Nick Cook Books in Order
Nick Cook has written 20 books, published between 1998 and 2023. The first book is Roller Coasters, Or, I Had So Much Fun, I Almost Puked (1998) and the newest is Thunder of Freedom (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1998–2023
- Pages on record
- 446 in 4 of 20 books
The Nick Cook catalogue lists 20 books from 1998 to 2023 in two distinct groups. Juvenile nonfiction on roller coasters, in-line skating and racing cars comes first, including Downhill In-Line Skating and The World's Fastest Cars from 2000. Later titles include Cloud Riders (2014) and, from 2018, Death of Light, Fading Light, Fractured Light and The Signal. Nick Cook's series are Cloud Riders, Fractured Light and Inflection Point Time Travel, and Thunder of Freedom (2023) is the latest title.
How many Nick Cook books are there?
Nick Cook has 20 books, released between 1998 and 2023. They include 4 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Nick Cook Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Nick Cook 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.
- 1Roller Coasters, Or, I Had So Much Fun, I Almost Puked1998 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/41998561/4
- 2Downhill In-Line Skating2000 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42000481/4
- 3The World's Fastest Cars2000 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42000481/4
- 42014–1/4
- 52018–1/4
- 62018–1/4
- 72018–1/4
- 82018–1/4
- 920192941/4
- 102019–1/4
- 112020–1/4
- 122020–1/4
- 132021–1/4
- 142021–1/4
- 152022–1/4
- 162022–1/4
- 172022–1/4
- 182022–1/4
- 192022–1/4
- 202023–1/4
Nick Cook series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Earth Song books in order 8 books
Nick Cook 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.
Cloud Riders in order
3 booksFractured Light in order
3 booksInflection Point Time Travel in order
3 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Nick Cook titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nick Cook books in order?
You only need to read Nick Cook books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Nick Cook
Start with The Signal (2018), the first Earth Song book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Roller Coasters, Or, I Had So Much Fun, I Almost Puked (1998).
What is the newest Nick Cook book?
Thunder of Freedom (2023) is the newest Nick Cook book released so far.
Is there a new Nick Cook book coming?
No next Nick Cook book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nick Cook at a glance
- Paused
- No new Nick Cook title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Nick Cook books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 446 pages across the 4 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 52 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nick Cook books, 10 of 20, were published in the 2020s.
What the Nick Cook books are about
3 of the 20 Nick Cook books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 3 of 3 books
- Amusements 1 of 3 books
- Automobile racing 1 of 3 books
- Automobiles, racing, juvenile literature 1 of 3 books
- In-line skating 1 of 3 books
- In-line skating, juvenile literature 1 of 3 books
- Racing Automobiles 1 of 3 books
- Roller coasters 1 of 3 books