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The Tyrant Philosophers Books in Order

by Adrian TchaikovskyScience Fiction & Fantasy

4 books so far (book 5 is due February 11, 2027). They run from City of Last Chances (2022) to Pretenders to the Throne of God (2026). Rated 4.6 across 1,224 listener reviews.

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The Grave of Perfection

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  1. City of Last Chances

    Book 1 2022 4.3 (485)

    Arthur C. Clarke winner Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now.

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  2. House of Open Wounds

    Book 2 2024 4.8 (332)

    From the BSFA Award-Winning Author of City Of Last Chances City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world.

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  3. Days of Shattered Faith

    Book 3 2024 4.7 (212)

    Bloomsbury presents Days of Shattered Faith by Adrian Tchaikovsky, read by David Thorpe. Welcome to Alkhalend, Jewel of the Waters, capital of Usmai, greatest of the Successor States, inheritor to the necromantic dominion that was the…

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  4. Pretenders to the Throne of God

    Book 4 2026 4.9 (195)

    Bloomsbury presents Pretenders to the Throne of God, read by David Thorpe and written and introduced by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Arthur C.

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  5. The Grave of Perfection

    Book 5 Out February 11, 2027

    In the final instalment of the Tyrant Philosophers quintet, award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky takes us back to Ilmar, the 'City of Last Chances', a decade after our story began.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Tyrant Philosophers is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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