Robert Irvine Books in Order
Robert Irvine has written 27 books, published between 1967 and 2017. The first book is The Mind Brothers (1967) and the newest is Limited Brightness (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1967–2017
- Pages on record
- 4,400 in 17 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 73–110 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,400 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Robert Irvine's catalogue runs to 27 books between 1967 and 2017 and is built mostly on mystery and detective fiction. The Moroni Traveler series is his longest thread, and private investigators, Salt Lake City and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints appear among the subjects. Robert Irvine also has the Nicolette Scott, Mind Brothers and Robert Christopher series, and some titles appeared as R.R. Irvine or under the name Peter Heath. Limited Brightness (2017) is the latest listing.
How many Robert Irvine books are there?
Robert Irvine has 27 books, released between 1967 and 2017. They include 4 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.
Robert Irvine Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Robert Irvine 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.
- 11967–2/4
- 21967–2/4
- 31968–2/4
- 41974–2/4
- 51976–2/4
- 6The Face Out Front (As: R.R. Irvine)1977 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/419771942/4
- 71978–2/4
- 8Night Trains (As: Peter Heath)1980 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419802242/4
- 9Footsteps1982 · confirmed 2/41982–2/4
- 10The Devil's Breath1982 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/419822882/4
- 1119851862/4
- 121988–2/4
- 1419902152/4
- 1519912562/4
- 1619921992/4
- 1719932142/4
- 18Barking Dogs1994 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/419942162/4
- 1919942342/4
- 2019952292/4
- 2119963362/4
- 2219982722/4
- 2320002902/4
- 2420013072/4
- 2520022442/4
- 26A Row of Beans2012 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/420124962/4
- 27Limited Brightness2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
Robert Irvine series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Moroni Traveler books in order 8 books
Robert Irvine 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.
Nicolette Scott in order
5 booksRobert Christopher in order
4 booksMind Brothers in order
3 booksStandalone books
7 books7 Robert Irvine titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Robert Irvine books in order?
You only need to read Robert Irvine 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 Robert Irvine
Start with Baptism for the Dead (1988), the first Moroni Traveler book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Mind Brothers (1967).
What is the newest Robert Irvine book?
Limited Brightness (2017) is the newest Robert Irvine book released so far.
Is there a new Robert Irvine book coming?
No next Robert Irvine book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Robert Irvine at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Robert Irvine title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Robert Irvine books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,400 pages across the 17 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 234 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robert Irvine books, 9 of 27, were published in the 1990s.
What the Robert Irvine books are about
12 of the 27 Robert Irvine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: moroni traveler (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Moroni Traveler (Fictitious character) 5 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 12 books
- Private investigators 4 of 12 books
- Traveler, moroni (fictitious character) 4 of 12 books
- Utah 4 of 12 books
- Women archaeologists 4 of 12 books
- Nicolette Scott (Fictitious character) 3 of 12 books
- Salt lake city (utah) 3 of 12 books
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2 of 12 books
- Conspiracies 2 of 12 books