John Shors Books in Order
John Shors has written 10 books, published between 2004 and 2020. The first book is Beneath a Marble Sky (2004) and the newest is The Demon Seekers: Book Three (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2004–2020
- Pages on record
- 2,224 in 6 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 37–56 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,224 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
John Shors has written ten novels, translated into nearly thirty languages and sold internationally as bestsellers. The Demon Seekers trilogy (2019 to 2020) is the most recent work. Earlier novels include Beneath a Marble Sky (2004), Beside a Burning Sea (2008), Dragon House (2009), Cross Currents (2011) and Unbound (2017), and subjects include India and the Taj Mahal. Shors has won several writing awards, and Hollywood has optioned several of the novels. Shors has spoken with over 3,000 book clubs on six continents and leads occasional literary tours to novel settings. Home is Boulder, Colorado.
How many John Shors books are there?
John Shors has 10 books, released between 2004 and 2020. 3 of them belong to the Demon Seekers series.
John Shors Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 John Shors 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.
- 1Beneath a Marble Sky2004 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/420043241/4
- 2Beside a Burning Sea2008 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/420084241/4
- 3Dragon House2009 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/420093541/4
- 4The Wishing Trees2010 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/420103381/4
- 5Cross Currents2011 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/420113221/4
- 6Temple of a Thousand Faces2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 7Unbound2017 · 462 pages · confirmed 1/420174621/4
- 82019–1/4
- 92019–1/4
- 102020–1/4
John Shors 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.
Demon Seekers in order
3 booksStandalone books
7 books7 John Shors titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Shors books in order?
You only need to read John Shors books in order within the Demon Seekers series, which holds 3 of the 10 John Shors books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with John Shors
Start with Beneath a Marble Sky (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Shors book?
The Demon Seekers: Book Three (2020) is the newest John Shors book released so far.
Is there a new John Shors book coming?
No next John Shors book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Shors at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest John Shors title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- John Shors books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,224 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 346 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Shors books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the John Shors books are about
7 of the 10 John Shors books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 4 of 7 books
- Americans 3 of 7 books
- History 2 of 7 books