Order of Matthew Reilly Books
Matthew Reilly is an Australian novelist, known for his fast-paced action-thrillers. Reilly authored Contest when he was only 19. While it was rejected by every publishing company in the Sydney area, he was able to borrow some money to self-publish 1,000 copies. He then followed it up by writing Ice Station before he had even graduated from university.
Reilly’s series consist of the Shane Schofield, Jack West Jr. and Hover Car Racer series. Below is a list of all of his books in order of when they were published.
Publication Order of Shane Schofield Books
| Ice Station | (1998) |    |
| Area 7 | (2001) | |
| Scarecrow | (2003) | |
| Hell Island | (2005) | |
| Scarecrow Returns / Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Jack West Jr. Books
| Seven Deadly Wonders / Ancient Wonders | (2005) | |
| The Six Sacred Stones | (2007) | |
| The Five Greatest Warriors | (2009) | |
| The Four Legendary Kingdoms | (2016) | |
| The Three Secret Cities | (2018) | |
| The Two Lost Mountains | (2020) | |
| The One Impossible Labyrinth | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Hover Car Racer Books
| Hover Car Racer (Compilation of below books) | (2004) | |
| Crash Course | (2005) | |
| Full Throttle | (2006) | |
| Photo Finish | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Tournament Books
| The Tournament | (2013) | |
| Roger Ascham And The King's Lost Girl | (2013) | |
| Roger Ascham and the Dead Queen's Command | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Contest | (1996) | |
| Temple | (1999) | |
| Troll Mountain | (2014) | |
| The Great Zoo of China | (2014) | |
| The Secret Runners of New York | (2019) | |
| Cobalt Blue | (2022) | |
Note: The 2004 book Hover Car Racer consists of the Crash Course, Full Throttle and Photo Finish novels.
Scarecrow Returns is the US title of Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves.
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Matthew Reilly Synopses: Matthew Reilly’s debut novel has been re-written for its first US release. The Presidian is an intergalactic contest held every thousand years. The host planet this time is Earth. Dr. Stephen Swain of Earth and seven contestants from across the universe have been teleported into the New York Public Library, where they will hunt eachother until there is only one sole survivor left.
In Temple, William Race and the US Army must find an ancient Incan idol in Peru. This idol was carved out of a meteorite and is the missing piece of a puzzle to create a weapon known as the planet-killer which the American government must find before a group of Neo-Nazis can. William Race is the only one who can translate the manuscript to find the idol.
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