Tim LaHaye Books in Order
Tim LaHaye has written 70 books, published between 1968 and 2015. The first book is How to Be Happy Though Married (1968) and the newest is Target Israel (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 70
- Published
- 1968–2015
- Confirmed
- 69 of 70 titles
- Pages on record
- 14,519 in 47 of 70 books
- Reading time
- 242–363 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,519 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 47 of 70 titles with a page count on record.
Tim LaHaye (April 27, 1926 to July 25, 2016) was an American Baptist evangelical minister and political activist. LaHaye wrote more than 85 books of fiction and nonfiction, among them the Left Behind novels, co-written with Jerry B. Jenkins, which depict apocalyptic events after a pre-tribulation rapture. LaHaye also helped found the Council for National Policy, a conservative Christian advocacy group. The catalogue lists 70 books from How to Be Happy Though Married (1968) to Target Israel (2015), with Babylon Rising and Soul Survivor among the series and Bible prophecy, marriage and the end of the world among the subjects.
Before They Were Left Behind, a prequel series to Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, is set roughly three decades earlier and follows Rayford Steele and Nicolae Carpathia as they end up on opposite sides of the Rapture.
How many Tim LaHaye books are there?
Tim LaHaye has 70 books, released between 1968 and 2015. They include 4 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Tim LaHaye Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 70 Tim LaHaye 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.
- 119681483/4
- 219715123/4
- 319733783/4
- 419782073/4
- 519801443/4
- 6Practical Answers to Common Questions about Sex in MarriageTim LaHaye Non-Fiction #61984 · 80 pages · confirmed 3/41984803/4
- 71986243/4
- 819912853/4
- 919922243/4
- 1019932583/4
- 1119942853/4
- 121995–4/4
- 1319952563/4
- 1419964804/4
- 151998–4/4
- 161998–4/4
- 171998–4/4
- 181998–4/4
- 191998803/4
- 2019982043/4
- 211998–3/4
- 221998803/4
- 2319994484/4
- 242000–4/4
- 252000–4/4
- 262000–4/4
- 272000–4/4
- 282000–4/4
- 2920001383/4
- 302000–3/4
- 31Tim LaHaye Prophecy Study Bible – New King James VersionTim LaHaye Non-Fiction #172000 · 1768 pages · confirmed 3/4200017683/4
- 3220011843/4
- 332001–3/4
- 3420011504/4
- 3520013543/4
- 3620011443/4
- 3720012723/4
- 3820021573/4
- 3920021593/4
- 4020024484/4
- 412002–4/4
- 4220023203/4
- 4320034004/4
- 4420031733/4
- 4520034324/4
- 4620034643/4
- 4720044163/4
- 4820043944/4
- 49A Kid's Guide to Understanding the End TimesTim LaHaye Non-Fiction #232004 · 91 pages · confirmed 3/42004913/4
- 50The Popular Encyclopedia of Bible ProphecyTim LaHaye Non-Fiction #242004 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/420044323/4
- 5120043983/4
- 522005–3/4
- 5320053803/4
- 5420053043/4
- 552005–3/4
- 5620054263/4
- 5720051203/4
- 582006–3/4
- 59The Secret on Ararat2006 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420064161/4
- 6020061283/4
- 612006–3/4
- 622007–4/4
- 6320072723/4
- 642008–3/4
- 652010–3/4
- 662010–4/4
- 6720123623/4
- 6820123133/4
- 6920144113/4
- 702015–3/4
Tim LaHaye series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Babylon Rising books in order 4 books
Tim LaHaye 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.
Tim LaHaye Non-Fiction
31 books31 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Left Behind: The Kids in order
11 booksLeft Behind books in order
9 books by Tim LaHaye- 1. Left Behind
- 1. The Rising
- 2. Tribulation Force
- 4. Soul Harvest
- 6. Assassins
- 8. The Mark
- 10. The Remnant
- 11. Armageddon
- 12. Glorious Appearing
Soul Survivor in order
4 booksTim LaHaye Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
End in order
3 booksJesus Chronicles in order
2 booksTim LaHaye Poetry in order
1 bookLeft Behind: The Kids Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Tim LaHaye title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tim LaHaye books in order?
You only need to read Tim LaHaye books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Tim LaHaye
Start with Babylon Rising (2003), the first Babylon Rising book. The earliest catalogued title overall is How to Be Happy Though Married (1968).
What is the newest Tim LaHaye book?
Target Israel (2015) is the newest Tim LaHaye book released so far.
Is there a new Tim LaHaye book coming?
No next Tim LaHaye book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tim LaHaye at a glance
- Died
- Tim LaHaye died in 2016, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Tim LaHaye on record dates from 2015.
- Release pace
- Tim LaHaye books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 14,519 pages across the 47 of 70 books with a recorded length, a median of 285 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tim LaHaye books, 41 of 70, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 20 of the 70 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 69 in at least three.
What the Tim LaHaye books are about
52 of the 70 Tim LaHaye books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: end of the world is tagged on 17 of 52. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- End of the world 17 of 52 books
- Christian life 16 of 52 books
- Rapture (Christian eschatology) 11 of 52 books
- Christian fiction 10 of 52 books
- Bible 9 of 52 books
- Christianity 8 of 52 books
- Good and evil 8 of 52 books
- Tribulation (Christian eschatology) 8 of 52 books
- Children's fiction 7 of 52 books
- Prophecies 7 of 52 books
- Christian, futuristic 4 of 52 books
- Marriage 4 of 52 books
Other Christian / Religious authors
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.