Garry Douglas Kilworth Books in Order

Garry Douglas Kilworth has written 87 books, published between 1977 and 2023. The first book is In Solitary (1977) and the newest is The Gogamagog Circus (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
87
Published
1977–2023
Confirmed
1 of 87 titles
Pages on record
18,553 in 75 of 87 books
Reading time
309–464 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 18,553 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 75 of 87 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Garry Douglas Kilworth, author

Garry Douglas Kilworth is a British novelist of science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction, born in York, England, on 5 July 1941, and formerly a cryptographer in the Royal Air Force. The catalogue lists 87 books from In Solitary (1977) to The Gogamagog Circus (2023). Series include Sergeant Jack Crossman, Welkin Weasels, Navigator Kings, Knights of Liofwende, Electric Kid and Ensign Early. Subjects include the Crimean War, weasels, foxes, monsters and children's fiction.

How many Garry Douglas Kilworth books are there?

Garry Douglas Kilworth has 87 books, released between 1977 and 2023. They include 8 series and 48 titles listed outside any series.

Garry Douglas Kilworth Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 87 Garry Douglas Kilworth 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.

  1. 1
    In Solitary1977 · 131 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977131
  2. 2
    The Night of Kadar1978 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978193
  3. 3
    Split Second1979 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979240
  4. 4
    Gemini God1981 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981240
  5. 5
    The Songbirds of PainGarry Douglas Kilworth #11984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984
  6. 6
    A Theatre of Timesmiths1984 · 185 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984185
  7. 7
    Witchwater Country1986 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986208
  8. 8
    The Wizard of Woodworld1987 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987142
  9. 9
    The Voyage of the Vigilance1988 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988144
  10. 10
    Cloudrock1988 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988160
  11. 11
    Abandonati1988 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988162
  12. 12
    Spiral Winds1988 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988240
  13. 13
    In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea WaveGarry Douglas Kilworth #21989 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989232
  14. 14
    The Foxes of Firstdark1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989
  15. 15
    The Rain GhostEncyclopocalypse Classics #51990 · confirmed 3/4
    1990
  16. 16
    Midnight's Sun1990 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990317
  17. 17
    Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks1990 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990128
  18. 18
    The Drowners1991 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991160
  19. 19
    The Third Dragon1991 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991147
  20. 20
    Frost Dancers1992 · 381 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992381
  21. 21
    Standing on Shamsan1992 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992280
  22. 22
    AngelAngel #11993 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993320
  23. 23
    Hogfoot Right and Bird HandsGarry Douglas Kilworth #31993 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993156
  24. 24
    Billy Pink's Private Detective Agency1993 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993160
  25. 25
    The Electric KidElectric Kid #11994 · 137 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994137
  26. 26
    ArchangelAngel #21994 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994256
  27. 27
    The Phantom Piper1994 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994160
  28. 28
    The Brontë Girls1995 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995160
  29. 29
    House of Tribes1995 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995448
  30. 30
    The Roof Of VoyagingNavigator Kings #11996 · 426 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996426

Garry Douglas Kilworth series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Garry Douglas Kilworth 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.

Garry Douglas Kilworth in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Songbirds of Pain
  2. 2. In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave
  3. 3. Hogfoot Right and Bird Hands
  4. 4. Moby Jack and Other Tall Tales
  5. 6. The Fabulous Beast
  6. 7. The Best Short Stories of Garry Kilworth
  7. 8. A Rural 1950's Boyhood

Welkin Weasels in order

6 books
  1. 1. Thunder Oak
  2. 2. Castle Storm
  3. 3. Gaslight Geezers
  4. 4. Heastward Ho!
  5. 5. Windjammer Run
  6. 6. Vampire Voles

Red Pavillions in order

3 books
  1. 1. Knight's Dawn
  2. 2. Wizard's Funeral
  3. 3. Scabbard's Song

Knights of Liofwende in order

3 books
  1. 1. Spiggot's Quest
  2. 2. Mallmoc's Castle
  3. 3. Boggart and Fen

Angel in order

2 books
  1. 1. Angel
  2. 2. Archangel

Electric Kid in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Electric Kid
  2. 2. Cybercats

Ensign Early in order

2 books
  1. 1. Scarlet Sash
  2. 2. Dragoons

Memoirs in order

1 book
  1. 1. On My Way to Samarkand

Encyclopocalypse Classics in order

1 book
  1. 5. The Rain Ghost

Robert Holdstock in order

1 book
  1. 5. Poems, Peoms and Other Atrocities

Standalone books

48 books

48 Garry Douglas Kilworth titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Garry Douglas Kilworth books in order?

You only need to read Garry Douglas Kilworth books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Garry Douglas Kilworth

Start with The Devil's Own (1998), the first Sergeant Jack Crossman book. The earliest catalogued title overall is In Solitary (1977).

What is the newest Garry Douglas Kilworth book?

The Gogamagog Circus (2023) is the newest Garry Douglas Kilworth book released so far.

Is there a new Garry Douglas Kilworth book coming?

No next Garry Douglas Kilworth book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Garry Douglas Kilworth has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 11 nominations for Garry Douglas Kilworth. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1993Wonfor The Ragthorn
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Novella1992Wonfor The Ragthorn
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2001Shortlistedfor The Ragthorn
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2000Shortlistedfor The Sculptor
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Collection1994Shortlistedfor Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette1992Shortlistedfor The Ragthorn
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel1992Shortlistedfor Abandonati
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1992Shortlistedfor The Sculptor
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1988Shortlistedfor Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Collection1985Shortlistedfor The Songbirds of Pain
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1984Shortlistedfor Spiral Winds
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette1983Shortlistedfor Blind Windows

Garry Douglas Kilworth at a glance

Paused
No new Garry Douglas Kilworth title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Garry Douglas Kilworth books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
18,553 pages across the 75 of 87 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Garry Douglas Kilworth books, 32 of 87, were published in the 1990s.

What the Garry Douglas Kilworth books are about

52 of the 87 Garry Douglas Kilworth books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 12 of 52. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.