Russell Kirkpatrick Books in Order
Russell Kirkpatrick has written 8 books, published between 1996 and 2021. The first book is Bateman Contemporary Atlas New Zealand (1996) and the newest is Silent Sorrow (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1996–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,629 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 44–66 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,629 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Russell Kirkpatrick (1961 - 26 June 2026) was a New Zealand novelist, cartographer, photographer and geography lecturer who completed two fantasy trilogies and contributed to a number of atlases. The catalogue opens with Bateman Contemporary Atlas New Zealand (1996) and runs to Silent Sorrow (2021). Six novels sit between them: Across the Face of the World and In the Earth Abides the Flame (both 2004), The Right Hand of God (2005), Path of Revenge (2007), Dark Heart (2008) and Beyond the Wall of Time (2009), filed under epic fantasy with subjects of immortality, gods and wizards. Kirkpatrick took New Zealand's Sir Julius Vogel Award for best adult novel three times, and lectured at the University of Canberra from 2022 to 2026.
How many Russell Kirkpatrick books are there?
Russell Kirkpatrick has 8 books, released between 1996 and 2021. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Russell Kirkpatrick Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Russell Kirkpatrick 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.
- 1Bateman Contemporary Atlas New Zealand1996 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419961601/4
- 220045761/4
- 32004–1/4
- 420057041/4
- 520076541/4
- 62008–1/4
- 720095351/4
- 82021–1/4
Russell Kirkpatrick 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.
Fire of Heaven in order
3 booksBroken Man in order
3 booksBook of Remezov in order
1 bookStandalone books
1 book1 Russell Kirkpatrick title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Russell Kirkpatrick books in order?
You only need to read Russell Kirkpatrick 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 Russell Kirkpatrick
Start with Bateman Contemporary Atlas New Zealand (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Russell Kirkpatrick book?
Silent Sorrow (2021) is the newest Russell Kirkpatrick book released so far.
Is there a new Russell Kirkpatrick book coming?
No next Russell Kirkpatrick book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Russell Kirkpatrick at a glance
- Paused
- No new Russell Kirkpatrick title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Russell Kirkpatrick books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 2,629 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 576 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Russell Kirkpatrick books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Russell Kirkpatrick books are about
All 8 Russell Kirkpatrick books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 5 of 8 books
- Fantasy, epic 3 of 8 books
- Gods 2 of 8 books
- Immortality 2 of 8 books