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Mercury Books in Order

Mercury by Robert Kroese contains 8 books, published between 2009 and 2025. The first book is Mercury Falls (2009) and the newest is Mercury Returns and Other Stories (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2009–2025
Pages on record
1,041 in 3 of 8 books
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Mercury is a humorous fantasy and science fiction series by Robert Kroese, with Mercury recorded as a recurring character. Angels, journalists, the end of the world, government investigators and the Devil appear among the subjects, alongside Utah. Mercury Falls (2009) opens the run and Mercury Returns and Other Stories (2025) is the newest entry, with Rises and Swings (2011), Begins and Rests (2012), Revolts (2014) and Shrugs (2016) between them. Three books carry page counts, totalling 1,041 pages at a median of 358. The series is ongoing.

How many Mercury books are there?

Mercury has 8 books, released between 2009 and 2025.

Mercury Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Mercury 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 Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese, book 1 of the Mercury series (2009)
  2. Cover of Mercury Rises by Robert Kroese, book 2 of the Mercury series (2011)
  3. Cover of Mercury Rests by Robert Kroese, book 5 of the Mercury series (2012)
  4. Cover of Mercury Shrugs by Robert Kroese, book 7 of the Mercury series (2016)
  1. 1
    Mercury Falls2009 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009369
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  2. 2
    Mercury Rises2011 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011314
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  3. 3
    Mercury Swings2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    Mercury Begins2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    Mercury Rests2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    Mercury Revolts2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  7. 7
    Mercury Shrugs2016 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016358
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Is there a chronological order for Mercury?

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

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

Where to start with Mercury

Start with Mercury Falls (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mercury book?

Mercury Returns and Other Stories (2025) is the newest Mercury book released so far.

Is there a new Mercury book coming?

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

Mercury at a glance

Still running
Mercury is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Mercury books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,041 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 358 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mercury books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mercury books are about

4 of the 8 Mercury books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: angels is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Robert Kroese

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

Other series by Robert Kroese

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