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Dinotopia Books in Order

Dinotopia contains 21 books, published between 1992 and 2019. The first book is Dinotopia Pop-Up Book (1992) and the newest is Dinotopia: Windchaser (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1992–2019
Confirmed
21 of 21 titles
Pages on record
2,183 in 12 of 21 books
Reading time
36–55 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,183 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Dinotopia is a children's fantasy and adventure series built on dinosaurs and an island world of the same name. Twenty-one books span 1992 to 2019, opening with the Dinotopia Pop-Up Book (1992) and A Land Apart from Time (1992) and closing with Dinotopia: Windchaser (2019). The run takes in The World Beneath (1995), River Quest (1995), Dinotopia Lost (1996), Sabertooth Mountain (1996), Lost City (1996), Thunder Falls (1996) and Firestorm (1997). The series is listed as likely complete.

How many Dinotopia books are there?

Dinotopia has 21 books, released between 1992 and 2019.

Dinotopia Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Dinotopia 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 A Land Apart from Time by James Gurney, book 2 of the Dinotopia series (1992)
  2. Cover of River Quest by John Vornholt, book 4 of the Dinotopia series (1995)
  3. Cover of Dinotopia Lost by Alan Dean Foster, book 5 of the Dinotopia series (1996)
  4. Cover of Sabertooth Mountain by John Vornholt, book 6 of the Dinotopia series (1996)
  5. Cover of Lost City by Scott Ciencin, book 7 of the Dinotopia series (1996)
  6. Cover of Thunder Falls by Scott Ciencin, book 8 of the Dinotopia series (1996)
  7. Cover of Firestorm by Gene DeWeese, book 9 of the Dinotopia series (1997)
  8. Cover of The Maze by Peter David, book 10 of the Dinotopia series (1998)
  9. Cover of The Hand of Dinotopia by Alan Dean Foster, book 12 of the Dinotopia series (1999)
  10. Cover of Sky Dance by Scott Ciencin, book 13 of the Dinotopia series (1999)
  11. Cover of First Flight by James Gurney, book 14 of the Dinotopia series (1999)
  12. Cover of Chomper by Donald F. Glut, book 15 of the Dinotopia series (2000)
  13. Cover of Return to Lost City, book 16 of the Dinotopia series (2000)
  14. Cover of The Explorers by Scott Ciencin, book 17 of the Dinotopia series (2001)
  15. Cover of Oasis by Cathy Hapka, book 18 of the Dinotopia series (2002)
  16. Cover of Dolphin Watch by John Vornholt, book 19 of the Dinotopia series (2002)
  17. Cover of Journey to Chandara by James Gurney, book 20 of the Dinotopia series (2007)
  18. Cover of Dinotopia: Windchaser by Scott Ciencin, book 21 of the Dinotopia series (2019)
  1. 1
    Dinotopia Pop-Up Book1992 · confirmed 3/4
    1992–
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  2. 2
    A Land Apart from Time1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992192
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  3. 3
    The World Beneath1995 · 183 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995183
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  4. 4
    River Quest1995 · 146 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995146
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  5. 5
    Dinotopia Lost1996 · 280 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996280
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  6. 6
    Sabertooth Mountain1996 · 133 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996133
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  7. 7
    Lost City1996 · confirmed 3/4
    1996–
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  8. 8
    Thunder Falls1996 · confirmed 3/4
    1996–
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  9. 9
    Firestorm1997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997–
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  10. 10
    The Maze1998 · 140 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998140
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  11. 11
    Rescue Party1999 · confirmed 3/4
    1999–
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  12. 12
    The Hand of Dinotopia1999 · 407 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999407
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  13. 13
    Sky Dance1999 · confirmed 3/4
    1999–
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  14. 14
    First Flight1999 · 64 pages · confirmed 3/4
    199964
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  15. 15
    Chomper2000 · confirmed 3/4
    2000–
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  16. 16
    Return to Lost City2000 · 157 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000157
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  17. 17
    The Explorers2001 · confirmed 3/4
    2001–
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  18. 18
    Oasis2002 · 184 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002184
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  19. 19
    Dolphin Watch2002 · 137 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002137
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  20. 20
    Journey to Chandara2007 · 160 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007160
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  21. 21
    Dinotopia: Windchaser2019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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Where to start with Dinotopia

Start with Dinotopia Pop-Up Book (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dinotopia book?

Dinotopia: Windchaser (2019) is the newest Dinotopia book released so far.

Is there a new Dinotopia book coming?

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

Dinotopia at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Dinotopia title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Dinotopia books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,183 pages across the 12 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 158 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dinotopia books, 14 of 21, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 21 titles, 6 are credited to Scott Ciencin, 5 to James Gurney, 3 to John Vornholt and 2 to Alan Dean Foster. A further 6 writers are credited.

What the Dinotopia books are about

19 of the 21 Dinotopia books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dinosaurs is tagged on 18 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.