Tom Harper Books in Order
Tom Harper has written 12 books, published between 2003 and 2015. The first book is The Mosaic of Shadows (2003) and the newest is Black River (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2003–2015
- Pages on record
- 3,597 in 9 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 60–90 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,597 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Tom Harper writes historical thrillers and adventure fiction, with the Crusades, emperors, missing persons and private investigation among the recorded subjects. Twelve books are catalogued between 2003 and 2015, at a median of 400 pages: The Mosaic of Shadows (2003), Knights of the Cross (2006), Siege Of Heaven (2006), The Lost Temple (2007), The Book of Secrets (2009), The Lazarus Vault (2010), Secrets of the Dead (2011), The Orpheus Descent (2013), The Twelfth Tablet (2013), Polar Vortex (2014) and Black River (2015). Three series are recorded: Demetrios Askiates, Zodiac Station and a set of Edwin Thomas short stories and novellas.
How many Tom Harper books are there?
Tom Harper has 12 books, released between 2003 and 2015. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Tom Harper Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Tom Harper 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.
- 120032402/4
- 220063702/4
- 320062402/4
- 4The Lost Temple2007 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420074002/4
- 5The Book of Secrets2009 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/420096082/4
- 6The Lazarus Vault2010 · 465 pages · confirmed 2/420104652/4
- 7Secrets of the Dead2011 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/420114802/4
- 82013–2/4
- 9The Orpheus Descent2013 · 456 pages · confirmed 2/420134562/4
- 102014–2/4
- 112014–2/4
- 12Black River2015 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/420153382/4
Tom Harper 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.
Demetrios Askiates in order
3 booksZodiac Station in order
2 booksEdwin Thomas Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
6 books6 Tom Harper titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tom Harper books in order?
You only need to read Tom Harper books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Tom Harper
Start with The Mosaic of Shadows (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tom Harper book?
Black River (2015) is the newest Tom Harper book released so far.
Is there a new Tom Harper book coming?
No next Tom Harper book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tom Harper at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Tom Harper title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Tom Harper books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,597 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tom Harper books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tom Harper books are about
10 of the 12 Tom Harper books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 4 of 10 books
- Thrillers 3 of 10 books
- Crusades 2 of 10 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 10 books
- History 2 of 10 books
- Missing persons 2 of 10 books