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Michael Northrop Books in Order

Michael Northrop has written 18 books, published between 2005 and 2023. The first book is The Padded Cell (2005) and the newest is Young Alfred: Pain in the Butler (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2005–2023
Confirmed
2 of 18 titles
Pages on record
1,792 in 9 of 18 books
Reading time
30–45 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,792 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Michael Northrop writes fiction for children and younger readers, with subject records naming adventure, survival, schools, friendship, magic, death and good and evil. Northrop's catalogue holds 18 books published between 2005 and 2023, from The Padded Cell (2005) to Young Alfred: Pain in the Butler (2023). TombQuest is the series credited to Northrop. The median title runs 192 pages, and the 2010s account for the heaviest stretch of the run.

How many Michael Northrop books are there?

Michael Northrop has 18 books, released between 2005 and 2023. 5 of them belong to the TombQuest series.

Michael Northrop Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Michael Northrop 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 The Padded Cell by Michael Northrop (2005)
  2. Cover of Gentlemen by Michael Northrop (2009)
  3. Cover of Trapped by Michael Northrop (2011)
  4. Cover of Rotten by Michael Northrop (2013)
  5. Cover of Book of the Dead by Michael Northrop, book 1 of the TombQuest series (2015)
  6. Cover of Amulet Keepers by Michael Northrop, book 2 of the TombQuest series (2015)
  7. Cover of The Final Kingdom by Michael Northrop, book 5 of the TombQuest series (2016)
  8. Cover of Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop, book 1 of the DC Zoom series (2019)
  9. Cover of On Thin Ice by Michael Northrop (2019)
  10. Cover of Teen Titans Go!: Undead?! by Michael Northrop (2022)
  1. 1
    The Padded Cell2005 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005144
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  2. 2
    Gentlemen2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    Bear Trap2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  4. 4
    Trapped2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  5. 5
    Plunked2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    Rotten2013 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013246
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  7. 7
    Surrounded By Sharks2014 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014208
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  8. 8
    Book of the DeadTombQuest #12015 · 197 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015197
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  9. 9
    Amulet KeepersTombQuest #22015 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015190
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  10. 10
    Valley of KingsTombQuest #32015 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015192
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  11. 11
    The Stone WarriorsTombQuest #42016 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016186
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  12. 12
    The Final KingdomTombQuest #52016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  13. 13
    Dear Justice LeagueDC Zoom #12019 · 151 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019151
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  14. 14
    Polaris2019 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019278
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  15. 15
    On Thin Ice2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  16. 16
    Dear DC Super-VillainsDC Zoom #42021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Teen Titans Go!: Undead?!2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  18. 18
    Young Alfred: Pain in the Butler2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Michael Northrop 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.

TombQuest in order

5 books
  1. 1. Book of the Dead
  2. 2. Amulet Keepers
  3. 3. Valley of Kings
  4. 4. The Stone Warriors
  5. 5. The Final Kingdom

DC Zoom in order

2 books
  1. 1. Dear Justice League
  2. 4. Dear DC Super-Villains

Standalone books

11 books

11 Michael Northrop titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michael Northrop books in order?

You only need to read Michael Northrop books in order within the TombQuest series, which holds 5 of the 18 Michael Northrop books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Michael Northrop

Start with The Padded Cell (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michael Northrop book?

Young Alfred: Pain in the Butler (2023) is the newest Michael Northrop book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Northrop book coming?

No next Michael Northrop 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 Northrop at a glance

Paused
No new Michael Northrop title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Michael Northrop books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,792 pages across the 9 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Northrop books, 13 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Michael Northrop books are about

14 of the 18 Michael Northrop books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 8 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.