Jay Allan Books in Order
Jay Allan has written 54 books, published between 2012 and 2022. The first book is Gehenna Dawn (2012) and the newest is Empire Reborn (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 54
- Published
- 2012–2022
- Pages on record
- 10,147 in 27 of 54 books
- Reading time
- 169–254 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,147 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 54 titles with a page count on record.
Military science fiction fills Jay Allan's catalogue: space warfare, galactic empires, colonisation and imaginary wars are the recorded subjects. Fifty-four books span 2012 to 2022, grouped into Crimson Worlds with its successor and refugee cycles, Blood on the Stars, Far Stars, Portal Wars, Flames of Rebellion and the Andromeda Chronicles. Gehenna Dawn (2012) is the earliest catalogued title and Empire Reborn (2022) the last. Crimson Worlds supplies the recurring cast, and the run has been dormant since 2022.
How many Jay Allan books are there?
Jay Allan has 54 books, released between 2012 and 2022. They include 9 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Jay Allan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 54 Jay Allan 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.
- 12012–2/4
- 220122362/4
- 42012–2/4
- 52013–2/4
- 62013–2/4
- 72013–2/4
- 820132842/4
- 92013–2/4
- 102013–2/4
- 112013–2/4
- 122014–2/4
- 132014–2/4
- 142014–2/4
- 152014–2/4
- 1620143162/4
- 1720153042/4
- 1820152862/4
- 1920153772/4
- 2020154332/4
- 2120153622/4
- 222015–2/4
- 232016–2/4
- 2420163682/4
- 252016–2/4
- 262016–2/4
- 2720163442/4
- 2820163162/4
- 292016–2/4
- 3020174042/4
- 3120174402/4
- 3220173762/4
- 332017–2/4
- 3420173762/4
- 3520174282/4
- 3620183842/4
- 3720183162/4
- 382018–2/4
- 3920184062/4
- 4020184162/4
- 4120184902/4
- 4220183442/4
- 4320194972/4
- 442019–2/4
- 452019–2/4
- 462019–2/4
- 4720193952/4
- 482019–2/4
- 492019–2/4
- 5020194132/4
- 512020–2/4
- 5220203572/4
- 532021–2/4
- 5420224792/4
Jay Allan series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Crimson Worlds books in order 23 books
Jay Allan 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.
Blood on the Stars in order
18 books- 1. Duel in the Dark
- 2. Call to Arms
- 3. Ruins of Empire
- 4. Echoes of Glory
- 5. Cauldron of Fire
- 6. Dauntless
- 7. The White Fleet
- 8. Black Dawn
- 9. Invasion
- 10. Nightfall
- 11. The Grand Alliance
- 12. The Colossus
- and 6 more in the table above
Crimson Worlds books in order
10 books by Jay AllanCrimson Worlds Refugees in order
6 booksCrimson Worlds Prequel Novellas
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Far Stars in order
4 booksPortal Wars in order
3 booksCrimson Worlds Successors in order
3 booksFlames of Rebellion in order
2 booksAndromeda Chronicles in order
2 booksFar Stars Legends in order
1 book- 1. Blackhawk
Standalone books
1 book1 Jay Allan title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jay Allan books in order?
You only need to read Jay Allan 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 Jay Allan
Start with Marines (2012), the first Crimson Worlds book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Gehenna Dawn (2012).
What is the newest Jay Allan book?
Empire Reborn (2022) is the newest Jay Allan book released so far.
Is there a new Jay Allan book coming?
No next Jay Allan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jay Allan at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jay Allan title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Jay Allan books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,147 pages across the 27 of 54 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jay Allan books, 50 of 54, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jay Allan books are about
6 of the 54 Jay Allan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: imaginary wars and battles is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Imaginary wars and battles 3 of 6 books
- Science fiction 3 of 6 books
- Space warfare 3 of 6 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 2 of 6 books
- Space opera 2 of 6 books