Artemis Fowl Books in Order
There are 18 Artemis Fowl books, published between 2001 and 2020: 11 in the Artemis Fowl series and 7 related titles. The first book is Artemis Fowl (2001) and the newest main-line book is How to Be a LEPrecon (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 2001–2020
- Confirmed
- 17 of 18 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,761 in 6 of 18 books
Artemis Fowl is the title character of a group of 18 books catalogued between 2001 and 2020, with Eoin Colfer credited on 16 of them. The run opens with Artemis Fowl (2001), followed by The Arctic Incident (2002), The Eternity Code (2003), The Opal Deception (2005), The Lost Colony (2006) and The Time Paradox (2008). Subjects list fairies, magic, kidnapping, demonology and time travel, and tag the books as children's fiction and science fiction. How to Be a LEPrecon (2020) is the newest title, and the run is listed as likely complete. Short-story and graphic-novel listings sit alongside it.
How many Artemis Fowl books are there?
Artemis Fowl has 18 books, released between 2001 and 2020. 11 of them belong to the Artemis Fowl series, and 7 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels and short stories and novellas.
Artemis Fowl Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Artemis Fowl 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.
- 120013163/4
- 220022783/4
- 320033293/4
- 42004–3/4
- 52004–3/4
- 620053423/4
- 72006–3/4
- 820071123/4
- 92008–3/4
- 102009–3/4
- 112010–3/4
- 1220103843/4
- 132012–3/4
- 142013–3/4
- 152014–3/4
- 162019–2/4
- 172020–3/4
- 182020–3/4
Artemis Fowl Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the Artemis Fowl series run from Artemis Fowl (2001) to How to Be a LEPrecon (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Artemis Fowl in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Artemis Fowl books in order?
You should read the Artemis Fowl series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 7 related titles (graphic novels and short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Artemis Fowl book also stands alone.
What order should you read Artemis Fowl books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Artemis Fowl (2001), the earliest published book in the Artemis Fowl series. After it come The Arctic Incident (2002), The Eternity Code (2003), The Artemis Fowl Files (2004), The Opal Deception (2005), The Lost Colony (2006), The Time Paradox (2008), Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex (2010), The Last Guardian (2012), Artemis Fowl's Guide to the World of Fairies (2020) and How to Be a LEPrecon (2020).
What is the newest Artemis Fowl book?
How to Be a LEPrecon (2020) is the newest book in the Artemis Fowl series.
Is there a new Artemis Fowl book coming?
No next Artemis Fowl book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Artemis Fowl at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Artemis Fowl title on record is How to Be a LEPrecon (2020), 6 years ago.
- Release pace
- Artemis Fowl books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,761 pages across the 6 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 322 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Artemis Fowl books, 10 of 18, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 18 titles, 16 are credited to Eoin Colfer. 2 titles carry no credit.
What the Artemis Fowl books are about
13 of the 18 Artemis Fowl books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fairies is tagged on 10 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fairies 10 of 13 books
- Magic 9 of 13 books
- Adventure stories 8 of 13 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 13 books
- Space and time 4 of 13 books
- Demonology 3 of 13 books
- Kidnapping 3 of 13 books