Cobra Books in Order
Timothy Zahn has written 9 Cobra books, published between 1985 and 2018. The first book is Cobra (1985) and the newest is Cobra Traitor (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1985–2018
- Confirmed
- 9 of 9 titles
- Total pages
- 3,254 across 9 books
- Reading time
- 54–81 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,254 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Cobra is Timothy Zahn's science fiction sequence, catalogued at 9 books across 1985 to 2018 and split into the Cobra War and Cobra Rebellion series. Subjects record space opera, space warfare, guerrilla warfare, human-alien encounters and imaginary wars and battles. Cobra (1985), Cobra Strike (1986) and Cobra Bargain (1988) open the listing; a second run follows from Cobra Alliance (2009) through Cobra Guardian, Cobra Gamble, Cobra Slave and Cobra Outlaw to Cobra Traitor (2018). Zahn is credited on all 9 books.
How many Cobra books are there?
Cobra has 9 books, released between 1985 and 2018.
Cobra Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Cobra 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.
- 119853463/4
- 219863443/4
- 319884093/4
- 420094483/4
- 520112963/4
- 620124003/4
- 720132823/4
- 820153133/4
- 920184163/4
Do you have to read Cobra books in order?
You should read the Cobra books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Cobra book also stands alone.
Where to start with Cobra
Start with Cobra (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Cobra book?
Cobra Traitor (2018) is the newest Cobra book released so far.
Is there a new Cobra book coming?
No next Cobra book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cobra at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Cobra title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Cobra books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,254 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 346 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cobra books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Cobra books are about
8 of the 9 Cobra books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 5 of 8 books
- Space opera 3 of 8 books
- Space warfare 3 of 8 books
- Human-alien encounters 2 of 8 books
More books by Timothy Zahn
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Timothy Zahn books in order 98 books