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J.M. Lee Books in Order

J.M. Lee has written 10 books, published between 2014 and 2025. The first book is Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Author Quest (2014) and the newest is Artificial Truth (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2014–2025
Pages on record
1,832 in 8 of 10 books
Reading time
31–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,832 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable J.M. Lee checklist

J.M. Lee is the name on the J.M. Lee Standalone Novels series, which includes The Nightland Express (2021) and Artificial Truth (2025). Subjects include children's fiction, fantasy, adventure, twins, brothers and sisters and friendship. The listing also carries Dark Crystal titles such as Shadows of the Dark Crystal (2016) and Flames of the Dark Crystal (2019).

How many J.M. Lee books are there?

J.M. Lee has 10 books, released between 2014 and 2025.

J.M. Lee Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 J.M. Lee 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 Shadows of the Dark Crystal by J.M. Lee, book 2 of the Dark Crystal series (2016)
  2. Cover of Tides of the Dark Crystal by J.M. Lee, book 4 of the Dark Crystal series (2018)
  3. Cover of The Nightland Express by J.M. Lee, book 1 of the J.M. Lee Standalone Novels series (2021)
  1. 1
    Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Author QuestDark Crystal #12014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  2. 2
    Shadows of the Dark CrystalDark Crystal #22016 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016272
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  3. 3
    Song of the Dark CrystalDark Crystal #32017 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017272
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  4. 4
    Tides of the Dark CrystalDark Crystal #42018 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018296
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  5. 5
    Flames of the Dark CrystalDark Crystal #52019 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019272
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  6. 6
    Aughra's Words of WisdomDark Crystal #62019 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201940
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  7. 7
    Heroes of the ResistanceDark Crystal #72019 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201988
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  8. 8
    Songs of the Seven Gelfling ClansDark Crystal #82020 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020224
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  9. 9
    The Nightland ExpressJ.M. Lee Standalone Novels #12021 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021368
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  10. 10
    Artificial TruthJ.M. Lee Standalone Novels #22025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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J.M. Lee 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.

Dark Crystal in order

8 books
  1. 1. Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Author Quest
  2. 2. Shadows of the Dark Crystal
  3. 3. Song of the Dark Crystal
  4. 4. Tides of the Dark Crystal
  5. 5. Flames of the Dark Crystal
  6. 6. Aughra's Words of Wisdom
  7. 7. Heroes of the Resistance
  8. 8. Songs of the Seven Gelfling Clans

J.M. Lee Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read J.M. Lee books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 J.M. Lee books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with J.M. Lee

Start with Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Author Quest (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest J.M. Lee book?

Artificial Truth (2025) is the newest J.M. Lee book released so far.

Is there a new J.M. Lee book coming?

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

J.M. Lee at a glance

Still publishing
J.M. Lee published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
J.M. Lee books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,832 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most J.M. Lee books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the J.M. Lee books are about

2 of the 10 J.M. Lee 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 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.