StarCraft Books in Order
StarCraft contains 9 books, published between 2000 and 2016. The first book is Uprising (2000) and the newest is Starcraft: Evolution (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2000–2016
- Confirmed
- 9 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,198 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 37–55 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,198 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
StarCraft is a 9-book listing of science fiction novels published from 2000 to 2016, each credited to a different writer or group. Uprising (2000) is credited to Micky Neilson, Shadow of the Xel'Naga (2001) to Gabriel Mesta, Liberty's Crusade (2001) to Jeff Grubb and Speed of Darkness (2002) to Tracy Hickman. Queen of Blades (2006) is credited to Aaron Rosenberg, Starcraft: I, Mengsk (2008) to Graham McNeill, Spectres (2010) to Nate Kenyon and Starcraft: Evolution (2016) to Timothy Zahn, and The Starcraft Archive (2007) collects work by several of them. Subject headings name military art and science, extraterrestrial beings, human-alien encounters and imaginary wars. The listing is marked likely complete.
How many StarCraft books are there?
StarCraft has 9 books, released between 2000 and 2016.
StarCraft Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 StarCraft 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.
- 1Uprising2000 · confirmed 3/42000–3/4
- 2Shadow of the Xel'Naga2001 · 258 pages · confirmed 3/420012583/4
- 3Liberty's Crusade2001 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/420012563/4
- 4Speed of Darkness2002 · 242 pages · confirmed 3/420022423/4
- 5Queen of Blades2006 · 349 pages · confirmed 3/420063493/4
- 6The Starcraft Archive2007 · 736 pages · confirmed 3/420077363/4
- 7Starcraft: I, Mengsk2008 · confirmed 3/42008–3/4
- 8Spectres2010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 9Starcraft: Evolution2016 · 357 pages · confirmed 3/420163573/4
StarCraft Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the StarCraft books run from Uprising (2000) to Starcraft: Evolution (2016), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for StarCraft in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Where to start with StarCraft
Start with Uprising (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest StarCraft book?
Starcraft: Evolution (2016) is the newest StarCraft book released so far.
Is there a new StarCraft book coming?
No next StarCraft book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
StarCraft at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest StarCraft title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- StarCraft books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,198 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most StarCraft books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 9 titles, 2 are credited to Micky Neilson, 2 to Jeff Grubb, 2 to Gabriel Mesta and 2 to Tracy Hickman. A further 5 writers are credited.
What the StarCraft books are about
6 of the 9 StarCraft 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 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 5 of 6 books