Michael Kurland Books in Order
Michael Kurland has written 44 books, published between 1964 and 2022. The first book is Ten Years to Doomsday (1964) and the newest is Broken to Better (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 1964–2022
- Pages on record
- 6,574 in 25 of 44 books
- Reading time
- 110–164 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,574 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 44 titles with a page count on record.
Michael Kurland, born 1 March 1938, is an American author known chiefly for science fiction and detective fiction, living in San Luis Obispo, California. The catalogue records 44 books from Ten Years to Doomsday (1964) to Broken to Better (2022). Tank War (1968), A Plague of Spies (1969), Pluribus (1975) and The Whenabouts of Burr (1975) are among the titles. Professor Moriarty, War Incorporated, Alexander Brass, Welker & Saboy and Chronicles of Elsewhen are the series, and espionage, crime and forensic sciences appear in the subjects.
How many Michael Kurland books are there?
Michael Kurland has 44 books, released between 1964 and 2022. They include 5 series and 28 titles listed outside any series.
Michael Kurland Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 Michael Kurland 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.
- 1Ten Years to Doomsday1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 21967–1/4
- 31968–1/4
- 419693121/4
- 5The Secret of Benjamin Square1972 · confirmed 1/41972–1/4
- 6Pluribus1975 · confirmed 1/41975–1/4
- 7The Whenabouts of Burr1975 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/419751501/4
- 8Tomorrow Knight1976 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/419761561/4
- 9The Princes Of Earth1978 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419781901/4
- 10Transmission Error1978 · confirmed 1/41978–1/4
- 1119792721/4
- 12The Last President1980 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/419803301/4
- 13Psi Hunt1980 · confirmed 1/41980–1/4
- 1419822791/4
- 15First Cycle1982 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/419822011/4
- 16Star Griffin1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 17The Spymaster's Handbook1988 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/419881771/4
- 181988–1/4
- 191989–1/4
- 20Button Bright1990 · confirmed 1/41990–1/4
- 21Encyclopedia of Horrifica1992 · 3 pages · confirmed 1/4199231/4
- 22A Gallery of Rogues1994 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/419944241/4
- 23How to Solve a Murder1995 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/419951941/4
- 24How to Try a Murder1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 2519972381/4
- 261998–1/4
- 27The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extraterrestrial Intelligence1998 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/419983251/4
- 28The Complete Idiot's Guide to Improving Your Memory1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419993521/4
- 29The Complete Idiot's Guide to Unsolved Mysteries2000 · 378 pages · confirmed 1/420003781/4
- 30Encyclopedia of World Espionage2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 31The Infernal Device and Others2001 · 518 pages · confirmed 1/420015181/4
- 3220013361/4
- 3320063101/4
- 34Irrefutable Evidence2009 · 329 pages · confirmed 1/420093291/4
- 3520112341/4
- 36Victorian Villainy2011 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420112721/4
- 37The Trials of Quintilian2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 38It's a Mystery to Me2012 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/420121621/4
- 392014–1/4
- 4020192561/4
- 4120191761/4
- 42Small World2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 432021–1/4
- 44Broken to Better2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Michael Kurland 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.
Professor Moriarty in order
5 booksWar Incorporated in order
3 books- 1. Third Force
- 2. Tank War
- 3. A Plague of Spies
Alexander Brass in order
2 booksWelker & Saboy in order
2 booksLord Darcy in order
2 booksChronicles of Elsewhen in order
1 book- 1. Perchance
Greenwich Village in order
1 bookStandalone books
28 books28 Michael Kurland titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michael Kurland books in order?
You only need to read Michael Kurland books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Michael Kurland
Start with Ten Years to Doomsday (1964), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michael Kurland book?
Broken to Better (2022) is the newest Michael Kurland book released so far.
Is there a new Michael Kurland book coming?
No next Michael Kurland book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Michael Kurland at a glance
- Paused
- No new Michael Kurland title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Michael Kurland books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,574 pages across the 25 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michael Kurland books, 9 of 44, were published in the 1990s.
What the Michael Kurland books are about
26 of the 44 Michael Kurland books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 6 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 6 of 26 books
- American literature 3 of 26 books
- Crime 3 of 26 books
- Moriarty, professor (fictitious character) 3 of 26 books
- Science fiction 3 of 26 books
- Forensic sciences 2 of 26 books
- Handbooks, manuals 2 of 26 books
- Murder 2 of 26 books
- Professor Moriarty (Fictitious character) 2 of 26 books
- Scientists 2 of 26 books
- Espionage 2 of 26 books