James Rollins Books in Order
James Rollins has written 48 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is Subterranean (1999) and the newest is Trust No One (2026). One more title is announced: Into the Serpent’s Nest (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
James Rollins is the pen name of James Paul Czajkowski. James Rollins also publishes as James Clemens.
- Books
- 48 + 1 announced
- Published
- 1999–2026
- Confirmed
- 48 of 49 titles
- Pages on record
- 13,583 in 26 of 49 books
- Reading time
- 226–340 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,583 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 49 titles with a page count on record.
James Rollins is the pen name of James Paul Czajkowski, an American writer born August 20, 1961, who gave up a veterinary practice in Sacramento, California to write full time. Rollins writes action-adventure, mystery and techno-thriller novels, often set underground or underwater, drawing on experience as an amateur caver and certified scuba diver. The catalogue opens with Subterranean (1999) and Excavation (2000), counts 49 books through Trust No One (2026), and lists Into the Serpent's Nest for 2027. Series include Sigma Force, the Order of the Sanguines, Tucker Wayne and Jake Ransom. Under a second pen name, James Clemens, Czajkowski publishes fantasy.
The Sigma Force series follows a covert team of scientists and former military operatives who investigate ancient secrets and confront threats to humanity across multiple countries, combining scientific research with historical mysteries.
How many James Rollins books are there?
James Rollins has 48 published books, released between 1999 and 2026. They include 6 separate series. One more, Into the Serpent’s Nest (2027), is announced.
James Rollins Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 49 James Rollins books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119994103/4
- 220004163/4
- 320014503/4
- 420025103/4
- 520035213/4
- 620047364/4
- 72005–4/4
- 82006–3/4
- 92006–4/4
- 1020077044/4
- 112008–4/4
- 12Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullJames Rollins Standalone Novels #62008 · 330 pages · confirmed 3/420083303/4
- 132009–3/4
- 1420095764/4
- 1520095123/4
- 162010–3/4
- 1720106474/4
- 182011–3/4
- 192012–3/4
- 202012–3/4
- 212012–2/4
- 2220124643/4
- 2320137173/4
- 242013–3/4
- 2520136563/4
- 2620135764/4
- 2720143883/4
- 2820145873/4
- 292014–3/4
- 3020154063/4
- 312015–3/4
- 322015–3/4
- 3320163683/4
- 342016–3/4
- 3520164253/4
- 362017–3/4
- 3720174643/4
- 3820184803/4
- 3920205443/4
- 402020–3/4
- 4120225763/4
- 4220224483/4
- 4320236723/4
- 442023–3/4
- 452024–4/4
- 462025–3/4
- 472026–3/4
- 482026–3/4
- 492027–3/4
James Rollins series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Moon Fall books in order 4 books
- Sigma Force books in order 18 books
James Rollins 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.
Sigma Force books in order
18 books by James Rollins- 1. Sandstorm
- 2. Map of Bones
- 3. Black Order
- 4. The Judas Strain
- 5. The Last Oracle
- 6. The Doomsday Key
- 7. The Devil Colony
- 8. Bloodline
- 9. The Eye of God
- 10. The 6th Extinction
- 11. The Bone Labyrinth
- 12. The Seventh Plague
- and 6 more in the table above
James Rollins Standalone Novels
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sigma Force Short Stories/Novellas
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Order Of The Sanguines in order
5 booksJake Ransom in order
2 booksTucker Wayne in order
2 books- 1. The Kill Switch
- 2. War Hawk
James Rollins Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sigma Force: A New Era in order
1 bookCotton Malone books in order
1 book by James RollinsJames Rollins Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the James Rollins books run from Subterranean (1999) to Trust No One (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for James Rollins in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read James Rollins books in order?
You only need to read James Rollins books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read James Rollins books in?
Read James Rollins one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Moon Fall starts with The Starless Crown (2022) and Sigma Force starts with Sandstorm (2004). The earliest catalogued title overall is Subterranean (1999).
What is the newest James Rollins book?
Trust No One (2026) is the newest James Rollins book released so far.
Is there a new James Rollins book coming?
Yes. Into the Serpent’s Nest (2027) is the next James Rollins book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
James Rollins at a glance
- Still publishing
- James Rollins is still publishing. Into the Serpent’s Nest is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- James Rollins books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,583 pages across the 26 of 49 books with a recorded length, a median of 511 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most James Rollins books, 23 of 49, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 9 of the 49 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 48 in at least three.
What the James Rollins books are about
29 of the 49 James Rollins 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 15 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 15 of 29 books
- Action & adventure 10 of 29 books
- Science fiction 8 of 29 books
- Special operations (military science) 5 of 29 books
- Archaeologists 4 of 29 books
- Secret societies 4 of 29 books
- Conspiracies 3 of 29 books
- Suspense 3 of 29 books
- Antiquities 2 of 29 books
- Archaeology 2 of 29 books
- Bible 2 of 29 books
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