Reading order
1632 series reading order
- 16322000
- 16332002
- The Grantville Gazettes2003
- Ring of Fire2004
- 1634: The Galileo Affair2004
- The Grantville Gazette2004
- 1635: The Cannon Law2006
- Grantville Gazette II2006
- 1634: The Bavarian Crisis2007
- 1634: The Ram Rebellion2007
- 1634: The Baltic War2008
- 1635: The Dreeson Incident2008
- Every volume in order (23) ↓
- 7.87.8 / 1090 ratings
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- 23 volumes
- Volumes
- 2000–2014
- Published
- Completed
- Status
- Science fiction
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
23 volumes2000–2014Completed
- Eric Flint’s alternate history begins with 1632: a West Virginia coal-mining town is hurled through time into Germany in 1631, in the middle of the Thirty Years’ War, and its union miners set out to bring democracy, medicine and machine guns to the seventeenth century.
- It grew into a huge shared universe with many co-authors and fan-written anthologies.
- Only 1632 has enough ratings.
- Start there, then 1633 and the main-line novels; the side books are optional.
Every volume in order
Read: 0 of 23
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 20041634: The Galileo Affair
- 2004
- 20061635: The Cannon Law
- 2006
- 20071634: The Bavarian Crisis
- 20071634: The Ram Rebellion
- 20081634: The Baltic War
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 20091635: The Tangled Web
- 20101635: The Eastern Front
- 20111636: The Saxon Uprising
- 2011
- 20121635: The Papal Stakes
- 20121636: The Kremlin Games
- 20131636: The Devil's Opera
- 20141636: Seas of Fortune
- 2014
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which 1632 series book is the longest?
“1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies” is the longest at 880 pages; the shortest is “Grantville Gazette II” with 336 pages.