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Ian Whates Books in Order

Ian Whates has written 16 books, published between 2009 and 2023. The first book is The Gift of Joy (2009) and the newest is Shoreline of Infinity 34 (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2009–2023
Confirmed
1 of 16 titles
Pages on record
1,686 in 6 of 16 books
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Ian Whates is a British writer and editor of speculative fiction who launched the independent publishing house NewCon Press in 2006 and has served as a director of both the Science Fiction Writers of America and the British Science Fiction Association. Whates lives in Cambridgeshire. The short story The Gift of Joy drew a British Science Fiction Award nomination in 2007, and the space opera novel Pelquin's Comet arrived in 2015. The catalogue holds 16 titles, among them the City of a Hundred Rows and Noise books, with subjects covering crime, murder, assassins, social classes and science fiction.

How many Ian Whates books are there?

Ian Whates has 16 books, released between 2009 and 2023. They include 3 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Ian Whates Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Ian Whates 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. Cover of City of Dreams & Nightmare by Ian Whates, book 1 of the City of a Hundred Rows series (2010)
  2. Cover of The Noise Within by Ian Whates, book 1 of the Noise series (2010)
  3. Cover of City of Hope & Despair by Ian Whates, book 2 of the City of a Hundred Rows series (2010)
  4. Cover of The Noise Revealed by Ian Whates, book 2 of the Noise series (2011)
  5. Cover of City of Light & Shadow by Ian Whates, book 3 of the City of a Hundred Rows series (2011)
  6. Cover of Pelquin's Comet by Ian Whates, book 1 of the Dark Angels series (2015)
  7. Cover of The Ion Raider by Ian Whates, book 2 of the Dark Angels series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Gift of Joy2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    City of Dreams & NightmareCity of a Hundred Rows #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    The Noise WithinNoise #12010 · 334 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010334
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  4. 4
    City of Hope & DespairCity of a Hundred Rows #22010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    One Night in London2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  6. 6
    The Noise RevealedNoise #22011 · 428 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011428
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  7. 7
    City of Light & ShadowCity of a Hundred Rows #32011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  8. 8
    Growing Pains2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  9. 9
    Pelquin's CometDark Angels #12015 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015272
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  10. 10
    Dark Travellings2016 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016172
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  11. 11
    The Ion RaiderDark Angels #22017 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017242
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  12. 12
    The Smallest of Things2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  13. 14
    Dark Angels RisingDark Angels #32020 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020238
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  14. 15
    The Double-Edged Sword2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  15. 16
    Shoreline of Infinity 34Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine #352023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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Ian Whates 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.

City of a Hundred Rows in order

3 books
  1. 1. City of Dreams & Nightmare
  2. 2. City of Hope & Despair
  3. 3. City of Light & Shadow

Dark Angels in order

3 books
  1. 1. Pelquin's Comet
  2. 2. The Ion Raider
  3. 3. Dark Angels Rising

Noise in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Noise Within
  2. 2. The Noise Revealed

Harvester in order

1 book
  1. 5. Wourism And Other Stories

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in order

1 book
  1. 35. Shoreline of Infinity 34

Standalone books

6 books

6 Ian Whates titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ian Whates books in order?

You only need to read Ian Whates books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ian Whates

Start with The Gift of Joy (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ian Whates book?

Shoreline of Infinity 34 (2023) is the newest Ian Whates book released so far.

Is there a new Ian Whates book coming?

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

Ian Whates at a glance

Paused
No new Ian Whates title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Ian Whates books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,686 pages across the 6 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 257 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ian Whates books, 12 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ian Whates books are about

5 of the 16 Ian Whates books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.