Ustari Cycle Books in Order
Ustari Cycle by Jeff Somers contains 9 books, published between 2013 and 2021. The first book is Trickster (2013) and the newest is Magic is Violence: Three Ustari Cycle Short Stories (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2013–2021
- Pages on record
- 384 in 1 of 9 books
Ustari Cycle is Jeff Somers' sequence about magic and magicians, the two subjects filed against it, catalogued at 9 books published between 2013 and 2021. Trickster (2013) opens the listing and Magic is Violence: Three Ustari Cycle Short Stories (2021) closes it, with We Are Not Good People, Fixer, The Stringer, Last Best Day, The Boom Bands, The Bleeder and The Red Line in between. Somers is credited on every title.
How many Ustari Cycle books are there?
Ustari Cycle has 9 books, released between 2013 and 2021.
Ustari Cycle Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Ustari Cycle 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.
- 1Trickster2013 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420133841/4
- 2We Are Not Good People2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 3Fixer2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 4The Stringer2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 5Last Best Day2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 6The Boom Bands2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 7The Bleeder2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 8The Red Line2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 9Magic is Violence: Three Ustari Cycle Short Stories2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Ustari Cycle?
No separate chronological order is on record for Ustari Cycle, 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 Ustari Cycle books in order?
You should read the Ustari Cycle books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ustari Cycle book also stands alone.
Where to start with Ustari Cycle
Start with Trickster (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ustari Cycle book?
Magic is Violence: Three Ustari Cycle Short Stories (2021) is the newest Ustari Cycle book released so far.
Is there a new Ustari Cycle book coming?
No next Ustari Cycle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ustari Cycle at a glance
- Paused
- No new Ustari Cycle title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Ustari Cycle books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 384 pages across the 1 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ustari Cycle books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ustari Cycle books are about
1 of the 9 Ustari Cycle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
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The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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