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Richard Yancey Books in Order

Richard Yancey has written 16 books, published between 2003 and 2016. The first book is A Burning in Homeland (2003) and the newest is The Last Star (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2003–2016
Confirmed
16 of 16 titles
Pages on record
3,803 in 11 of 16 books
Reading time
63–95 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,803 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Richard Yancey, author

Richard Yancey, born John Richard Yancey on 4 November 1962, is an American writer of young adult suspense, fantasy and science fiction. The Alfred Kropp, Monstrumologist and 5th Wave series are the best known of that work, and The 5th Wave became a feature film in 2016. The catalogue also lists the Teddy Ruzak series, with subjects including private investigators, Tennessee, monsters and extraterrestrials. The 16 catalogued books run from A Burning in Homeland (2003) to The Last Star (2016), and include The Highly Effective Detective (2006) and The Monstrumologist (2009).

How many Richard Yancey books are there?

Richard Yancey has 16 books, released between 2003 and 2016. They include 4 separate series.

Richard Yancey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Richard Yancey 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 Burning in Homeland by Richard Yancey, book 1 of the Rick Yancey Standalone Novels series (2003)
  2. Cover of Confessions of a Tax Collector by Richard Yancey, book 1 of the Rick Yancey Non-Fiction series (2004)
  3. Cover of The Highly Effective Detective by Richard Yancey, book 1 of the Teddy Ruzak Series as Richard Yancey series (2006)
  4. Cover of The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs by Richard Yancey (2008)
  5. Cover of The Monstrumologist by Richard Yancey, book 1 of the Monstrumologist series (2009)
  6. Cover of The Curse of the Wendigo by Richard Yancey, book 2 of the Monstrumologist series (2010)
  7. Cover of The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line by Richard Yancey (2011)
  8. Cover of The 5th Wave by Richard Yancey, book 1 of the Fifth Wave series (2013)
  9. Cover of The Infinite Sea by Richard Yancey, book 2 of the Fifth Wave series (2014)
  10. Cover of The Last Star by Richard Yancey, book 3 of the Fifth Wave series (2016)
  1. 1
    A Burning in HomelandRick Yancey Standalone Novels #12003 · 341 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003341
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  2. 2
    Confessions of a Tax CollectorRick Yancey Non-Fiction #12004 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004400
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  3. 3
    The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred KroppAlfred Kropp #12005 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005368
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  4. 4
    The Highly Effective DetectiveTeddy Ruzak Series as Richard Yancey #12006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  5. 5
    The Seal of SolomonAlfred Kropp #22007 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007336
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  6. 6
    The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the DogsTeddy Ruzak Series as Richard Yancey #22008 · 329 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008329
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  7. 7
    The Thirteenth SkullAlfred Kropp #32008 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008304
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  8. 8
    The MonstrumologistMonstrumologist #12009 · confirmed 4/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    The Curse of the WendigoMonstrumologist #22010 · confirmed 4/4
    2010–
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  10. 10
    The Highly Effective Detective Plays the FoolTeddy Ruzak Series as Richard Yancey #32010 · 261 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010261
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  11. 11
    The Isle of BloodMonstrumologist #32011 · 576 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011576
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  12. 12
    The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the LineTeddy Ruzak Series as Richard Yancey #42011 · 230 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011230
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  13. 13
    The 5th WaveFifth Wave #12013 · confirmed 4/4
    2013–
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  14. 14
    The Final DescentMonstrumologist #42013 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013320
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  15. 15
    The Infinite SeaFifth Wave #22014 · confirmed 4/4
    2014–
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  16. 16
    The Last StarFifth Wave #32016 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016338
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Richard Yancey series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Richard Yancey 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.

Teddy Ruzak Series as Richard Yancey in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Highly Effective Detective
  2. 2. The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs
  3. 3. The Highly Effective Detective Plays the Fool
  4. 4. The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line

Monstrumologist in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Monstrumologist
  2. 2. The Curse of the Wendigo
  3. 3. The Isle of Blood
  4. 4. The Final Descent

Alfred Kropp in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
  2. 2. The Seal of Solomon
  3. 3. The Thirteenth Skull

Rick Yancey Standalone Novels

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Rick Yancey Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Richard Yancey books in order?

You only need to read Richard Yancey 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 Yancey

Start with the first book of the Richard Yancey series you want to read: Fifth Wave starts with The 5th Wave (2013) and 5th Wave starts with The 5th Wave (2013). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Burning in Homeland (2003).

What is the newest Richard Yancey book?

The Last Star (2016) is the newest Richard Yancey book released so far.

Is there a new Richard Yancey book coming?

No next Richard Yancey 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 Yancey at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Richard Yancey title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Richard Yancey books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,803 pages across the 11 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Richard Yancey books, 8 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
4 of the 16 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Richard Yancey books are about

All 16 Richard Yancey 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 7 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.