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Lavie Tidhar Books in Order

Lavie Tidhar has written 49 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is An Occupation of Angels (2006) and the newest is The Three Coffin Problem (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
49
Published
2006–2026
Pages on record
6,137 in 23 of 49 books
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Lavie Tidhar, born 1976, is an Israeli-born writer working across multiple genres, and has lived in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Laos and Vanuatu. Osama took the World Fantasy Award for best novel in 2012; Central Station won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2017; A Man Lies Dreaming took the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize in 2015. Seven series are recorded, among them Judge Dee, Bookman Histories, Gorel of Goliris, Central Station, Maror and the Anti-Matter of Britain Quartet, plus the Apex Book of World SF anthologies. The catalogue holds 49 titles dated 2006 to 2026.

How many Lavie Tidhar books are there?

Lavie Tidhar has 49 books, released between 2006 and 2026. They include 7 series and 30 titles listed outside any series.

Lavie Tidhar Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 49 Lavie Tidhar 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 An Occupation of Angels by Lavie Tidhar (2006)
  2. Cover of HebrewPunk by Lavie Tidhar (2007)
  3. Cover of The Apex Book of World SF by Lavie Tidhar, book 1 of the Apex Book of World SF series (2009)
  4. Cover of The Tel Aviv Dossier by Lavie Tidhar (2009)
  5. Cover of The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar, book 1 of the Bookman Histories series (2010)
  6. Cover of Jesus and the Eightfold Path by Lavie Tidhar (2010)
  7. Cover of The Apex Book of World SF 2 by Lavie Tidhar, book 2 of the Apex Book of World SF series (2012)
  8. Cover of The Great Game by Lavie Tidhar, book 3 of the Bookman Histories series (2012)
  9. Cover of Black Gods Kiss by Lavie Tidhar, book 2 of the Gorel of Goliris series (2014)
  10. Cover of A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar (2014)
  11. Cover of Woman of Mystery by Lavie Tidhar (2015)
  12. Cover of Central Station by Lavie Tidhar, book 1 of the Central Station series (2016)
  13. Cover of Candy by Lavie Tidhar (2018)
  14. Cover of Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar (2018)
  15. Cover of The Candy Mafia by Lavie Tidhar (2020)
  16. Cover of The Hood by Lavie Tidhar, book 2 of the Anti-Matter of Britain Quartet (2021)
  17. Cover of The Lunacy Commission by Lavie Tidhar (2021)
  18. Cover of The Escapement by Lavie Tidhar (2021)
  19. Cover of Neom by Lavie Tidhar, book 2 of the Central Station series (2022)
  20. Cover of The Circumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar (2023)
  1. 1
    An Occupation of Angels2006 · 90 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200690
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  2. 2
    HebrewPunk2007 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007156
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  3. 3
    The Apex Book of World SFApex Book of World SF #12009 · 302 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009302
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  4. 4
    The Tel Aviv Dossier2009 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009216
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  5. 5
    The BookmanBookman Histories #12010 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010384
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  6. 6
    Camera ObscuraBookman Histories #22010 · 412 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010412
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  7. 7
    Jesus and the Eightfold Path2010 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201080
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  8. 8
    Cloud Permutations2010 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010119
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  9. 9
    Gorel and the Pot-Bellied GodGorel of Goliris #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  10. 10
    Osama2011 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011276
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  11. 11
    Going to the Moon2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    The Apex Book of World SF 2Apex Book of World SF #22012 · 358 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012358
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  13. 13
    The Great GameBookman Histories #32012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  14. 14
    The Violent Century2013 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013332
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  15. 15
    Martian Sands2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  16. 16
    Dragonkin2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  17. 17
    Black Gods KissGorel of Goliris #22014 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014174
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  18. 18
    A Man Lies Dreaming2014 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014277
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  19. 19
    Selfies2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  20. 20
    Woman of Mystery2015 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015128
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  21. 21
    Art and War2016 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016300
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  22. 22
    Central StationCentral Station #12016 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016275
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  23. 23
    Terminal2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  24. 24
    The Old Dispensation2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  25. 25
    Candy2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  26. 26
    Unholy Land2018 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018262
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  27. 27
    Yiwu2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  28. 28
    The Vanishing Kind2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  29. 29
    Bag Man2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019384
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  30. 30
    In Xanadu2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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Lavie Tidhar series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Lavie Tidhar 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.

Bookman Histories in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Bookman
  2. 2. Camera Obscura
  3. 3. The Great Game

Apex Book of World SF in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Apex Book of World SF
  2. 2. The Apex Book of World SF 2

Gorel of Goliris in order

2 books
  1. 1. Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God
  2. 2. Black Gods Kiss

Central Station in order

2 books
  1. 1. Central Station
  2. 2. Neom

Anti-Matter of Britain Quartet in order

2 books
  1. 1. By Force Alone
  2. 2. The Hood

Maror in order

2 books
  1. 1. Maror
  2. 2. Golgotha

Standalone books

30 books

30 Lavie Tidhar titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lavie Tidhar books in order?

You only need to read Lavie Tidhar books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Lavie Tidhar

Start with Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (2020), the first Judge Dee book. The earliest catalogued title overall is An Occupation of Angels (2006).

What is the newest Lavie Tidhar book?

The Three Coffin Problem (2026) is the newest Lavie Tidhar book released so far.

Is there a new Lavie Tidhar book coming?

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

Awards Lavie Tidhar has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 36 nominations for Lavie Tidhar. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2017Wonfor Central Station
  • Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize2015Wonfor A Man Lies Dreaming
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2012Wonfor Osama
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Novella2012Wonfor Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2024Shortlistedfor The Circumference of the World
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology2024Shortlistedfor The Best of World SF: Volume 3
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2023Shortlistedfor Neom
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology2023Shortlistedfor The Best of World SF: Volume 2
  • Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2023Shortlistedfor Neom
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2022Shortlistedfor The Escapement
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2022Shortlistedfor The Hood
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology2022Shortlistedfor The Best of World SF: Volume 1

Lavie Tidhar at a glance

Still publishing
Lavie Tidhar published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Lavie Tidhar books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
6,137 pages across the 23 of 49 books with a recorded length, a median of 275 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lavie Tidhar books, 26 of 49, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lavie Tidhar books are about

19 of the 49 Lavie Tidhar books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 3 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.