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Egyptian Books in Order

Wilbur Smith has written 10 Egyptian books, published between 1994 and 2025. The first book is River God (1994) and the newest is House of Two Pharaohs (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1994–2025
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
3,933 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
66–98 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,933 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Egyptian checklist

Egyptian is the catalogue's heading for Wilbur Smith's Ancient Egypt novels, 10 books published between 1994 and 2025. Subjects record Egypt, history, slavery, eunuchs, warlocks and the recurring figure Taita. River God (1994) opens the sequence and House of Two Pharaohs (2025) is the most recent entry, with The Seventh Scroll (1995), Warlock (1995), The Quest (2007), Desert God (2014) and Pharaoh (2016) in between. Median length across the catalogued volumes is 624 pages, and the run remains active.

How many Egyptian books are there?

Egyptian has 10 books, released between 1994 and 2025.

Egyptian Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Egyptian 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 River God by Wilbur Smith, book 1 of the Ancient Egypt series (1994)
  2. Cover of The Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith, book 2 of the Ancient Egypt series (1995)
  3. Cover of The Quest by Wilbur Smith, book 4 of the Ancient Egypt series (2007)
  4. Cover of Desert God by Wilbur Smith, book 5 of the Ancient Egypt series (2014)
  5. Cover of Pharaoh by Wilbur Smith, book 6 of the Ancient Egypt series (2016)
  6. Cover of The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith, book 7 of the Ancient Egypt series (2021)
  7. Cover of Titans of War by Wilbur Smith, book 8 of the Ancient Egypt series (2022)
  1. 1
    River GodAncient Egypt #11994 · 664 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1994664
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  2. 2
    The Seventh ScrollAncient Egypt #21995 · 634 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1995634
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  3. 3
    WarlockAncient Egypt #31995 · 642 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1995642
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  4. 4
    The QuestAncient Egypt #42007 · 624 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2007624
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  5. 5
    Desert GodAncient Egypt #52014 · 425 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014425
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  6. 6
    PharaohAncient Egypt #62016 · 512 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016512
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  7. 7
    The New KingdomAncient Egypt #72021 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021432
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  8. 8
    Titans of WarAncient Egypt #82022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022–
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  9. 9
    TestamentAncient Egypt #92023 · confirmed 4/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    House of Two PharaohsAncient Egypt #102025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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Do you have to read Egyptian books in order?

You should read the Egyptian books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Egyptian book also stands alone.

Where to start with Egyptian

Start with River God (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Egyptian book?

House of Two Pharaohs (2025) is the newest Egyptian book released so far.

Is there a new Egyptian book coming?

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

Egyptian at a glance

Still running
Egyptian is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Egyptian books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,933 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 624 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Egyptian books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
10 of the 10 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Egyptian books are about

7 of the 10 Egyptian books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: action & adventure is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Wilbur Smith

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Series that include Egyptian books

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