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Rebecca Cantrell Books in Order

Rebecca Cantrell has written 18 books, published between 2009 and 2025. The first book is A Trace of Smoke (2009) and the newest is It Wants Us Alive (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2009–2025
Pages on record
2,675 in 8 of 18 books
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Rebecca Cantrell is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Cantrell novels have won the ITW Thriller, Macavity and Bruce Alexander awards, drawn nominations for the Barry and RT Reviewers Choice awards, and appeared in more than ten languages. The catalogue lists 18 books from A Trace of Smoke (2009) to It Wants Us Alive (2025). Cantrell series are Hannah Vogel, Joe Tesla, iMonsters and Ivy Corva. History, Berlin, women journalists and women sleuths feature in the subjects. Cantrell lives in Berlin.

How many Rebecca Cantrell books are there?

Rebecca Cantrell has 18 books, released between 2009 and 2025. They include 4 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Rebecca Cantrell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Rebecca Cantrell 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 Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell, book 1 of the Hannah Vogel series (2009)
  2. Cover of iDrakula by Rebecca Cantrell, book 1 of the iMonsters series (2010)
  3. Cover of A Night of Long Knives by Rebecca Cantrell, book 2 of the Hannah Vogel series (2010)
  4. Cover of A Game of Lies by Rebecca Cantrell, book 3 of the Hannah Vogel series (2011)
  5. Cover of A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell, book 4 of the Hannah Vogel series (2012)
  6. Cover of The World Beneath by Rebecca Cantrell, book 1 of the Joe Tesla series (2013)
  7. Cover of The Tesla Legacy by Rebecca Cantrell, book 2 of the Joe Tesla series (2015)
  8. Cover of The Steel Shark by Rebecca Cantrell, book 4 of the Joe Tesla series (2017)
  1. 1
    A Trace of SmokeHannah Vogel #12009 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009320
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  2. 2
    iDrakulaiMonsters #12010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    A Night of Long KnivesHannah Vogel #22010 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010336
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  4. 4
    A Game of LiesHannah Vogel #32011 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011336
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  5. 5
    iFrankensteiniMonsters #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    A City of Broken GlassHannah Vogel #42012 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012336
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  7. 7
    On the Train2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    The World BeneathJoe Tesla #12013 · 313 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013313
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  9. 9
    The Man in the Attic2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  10. 10
    The Tesla LegacyJoe Tesla #22015 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015326
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  11. 11
    The Chemistry of DeathJoe Tesla #32015 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015330
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  12. 13
    The Steel SharkJoe Tesla #42017 · 378 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017378
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  13. 14
    Homework2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  14. 15
    Caulbearer2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  15. 16
    The Girl Who Would Live ForeverIvy Corva #12023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  16. 17
    Firegazer2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  17. 18
    It Wants Us Alive2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Rebecca Cantrell 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.

Hannah Vogel in order

4 books
  1. 1. A Trace of Smoke
  2. 2. A Night of Long Knives
  3. 3. A Game of Lies
  4. 4. A City of Broken Glass

Joe Tesla in order

4 books
  1. 1. The World Beneath
  2. 2. The Tesla Legacy
  3. 3. The Chemistry of Death
  4. 4. The Steel Shark

iMonsters in order

2 books
  1. 1. iDrakula
  2. 2. iFrankenstein

Ivy Corva in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Girl Who Would Live Forever

Standalone books

7 books

7 Rebecca Cantrell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Rebecca Cantrell books in order?

You only need to read Rebecca Cantrell 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 Rebecca Cantrell

Start with A Trace of Smoke (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Rebecca Cantrell book?

It Wants Us Alive (2025) is the newest Rebecca Cantrell book released so far.

Is there a new Rebecca Cantrell book coming?

No next Rebecca Cantrell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Rebecca Cantrell at a glance

Still publishing
Rebecca Cantrell published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Rebecca Cantrell books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,675 pages across the 8 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 333 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rebecca Cantrell books, 12 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Rebecca Cantrell books are about

7 of the 18 Rebecca Cantrell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.