Transformers Books in Order
Transformers contains 6 books, published between 2007 and 2011. The first book is Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday (2007) and the newest is Exiles (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2007–2011
- Confirmed
- 4 of 6 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,607 in 5 of 6 books
- Reading time
- 27–40 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,607 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 6 titles with a page count on record.
Transformers is a media tie-in science fiction series credited to Alan Dean Foster, with Alex Irvine co-writing 2 of the 6 books. Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday (2007) opens the run, followed by Transformers (2007), The Veiled Threat (2009), Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Exodus (2010) and Exiles (2011). Robots and the Transformers characters carry the material, and nothing has been added since 2011.
How many Transformers books are there?
Transformers has 6 books, released between 2007 and 2011.
Transformers Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Transformers 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.
- 1Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday2007 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/420073043/4
- 1Transformers Exodus2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 2Transformers2007 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/420073043/4
- 2Exiles2011 · 375 pages · confirmed 1/420113751/4
- 3Transformers: The Veiled Threat2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420092883/4
- 4Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/420093363/4
Do you have to read Transformers books in order?
You should read the Transformers books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Transformers book also stands alone.
Where to start with Transformers
Start with Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Transformers book?
Exiles (2011) is the newest Transformers book released so far.
Is there a new Transformers book coming?
No next Transformers book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Transformers at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Transformers title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Transformers books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,607 pages across the 5 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Transformers books, 4 of 6, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 6 titles, 4 are credited to Alan Dean Foster and 2 to Alex Irvine / Alexander C. Irvine.
What the Transformers books are about
All 6 Transformers books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: media tie-in is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Media tie-in 2 of 6 books
- Robots 2 of 6 books
- Science fiction 2 of 6 books
Other series by Alan Dean Foster
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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