Commonwealth Books in Order
Peter F. Hamilton has written 8 Commonwealth books, published between 2002 and 2016. The first book is Misspent Youth (2002) and the newest is A Night Without Stars (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2002–2016
- Confirmed
- 8 of 8 titles
- Total pages
- 5,722 across 8 books
- Reading time
- 95–143 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,722 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Commonwealth is the science fiction sequence Peter F. Hamilton published between 2002 and 2016, catalogued across four headings: Commonwealth Universe, Commonwealth Saga, Void, and Commonwealth: Chronicle Of The Fallers. Subjects record space colonies, life on other planets, space warfare, interplanetary voyages, genetic engineering and rejuvenation. Misspent Youth (2002) is the first catalogued title, followed by Pandora's Star (2004), Judas Unchained (2005), The Dreaming Void (2007), The Temporal Void (2008), The Evolutionary Void (2009) and The Abyss Beyond Dreams (2014). A Night Without Stars (2016) closes the run at eight books.
How many Commonwealth books are there?
Commonwealth has 8 books, released between 2002 and 2016.
Commonwealth Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Commonwealth 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.
- 120024484/4
- 220049884/4
- 3200510184/4
- 420076084/4
- 520086724/4
- 620096724/4
- 720146144/4
- 820167024/4
Do you have to read Commonwealth books in order?
You should read the Commonwealth books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Commonwealth book also stands alone.
Where to start with Commonwealth
Start with Misspent Youth (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Commonwealth book?
A Night Without Stars (2016) is the newest Commonwealth book released so far.
Is there a new Commonwealth book coming?
No next Commonwealth book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Commonwealth at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Commonwealth title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Commonwealth books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,722 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 672 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Commonwealth books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 8 of the 8 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Commonwealth books are about
All 8 Commonwealth 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 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 7 of 8 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 5 of 8 books
- English literature 4 of 8 books
- Life on other planets 4 of 8 books
- Space colonies 3 of 8 books
- Dreams 2 of 8 books
- Space warfare 2 of 8 books
- Thrillers 2 of 8 books
More books by Peter F. Hamilton
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Peter F. Hamilton books in order 48 books