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Tim Bowler Books in Order

Tim Bowler has written 25 books, published between 1994 and 2015. The first book is Midget (1994) and the newest is Game Changer (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1994–2015
Pages on record
4,047 in 17 of 25 books
Reading time
67–101 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,047 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

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River Boy won Tim Bowler the 1997 Carnegie Medal from CILIP, the award for the year's best children's book by a British subject. Bowler, born 14 November 1953, writes for teenagers and young adults, and the Sunday Telegraph named him a master of the psychological thriller. His 25 catalogued books run from Midget (1994) to Game Changer (2015), with Dragon's Rock, Storm Catchers, Starseeker and Blood on Snow along the way. Grief, gangs, kidnapping and fathers and sons are recurring subjects.

How many Tim Bowler books are there?

Tim Bowler has 25 books, released between 1994 and 2015.

Tim Bowler Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Tim Bowler 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 Midget by Tim Bowler (1994)
  2. Cover of Dragon's Rock by Tim Bowler (1995)
  3. Cover of River Boy by Tim Bowler (1997)
  4. Cover of Shadows by Tim Bowler (1999)
  5. Cover of Storm Catchers by Tim Bowler (2001)
  6. Cover of Starseeker by Tim Bowler (2002)
  7. Cover of Apocalypse by Tim Bowler (2004)
  8. Cover of Blood on Snow by Tim Bowler (2004)
  9. Cover of Firmament by Tim Bowler (2004)
  10. Cover of Walking with the Dead by Tim Bowler (2005)
  11. Cover of Playing Dead by Tim Bowler, book 1 of the Blade series (2008)
  12. Cover of Closing In by Tim Bowler, book 2 of the Blade series (2008)
  13. Cover of Breaking Free by Tim Bowler, book 3 of the Blade series (2008)
  14. Cover of Bloodchild by Tim Bowler (2008)
  15. Cover of Symfony 1.3 Web Application Development by Tim Bowler (2009)
  16. Cover of Running Scared by Tim Bowler, book 4 of the Blade series (2009)
  17. Cover of Fighting Back by Tim Bowler, book 5 of the Blade series (2009)
  18. Cover of Mixing It by Tim Bowler, book 6 of the Blade series (2010)
  19. Cover of Cutting Loose by Tim Bowler, book 7 of the Blade series (2010)
  20. Cover of Risking All by Tim Bowler, book 8 of the Blade series (2010)
  21. Cover of Buried Thunder by Tim Bowler (2011)
  22. Cover of Sea of Whispers by Tim Bowler (2013)
  23. Cover of Night Runner by Tim Bowler (2014)
  24. Cover of Game Changer by Tim Bowler (2015)
  1. 1
    Midget1994 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994160
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  2. 2
    Dragon's Rock1995 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995160
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  3. 3
    River Boy1997 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997234
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  4. 4
    Shadows1999 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999177
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  5. 5
    Storm Catchers2001 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001208
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  6. 6
    Starseeker2002 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002336
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  7. 7
    Apocalypse2004 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004352
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  8. 8
    Blood on Snow2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  9. 9
    Firmament2004 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004306
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  10. 10
    Walking with the Dead2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005128
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  11. 11
    Frozen Fire2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006352
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  12. 12
    Playing DeadBlade #12008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  13. 13
    Closing InBlade #22008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  14. 14
    Breaking FreeBlade #32008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  15. 15
    Bloodchild2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008352
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  16. 16
    Symfony 1.3 Web Application Development2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  17. 17
    Running ScaredBlade #42009 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009162
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  18. 18
    Fighting BackBlade #52009 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009160
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  19. 19
    Mixing ItBlade #62010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  20. 20
    Cutting LooseBlade #72010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  21. 21
    Risking AllBlade #82010 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010160
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  22. 22
    Buried Thunder2011 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011352
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  23. 23
    Sea of Whispers2013 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013224
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  24. 24
    Night Runner2014 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014224
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  25. 25
    Game Changer2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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Tim Bowler books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Blade books in order

8 books by Tim Bowler
  1. 1. Playing Dead
  2. 2. Closing In
  3. 3. Breaking Free
  4. 4. Running Scared
  5. 5. Fighting Back
  6. 6. Mixing It
  7. 7. Cutting Loose
  8. 8. Risking All

Standalone books

17 books

17 Tim Bowler titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tim Bowler books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 25 Tim Bowler books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Tim Bowler

Start with Midget (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tim Bowler book?

Game Changer (2015) is the newest Tim Bowler book released so far.

Is there a new Tim Bowler book coming?

No next Tim Bowler 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 Tim Bowler has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 6 nominations for Tim Bowler. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Tim Bowler at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Tim Bowler title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Tim Bowler books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,047 pages across the 17 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tim Bowler books, 14 of 25, were published in the 2000s.

What the Tim Bowler books are about

24 of the 25 Tim Bowler 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 13 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.