Extinction Cycle Books in Order
Extinction Cycle by Nicholas Sansbury Smith contains 9 books, published between 2014 and 2018. The first book is Extinction Horizon (2014) and the newest is Extinction Red Line (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2014–2018
- Confirmed
- 9 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,784 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 46–70 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,784 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Extinction Cycle is Nicholas Sansbury Smith's apocalyptic thriller series, built on viruses, biological mutation and the monsters that result. Nine books run from Extinction Horizon in 2014 to Extinction Red Line in 2018, with Extinction Edge, Extinction Age and Extinction Evolution all published in 2015 and Extinction End and Extinction Aftermath in 2016. Survival is the constant subject, and no new title has appeared since 2018.
How many Extinction Cycle books are there?
Extinction Cycle has 9 books, released between 2014 and 2018.
Extinction Cycle Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Extinction Cycle 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.
- 1Extinction Horizon2014 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/420143684/4
- 2Extinction Edge2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420153204/4
- 3Extinction Age2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420153204/4
- 4Extinction Evolution2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420153204/4
- 5Extinction End2016 · 480 pages · confirmed 4/420164804/4
- 6Extinction Aftermath2016 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/420164324/4
- 7Extinction Lost2017 · 80 pages · confirmed 4/42017804/4
- 8Extinction War2017 · 464 pages · confirmed 4/420174644/4
- 9Extinction Red Line2018 · confirmed 3/42018–3/4
Is there a chronological order for Extinction Cycle?
No separate chronological order is on record for Extinction Cycle, 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 Extinction Cycle books in order?
You should read the Extinction Cycle books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Extinction Cycle book also stands alone.
Where to start with Extinction Cycle
Start with Extinction Horizon (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Extinction Cycle book?
Extinction Red Line (2018) is the newest Extinction Cycle book released so far.
Is there a new Extinction Cycle book coming?
No next Extinction Cycle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Extinction Cycle at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Extinction Cycle title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Extinction Cycle books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,784 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Extinction Cycle books, 9 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 8 of the 9 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Extinction Cycle books are about
7 of the 9 Extinction Cycle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
More books by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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