James Becker Books in Order
James Becker has written 19 books, published between 2008 and 2023. The first book is The First Apostle (2008) and the newest is Thoth's Riddle: Flights of Fantasy (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 2008–2023
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,467 in 12 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 74–112 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,467 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
James Becker writes historical thrillers about relics and lost treasure. Nineteen books are catalogued between 2008 and 2023, beginning with The First Apostle (2008) and ending with Thoth's Riddle: Flights of Fantasy (2023). Chris Bronson is the recurring character, and the Chris Bronson sequence runs alongside the Lost Treasure of the Templars books, the Steven Hunter Thrillers and a set of standalone novels. The Moses Stone (2009), The Messiah Secret (2010), The Nosferatu Scroll (2011), Echo of the Reich (2012) and The Lost Testament (2013) fill out the middle of the run. Christian antiquities, the Knights Templar, cryptographers and treasure troves are the recurring subjects.
How many James Becker books are there?
James Becker has 19 books, released between 2008 and 2023. They include 4 separate series.
James Becker Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 James Becker 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.
- 120083523/4
- 220094803/4
- 32010–3/4
- 420114663/4
- 52012–3/4
- 62012–3/4
- 720134483/4
- 82014–3/4
- 920155283/4
- 10Thoth's Riddle: Masters of the Dark Arts and HumanitiesJames Becker #12015 · 26 pages · confirmed 3/42015263/4
- 1120164803/4
- 122016–3/4
- 132016263/4
- 1420174643/4
- 1520174163/4
- 1620193863/4
- 1720193953/4
- 182020–3/4
- 192023–3/4
James Becker 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.
Chris Bronson in order
7 booksJames Becker in order
4 booksLost Treasure of the Templars in order
3 booksJames Becker Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Steven Hunter Thrillers in order
2 booksDo you have to read James Becker books in order?
You only need to read James Becker books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with James Becker
Start with The First Apostle (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest James Becker book?
Thoth's Riddle: Flights of Fantasy (2023) is the newest James Becker book released so far.
Is there a new James Becker book coming?
No next James Becker book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
James Becker at a glance
- Paused
- No new James Becker title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- James Becker books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,467 pages across the 12 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 432 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most James Becker books, 15 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the James Becker books are about
12 of the 19 James Becker books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 8 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 8 of 12 books
- Suspense 5 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 12 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 12 books
- Antiquarian booksellers 2 of 12 books
- Christian antiquities 2 of 12 books
- Cryptographers 2 of 12 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 12 books
- Knights Templar (Masonic order) 2 of 12 books
- Treasure troves 2 of 12 books