Jeff Crook Books in Order

Jeff Crook has written 10 books, published between 1999 and 2016. The first book is The Rose and the Skull (1999) and the newest is Sinbad and the Sword of the Prophet (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1999–2016
Pages on record
2,791 in 9 of 10 books
Reading time
47–70 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,791 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Jeff Crook is an American novelist and a former technical writer for the United States Postal Service. The catalogue splits between shared-world fantasy and crime: DragonLance is the recorded character entry, Dungeons & Dragons novels and Forgotten Realms non-fiction sit in the subject list, and Jackie Lyons is the other series. Ten books are listed from The Rose and the Skull (1999) to Sinbad and the Sword of the Prophet (2016), taking in The Thieves' Guild (2000), Conundrum (2001), Dark Thane (2003), Champions of Ruin (2005), The Sleeping and the Dead (2012) and The Covenant (2013).

How many Jeff Crook books are there?

Jeff Crook has 10 books, released between 1999 and 2016. 2 of them belong to the Jackie Lyons series.

Jeff Crook Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Jeff Crook 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. 1
    The Rose and the SkullDragonlance: Bridges of Time #41999 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999352
  2. 2
    The Thieves' GuildDragonlance: Crossroads #22000 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000320
  3. 3
    ConundrumDragonlance: The Age of Mortals #12001 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001309
  4. 4
    Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, Volume OneDragonlance: Bertrem's Guides #22001 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001306
  5. 5
    Dark ThaneDragonlance: The Age of Mortals #32003 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003312
  6. 6
    Champions of RuinForgotten Realms Non-Fiction #12005 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005160
  7. 7
    The Sleeping and the DeadJackie Lyons #12012 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012336
  8. 8
    The CovenantJackie Lyons #22013 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013386
  9. 9
    Kung-fu Heroes of Destiny2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  10. 10
    Sinbad and the Sword of the Prophet2016 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016310

Jeff Crook 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.

Dragonlance: The Age of Mortals in order

2 books
  1. 1. Conundrum
  2. 3. Dark Thane

Jackie Lyons in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Sleeping and the Dead
  2. 2. The Covenant

Forgotten Realms Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Dragonlance: Crossroads in order

1 book
  1. 2. The Thieves' Guild

Dragonlance: Bertrem's Guides in order

1 book
  1. 2. Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, Volume One

Dragonlance: Bridges of Time in order

1 book
  1. 4. The Rose and the Skull

Standalone books

2 books

2 Jeff Crook titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jeff Crook books in order?

You only need to read Jeff Crook books in order within the Jackie Lyons series, which holds 2 of the 10 Jeff Crook books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jeff Crook

Start with The Rose and the Skull (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jeff Crook book?

Sinbad and the Sword of the Prophet (2016) is the newest Jeff Crook book released so far.

Is there a new Jeff Crook book coming?

No next Jeff Crook book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jeff Crook at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jeff Crook title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jeff Crook books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,791 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jeff Crook books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.

What the Jeff Crook books are about

6 of the 10 Jeff Crook books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.