Nick Drake Books in Order
Nick Drake has written 9 books, published between 1999 and 2018. The first book is The Man in the White Suit (1999) and the newest is Out of Range (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1999–2018
- Pages on record
- 619 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 10–15 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 619 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Nick Drake, born in 1961, is a British poet, playwright, screenwriter, librettist and novelist. Nine books are catalogued between 1999 and 2018. Rai Rahotep is the one series recorded under the name, and subjects record Egypt, history and detective fiction alongside English poetry and drama. The Man in the White Suit (1999) opens the listing, which takes in Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (2006), Romulus, My Father (2007), Tutankhamun (2009), Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011), The Farewell Glacier (2012) and All the Angels (2016) before Out of Range (2018).
How many Nick Drake books are there?
Nick Drake has 9 books, released between 1999 and 2018. 3 of them belong to the Rai Rahotep series.
Nick Drake Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Nick Drake 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.
- 1The Man in the White Suit1999 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/41999631/4
- 220063201/4
- 3Romulus, My Father2007 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/420071001/4
- 4From the Word Go2007 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/42007561/4
- 52009–1/4
- 62011–1/4
- 7The Farewell Glacier2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8All the Angels2016 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42016801/4
- 9Out of Range2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
Nick Drake 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.
Rai Rahotep in order
3 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Nick Drake titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nick Drake books in order?
You only need to read Nick Drake books in order within the Rai Rahotep series, which holds 3 of the 9 Nick Drake books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Nick Drake
Start with The Man in the White Suit (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nick Drake book?
Out of Range (2018) is the newest Nick Drake book released so far.
Is there a new Nick Drake book coming?
No next Nick Drake 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 Drake at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Nick Drake title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Nick Drake books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 619 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 80 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nick Drake books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nick Drake books are about
5 of the 9 Nick Drake books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: drama is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Drama 2 of 5 books
- Poetry 2 of 5 books
- Australian Motion picture plays 1 of 5 books
- Egypt 1 of 5 books
- Exiles 1 of 5 books
- History 1 of 5 books
- Immigrants 1 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective 1 of 5 books
- Psychology 1 of 5 books
- Yugoslavs 1 of 5 books