Graham Hancock Books in Order
Graham Hancock has written 27 books, published between 1979 and 2022. The first book is Africa Guide 1980 (1979) and the newest is Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1979–2022
- Pages on record
- 10,190 in 23 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 170–255 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,190 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Graham Hancock writes about ancient civilisations, lost continents and the record of early exploration. The catalogue starts in travel and reportage, with Africa Guide 1980 (1979), Journey Through Pakistan (1982), Ethiopia (1985), AIDS (1986) and Lords of Poverty (1989). 27 titles are catalogued in all, the last being Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness in 2022.
How many Graham Hancock books are there?
Graham Hancock has 27 books, released between 1979 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the War God series.
Graham Hancock Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Graham Hancock 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.
- 1Africa Guide 19801979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 2Gulf Guide and Diary 19811980 · confirmed 1/41980–1/4
- 3Journey Through Pakistan1982 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/419822541/4
- 4Ethiopia1985 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/419851271/4
- 5AIDS1986 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419861911/4
- 6Lords of Poverty1989 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/419892341/4
- 7African Ark1990 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/419903101/4
- 8The Sign and the Seal1992 · 600 pages · confirmed 1/419926001/4
- 9Fingerprints of the Gods1995 · 578 pages · confirmed 1/419955781/4
- 10The Beauty of Historic Ethiopia1995 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/419951191/4
- 11The Mars Mystery1997 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/419973441/4
- 12The Message of the Sphinx / Keeper Of Genesis1997 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/419973621/4
- 13Heaven's Mirror1998 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/419983361/4
- 14Fingerprints of the Gods: The Quest Continues2001 · 764 pages · confirmed 1/420017641/4
- 15Underworld2002 · 769 pages · confirmed 1/420027691/4
- 16Talisman2004 · 562 pages · confirmed 1/420045621/4
- 17Supernatural2005 · 710 pages · confirmed 1/420057101/4
- 18Entangled2010 · 435 pages · confirmed 1/420104351/4
- 19Lost Knowledge of the Ancients2010 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/420102411/4
- 20The Master Game2011 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/420115761/4
- 212013–1/4
- 222014–1/4
- 23The Divine Spark2015 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/420153101/4
- 24Magicians of the Gods2015 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/420156081/4
- 2520175121/4
- 26America Before2019 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/420196081/4
- 27Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness2022 · 640 pages · confirmed 1/420226401/4
Graham Hancock 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.
War God in order
3 booksStandalone books
24 books24 Graham Hancock titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Graham Hancock Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Graham Hancock books run from Africa Guide 1980 (1979) to Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Graham Hancock in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Graham Hancock books in order?
You only need to read Graham Hancock books in order within the War God series, which holds 3 of the 27 Graham Hancock books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Graham Hancock
Start with Africa Guide 1980 (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Graham Hancock book?
Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness (2022) is the newest Graham Hancock book released so far.
Is there a new Graham Hancock book coming?
No next Graham Hancock book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Graham Hancock at a glance
- Paused
- No new Graham Hancock title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Graham Hancock books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 10,190 pages across the 23 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 435 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Graham Hancock books, 9 of 27, were published in the 2010s.
What the Graham Hancock books are about
24 of the 27 Graham Hancock books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: ancient civilization is tagged on 6 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Ancient Civilization 6 of 24 books
- History 4 of 24 books
- Lost continents 4 of 24 books
- Miscellanea 3 of 24 books
- Travel 3 of 24 books
- Continentes perdidos 2 of 24 books
- Descubrimiento y exploración 2 of 24 books
- Discovery and exploration 2 of 24 books
- Early works to 1800 2 of 24 books
- Freemasons 2 of 24 books
- Great Sphinx (Egypt) 2 of 24 books