Steve Alten Books in Order
Steve Alten has written 21 books, published between 1997 and 2023. The first book is Meg (1997) and the newest is Heaven's Lake (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1997–2023
- Confirmed
- 21 of 21 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,506 in 15 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 108–163 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,506 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Meg (1997) opens Steve Alten's catalogue and the shark series his name is attached to. Alten, an American science fiction author born in 1959, builds the MEG books on the survival of the megalodon, a giant prehistoric shark. His 21 catalogued titles reach Heaven's Lake (2023) and take in The Trench (1999), Primal Waters (2004), Hell's Aquarium (2009) and the Domain Trilogy, also listed as the Mayan Trilogy. The Loch (2005) heads a separate series. Deep diving, sea monsters, archaeologists and the end of the world recur across the subjects.
How many Steve Alten books are there?
Steve Alten has 21 books, released between 1997 and 2023. They include 3 separate series.
Steve Alten Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Steve Alten 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.
- 119974303/4
- 219994303/4
- 320015123/4
- 4Resurrection / The Mayan ResurrectionDomain Trilogy / Mayan Trilogy #22001 · 431 pages · confirmed 3/420014313/4
- 520024153/4
- 620044633/4
- 720054963/4
- 820075123/4
- 920093843/4
- 102009–3/4
- 1120104873/4
- 122011–3/4
- 1320134483/4
- 1420144803/4
- 1520142723/4
- 1620163673/4
- 1720173793/4
- 182020–3/4
- 192020–3/4
- 202022–3/4
- 212023–3/4
Steve Alten series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- MEG books in order 9 books
Steve Alten 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.
Steve Alten Standalone Novels
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Domain Trilogy / Mayan Trilogy in order
3 booksLoch in order
3 books- 1. The Loch
- 2. Vostok
- 3. Heaven's Lake
Do you have to read Steve Alten books in order?
You only need to read Steve Alten 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 Steve Alten
Start with Meg (1997), the first MEG book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Steve Alten book?
Heaven's Lake (2023) is the newest Steve Alten book released so far.
Is there a new Steve Alten book coming?
No next Steve Alten book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Steve Alten at a glance
- Paused
- No new Steve Alten title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Steve Alten books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,506 pages across the 15 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 431 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Steve Alten books, 8 of 21, were published in the 2000s.
What the Steve Alten books are about
17 of the 21 Steve Alten books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sharks is tagged on 5 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Sharks 5 of 17 books
- Carcharocles megalodon 4 of 17 books
- Thrillers 4 of 17 books
- Deep diving 3 of 17 books
- End of the world 3 of 17 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 3 of 17 books
- Archaeologists 2 of 17 books
- Sea monsters 2 of 17 books
- Thrillers, supernatural 2 of 17 books