Alcatraz Books in Order
Alcatraz by Brandon Sanderson contains 6 books, published between 2007 and 2022. The first book is Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (2007) and the newest is Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2007–2022
- Confirmed
- 6 of 6 titles
- Pages on record
- 622 in 2 of 6 books
Alcatraz takes on evil librarians in Brandon Sanderson's humorous fantasy series for children. Six books are catalogued between 2007 and 2022: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (2007), Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (2008), Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (2009), Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (2010), The Dark Talent (2016) and Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (2022). Clumsiness, grandfathers, libraries and the making of heroes supply the running material. Nothing new has appeared since 2022.
How many Alcatraz books are there?
Alcatraz has 6 books, released between 2007 and 2022.
Alcatraz Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Alcatraz 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.
- 1Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians2007 · confirmed 3/42007–3/4
- 2Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones2008 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/420083223/4
- 3Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia2009 · confirmed 4/42009–4/4
- 4Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens2010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 5The Dark Talent2016 · 300 pages · confirmed 3/420163003/4
- 6Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians2022 · confirmed 3/42022–3/4
Is there a chronological order for Alcatraz?
No separate chronological order is on record for Alcatraz, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Alcatraz books in order?
You should read the Alcatraz books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Alcatraz book also stands alone.
Where to start with Alcatraz
Start with Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Alcatraz book?
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (2022) is the newest Alcatraz book released so far.
Is there a new Alcatraz book coming?
No next Alcatraz book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alcatraz at a glance
- Paused
- No new Alcatraz title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Alcatraz books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 622 pages across the 2 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 311 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alcatraz books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 6 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Alcatraz books are about
All 6 Alcatraz books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 6 of 6 books
- Humor 6 of 6 books
- Librarians 6 of 6 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 6 books
- Clumsiness 3 of 6 books
- Grandfathers 3 of 6 books
- Bibliothécaires 2 of 6 books
- Heroes 2 of 6 books
More books by Brandon Sanderson
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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