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Stephen Hawking Books in Order

Stephen Hawking has written 6 books, published between 2007 and 2018. The first book is George's Secret Key to the Universe (2007) and the newest is George and the Ship of Time (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2007–2018
Total pages
2,004 across 6 books
Reading time
33–50 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,004 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Stephen Hawking (8 January 1942 - 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist who directed research at Cambridge's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology and held the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics there from 1979 to 2009. Born in Oxford to a family of physicians, Hawking entered University College, Oxford at seventeen and took a first-class degree in physics. The six books catalogued here are the George stories for readers in grades 3 to 5, from George's Secret Key to the Universe (2007) to George and the Ship of Time (2018), covering cosmology, space flight and astronauts.

In the George series, George and his friends explore the universe with help from an intelligent computer, encountering scientific mysteries along the way.

How many Stephen Hawking books are there?

Stephen Hawking has 6 books, released between 2007 and 2018.

Stephen Hawking Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Stephen Hawking 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 George's Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen Hawking (2007)
  2. Cover of George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt by Stephen Hawking (2009)
  3. Cover of George and the Big Bang by Stephen Hawking (2011)
  4. Cover of George and the Unbreakable Code by Stephen Hawking (2014)
  5. Cover of George and the Blue Moon by Stephen Hawking (2016)
  1. 1
    George's Secret Key to the Universe2007 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007336
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  2. 2
    George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt2009 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009299
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    George and the Big Bang2011 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    George and the Unbreakable Code2014 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014313
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    George and the Blue Moon2016 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    George and the Ship of Time2018 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018416
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Stephen Hawking 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.

Standalone books

6 books

6 Stephen Hawking titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Stephen Hawking Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Stephen Hawking books run from George's Secret Key to the Universe (2007) to George and the Ship of Time (2018), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Stephen Hawking in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Stephen Hawking books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 6 Stephen Hawking books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Stephen Hawking

Start with George's Secret Key to the Universe (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stephen Hawking book?

George and the Ship of Time (2018) is the newest Stephen Hawking book released so far.

Is there a new Stephen Hawking book coming?

No next Stephen Hawking 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 Stephen Hawking has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Stephen Hawking. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Bodley Medal2015Won
  • Andrew Gemant Award1998Won

Stephen Hawking at a glance

Died
Stephen Hawking died in 2018, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Stephen Hawking on record dates from 2018.
Release pace
Stephen Hawking books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,004 pages across all 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 324 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stephen Hawking books, 4 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Stephen Hawking books are about

All 6 Stephen Hawking 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 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.