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Robert Jackson Bennett Books in Order

Robert Jackson Bennett has written 16 books, published between 2009 and 2026. The first book is The Company Man (2009) and the newest is A Trade of Blood (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2009–2026
Confirmed
15 of 16 titles
Pages on record
3,854 in 9 of 16 books
Reading time
64–96 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,854 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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The Tainted Cup won Robert Jackson Bennett both the 2025 Hugo Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Bennett is an American writer of speculative fiction, born June 22, 1984. The catalogue records 16 books from Mr. Shivers and The Company Man (both 2009) to A Trade of Blood (2026), including The Troupe (2012), American Elsewhere (2013), City of Stairs (2014), Foundryside (2018) and Vigilance (2019). Series are Divine Cities, Founders Trilogy and Shadow of the Leviathan. Subject headings name urban fantasy, espionage, horror, corporate power and corruption.

Source: Wikidata

The Divine Cities trilogy combines mystery, politics and magic, with recurring themes of power, identity and societal structures.

How many Robert Jackson Bennett books are there?

Robert Jackson Bennett has 16 books, released between 2009 and 2026. They include 3 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Robert Jackson Bennett Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Robert Jackson Bennett 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 November 2026.

  1. Cover of The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett (2009)
  2. Cover of Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett (2009)
  3. Cover of The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett (2012)
  4. Cover of American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett (2013)
  5. Cover of City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett, book 1 of the Divine Cities series (2014)
  6. Cover of City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett, book 2 of the Divine Cities series (2016)
  7. Cover of City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett, book 3 of the Divine Cities series (2017)
  8. Cover of Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett, book 1 of the Founders Trilogy (2018)
  9. Cover of Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett (2019)
  10. Cover of Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett, book 2 of the Founders Trilogy (2020)
  11. Cover of In the Shadows of Men by Robert Jackson Bennett (2020)
  12. Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, book 1 of the Shadow of the Leviathan series (2024)
  1. 1
    The Company Man2009 · 466 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009466
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  2. 2
    Mr. Shivers2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    The Troupe2012 · 505 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012505
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    American Elsewhere2013 · 681 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013681
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    City of StairsDivine Cities #12014 · 452 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014452
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  6. 6
    City of BladesDivine Cities #22016 · 484 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016484
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    City of MiraclesDivine Cities #32017 · 451 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017451
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    FoundrysideFounders Trilogy #12018 · 503 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018503
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Vigilance2019 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019192
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  10. 10
    ShorefallFounders Trilogy #22020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    In the Shadows of Men2020 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020120
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  12. 12
    LocklandsFounders Trilogy #32022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  13. 13
    The Tainted CupShadow of the Leviathan #12024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  14. 14
    A Drop of CorruptionShadow of the Leviathan #22025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    A Trade of BloodShadow of the Leviathan #32026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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  16. 16
    The Lion’s TuskMagic & Mystery Collection #32026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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Robert Jackson Bennett 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.

Divine Cities in order

3 books
  1. 1. City of Stairs
  2. 2. City of Blades
  3. 3. City of Miracles

Founders Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Foundryside
  2. 2. Shorefall
  3. 3. Locklands

Shadow of the Leviathan in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Tainted Cup
  2. 2. A Drop of Corruption
  3. 3. A Trade of Blood

Magic & Mystery Collection

1 book

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

Standalone books

6 books

6 Robert Jackson Bennett titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Robert Jackson Bennett books in order?

You only need to read Robert Jackson Bennett books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Robert Jackson Bennett

Start with The Company Man (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robert Jackson Bennett book?

A Trade of Blood (2026) is the newest Robert Jackson Bennett book released so far.

Is there a new Robert Jackson Bennett book coming?

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

Awards Robert Jackson Bennett has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 17 nominations for Robert Jackson Bennett. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

Robert Jackson Bennett at a glance

Still publishing
Robert Jackson Bennett published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Robert Jackson Bennett books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,854 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 466 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robert Jackson Bennett books, 7 of 16, were published in the 2020s.

When Robert Jackson Bennett books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Robert Jackson Bennett titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 7 titles.

2000s
2
2010s
7
2020s
7

16 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Robert Jackson Bennett books are about

12 of the 16 Robert Jackson Bennett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 2 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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