Trevor Hoyle Books in Order
Trevor Hoyle has written 23 books, published between 1973 and 2014. The first book is The Hard Game (1973) and the newest is Kids (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1973–2014
- Pages on record
- 1,298 in 7 of 23 books
Trevor Hoyle, born in Rochdale, Lancashire on 25 February 1940, is an English science fiction author. Recognition arrived in the late 1970s with the Q series, whose scientific investigator Christian Queghan travels through time and into hypothetical worlds. Hoyle wrote a number of Blake's 7 novels as well, and publishes under the names Larry Milne and Joseph Rance. The catalogue holds 23 books from The Hard Game (1973) to Kids (2014), including Seeking the Mythical Future (1977), This Sentient Earth (1979), Through The Eye Of Time (1982) and The Last Gasp (1983).
How many Trevor Hoyle books are there?
Trevor Hoyle has 23 books, released between 1973 and 2014. 3 of them belong to the Q series.
Trevor Hoyle Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Trevor Hoyle 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.
- 1The Hard Game1973 · 125 pages · confirmed 1/419731251/4
- 21977–1/4
- 319771921/4
- 4Sexless Spy1977 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419771601/4
- 5Earth Cult1979 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/419791891/4
- 6This Sentient Earth1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 7The Stigma1980 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/419802201/4
- 8The Svengali plot1980 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/419802201/4
- 91982–1/4
- 10The Last Gasp1983 · confirmed 1/41983–1/4
- 1119881921/4
- 121988–1/4
- 13Soft Verges1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 14Rule of Night2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 15Relatively Constant Copywriter2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 162014–1/4
- 17The Man Who Travelled on Motorways2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 18Blind Needle2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 19Vail2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 20Mirrorman2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 21Down the Figure 72014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 22Rock Fix2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 23Kids2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
Trevor Hoyle 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.
Blake's 7 in order
3 booksQ in order
3 booksStandalone books
17 books17 Trevor Hoyle titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Trevor Hoyle books in order?
You only need to read Trevor Hoyle books in order within the Q series, which holds 3 of the 23 Trevor Hoyle books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Trevor Hoyle
Start with The Hard Game (1973), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Trevor Hoyle book?
Kids (2014) is the newest Trevor Hoyle book released so far.
Is there a new Trevor Hoyle book coming?
No next Trevor Hoyle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Trevor Hoyle at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Trevor Hoyle title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Trevor Hoyle books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,298 pages across the 7 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Trevor Hoyle books, 9 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
What the Trevor Hoyle books are about
4 of the 23 Trevor Hoyle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fiction in English 4 of 4 books
- Science fiction 1 of 4 books
- Mythology 1 of 4 books
- Research 1 of 4 books