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Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles Books in Order

Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve contains 12 books, published between 2001 and 2026: 11 in the 2 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is Mortal Engines (2001) and the newest main-line book is Bridge of Storms: A Mortal Engines Novel (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2001–2026
Pages on record
2,081 in 6 of 12 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,081 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles checklist

Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles entry holds 12 books, from Mortal Engines (2001) to Bridge of Storms: A Mortal Engines Novel (2026), and is marked ongoing. Predator's Gold (2003), Infernal Devices (2005) and A Darkling Plain (2006) follow the first book in the catalogue. Subject headings include science fiction, children's fiction, dystopias, cities and towns, London (England), foundlings and identity. Related Reeve series in the catalogue are Fever Crumb and Mortal Engines Non-Fiction.

How many Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles books are there?

Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles has 12 books, released between 2001 and 2026. 11 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Mortal Engines, Fever Crumb), and 1 related title sit outside it: non-fiction.

Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles 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 Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve, book 1 of the Mortal Engines series (2001)
  2. Cover of Predator's Gold by Philip Reeve, book 2 of the Mortal Engines series (2003)
  3. Cover of A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve, book 4 of the Mortal Engines series (2006)
  4. Cover of Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve, book 1 of the Fever Crumb series (2009)
  1. 1
    Mortal EnginesMortal Engines #12001 · 373 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001373
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  2. 2
    Predator's GoldMortal Engines #22003 · 405 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003405
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  3. 3
    Infernal DevicesMortal Engines #32005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  4. 4
    A Darkling PlainMortal Engines #42006 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006544
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  5. 5
    Fever CrumbFever Crumb #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    A Web of AirFever Crumb #22010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  7. 7
    Scrivener's MoonFever Crumb #32011 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011352
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  8. 8
    Traction CityMortal Engines #52011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    The Illustrated World of Mortal EnginesMortal Engines Non-Fiction #12018 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018224
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  10. 10
    Night FlightsMortal Engines #62018 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018183
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  11. 11
    Thunder CityMortal Engines #72024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  12. 12
    Bridge of Storms: A Mortal Engines NovelMortal Engines #82026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Do you have to read Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles 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 (non-fiction) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles book also stands alone.

Where to start with Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles

Start with Mortal Engines (2001), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series.

What is the newest Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles book?

Bridge of Storms: A Mortal Engines Novel (2026) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.

Is there a new Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles book coming?

No next Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 8 nominations for Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles at a glance

Still running
Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,081 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles books are about

5 of the 12 Mortal Engines / Hungry City Chronicles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Philip Reeve

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