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James Bradley Books in Order

James Bradley has written 12 books, published between 1994 and 2025. The first book is Paper Nautilus (1994) and the newest is Landfall (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1994–2025
Pages on record
2,307 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
38–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,307 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable James Bradley checklist

James Bradley is an Australian novelist and critic whose novels look at both past and future. In 2012 Bradley received the Pascall Prize for Criticism and the title of Australian Critic of the Year. The catalogue records 12 books from Paper Nautilus (1994) to Landfall (2025), including Wrack (1997), The Deep Field (1999), The Resurrectionist (2006), Clade (2015) and Ghost Species (2020). Subjects include Australia, shipwrecks, archaeologists and life on other planets.

How many James Bradley books are there?

James Bradley has 12 books, released between 1994 and 2025.

James Bradley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 James Bradley 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 Wrack by James Bradley (1997)
  2. Cover of The Deep Field by James Bradley (1999)
  3. Cover of The Resurrectionist by James Bradley (2006)
  4. Cover of Clade by James Bradley (2015)
  5. Cover of The Buried Ark by James Bradley, book 2 of the Change series (2018)
  1. 1
    Paper Nautilus1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  2. 2
    Wrack1997 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997340
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Deep Field1999 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999358
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Resurrectionist2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Beauty's Sister2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Clade2015 · 301 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015301
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Silent InvasionChange #12017 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017300
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Buried ArkChange #22018 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Ghost Species2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    A Vastness of StarsChange #32023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Deep Water2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Landfall2025 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025384
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James Bradley books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Change books in order

3 books by James Bradley
  1. 1. The Silent Invasion
  2. 2. The Buried Ark
  3. 3. A Vastness of Stars

Standalone books

9 books

9 James Bradley titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read James Bradley books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 James Bradley books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with James Bradley

Start with Paper Nautilus (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Bradley book?

Landfall (2025) is the newest James Bradley book released so far.

Is there a new James Bradley book coming?

No next James Bradley 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 Bradley at a glance

Still publishing
James Bradley published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
James Bradley books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,307 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Bradley books, 4 of 12, were published in the 2020s.

What the James Bradley books are about

9 of the 12 James Bradley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: australia is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.