Richard Phillips Books in Order
Richard Phillips has written 16 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is The Second Ship (2006) and the newest is The Ripper's Son (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2006–2025
- Pages on record
- 4,653 in 12 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 78–116 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,653 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Richard Phillips writes science fiction, including space opera, with extraterrestrials, UFO sightings and human-alien encounters among the subjects. The series are Rho Agenda, Rho Agenda: Inception, Rho Agenda: Assimilation and Endarian Prophecy. The Second Ship (2006) is the first of 16 books, followed by Immune (2009) and Wormhole (2012). Once Dead (2014), The Altreian Enigma (2016) and Mark of Fire (2017) come later, and The Ripper's Son (2025) is the newest.
How many Richard Phillips books are there?
Richard Phillips has 16 books, released between 2006 and 2025. They include 4 separate series.
Richard Phillips Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Richard Phillips 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.
- 120064332/4
- 220096052/4
- 320125292/4
- 420144252/4
- 520153892/4
- 62015–2/4
- 720163842/4
- 820163522/4
- 920173022/4
- 1020174122/4
- 1120183022/4
- 1220182522/4
- 1320192682/4
- 142020–2/4
- 152020–2/4
- 162025–2/4
Richard Phillips 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.
Endarian Prophecy in order
6 booksRho Agenda in order
4 books- 1. The Second Ship
- 2. Immune
- 3. Wormhole
- 4. The Ripper's Son
Rho Agenda: Inception in order
3 books- 1. Once Dead
- 2. Dead Wrong
- 3. Dead Shift
Rho Agenda: Assimilation in order
3 booksDo you have to read Richard Phillips books in order?
You only need to read Richard Phillips 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 Richard Phillips
Start with The Second Ship (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Richard Phillips book?
The Ripper's Son (2025) is the newest Richard Phillips book released so far.
Is there a new Richard Phillips book coming?
No next Richard Phillips book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Richard Phillips at a glance
- Still publishing
- Richard Phillips published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Richard Phillips books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,653 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 386 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Richard Phillips books, 11 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the Richard Phillips books are about
11 of the 16 Richard Phillips books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: extraterrestrial beings is tagged on 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Extraterrestrial beings 5 of 11 books
- Science fiction 4 of 11 books
- American literature 3 of 11 books
- DNA damage 2 of 11 books
- High schools 2 of 11 books
- Human-alien encounters 2 of 11 books
- Imaginary wars and battles 2 of 11 books
- Life on other planets 2 of 11 books
- Space opera 2 of 11 books
- Sightings and encounters 2 of 11 books
- Unidentified flying objects 2 of 11 books