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The Company Books in Order

Kage Baker has written 14 The Company books, published between 1997 and 2013: 12 in the Company series and 2 related titles. The first book is In the Garden of Iden (1997) and the newest main-line book is In the Company of Thieves (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1997–2013
Confirmed
14 of 14 titles
Pages on record
3,501 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
58–88 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,501 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable The Company checklist

The Company is the name behind Kage Baker's Company series and Company short stories, science fiction catalogued from 1997 to 2013. In the Garden of Iden (1997) is the first of 14 listed books, and later titles include Sky Coyote (1999) and Mendoza in Hollywood (2000). Subjects include time travel, immortalism, cyborgs, historical fantasy and the imaginary organization Dr. Zeus Incorporated. In the Company of Thieves (2013) is the last entry.

How many The Company books are there?

The Company has 14 books, released between 1997 and 2013. 12 of them belong to the Company series, and 2 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.

The Company Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 The Company 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 In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker, book 1 of the Company series (1997)
  2. Cover of Sky Coyote by Kage Baker, book 2 of the Company series (1999)
  3. Cover of Mendoza in Hollywood by Kage Baker, book 3 of the Company series (2000)
  4. Cover of The Graveyard Game by Kage Baker, book 4 of the Company series (2001)
  5. Cover of Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers by Kage Baker, book 1 of the Company Short Story series (2002)
  6. Cover of The Life of the World to Come by Kage Baker, book 5 of the Company series (2004)
  7. Cover of The Children of the Company by Kage Baker, book 6 of the Company series (2005)
  8. Cover of The Machine's Child by Kage Baker, book 7 of the Company series (2006)
  9. Cover of Gods and Pawns by Kage Baker, book 2 of the Company Short Story series (2007)
  10. Cover of Rude Mechanicals by Kage Baker, book 8 of the Company series (2007)
  11. Cover of The Sons of Heaven by Kage Baker, book 9 of the Company series (2007)
  12. Cover of The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker, book 10 of the Company series (2009)
  13. Cover of Not Less Than Gods by Kage Baker, book 11 of the Company series (2009)
  14. Cover of In the Company of Thieves by Kage Baker, book 12 of the Company series (2013)
  1. 1
    In the Garden of IdenCompany #11997 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997336
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  2. 2
    Sky CoyoteCompany #21999 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999304
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  3. 3
    Mendoza in HollywoodCompany #32000 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000352
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  4. 4
    The Graveyard GameCompany #42001 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001304
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  5. 5
    Black Projects, White Knights: The Company DossiersCompany Short Story #12002 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002288
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  6. 6
    The Life of the World to ComeCompany #52004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  7. 7
    The Children of the CompanyCompany #62005 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005384
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  8. 8
    The Machine's ChildCompany #72006 · 351 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006351
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  9. 9
    Gods and PawnsCompany Short Story #22007 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007336
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  10. 10
    Rude MechanicalsCompany #82007 · 114 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007114
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  11. 11
    The Sons of HeavenCompany #92007 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007432
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  12. 12
    The Empress of MarsCompany #102009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  13. 13
    Not Less Than GodsCompany #112009 · 300 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009300
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  14. 14
    In the Company of ThievesCompany #122013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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Do you have to read The Company books in order?

You should read the Company series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each The Company book also stands alone.

Where to start with The Company

Start with In the Garden of Iden (1997), the earliest published book in the Company series.

What is the newest The Company book?

In the Company of Thieves (2013) is the newest book in the Company series.

Is there a new The Company book coming?

No next The Company 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 The Company has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 10 nominations for The Company. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

The Company at a glance

No recent titles
The newest main-line The Company title on record is In the Company of Thieves (2013), 13 years ago.
Release pace
The Company books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,501 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most The Company books, 11 of 14, were published in the 2000s.

What the The Company books are about

13 of the 14 The Company 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 9 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Kage Baker

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