Star Carrier Books in Order
Star Carrier by Ian Douglas contains 9 books, published between 2010 and 2020. The first book is Earth Strike (2010) and the newest is Stargods (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2010–2020
- Total pages
- 3,383 across 9 books
- Reading time
- 56–85 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,383 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Star Carrier is a military science fiction and space opera series by Ian Douglas, nine books long. Earth Strike (2010) opens the sequence and Stargods (2020) ends it, a decade later. Recorded subjects include space warfare, human-alien encounters, life on other planets, soldiers and betrayal. Page counts are known for all nine books, which run to about 384 pages each.
How many Star Carrier books are there?
Star Carrier has 9 books, released between 2010 and 2020.
Star Carrier Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Star Carrier 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.
- 1Earth Strike2010 · 357 pages · confirmed 2/420103572/4
- 2Center of Gravity2011 · 389 pages · confirmed 2/420113892/4
- 3Singularity2012 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420124002/4
- 4Deep Space2013 · 355 pages · confirmed 2/420133552/4
- 5Dark Matter2014 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/420143692/4
- 6Deep Time2015 · 361 pages · confirmed 2/420153612/4
- 7Dark Mind2017 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420173842/4
- 8Bright Light2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420183842/4
- 9Stargods2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420203842/4
Is there a chronological order for Star Carrier?
No separate chronological order is on record for Star Carrier, 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 Star Carrier books in order?
You should read the Star Carrier books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Star Carrier book also stands alone.
Where to start with Star Carrier
Start with Earth Strike (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Star Carrier book?
Stargods (2020) is the newest Star Carrier book released so far.
Is there a new Star Carrier book coming?
No next Star Carrier book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Star Carrier at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Star Carrier title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Star Carrier books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,383 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Star Carrier books, 8 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Star Carrier books are about
All 9 Star Carrier books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: space warfare is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Space warfare 6 of 9 books
- Science fiction 4 of 9 books
- Human-alien encounters 3 of 9 books
- Presidents 2 of 9 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 2 of 9 books
- Science fiction, military 2 of 9 books
- Space opera 2 of 9 books