Michael Livingston Books in Order
Michael Livingston has written 20 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is Siege Of Jerusalem (2005) and the newest is Bloody Crowns (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2005–2025
- Pages on record
- 4,682 in 11 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 78–117 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,682 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Michael Livingston is an American historian, a professor of medieval literature and a novelist of historical fantasy. The debut novel, The Shards of Heaven (2015), has two sequels. Other titles in the catalogue include The Battle of Brunanburh (2011), Owain Glyndwr (2013) and The Battle of Crécy (2015). The listing counts 20 books from Siege Of Jerusalem (2005) to Bloody Crowns (2025), with the series Shards of Heaven and Seaborn Cycle.
How many Michael Livingston books are there?
Michael Livingston has 20 books, released between 2005 and 2025. They include 2 series and 13 titles listed outside any series.
Michael Livingston Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Michael Livingston 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.
- 1Siege Of Jerusalem2005 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/420051421/4
- 2The Battle of Brunanburh2011 · 458 pages · confirmed 1/420114581/4
- 3The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament2011 · 701 pages · confirmed 1/420117011/4
- 4Owain Glyndwr2013 · 640 pages · confirmed 1/420136401/4
- 5At the End of Babel2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 620154161/4
- 7The Battle of Crécy2015 · 458 pages · confirmed 1/420154581/4
- 820163821/4
- 92016–1/4
- 1020173491/4
- 11Black Crow, White Snow2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 122020–1/4
- 132021–1/4
- 141066: A Guide to the Battles and the Campaigns2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 15Never Greater Slaughter2021 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420212241/4
- 16Crécy: Battle of Five Kings2022 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420223201/4
- 17Origins of The Wheel of Time2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 18Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 192025–1/4
- 20Bloody Crowns2025 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/420255921/4
Michael Livingston 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.
Do you have to read Michael Livingston books in order?
You only need to read Michael Livingston 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 Michael Livingston
Start with Siege Of Jerusalem (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michael Livingston book?
Bloody Crowns (2025) is the newest Michael Livingston book released so far.
Is there a new Michael Livingston book coming?
No next Michael Livingston 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 Livingston at a glance
- Still publishing
- Michael Livingston published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Michael Livingston books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,682 pages across the 11 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michael Livingston books, 10 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Michael Livingston books are about
9 of the 20 Michael Livingston 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 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 4 of 9 books
- Imaginary wars and battles 3 of 9 books
- Emperors 2 of 9 books
- Fantasy, historical 2 of 9 books
- Sources 2 of 9 books







