Wizard Books in Order
Wizard by Simon Hawke contains 11 books, published between 1987 and 2025. The first book is The Wizard of 4th Street (1987) and the newest is A Spell for the Changing (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
Also searched as Wizards.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1987–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,785 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 30–45 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,785 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Wizard is Simon Hawke's fantasy series about wizards, featuring the fictitious character Tom Malory. The 11 books run from The Wizard of 4th Street (1987) to A Spell for the Changing (2025). The Wizard of Whitechapel (1988), The Wizard of Camelot (1993) and The Last Wizard (1997) come in between, and A Spell for the Dying (2023) is a later title. The series is ongoing.
How many Wizard books are there?
Wizard has 11 books, released between 1987 and 2025.
Wizard Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Wizard 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 Wizard of 4th Street1987 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/419872501/4
- 2The Wizard of Whitechapel1988 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/419882151/4
- 3The Wizard of Sunset Strip1989 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/419892021/4
- 4The Wizard of Rue Morgue1990 · confirmed 1/41990–1/4
- 5The Samurai Wizard1991 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419912081/4
- 6The Wizard of Santa Fe1991 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419912561/4
- 7The Wizard of Camelot1993 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/419932161/4
- 8The Wizard of Lovecraft's Cafe1993 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/419932141/4
- 9The Last Wizard1997 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419972241/4
- 10A Spell for the Dying2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 11A Spell for the Changing2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Wizard?
No separate chronological order is on record for Wizard, 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 Wizard books in order?
You should read the Wizard books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Wizard book also stands alone.
Where to start with Wizard
Start with The Wizard of 4th Street (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Wizard book?
A Spell for the Changing (2025) is the newest Wizard book released so far.
Is there a new Wizard book coming?
No next Wizard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Wizard at a glance
- Still running
- Wizard is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Wizard books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,785 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 216 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Wizard books, 6 of 11, were published in the 1990s.
What the Wizard books are about
7 of the 11 Wizard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 7 of 7 books
- Malory, tom (fictitious character) 6 of 7 books
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