Rod Duncan Books in Order
Rod Duncan has written 10 books, published between 2003 and 2020. The first book is Backlash (2003) and the newest is The Fugitive and the Vanishing Man (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2003–2020
- Total pages
- 3,532 across 10 books
- Reading time
- 59–88 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,532 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Rod Duncan, born in Wales in 1962, is a British writer who grew up in Aberystwyth and settled in Leicestershire, where he lectures at De Montfort University. Identified as dyslexic at eight, Duncan went on to take a mining geology degree at the University of Leicester, then spent years from 1989 in Taiwan running an environmental education programme for the Baha'i community before returning in 1993. Three series are catalogued to the name: Riot Trilogy, Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire and Map of Unknown Things. Recorded subjects include steampunk science fiction, mystery and detective fiction, women private investigators and male impersonators. Titles include The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter (2014), Unseemly Science (2015) and The Queen of All Crows (2018).
How many Rod Duncan books are there?
Rod Duncan has 10 books, released between 2003 and 2020. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Rod Duncan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Rod Duncan 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.
- 120033521/4
- 220044161/4
- 320054161/4
- 4The Mentalist2007 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42007961/4
- 520143731/4
- 620153791/4
- 720163681/4
- 820183481/4
- 920193841/4
- 1020204001/4
Rod Duncan 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.
Riot Trilogy in order
3 booksFall of the Gas-Lit Empire in order
3 booksMap of Unknown Things in order
3 booksStandalone books
1 book1 Rod Duncan title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Rod Duncan books in order?
You only need to read Rod Duncan 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 Rod Duncan
Start with Backlash (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Rod Duncan book?
The Fugitive and the Vanishing Man (2020) is the newest Rod Duncan book released so far.
Is there a new Rod Duncan book coming?
No next Rod Duncan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Rod Duncan at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Rod Duncan title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Rod Duncan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,532 pages across all 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Rod Duncan books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Rod Duncan books are about
9 of the 10 Rod Duncan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- English literature 2 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 9 books