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 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Michael Livingston, author

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.

  1. 1
    Siege Of Jerusalem2005 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005142
  2. 2
    The Battle of Brunanburh2011 · 458 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011458
  3. 32011701
  4. 4
    Owain Glyndwr2013 · 640 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013640
  5. 5
    At the End of Babel2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  6. 6
    The Shards of HeavenShards of Heaven #12015 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015416
  7. 7
    The Battle of Crécy2015 · 458 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015458
  8. 8
    The Gates of HellShards of Heaven #22016 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016382
  9. 9
    The Temples of the ArkShards of Heaven #32016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  10. 10
    The Realms of GodShards of Heaven #42017 · 349 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017349
  11. 11
    Black Crow, White Snow2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  12. 12
    SeabornSeaborn Cycle #12020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  13. 13
    IcebornSeaborn Cycle #22021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  14. 142021
  15. 15
    Never Greater Slaughter2021 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021224
  16. 16
    Crécy: Battle of Five Kings2022 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022320
  17. 17
    Origins of The Wheel of Time2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  18. 182023
  19. 19
    StormbornSeaborn Cycle #32025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025
  20. 20
    Bloody Crowns2025 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025592

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.

Shards of Heaven in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Shards of Heaven
  2. 2. The Gates of Hell
  3. 3. The Temples of the Ark
  4. 4. The Realms of God

Seaborn Cycle in order

3 books
  1. 1. Seaborn
  2. 2. Iceborn
  3. 3. Stormborn

Standalone books

13 books

13 Michael Livingston titles here are not listed as part of any series.

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.