Jamie Thomson Books in Order
Jamie Thomson has written 39 books, published between 1984 and 2018. The first book is Talisman of Death (1984) and the newest is The Serpent King's Domain (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 1984–2018
- Pages on record
- 6,243 in 26 of 39 books
- Reading time
- 104–156 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,243 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 39 titles with a page count on record.
Jamie Thomson, born 14 November 1958, is a British writer, editor and game developer who won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2012. Subjects include adventure games, fantasy games, magic and humorous stories, and the catalogue lists 39 books from Talisman of Death (1984) to The Serpent King's Domain (2018). Thomson's series include Way of the Tiger, Fabled Lands, Tales of the Fabled Lands, Falcon, Dark Lord, Crystal Maze Gamebooks and Starship Captain. Titles from 1985 include Avenger!, Assassin! and Usurper!. Mark Smith and Dave Morris each share credit on 1 book.
How many Jamie Thomson books are there?
Jamie Thomson has 39 books, released between 1984 and 2018. They include 9 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Jamie Thomson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Jamie Thomson 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.
- 119842502/4
- 21985–1/4
- 31985–1/4
- 419852551/4
- 519852421/4
- 61985–1/4
- 71985–1/4
- 819851921/4
- 91986–1/4
- 101986–1/4
- 111986–1/4
- 1219861711/4
- 131986–1/4
- 1419861901/4
- 1519872241/4
- 1619872401/4
- 1719872241/4
- 1819883041/4
- 1919904002/4
- 2019911601/4
- 211992641/4
- 2219952361/4
- 2319952401/4
- 2419952301/4
- 251995–1/4
- 271996961/4
- 292011–1/4
- 302011–1/4
- 312011721/4
- 3220123711/4
- 3320142881/4
- 342014–1/4
- 3520153041/4
- 3620153021/4
- 3720172881/4
- 38Can You Brexit?: Without Breaking Britain2018 · 412 pages · confirmed 1/420184121/4
- 3920184081/4
Jamie Thomson series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Way of the Tiger books in order 8 books
- Fabled Lands books in order 8 books
Jamie Thomson 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.
Falcon in order
6 booksDuelmasater in order
4 booksDark Lord in order
4 booksCrystal Maze Gamebooks in order
2 booksStarship Captain in order
2 booksFighting Fantasy Gamebooks in order
2 booksJamie Thomson Gamebooks in order
1 bookTales of the Fabled Lands in order
1 bookBlood Sword in order
1 bookStandalone books
2 books2 Jamie Thomson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jamie Thomson books in order?
You only need to read Jamie Thomson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jamie Thomson
Start with the first book of the Jamie Thomson series you want to read: Way of the Tiger starts with Avenger! (1985) and Fabled Lands starts with The War-Torn Kingdom (1995). The earliest catalogued title overall is Talisman of Death (1984).
What is the newest Jamie Thomson book?
The Serpent King's Domain (2018) is the newest Jamie Thomson book released so far.
Is there a new Jamie Thomson book coming?
No next Jamie Thomson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jamie Thomson at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jamie Thomson title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jamie Thomson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,243 pages across the 26 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jamie Thomson books, 18 of 39, were published in the 1980s.
What the Jamie Thomson books are about
18 of the 39 Jamie Thomson 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 8 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 8 of 18 books
- Juvenile literature 6 of 18 books
- Adventure games 5 of 18 books
- Humor 5 of 18 books
- Adventure stories 4 of 18 books
- Games 4 of 18 books
- Games, juvenile literature 3 of 18 books
- Magic 3 of 18 books
- Fantasy 2 of 18 books
- Fantasy games 2 of 18 books
- Good and evil 2 of 18 books