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Gideon Crew Books in Order

Gideon Crew by Douglas Preston contains 5 books, published between 2011 and 2018. The first book is Gideon's Sword (2011) and the newest is The Pharaoh Key (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2011–2018
Confirmed
5 of 5 titles
Total pages
1,980 across 5 books
Reading time
33–50 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,980 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Gideon Crew is a thriller series of five books credited to Douglas Preston: Gideon's Sword (2011), Gideon's Corpse (2012), The Lost Island (2014), Beyond the Ice Limit (2016) and The Pharaoh Key (2018). Revenge, nuclear terrorism and adventure drive the subjects, and the median book runs 398 pages. No new Gideon Crew title has appeared since 2018.

How many Gideon Crew books are there?

Gideon Crew has 5 books, released between 2011 and 2018.

Gideon Crew Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Gideon Crew 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 Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston, book 1 of the Gideon Crew series (2011)
  2. Cover of Gideon's Corpse by Douglas Preston, book 2 of the Gideon Crew series (2012)
  1. 1
    Gideon's Sword2011 · 398 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011398
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  2. 2
    Gideon's Corpse2012 · 480 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2012480
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  3. 3
    The Lost Island2014 · 416 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014416
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  4. 4
    Beyond the Ice Limit2016 · 375 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016375
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  5. 5
    The Pharaoh Key2018 · 311 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018311
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Is there a chronological order for Gideon Crew?

No separate chronological order is on record for Gideon Crew, 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 Gideon Crew books in order?

You should read the Gideon Crew books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Gideon Crew book also stands alone.

Where to start with Gideon Crew

Start with Gideon's Sword (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gideon Crew book?

The Pharaoh Key (2018) is the newest Gideon Crew book released so far.

Is there a new Gideon Crew book coming?

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

Gideon Crew at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Gideon Crew title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Gideon Crew books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,980 pages across all 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 398 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gideon Crew books, 5 of 5, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
5 of the 5 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Gideon Crew books are about

All 5 Gideon Crew books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Douglas Preston

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

Other series by Douglas Preston

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.