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August 26th, 2025: Sub-Majer's Challenge (Saga Of Recluce, #25)

Overcaptain (Saga Of Recluce, #24) was the most recently released book by L.E. Modesitt Jr., on November 12th, 2024.

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L.E. Modesitt Jr. Stats: The highest rated book by L.E. Modesitt Jr. on Book Notification is Princeps, the 5th novel in the Imager Portfolio series. The second-highest rated book is Endgames (Imager Portfolio #12).

The most read book by L.E. Modesitt Jr. on Book Notification is The Magic of Recluce, the first novel in the Saga Of Recluce series. The second most read book is The Magic Engineer (Saga Of Recluce #3).

Below is a complete list of L.E. Modesitt Jr. books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by L.E. Modesitt Jr. is the Saga Of Recluce Series.

List of Timegods' World Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
5.7
The Timegod / The Fires of Paratime
1982
Go
2
6.5
Timediver's Dawn
1992
Go

List of Ecolitan Matter Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The Ecologic Envoy
1986
Go
2
7
The Ecolitan Operation
1989
Go
3
6
The Ecologic Secession
1990
Go
4
6
The Ecolitan Enigma
1997
Go

List of Ecolitan Matter Series in Chronological Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
The Ecolitan Operation
1989
Go
2
6
The Ecologic Secession
1990
Go
3
6
The Ecologic Envoy
1986
Go
4
6
The Ecolitan Enigma
1997
Go

List of Forever Hero Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
Dawn for a Distant Earth
1987
Go
2
6
The Silent Warrior
1987
Go
3
6
In Endless Twilight
1988
Go

List of Saga Of Recluce Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.6
The Magic of Recluce
1991
Go
2
7.9
The Towers of the Sunset
1992
Go
3
7.6
The Magic Engineer
1994
Go
4
7.6
The Order War
1995
Go
5
8.1
The Death of Chaos
1995
Go
6
8.5
Fall of Angels
1996
Go
7
7.8
The Chaos Balance
1997
Go
8
8.2
The White Order
1998
Go
9
8.2
Colors of Chaos
1998
Go
10
8.8
Magi'i of Cyador
2000
Go
11
8.3
Scion of Cyador
2000
Go
12
7.8
Wellspring of Chaos
2004
Go
13
7.8
Ordermaster
2005
Go
14
8.3
Natural Ordermage
2007
Go
15
8.8
Mage-Guard of Hamor
2008
Go
16
8.3
Arms-Commander
2009
Go
17
8.8
Cyador's Heirs
2014
Go
18
8
Heritage of Cyador
2014
Go
19
8.7
The Mongrel Mage
2017
Go
20
9
Outcasts of Order
2018
Go
21
8.7
The Mage-Fire War
2019
Go
22
8
Fairhaven Rising
2021
Go
23
8
From the Forest
2024
Go
24
8
Overcaptain
2024
Go
25
Sub-Majer's Challenge
2025
Go

List of Saga Of Recluce Series in Chronological Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
From the Forest
2024
Go
2
8
Overcaptain
2024
Go
3
8.8
Magi'i of Cyador
2000
Go
4
8.3
Scion of Cyador
2000
Go
5
8.5
Fall of Angels
1996
Go
6
7.8
The Chaos Balance
1997
Go
7
8.3
Arms-Commander
2009
Go
8
8.8
Cyador's Heirs
2014
Go
9
8
Heritage of Cyador
2014
Go
10
8.7
The Mongrel Mage
2017
Go
11
9
Outcasts of Order
2018
Go
12
8.7
The Mage-Fire War
2019
Go
13
8
Fairhaven Rising
2021
Go
14
7.9
The Towers of the Sunset
1992
Go
15
8.2
The White Order
1998
Go
16
7.6
The Magic Engineer
1994
Go
17
8.2
Colors of Chaos
1998
Go
18
8.3
Natural Ordermage
2007
Go
19
8.8
Mage-Guard of Hamor
2008
Go
20
7.6
The Order War
1995
Go
21
7.8
Wellspring of Chaos
2004
Go
22
7.8
Ordermaster
2005
Go
23
7.6
The Magic of Recluce
1991
Go
24
8.1
The Death of Chaos
1995
Go
25
Sub-Majer's Challenge
2025
Go

List of Saga Of Recluce Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Recluce Tales
2017
Go

List of Johan Eschbach Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Of Tangible Ghosts
1994
Go
2
The Ghost of the Revelator
1998
Go
3
Ghost of the White Nights
2001
Go
4
Ghosts of Columbia
2005
Go

List of Parafaith Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.8
The Parafaith War
1996
Go
2
7.3
The Ethos Effect
2003
Go

List of Spellsong Cycle Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.5
The Soprano Sorceress
1997
Go
2
7.5
The Spellsong War
1998
Go
3
7.5
Darksong Rising
1999
Go
4
8
The Shadow Sorceress
2001
Go
5
8.5
Shadowsinger
2002
Go

List of Archform: Beauty Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Archform
2002
Go
2
7.5
Flash
2004
Go

List of Corean Chronicles Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.4
Legacies
2002
Go
2
8
Darknesses
2003
Go
3
8.2
Scepters
2004
Go
4
8
Alector's Choice
2005
Go
5
7
Cadmian's Choice
2006
Go
6
8
Soarer's Choice
2006
Go
7
7.5
The Lord-Protector's Daughter
2008
Go
8
7.5
Lady-Protector
2011
Go

List of Imager Portfolio Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Imager
2009
Go
2
8.5
Imager's Challenge
2009
Go
3
8.6
Imager's Intrigue
2010
Go
4
8.2
Scholar
2011
Go
5
9.3
Princeps
2012
Go
6
8.8
Imager's Battalion
2013
Go
7
8.4
Antiagon Fire
2013
Go
8
8.3
Rex Regis
2014
Go
9
8.3
Madness in Solidar
2015
Go
10
7.3
Treachery's Tools
2016
Go
11
7.3
Assassin's Price
2017
Go
12
9
Endgames
2019
Go

List of Imager Portfolio Series in Chronological Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.2
Scholar
2011
Go
2
9.3
Princeps
2012
Go
3
8.8
Imager's Battalion
2013
Go
4
8.4
Antiagon Fire
2013
Go
5
8.3
Rex Regis
2014
Go
6
8.3
Madness in Solidar
2015
Go
7
7.3
Treachery's Tools
2016
Go
8
7.3
Assassin's Price
2017
Go
9
9
Endgames
2019
Go
10
9
Imager
2009
Go
11
8.5
Imager's Challenge
2009
Go
12
8.6
Imager's Intrigue
2010
Go

List of Grand Illusion Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Isolate
2021
Go
2
9.5
Councilor
2022
Go
3
8.5
Contrarian
2023
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Hammer of Darkness
1985
Go
2
The Green Progression
1992
Go
3
8.7
Adiamante
1996
Go
4
8
Gravity Dreams
1999
Go
5
4.7
The Octagonal Raven
2001
Go
6
7.5
The Eternity Artifact
2005
Go
7
The Elysium Commission
2007
Go
8
6.5
Haze
2009
Go
9
8
Empress of Eternity
2010
Go
10
8
The One-Eyed Man
2013
Go
11
8
Solar Express
2015
Go
12
Quantum Shadows
2020
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories
2008
Go

List of Year's Best Fantasy Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Year's Best Fantasy (By: George R.R. Martin, Terry Goodkind, Michael Swanwick, David G. Hartwell, Robert Sheckley, Nalo Hopkinson, Kathryn Cramer, Nicola Griffith, Alice Coppel-Tosic)
2001
Go
2
Year's Best Fantasy 2 (By: David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)
2002
Go
3
Year's Best Fantasy 3 (By: Kage Baker, Ursula K. Le Guin, David G. Hartwell, Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Nalo Hopkinson, Kathryn Cramer, R. Garcia y Robertson, William Mingin, Patricia Bowne)
2003
Go
4
Year's Best Fantasy 4 (By: Terry Bisson, David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2004
Go
5
Year's Best Fantasy 5 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2005
Go
6
Year's Best Fantasy 6 (By: David G. Hartwell, Neil Gaiman, Kathryn Cramer)
2006
Go
7
Year's Best Fantasy 7 (With: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2007
Go
8
Year's Best Fantasy 8 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, David Ackert)
2008
Go
9
Year's Best Fantasy 9 (By: David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)
2009
Go
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Anthology series.

List of The Palencar Project Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
New World Blues
2012
Go
2
Dormanna (By: Gene Wolfe)
2012
Go
3
Thanatos Beach (By: James K. Morrow)
2012
Go
4
The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree (By: Michael Swanwick)
2012
Go
5
The Sigma Structure Symphony (By: Gregory Benford)
2012
Go
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List of L.E. Modesitt Jr. Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Flights
2004
Go
2
The Palencar Project
2012
Go
3
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
2013
Go
4
Story Behind the Book : Volume 1
2013
Go
5
Last-Ditch
2024
Go
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L.E. Modesitt Jr.

L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Leland Exton Modesitt Jr.) was born on October 19th, 1943 and is currently 81 years old. L.E. Modesitt Jr. was born in Denver, Colorado, USA.

L.E. Modesitt Jr. is the author of the Saga Of Recluce series which currently consists of 25 novels. The Saga Of Recluce series started in 1991 with the novel The Magic of Recluce. The most recently released novel in the Saga Of Recluce series was Overcaptain which was released in 2024. There is an upcoming novel for the Saga Of Recluce series entitled Sub-Majer's Challenge which is being released on August 26th, 2025.

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The most common authors followed by users who also follow L.E. Modesitt Jr. are:

  1. Brandon Sanderson, author of the Mistborn Series.
  2. Orson Scott Card, author of the Ender Saga Series.
  3. Mercedes Lackey, author of the Valdemar: Heralds Of Valdemar Series.
  4. Terry Brooks, author of the Original Shannara Series.
  5. David Weber, author of the Honor Harrington Series.

L.E. Modesitt Jr.: F.A.Q

When was L.E. Modesitt Jr. Born? How old is L.E. Modesitt Jr.?

L.E. Modesitt Jr. was born on October 19th, 1943. L.E. Modesitt Jr. is currently 81 years old.

Where was L.E. Modesitt Jr. Born?

L.E. Modesitt Jr. was born in Denver, Colorado, USA and is American.

What was the first book L.E. Modesitt Jr. wrote?

The first book written by L.E. Modesitt Jr. was The Timegod / The Fires of Paratime, published in 1982.

What was the most recent book L.E. Modesitt Jr. wrote?

His most recently released work was Overcaptain on November 12th, 2024.

Will there be any more books by L.E. Modesitt Jr.?

L.E. Modesitt Jr. has a new book coming out on August 26th, 2025 called Sub-Majer's Challenge.

How many books has L.E. Modesitt Jr. written?

L.E. Modesitt Jr. has written 86 books across 16 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 2 books in the Timegods' World Series
  • 4 books in the Ecolitan Matter Series
  • 3 books in the Forever Hero Series
  • 25 books in the Saga Of Recluce Series
  • 1 Saga Of Recluce Collections
  • 4 books in the Johan Eschbach Series
  • 2 books in the Parafaith Series
  • 5 books in the Spellsong Cycle Series
  • 2 books in the Archform: Beauty Series
  • 8 books in the Corean Chronicles Series
  • 12 books in the Imager Portfolio Series
  • 3 books in the Grand Illusion Series
  • 12 Standalone Novels
  • 1 Short Story Collections
  • 1 book in the Year's Best Fantasy Series
  • 1 book in The Palencar Project Series

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