CHERUB Books in Order
Robert Muchamore has written 19 CHERUB books, published between 2004 and 2016: 18 in the 2 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is The Recruit (2004) and the newest main-line book is New Guard (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 2004–2016
- Confirmed
- 8 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,840 in 15 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 81–121 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,840 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
CHERUB is a Robert Muchamore spy fiction catalogue of 19 books from 2004 to 2016, and CHERUB is catalogued as an imaginary organisation. The Recruit (2004) starts the run, followed by titles including Maximum Security (2005), The Killing (2005), Divine Madness (2006) and Man vs. Beast (2006). Subjects include teenagers, orphans, espionage, intelligence services, drug traffic, prisons and Great Britain. New Guard (2016) is the latest title. Muchamore's related series are CHERUB 2 and CHERUB Graphic Novels.
How many CHERUB books are there?
CHERUB has 19 books, released between 2004 and 2016. 18 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (CHERUB, CHERUB 2), and 1 related title sit outside it: graphic novels.
CHERUB Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 CHERUB 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.
- 120043522/4
- 220043092/4
- 320052932/4
- 420053362/4
- 520064002/4
- 620063362/4
- 720073683/4
- 820074162/4
- 920083123/4
- 1020083293/4
- 1120081592/4
- 122009–3/4
- 132010–3/4
- 1420114073/4
- 152012–3/4
- 1620131762/4
- 172013–3/4
- 1820143272/4
- 1920163202/4
CHERUB Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the 2 main-line series run from The Recruit (2004) to New Guard (2016), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for CHERUB in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read CHERUB books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (graphic novels) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each CHERUB book also stands alone.
Where to start with CHERUB
Start with The Recruit (2004), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series.
What is the newest CHERUB book?
New Guard (2016) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.
Is there a new CHERUB book coming?
No next CHERUB book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
CHERUB at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line CHERUB title on record is New Guard (2016), 10 years ago.
- Release pace
- CHERUB books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,840 pages across the 15 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 329 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most CHERUB books, 12 of 19, were published in the 2000s.
What the CHERUB books are about
All 19 CHERUB books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 15 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Espionage 15 of 19 books
- Children's fiction 14 of 19 books
- Spies 13 of 19 books
- Teenagers 7 of 19 books
- Adventure stories 6 of 19 books
- Intelligence service 4 of 19 books
- Orphans 4 of 19 books
- Drug traffic 3 of 19 books
- Great Britain 3 of 19 books
- Undercover operations 3 of 19 books
More books by Robert Muchamore
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Robert Muchamore books in order 51 books