Lost Fleet Books in Order

Jack Campbell has written 22 Lost Fleet books, published between 2006 and 2024. The first book is Dauntless (2006) and the newest is Rendezvous with Corsair (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
2006–2024
Confirmed
22 of 22 titles
Pages on record
5,452 in 16 of 22 books
Reading time
91–136 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,452 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

The Lost Fleet is Jack Campbell's military science fiction series, built on fleet warfare, starships and human-alien contact. Dauntless (2006) opens the run, and the catalogue holds 22 titles through Rendezvous with Corsair in 2024, counting Beyond the Frontier, Outlands, The Lost Stars and the Genesis Fleet. Median length is 340 pages, and the 2010s were the busiest decade.

Source: composed

How many Lost Fleet books are there?

Lost Fleet has 22 books, released between 2006 and 2024.

Lost Fleet Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Lost Fleet 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    DauntlessLost Fleet #12006 · 293 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006293
  2. 2
    FearlessLost Fleet #22007 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007304
  3. 3
    CourageousLost Fleet #32007 · 299 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007299
  4. 4
    ValiantLost Fleet #42008 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008304
  5. 5
    RelentlessLost Fleet #52009 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009320
  6. 6
    VictoriousLost Fleet #62010 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010352
  7. 7
    DreadnaughtLost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #12011 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011356
  8. 8
    Tarnished KnightLost Stars #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
  9. 9
    InvincibleLost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #22012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
  10. 10
    Perilous ShieldLost Stars #22013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
  11. 11
    GuardianLost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #32013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
  12. 12
    Imperfect SwordLost Stars #32014 · 369 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014369
  13. 13
    SteadfastLost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #42014 · 386 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014386
  14. 14
    LeviathanLost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #52015 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015323
  15. 15
    Shattered SpearLost Stars #42016 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016352
  16. 16
    VanguardGenesis Fleet #12017 · 327 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017327
  17. 17
    AscendantGenesis Fleet #22018 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018344
  18. 18
    TriumphantGenesis Fleet #32019 · 387 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019387
  19. 19
    BoundlessLost Fleet: Outlands #12021 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021336
  20. 20
    ResoluteLost Fleet: Outlands #22022 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022400
  21. 21
    ImplacableLost Fleet: Outlands #32023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
  22. 22
    Rendezvous with CorsairLost Fleet #12024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–

Do you have to read Lost Fleet books in order?

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

What order should you read Lost Fleet books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Dauntless (2006), the earliest published title. After it come Fearless (2007), Courageous (2007), Valiant (2008) and Relentless (2009); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Lost Fleet book?

Rendezvous with Corsair (2024) is the newest Lost Fleet book released so far.

Is there a new Lost Fleet book coming?

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

Lost Fleet at a glance

Still running
Lost Fleet is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Lost Fleet books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,452 pages across the 16 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lost Fleet books, 13 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

When Lost Fleet books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Lost Fleet titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 13 titles.

2000s
5
2010s
13
2020s
4

22 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Lost Fleet books are about

20 of the 22 Lost Fleet 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 11 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jack Campbell

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