Cottam. Recorded subjects include the Second World War, London, Scotland, fire fighters, single women and mothers and daughters, with fantasy also listed. Short work is grouped under F.G. Cottam Short Stories/Novellas. No new Cottam title has been catalogued since 2019.
How many Francis F.G. Cottam books are there?
Francis F.G. Cottam has 20 books, released between 2001 and 2019.
Francis F.G. Cottam Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Francis F.G. Cottam 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.
- 1The Fire Fighter2001 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420013201/4
- 2Hamer's War2003 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420033041/4
- 3Slapton Sands2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420053201/4
- 4A Shadow On The Sun2006 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/420062771/4
- 5The House of Lost Souls (As: F.G. Cottam)2007 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/420073431/4
- 6Dark Echo (As: F.G. Cottam)2008 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420083681/4
- 7The Magdalena Curse (As: F.G. Cottam)2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 8The Waiting Room (As: F.G. Cottam)2010 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420103041/4
- 9The Resident2011 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420113041/4
- 10Brodmaw Bay (As: F.G. Cottam)2011 · 345 pages · confirmed 1/420113451/4
- 112012–1/4
- 12The Memory of Trees (As: F.G. Cottam)2013 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/420132491/4
- 1320142301/4
- 14The Lazarus Prophecy (As: F.G. Cottam)2014 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/420143601/4
- 152015–1/4
- 16An Absence of Natural Light (As: F.G. Cottam)F.G. Cottam Short Stories/Novellas #22015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 1720152641/4
- 182017–1/4
- 19The Lucifer Chord (As: F.G. Cottam)2018 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420182401/4
- 20The Auguries (As: F.G. Cottam)2019 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420192081/4
Francis F.G. Cottam 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.
Colony in order
3 booksF.G. Cottam Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Shadow World in order
1 bookStandalone books
14 books14 Francis F.G. Cottam titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Francis F.G. Cottam books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 20 Francis F.G. Cottam books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Francis F.G. Cottam
Start with The Fire Fighter (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Francis F.G. Cottam book?
The Auguries (As: F.G. Cottam) (2019) is the newest Francis F.G. Cottam book released so far.
Is there a new Francis F.G. Cottam book coming?
No next Francis F.G. Cottam book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Francis F.G. Cottam at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Francis F.G. Cottam title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Francis F.G. Cottam books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,436 pages across the 15 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Francis F.G. Cottam books, 14 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Francis F.G. Cottam books are about
15 of the 20 Francis F.G. Cottam books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 4 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.