Marie Jakober Books in Order

Marie Jakober has written 10 books, published between 1976 and 2011. The first book is The Mind Gods of the Future (1976) and the newest is The Demon Left Behind (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1976–2011
Pages on record
3,063 in 9 of 10 books
Reading time
51–77 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,063 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Marie Jakober was a Canadian novelist based in Calgary, Alberta, who wrote historical fiction and fantasy and lived from August 27, 1941 to March 26, 2017. Sandinista (1985) won the Writers Guild of Alberta Novel Award. Only Call Us Faithful (2002) received the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction, and Sons of Liberty (2005) won the Georges Bugnet Award at the 2006 Alberta Book Awards. The catalogue runs from The Mind Gods of the Future (1976) to The Demon Left Behind (2011).

How many Marie Jakober books are there?

Marie Jakober has 10 books, released between 1976 and 2011. 2 of them belong to the Sandinista series.

Marie Jakober Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Marie Jakober 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 Mind Gods of the Future1976 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976165
  2. 2
    SandinistaSandinista #11985 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985236
  3. 3
    A People In ArmsSandinista #21988 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988303
  4. 4
    High Kamilan1993 · 393 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993393
  5. 5
    The Black Chalice2002 · 460 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002460
  6. 6
    Only Call Us Faithful of the Union Underground2002 · 381 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002381
  7. 7
    Even the Stones2004 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004337
  8. 8
    Sons of Liberty2005 · 315 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005315
  9. 9
    The Halifax Connection2007 · 473 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007473
  10. 10
    The Demon Left Behind2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011

Marie Jakober 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.

Sandinista in order

2 books
  1. 1. Sandinista
  2. 2. A People In Arms

Standalone books

8 books

8 Marie Jakober titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Marie Jakober books in order?

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

Where to start with Marie Jakober

Start with The Mind Gods of the Future (1976), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Marie Jakober book?

The Demon Left Behind (2011) is the newest Marie Jakober book released so far.

Is there a new Marie Jakober book coming?

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

Marie Jakober at a glance

Died
Marie Jakober died in 2017, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Marie Jakober on record dates from 2011.
Release pace
Marie Jakober books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
3,063 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 337 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marie Jakober books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.

What the Marie Jakober books are about

8 of the 10 Marie Jakober books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.