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Zecharia Sitchin Books in Order

16 books are credited to Zecharia Sitchin, published between 1976 and 2015; 2 of them appeared after Zecharia Sitchin's death in 2010. The first book is The 12th Planet (1976) and the newest is The Anunnaki Chronicles (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1976–2015
Total pages
5,220 across 16 books
Reading time
87–131 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,220 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Zecharia Sitchin wrote the Earth Chronicles, a non-fiction sequence arguing extraterrestrial influence on ancient civilisation. The 12th Planet (1976) opens the run, followed by The Stairway to Heaven (1980), The Wars of Gods and Men (1985), Genesis Revisited (1990) and The Lost Book of Enki (2001). Ancient history, the Bible, cosmogony and human-alien encounters are the subjects. Sixteen titles are catalogued through 2015.

How many Zecharia Sitchin books are there?

Zecharia Sitchin has 16 books, released between 1976 and 2015. 2 of them were published after Zecharia Sitchin's death in 2010. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Zecharia Sitchin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Zecharia Sitchin 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 The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin, book 1 of the Earth Chronicles (1976)
  2. Cover of The Stairway to Heaven by Zecharia Sitchin, book 2 of the Earth Chronicles (1980)
  3. Cover of The Wars of Gods and Men by Zecharia Sitchin, book 3 of the Earth Chronicles (1985)
  4. Cover of Genesis Revisited by Zecharia Sitchin, book 1 of the Earth Chronicles Companion series (1990)
  5. Cover of The Lost Realms by Zecharia Sitchin, book 4 of the Earth Chronicles (1990)
  6. Cover of When Time Began by Zecharia Sitchin, book 5 of the Earth Chronicles (1993)
  7. Cover of Divine Encounters by Zecharia Sitchin, book 2 of the Earth Chronicles Companion series (1995)
  8. Cover of The Lost Book of Enki by Zecharia Sitchin (2001)
  9. Cover of The Earth Chronicles Expeditions by Zecharia Sitchin, book 1 of the Earth Chronicles Expeditions series (2007)
  10. Cover of Journeys to the Mythical Past by Zecharia Sitchin, book 2 of the Earth Chronicles Expeditions series (2007)
  11. Cover of The End of Days by Zecharia Sitchin, book 7 of the Earth Chronicles (2007)
  12. Cover of The Earth Chronicles Handbook by Zecharia Sitchin, book 3 of the Earth Chronicles Companion series (2009)
  13. Cover of There Were Giants Upon the Earth by Zecharia Sitchin, book 4 of the Earth Chronicles Companion series (2010)
  14. Cover of The Anunnaki Chronicles by Zecharia Sitchin (2015)
  1. 1
    The 12th PlanetEarth Chronicles #11976 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976448
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  2. 2
    The Stairway to HeavenEarth Chronicles #21980 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980327
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  3. 3
    The Wars of Gods and MenEarth Chronicles #31985 · 377 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985377
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  4. 4
    Genesis RevisitedEarth Chronicles Companion #11990 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990343
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  5. 5
    The Lost RealmsEarth Chronicles #41990 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990298
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  6. 6
    When Time BeganEarth Chronicles #51993 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993410
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  7. 7
    Divine EncountersEarth Chronicles Companion #21995 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995390
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  8. 8
    The Cosmic CodeEarth Chronicles #61998 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998298
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  9. 9
    The Lost Book of Enki2001 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001336
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  10. 10
    The Earth Chronicles ExpeditionsEarth Chronicles Expeditions #12007 · 243 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007243
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  11. 11
    Journeys to the Mythical PastEarth Chronicles Expeditions #22007 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007216
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  12. 12
    The End of DaysEarth Chronicles #72007 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007326
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  13. 13
    The Earth Chronicles HandbookEarth Chronicles Companion #32009 · 231 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009231
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  14. 14
    There Were Giants Upon the EarthEarth Chronicles Companion #42010 · 346 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010346
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  15. 15
    The King Who Refused to Die2013 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013256
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  16. 16
    The Anunnaki Chronicles2015 · 375 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015375
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Zecharia Sitchin series and characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Zecharia Sitchin 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.

Earth Chronicles books in order

7 books by Zecharia Sitchin
  1. 1. The 12th Planet
  2. 2. The Stairway to Heaven
  3. 3. The Wars of Gods and Men
  4. 4. The Lost Realms
  5. 5. When Time Began
  6. 6. The Cosmic Code
  7. 7. The End of Days

Earth Chronicles Companion in order

4 books
  1. 1. Genesis Revisited
  2. 2. Divine Encounters
  3. 3. The Earth Chronicles Handbook
  4. 4. There Were Giants Upon the Earth

Earth Chronicles Expeditions in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Earth Chronicles Expeditions
  2. 2. Journeys to the Mythical Past

Standalone books

3 books

3 Zecharia Sitchin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Zecharia Sitchin books in order?

You only need to read Zecharia Sitchin 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 Zecharia Sitchin

Start with The 12th Planet (1976), the first Earth Chronicles book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Zecharia Sitchin book?

The Anunnaki Chronicles (2015) is the newest Zecharia Sitchin book released so far.

Is there a new Zecharia Sitchin book coming?

No next Zecharia Sitchin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Zecharia Sitchin at a glance

Died
Zecharia Sitchin died in 2010, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Zecharia Sitchin are still being published after Zecharia Sitchin's death in 2010; the newest appeared in 2015.
Release pace
Zecharia Sitchin books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,220 pages across all 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Zecharia Sitchin books, 5 of 16, were published in the 2000s.

What the Zecharia Sitchin books are about

All 16 Zecharia Sitchin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: ancient civilization is tagged on 14 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.