Gap Books in Order
Gap by Stephen R. Donaldson contains 5 books, published between 1990 and 1996. The first book is The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story (1990) and the newest is The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die (1996). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 1990–1996
- Pages on record
- 2,360 in 4 of 5 books
- Reading time
- 39–59 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,360 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.
The Gap Cycle is Stephen R. Donaldson's science fiction sequence, five novels published between 1990 and 1996. The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story (1990) opens it, followed by The Gap into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge (1991), The Gap into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises (1992), The Gap into Madness: Chaos and Order (1994) and The Gap into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die (1996). Angus Thermopyle, Morn Hyland, Nick Succorso and Milos Taverner carry the story between them. The cycle is complete; read it in publication order.
How many Gap books are there?
Gap has 5 books, released between 1990 and 1996.
Gap Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Gap 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.
- 1The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story1990 · confirmed 2/41990–2/4
- 2The Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap Into Vision1991 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/419914802/4
- 3The Dark and Hungry God arises: The Gap Into Power1992 · 518 pages · confirmed 2/419925182/4
- 4The Chaos and Order: The Gap Into Madness1994 · 674 pages · confirmed 2/419946742/4
- 5The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die1996 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/419966882/4
Is there a chronological order for Gap?
No separate chronological order is on record for Gap, 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 Gap books in order?
You should read the Gap books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Gap book also stands alone.
Where to start with Gap
Start with The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Gap book?
The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die (1996) is the newest Gap book released so far.
Is there a new Gap book coming?
No next Gap book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Gap at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Gap title on record dates from 1996, 30 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Gap books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,360 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 596 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Gap books, 5 of 5, were published in the 1990s.
What the Gap books are about
4 of the 5 Gap 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 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 4 of 4 books
- Succorso, nick (fictitious character) 3 of 4 books
- Angus Thermopyle (Fictitious character) 2 of 4 books
- Hyland, morn (fictitious character) 2 of 4 books
- Morn Hyland (Fictitious character) 2 of 4 books
- Thermopyle, angus (fictitious character) 2 of 4 books
- African Americans 1 of 4 books
- Community life 1 of 4 books
- English fiction 1 of 4 books
- History 1 of 4 books
- Milos Taverner (Fictitious character) 1 of 4 books
- Nick Succorso (Fictitious character) 1 of 4 books
More books by Stephen R. Donaldson
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Stephen R. Donaldson books in order 32 books