Quantum Leap Books in Order
Quantum Leap contains 22 books, published between 1992 and 2000. The first book is The Novel / Carny Knowledge (1992) and the newest is Mirror's Edge (2000). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1992–2000
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,589 in 20 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 60–90 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,589 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Quantum Leap is a 22-book science fiction series published between 1992 and 2000, tied to the Quantum Leap television programme and naming Sam Beckett and Al Calavicci as its fictional characters. The Novel / Carny Knowledge (1992) opens the run and Mirror's Edge (2000) closes it, with The Wall (1993), Too Close for Comfort (1993), Random Measures (1994), Search And Rescue (1994) and Double or Nothing (1995) among the entries. Ashley McConnell is credited on 5 titles, Julie Robitaille, L. Elizabeth Storm and Carol Davis on 2 each, and Melissa Crandall, Laura Anne Gilman, C.J. Henderson and Louis Chunovic on 1 each. Time travel is among the recorded subjects.
How many Quantum Leap books are there?
Quantum Leap has 22 books, released between 1992 and 2000.
Quantum Leap Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Quantum Leap 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 Novel / Carny Knowledge1992 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/419922943/4
- 2The Wall1993 · confirmed 3/41993–3/4
- 3Too Close for Comfort1993 · 1 pages · confirmed 3/4199313/4
- 4The Ghost and the Gumshoe1994 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/419941923/4
- 5Random Measures1994 · 227 pages · confirmed 3/419942273/4
- 6Search And Rescue1994 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/419942243/4
- 7Prelude1994 · 247 pages · confirmed 3/419942473/4
- 8The Beginning1994 · 190 pages · confirmed 3/419941903/4
- 9Double or Nothing1995 · 229 pages · confirmed 3/419952293/4
- 10The Complete Quantum Leap Book1995 · 164 pages · confirmed 3/419951643/4
- 11Pulitzer1995 · confirmed 3/41995–3/4
- 12A to Z1995 · 270 pages · confirmed 3/419952703/4
- 13The Making of Quantum Leap1996 · 193 pages · confirmed 3/419961933/4
- 14Odyssey1996 · 275 pages · confirmed 3/419962753/4
- 15Angels Unaware1997 · 1 pages · confirmed 3/4199713/4
- 16Obsessions1997 · 1 pages · confirmed 3/4199713/4
- 17Loch Ness Leap1997 · 1 pages · confirmed 3/4199713/4
- 18Heat Wave1997 · 1 pages · confirmed 3/4199713/4
- 19Foreknowledge1998 · 242 pages · confirmed 3/419982423/4
- 20Song and Dance1998 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/419982563/4
- 21Knights of the Morningstar1999 · 212 pages · confirmed 3/419992123/4
- 22Mirror's Edge2000 · 369 pages · confirmed 3/420003693/4
Where to start with Quantum Leap
Start with The Novel / Carny Knowledge (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Quantum Leap book?
Mirror's Edge (2000) is the newest Quantum Leap book released so far.
Is there a new Quantum Leap book coming?
No next Quantum Leap book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Quantum Leap at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Quantum Leap title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Quantum Leap books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,589 pages across the 20 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Quantum Leap books, 21 of 22, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 22 titles, 5 are credited to Ashley McConnell, 2 to Julie Robitaille, 2 to L. Elizabeth Storm and 2 to Carol Davis. A further 14 writers are credited.
What the Quantum Leap books are about
20 of the 22 Quantum Leap 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 17 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 17 of 20 books
- Beckett, sam (fictitious character) 11 of 20 books
- Media tie-in 11 of 20 books
- Calavicci, al (fictitious character) 10 of 20 books
- Al Calavicci (Fictitious character) 6 of 20 books
- Sam Beckett (Fictitious character) 6 of 20 books
- Time travel 6 of 20 books
- Al Calevicci (Fictitious character) 2 of 20 books
- Men's movement 2 of 20 books
- Television programs 2 of 20 books