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Michael O’Brien Books in Order

Michael O’Brien has written 24 books, published between 1994 and 2025. The first book is A Landscape With Dragons (1994) and the newest is Letter to the Future (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1994–2025
Pages on record
8,239 in 17 of 24 books
Reading time
137–206 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,239 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Michael O'Brien writes Christian fiction and criticism. Christianity and literature, books and reading, children's literature and women artists appear among the catalogued subjects, and Children of the Last Days is the one named series. The catalogue holds 24 titles dated 1994 to 2025, opening with A Landscape With Dragons (1994) and running through Father Elijah (1996), Eclipse of the Sun and Strangers and Sojourners (1997), Plague Journal (1999), A Cry of Stone (2003), Sophia House (2005), The Island of the World (2007) and Theophilos (2010). Letter to the Future is dated 2025.

How many Michael O’Brien books are there?

Michael O’Brien has 24 books, released between 1994 and 2025. 7 of them belong to the Children of the Last Days series.

Michael O’Brien Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Michael O’Brien 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 A Landscape With Dragons by Michael O’Brien (1994)
  2. Cover of Father Elijah by Michael O’Brien, book 1 of the Children of the Last Days series (1996)
  3. Cover of Strangers and Sojourners by Michael O’Brien, book 2 of the Children of the Last Days series (1997)
  4. Cover of Eclipse of the Sun by Michael O’Brien, book 3 of the Children of the Last Days series (1997)
  5. Cover of Plague Journal by Michael O’Brien, book 4 of the Children of the Last Days series (1999)
  6. Cover of A Cry of Stone by Michael O’Brien, book 5 of the Children of the Last Days series (2003)
  7. Cover of Sophia House by Michael O’Brien, book 6 of the Children of the Last Days series (2005)
  8. Cover of The Island of the World by Michael O’Brien (2007)
  9. Cover of Theophilos by Michael O’Brien (2010)
  10. Cover of Harry Potter and the Paganization of Culture by Michael O’Brien (2011)
  11. Cover of Voyage to Alpha Centauri by Michael O’Brien (2013)
  12. Cover of The Family & the New Totalitarianism by Michael O’Brien (2019)
  1. 1
    A Landscape With Dragons1994 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994261
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  2. 2
    Father ElijahChildren of the Last Days #11996 · 596 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996596
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  3. 3
    The Small Angel1996 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199652
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  4. 4
    Strangers and SojournersChildren of the Last Days #21997 · 571 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997571
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  5. 5
    Eclipse of the SunChildren of the Last Days #31997 · 856 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997856
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  6. 6
    Plague JournalChildren of the Last Days #41999 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999273
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  7. 7
    A Cry of StoneChildren of the Last Days #52003 · 849 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003849
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  8. 8
    Sophia HouseChildren of the Last Days #62005 · 488 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005488
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  9. 9
    The Island of the World2007 · 850 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007850
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  10. 10
    Theophilos2010 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010448
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  11. 11
    Harry Potter and the Paganization of Culture2011 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011278
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  12. 12
    The Father's Tale2011 · 1076 pages · confirmed 1/4
    20111076
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  13. 13
    Voyage to Alpha Centauri2013 · 587 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013587
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  14. 14
    Elijah in JerusalemChildren of the Last Days #72015 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015288
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  15. 15
    The Fool of New York City2016 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016285
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  16. 16
    Apocalypse2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  17. 17
    The Family & the New Totalitarianism2019 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019266
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  18. 18
    Waiting Stories for Advent2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  19. 19
    The Lighthouse2020 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020215
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  20. 20
    The Awakening Imagination2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  21. 21
    Art and Sacrificial Love2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  22. 22
    The Sabbatical2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  23. 23
    By the Rivers of Babylon2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  24. 24
    Letter to the Future2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Michael O’Brien 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.

Children of the Last Days in order

7 books
  1. 1. Father Elijah
  2. 2. Strangers and Sojourners
  3. 3. Eclipse of the Sun
  4. 4. Plague Journal
  5. 5. A Cry of Stone
  6. 6. Sophia House
  7. 7. Elijah in Jerusalem

Standalone books

17 books

17 Michael O’Brien titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michael O’Brien books in order?

You only need to read Michael O’Brien books in order within the Children of the Last Days series, which holds 7 of the 24 Michael O’Brien books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Michael O’Brien

Start with A Landscape With Dragons (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michael O’Brien book?

Letter to the Future (2025) is the newest Michael O’Brien book released so far.

Is there a new Michael O’Brien book coming?

No next Michael O’Brien 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 O’Brien at a glance

Still publishing
Michael O’Brien published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Michael O’Brien books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
8,239 pages across the 17 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 448 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael O’Brien books, 8 of 24, were published in the 2010s.

What the Michael O’Brien books are about

14 of the 24 Michael O’Brien books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian fiction is tagged on 3 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.