Nick Lake Books in Order
Nick Lake has written 11 books, published between 2009 and 2022. The first book is Blood Ninja (2009) and the newest is Lily and the Night Creatures (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2009–2022
- Pages on record
- 3,250 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 54–81 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,250 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Nick Lake is a children's book author and editor. The catalogue carries 11 books from 2009 to 2022, including the Blood Ninja series. Blood Ninja (2009), The Revenge of Lord Oda (2010) and The Betrayal of the Living (2012) are among the titles, along with Hostage Three, In Darkness, There Will Be Lies, Whisper to Me, Satellite and Nowhere on Earth. Lily and the Night Creatures (2022) is the newest. Subjects include vampires, ninja, Japan, identity, missing persons and the Inuit.
How many Nick Lake books are there?
Nick Lake has 11 books, released between 2009 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the Blood Ninja series.
Nick Lake Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Nick Lake 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.
- 12009–1/4
- 2The Secret Ministry of Frost2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 32010–1/4
- 4In Darkness2012 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420123681/4
- 5Hostage Three2012 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420124001/4
- 620123681/4
- 7There Will Be Lies2015 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/420154801/4
- 8Whisper to Me2016 · 530 pages · confirmed 1/420165301/4
- 9Satellite2017 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420174641/4
- 10Nowhere on Earth2019 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/420194801/4
- 11Lily and the Night Creatures2022 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420221601/4
Nick Lake 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.
Blood Ninja in order
3 booksStandalone books
8 books8 Nick Lake titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nick Lake books in order?
You only need to read Nick Lake books in order within the Blood Ninja series, which holds 3 of the 11 Nick Lake books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Nick Lake
Start with Blood Ninja (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nick Lake book?
Lily and the Night Creatures (2022) is the newest Nick Lake book released so far.
Is there a new Nick Lake book coming?
No next Nick Lake 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 Lake at a glance
- Paused
- No new Nick Lake title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Nick Lake books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,250 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 432 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nick Lake books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nick Lake books are about
10 of the 11 Nick Lake 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 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 5 of 10 books
- Fathers and daughters 2 of 10 books
- Vampires 2 of 10 books