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Josiah Bancroft Books in Order

Josiah Bancroft has written 9 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is Senlin Ascends (2013) and the newest is A Tangle of Time (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2013–2025
Pages on record
1,868 in 4 of 9 books
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Josiah Bancroft, born 29 March 1978, is an American fantasy writer whose debut novel Senlin Ascends (2013) began as a self-published book. Books of Babel and Hexologists are the two series in the listing, and the catalogue runs to 9 titles, closing with A Tangle of Time (2025). Subject headings name imaginary places, missing persons, pirates and epic fantasy. Bancroft is credited alone on each book, and the novels reach a median of 430 pages.

How many Josiah Bancroft books are there?

Josiah Bancroft has 9 books, released between 2013 and 2025. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Josiah Bancroft Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Josiah Bancroft 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. Cover of Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft, book 1 of the Books of Babel series (2013)
  2. Cover of Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft, book 2 of the Books of Babel series (2014)
  3. Cover of The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft, book 4 of the Books of Babel series (2021)
  1. 1
    Senlin AscendsBooks of Babel #12013 · 425 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013425
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  2. 2
    Arm of the SphinxBooks of Babel #22014 · 435 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014435
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  3. 3
    The Hod KingBooks of Babel #32019 · 624 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019624
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  4. 4
    The Fall of BabelBooks of Babel #42021 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021384
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  5. 5
    An Empyreal Retinue2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  6. 6
    The Small Hands of ChokedampHexologists #12023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  7. 7
    The HexologistsHexologists #22023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  8. 8
    The Death of Giants2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  9. 9
    A Tangle of TimeHexologists #32025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Josiah Bancroft 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.

Books of Babel in order

4 books
  1. 1. Senlin Ascends
  2. 2. Arm of the Sphinx
  3. 3. The Hod King
  4. 4. The Fall of Babel

Hexologists in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Small Hands of Chokedamp
  2. 2. The Hexologists
  3. 3. A Tangle of Time

Standalone books

2 books

2 Josiah Bancroft titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Josiah Bancroft books in order?

You only need to read Josiah Bancroft books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Josiah Bancroft

Start with Senlin Ascends (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Josiah Bancroft book?

A Tangle of Time (2025) is the newest Josiah Bancroft book released so far.

Is there a new Josiah Bancroft book coming?

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

Josiah Bancroft at a glance

Still publishing
Josiah Bancroft published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Josiah Bancroft books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,868 pages across the 4 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 430 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Josiah Bancroft books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2020s.

What the Josiah Bancroft books are about

4 of the 9 Josiah Bancroft books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.