Michelle Paver Books in Order
Michelle Paver has written 22 books, published between 2000 and 2022. The first book is Without Charity (2000) and the newest is Wolfbane (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2000–2022
- Pages on record
- 5,988 in 16 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 100–150 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,988 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Michelle Paver, born in 1960, is a British novelist. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, her children's historical fantasy series set in prehistoric Europe, began with Wolf Brother (2004) and has sold more than 2.5 million copies in 30 languages; Spirit Walker (2005), Soul Eater (2006), Outcast (2007) and Oath Breaker (2008) follow. Gods and Warriors turns to the Bronze Age Mediterranean, and the Daughters Of Eden Trilogy and standalone adult novels sit alongside, beginning with Without Charity (2000). Born in Nyasaland, now Malawi, Paver moved to England as a young child and worked as a solicitor before writing full time. Twenty-two books are catalogued to 2022.
How many Michelle Paver books are there?
Michelle Paver has 22 books, released between 2000 and 2022. They include 3 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Michelle Paver Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Michelle Paver 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.
- 1Without Charity2000 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/420005762/4
- 2A Place in the Hills2001 · 524 pages · confirmed 2/420015242/4
- 320024162/4
- 420035792/4
- 520043202/4
- 620053842/4
- 720055122/4
- 82006–2/4
- 920073522/4
- 1020082892/4
- 1120093042/4
- 12Dark Matter2010 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420102562/4
- 132012–2/4
- 1420133202/4
- 1520142882/4
- 1620153202/4
- 17Thin Air2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 1820162922/4
- 19Wakenhyrst2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 2020202562/4
- 212021–2/4
- 222022–2/4
Michelle Paver 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.
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness in order
9 books- 1. Wolf Brother
- 2. Spirit Walker
- 3. Soul Eater
- 4. Outcast
- 5. Oath Breaker
- 6. Ghost Hunter
- 7. The Viper's Daughter
- 8. Skin Taker
- 9. Wolfbane
Gods and Warriors in order
5 booksDaughters Of Eden Trilogy in order
3 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Michelle Paver titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michelle Paver books in order?
You only need to read Michelle Paver books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Michelle Paver
Start with Without Charity (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michelle Paver book?
Wolfbane (2022) is the newest Michelle Paver book released so far.
Is there a new Michelle Paver book coming?
No next Michelle Paver book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Michelle Paver at a glance
- Paused
- No new Michelle Paver title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Michelle Paver books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,988 pages across the 16 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michelle Paver books, 11 of 22, were published in the 2000s.
What the Michelle Paver books are about
14 of the 22 Michelle Paver books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: prehistoric peoples is tagged on 8 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Prehistoric peoples 8 of 14 books
- Children's fiction 6 of 14 books
- Bronze age 5 of 14 books
- Travel 5 of 14 books
- Gods 3 of 14 books
- Ghosts 2 of 14 books
- Good and evil 2 of 14 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 14 books
- Human-animal relationships 2 of 14 books
- Mediterranean region 2 of 14 books