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IDW Transformers Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of IDW Transformers books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the IDW Transformers series? Start with "Infiltration (By: Simon Furman,E.J. Su)" (2006) and follow publication order through all 46 books.
The complete IDW Transformers reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Infiltration (By: Simon Furman,E.J. Su)
2006
Generations Volume 1 (By: Nick Roche)
2007
Stormbringer (By: Chris Ryall,Simon Furman,Don Figueroa)
2007
Escalation (By: Simon Furman,E.J. Su)
2007
Spotlight, Volume 1 (By: Simon Furman)
2007
New Avengers/Transformers (By: Tyler Kirkham,Stuart Moore)
2007
Spotlight, Volume 2 (By: Stuart Moore,Simon Furman,Nick Roche)
2008
Devastation (By: Simon Furman,Nick Roche,E.J. Su,Robby Musso)
2008
Revelation (By: Simon Furman,Nick Roche,E.J. Su,Dan Khanna)
2009
Maximum Dinobots (By: James Raiz,Simon Furman,Nick Roche)
2009
All Hail Megatron (By: Mike Costa,Andy Schmidt,Denton J. Tipton,Simon Furman,Shane McCarthy,Nick Roche)
2010
For All Mankind (By: Mike Costa)
2010
Last Stand of the Wreckers (By: James Roberts)
2010
International Incident (By: Mike Costa)
2010
Ironhide (By: Mike Costa,Marcelo Matere,Casey Coller)
2010
Revenge of the Decepticons (By: Alex Milne)
2011
Chaos Theory (By: Mike Costa)
2011
Infestation
2012
Autocracy (By: Chris Metzen,Flint Dille,Livio Ramondelli)
2012
Chaos (By: Mike Costa)
2012
Chaos: Police Action (By: Mike Costa)
2012
Robots in Disguise, Volume 1 (By: John Barber)
2012
Robots in Disguise, Volume 2 (By: John Barber)
2013
Robots in Disguise, Volume 3 (By: John Barber)
2013
Dark Prelude (By: James Roberts)
2013
Robots in Disguise, Volume 4 (By: John Barber)
2013
Robots In Disguise, Volume 5 (By: John Barber)
2013
Monstrosity (By: Chris Metzen,Flint Dille,Livio Ramondelli)
2013
Dark Cybertron, Volume 2 (By: James Roberts)
2014
Primacy (By: Chris Metzen,Flint Dille,Livio Ramondelli)
2015
Combiner Wars-First Strike (By: John Barber)
2015
Transformers, Volume 8 (By: John Barber)
2016
Transformers, Volume 9 (By: John Barber)
2016
Transformers, Volume 10 (By: John Barber)
2016
Optimus Prime, Vol. 1 (By: John Barber)
2017
Lost Light, Vol. 1 (By: James Roberts)
2017
Transformers/G.I. Joe (By: Christos Gage)
2018
Lost Light, Vol. 2 (By: James Roberts)
2018
Optimus Prime Vol. 2 (By: John Barber)
2018
Redemption of the Dinobots (By: John Barber)
2018
Optimus Prime, Vol. 3 (By: John Barber)
2018
Transformers vs. The Visionaries (By: Fico Ossio,Magdalene Visaggio)
2018
Lost Light, Vol. 3 (By: James Roberts)
2018
Optimus Prime, Vol. 4 (By: John Barber)
2018
Lost Light, Vol. 4 (By: James Roberts)
2019
Optimus Prime Vol. 5 (By: John Barber)
2019
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