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ⓘ About Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Aaronovitch is a well-known British author whose novel series, ‘Rivers of London’ is world famous. He is popular for writing novels of science fiction and fantasy genre. Later in his career, he has also penned mystery and thriller novel series’. Ben was born in London in the year 1964. Ben has two elder brothers Owen and David Aaronovitch. Owen is an actor whereas David Aaronovitch is a British journalist. Ben’s father, Sam Aaronovitch was an economist and a Communist. His family also comprised of a couple of sisters and a dog. Ben did not have a pleasant childhood, which got him addicted to alcohol at a very young age. He also got into radical politics. He started writing as soon as he entered in his twenties after realizing that he had only one talent.
All Book Series by Ben Aaronovitch
The Fey and the Furious
Book 8 of 12 · published 2019 Co-authored · Andrew Cartmel
Deadly Every After
Book 10 of 12 · published 2022 Co-authored · Andrew Cartmel,Celeste Bronfman
Doctor Who and the Daleks / Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks
Series opener · book 1 of 174 · published 1964 Anthology · David Whitaker
Doctor Who and the Zarbi
Book 2 of 174 · published 1965 Anthology · Bill Strutton
Doctor Who and the Crusaders
Book 3 of 174 · published 1966 Anthology · David Whitaker
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
Book 5 of 174 · published 1974 Anthology · Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion
Book 6 of 174 · published 1974 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters
Book 7 of 174 · published 1974 Anthology · Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
Book 8 of 174 · published 1974 Anthology · Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
Book 9 of 174 · published 1974 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Daemons
Book 10 of 174 · published 1974 Anthology · Barry Letts
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen
Book 11 of 174 · published 1974 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
The Doctor Who Monster Book
Book 12 of 174 · published 1975 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Cybermen
Book 13 of 174 · published 1975 Anthology · Gerry Davis
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot
Book 14 of 174 · published 1975 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons
Book 15 of 174 · published 1975 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
Book 16 of 174 · published 1975 Anthology · Brian Hayles
Doctor Who and the Green Death
Book 17 of 174 · published 1975 Anthology · Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders
Book 18 of 174 · published 1975 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen
Book 19 of 174 · published 1976 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Web of Fear
Book 20 of 174 · published 1976 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster
Book 21 of 174 · published 1976 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks
Book 22 of 174 · published 1976 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion
Book 23 of 174 · published 1976 Anthology · Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors
Book 24 of 174 · published 1976 Anthology · Brian Hayles
Doctor Who and the Space War
Book 25 of 174 · published 1976 Anthology · Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks
Book 26 of 174 · published 1976 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth
Book 27 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora
Book 28 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Philip Hinchcliffe
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius
Book 29 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang
Book 30 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters
Book 31 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Face of Evil
Book 32 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Mutants
Book 33 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom
Book 34 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Philip Hinchcliffe
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
Book 35 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Ark in Space
Book 36 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Ian Marter
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin
Book 37 of 174 · published 1977 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Time Warrior
Book 38 of 174 · published 1978 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen
Book 39 of 174 · published 1978 Anthology · Gerry Davis
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars
Book 40 of 174 · published 1978 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock
Book 42 of 174 · published 1978 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
The Second Doctor Who Monster Book
Book 43 of 174 · published 1978 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment
Book 44 of 174 · published 1978 Anthology · Ian Marter
Doctor Who and the Android Invasion
Book 45 of 174 · published 1978 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the War Games
Book 46 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear
Book 47 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl
Book 48 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
The Further Adventures of Dr. Who
Book 49 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures
Book 50 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Robots of Death
Book 51 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy
Book 52 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks
Book 53 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation
Book 54 of 174 · published 1979 Anthology · Ian Marter
Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara
Book 55 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor
Book 56 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood
Book 57 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Underworld
Book 58 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time
Book 59 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon
Book 60 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll
Book 61 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden
Book 62 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus
Book 63 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Philip Hinchcliffe
Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon
Book 64 of 174 · published 1980 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit
Book 65 of 174 · published 1981 Anthology · David Fisher
Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World
Book 66 of 174 · published 1981 Anthology · Ian Marter
Doctor Who and the State of Decay
Book 67 of 174 · published 1981 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child
Book 68 of 174 · published 1981 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive
Book 69 of 174 · published 1982 Anthology · David Fisher
Doctor Who and The Sunmakers.
Book 70 of 174 · published 1982 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate
Book 71 of 174 · published 1982 Anthology · John Lydecker
Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
Book 72 of 174 · published 1982 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Visitation
Book 73 of 174 · published 1982 Anthology · Eric Saward
Warriors of the Deep
Book 90 of 174 · published 1984 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
The Caves of Androzani
Book 100 of 174 · published 1985 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
The Mark of the Rani
Book 112 of 174 · published 1986 Anthology · Pip and Jane Baker
The Celestial Toymaker
Book 113 of 174 · published 1986 Anthology · Gerry Davis,AlisonBingeman
Fury from the Deep
Book 115 of 174 · published 1986 Anthology · Victor Pemberton
The Ambassadors of Death
Book 120 of 174 · published 1987 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
The Mysterious Planet
Book 124 of 174 · published 1987 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Time and the Rani
Book 125 of 174 · published 1987 Anthology · Pip and Jane Baker
The Macra Terror
Book 126 of 174 · published 1988 Anthology · Ian Stuart Black
Terror of the Vervoids
Book 127 of 174 · published 1988 Anthology · Pip and Jane Baker
The Underwater Menace
Book 128 of 174 · published 1988 Anthology · Nigel Robinson
The Wheel in Space
Book 129 of 174 · published 1988 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Edge of Destruction
Book 130 of 174 · published 1988 Anthology · Nigel Robinson
The Ultimate Foe
Book 133 of 174 · published 1988 Anthology · Pip and Jane Baker
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Book 134 of 174 · published 1989 Anthology · Stephen Wyatt
Delta and the Bannermen
Book 135 of 174 · published 1989 Anthology · Malcolm Kohll
The War Machines
Book 136 of 174 · published 1989 Anthology · Ian Stuart Black
Attack of the Cybermen
Book 137 of 174 · published 1989 Anthology · Eric Saward
The Chase
Book 139 of 174 · published 1989 Anthology · Terrance Dicks,John Peel
The Happiness Patrol
Book 145 of 174 · published 1990 Anthology · Graeme Curry
Remembrance of the Daleks
Book 147 of 174 · published 1990 Co-authored · James Goss
The Power of the Daleks
Book 153 of 174 · published 1993 Anthology · John Peel
The TV Movie / The Novel of the Film
Book 155 of 174 · published 1996 Anthology · Gary Russell
The Time of Angels
Book 156 of 174 · published 2011 Anthology · Trevor Baxendale
The Eleventh Hour
Book 157 of 174 · published 2012 Anthology · Trevor Baxendale
The Androids of Tara
Book 159 of 174 · published 2012 Anthology · David Fisher
Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
Book 162 of 174 · published 2019 Anthology · Douglas Adams,James Goss
Resurrection of the Daleks
Book 163 of 174 · published 2019 Anthology · Eric Saward
The Seeds of Death
Book 168 of 174 · published 2023 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil
Book 169 of 174 · published 2023 Anthology · Terrance Dicks
The Church on Ruby Road
Book 170 of 174 · published 2024 Anthology · Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
The Moon Cruise
Book 171 of 174 · published 2025 Anthology · Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Aliens of London
Latest in the series · book 174 of 174 · published 2026 Anthology · Joseph Lidster
The Doomsday Manuscript
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2005 Anthology · Justin Richards
The Squire's Crystal
Book 3 of 10 · published 2005 Anthology · Jacqueline Rayner
Bernice Summerfield Secret Histories
Book 9 of 10 · published 2009 Anthology · Lance Parkin
The Weather on Versimmon
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2012 Anthology · Matthew Griffiths
Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor #3
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2018
A Life of Surprises
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2002 Anthology · Justin Richards
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries
Book 3 of 12 · published 2005 Anthology · Paul Cornell
A Life in Pieces
Book 4 of 12 · published 2005 Anthology · Joseph Lidster,Dave Stone,Paul Sutton
Parallel Lives
Book 6 of 12 · published 2005 Anthology · Simon Guerrier,Dave Stone,Rebecca Levene,Stewart Sheargold
Collected Works
Book 7 of 12 · published 2006 Anthology · Dale Smith,James Swallow,Mark Michalowski,Nick Wallace,Lance Parkin,Kate Orman,Eddie Robson,Jonathan Blum,Ian Mond,Nick Walters,Simon Bucher-Jones,Simon A. Forward,Mags L. Halliday,Philip Purser-Hallard,Sin Deniz,John Fletcher,Steven Kitson,David N. Smith
Bernice Summerfield: Old Friends
Book 8 of 12 · published 2006 Anthology · Marc Platt,Pete Kempshall,Jonathan Clements
Bernice Summerfield: Nobody's Children
Book 9 of 12 · published 2007 Anthology · Kate Orman,Jonathan Blum,Philip Purser-Hallard
Bernice Summerfield: Vampire Curse
Book 10 of 12 · published 2008 Anthology · Mags L. Halliday
Present Danger
Book 11 of 12 · published 2010 Anthology · Simon Guerrier,Lance Parkin,Kate Orman,Adrian Salmon,Eddie Robson,Jonathan Blum,John Dorney,Oli Smith,Richard Dinnick,Mark Clapham,L.M. Myles,Jason Arnopp,Jim Smith,Niall Boyce
Bernice Summerfield - Treasury
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2018
The Radio Adventures
Series opener · book 1 of 16 · published 2005 Anthology · Barry Letts
Blake's 7: Truth and Lies
Book 12 of 16 · published 2015 Anthology · Justin Richards
Avalon Volume 1
Book 14 of 16 · published 2021 Anthology · Trevor Baxendale,Gary Russell,Steve Lyons,Lizzie Hopley
Bayban the Butcher
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 2021 Anthology · Lizzie Hopley
The Ultimate Evil
Series opener · book 1 of 24 · published 1989 Anthology · Wally K. Daly
The Hollows of Time
Book 5 of 24 · published 2010 Anthology · Nicola Bryant,Colin Baker,Christopher H. Bidmead
Point of Entry
Book 8 of 24 · published 2010 Anthology · Marc Platt,Nicola Bryant,Colin Baker,Barbara Clegg
The Macros
Book 9 of 24 · published 2010 Anthology · Nicola Bryant,Colin Baker,Ingrid Pitt,Tony Rudlin
The Valley of Death
Book 10 of 24 · published 2011 Anthology · Jonathan Morris,Philip Hinchcliffe
The Elite
Book 12 of 24 · published 2011 Anthology · Peter Davison,Janet Fielding,John Dorney,Sarah Sutton,Barbara Clegg
The Foe from the Future
Book 14 of 24 · published 2012 Anthology · John Dorney,Robert Banks Stewart
The Guardians of Prophecy
Book 15 of 24 · published 2012 Anthology · Jonathan Morris
The Dark Planet
Book 18 of 24 · published 2013 Anthology · Matt Fitton,Ken Bentley,William Russell,Maureen O'Brien,Brian Hayles
The Queen of Time
Book 19 of 24 · published 2013 Anthology · Frazer Hines,Wendy Padbury,Catherine Harvey,Brian Hayles
Lords of the Red Planet
Book 20 of 24 · published 2013 Anthology · Lisa Bowerman,Frazer Hines,Nicholas Briggs,John Dorney,Wendy Padbury,Brian Hayles,Michael Troughton,Charlie Hayes,Abigail Thaw
Return of the Cybermen
Book 23 of 24 · published 2021 Anthology · John Dorney,Gerry Davis
The Ark
Latest in the series · book 24 of 24 · published 2023 Anthology · Jonathan Morris,John Lucarotti
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ben Aaronovitch?
Ben Aaronovitch is a well-known British author whose novel series, 'Rivers of London' is world famous. He is popular for writing novels of science fiction and fantasy genre. Later in his career, he has also penned mystery and thriller novel series'.
Which Ben Aaronovitch series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Doctor Who: The Lost Stories series, the earliest of Ben Aaronovitch's multi-book series: it opens with The Ultimate Evil (1989) and runs to 24 books across 1989–2023, ending with The Ark (2023). Ben Aaronovitch's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Ben Aaronovitch written?
Ben Aaronovitch has 346 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1964 and 2026. 343 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Doctor Who: New Adventures series with 60 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Ben Aaronovitch's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ben Aaronovitch's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (1989–2023, 24 books), Doctor Who: New Adventures (1990–2024, 60 books) and Professor Bernice Summerfield Anthologies (2002–2018, 12 books), plus 5 more.
How are Ben Aaronovitch's books organised into series?
This guide splits Ben Aaronovitch's 346 books into 9 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Doctor Who: New Adventures (60 books, 1990–2024); PC Peter Grant / Rivers of London (32 books, 2011–2025); Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (24 books, 1989–2023); Blake's 7: Classic Audio Adventures (16 books, 2005–2021); Rivers of London / Peter Grant Graphic Novels (12 books, 2013–2024), plus 4 further series.