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Robert E. Howard Books in Order
Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Robert E. Howard's book series? Robert E. Howard has written 13 book series. The most notable is the Conan (Ace Maroto 1978-1981) series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Robert E. Howard
- #1
Conan and the Sorcerer (By: Andrew J. Offutt)(1978) - #2
Treasure Of Tranicos(1980) - #3
Conan the Mercenary (By: Andrew J. Offutt)(1981) - #4
The Flame Knife (With: L. Sprague de Camp)(1981)
- #1
The Hour of the Dragon / Conan the Conquerer (With: Karl Edward Wagner)(1950) - #2
The People of the Black Circle(1974) - #3
A Witch Shall Be Born(1975) - #4
The Tower of the Elephant(1975) - #5
Red Nails(1975) - #6
Conan in The Devil in Iron(1976) - #7
Rogues in the House Conan(1976) - #8
Queen of the Black Coast(1978) - #9
Jewels of Gwahlur(1979) - #10The Pool of the Black One(1986)
- #1
Conan the Conqueror / The Hour of the Dragon(1950) - #2
The Sword of Conan(1952) - #3
King Conan(1953) - #4The Coming of Conan(1953)
- #5
Conan the Barbarian(1954) - #6
Tales of Conan(1955) - #7
The Return of Conan(1957) - #8Bran Mak Morn(1969)
- #9
Worms of the Earth(1975) - #10
The Last King(2001) - #11
Tigers of the Sea(1974) - #12The Dark Man(1978)
- #13
The Dead Remember(1979)
- #1
Conan the Adventurer(1966) - #2
Conan the Warrior(1967) - #3
Conan the Usurper(1967) - #4
Conan the Conqueror(1967) - #5
Conan the Avenger(1968) - #6
Conan of the Isles (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)(1968) - #7
Conan(1968) - #8
Conan the Freebooter(1968) - #9
Conan the Wanderer (By: Lin Carter)(1968) - #10
Conan of Cimmeria (With: Lin Carter)(1969) - #11
Conan the Buccaneer (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)(1971) - #12
Conan of Aquilonia (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)(1977)
- #1
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian(2002) - #2
The Bloody Crown of Conan(2004) - #3
The Conquering Sword of Conan(2005)
- #1The Phoenix on the Sword(1932)
- #2The Scarlet Citadel(1933)
- #3
Black Colossus(1933) - #4Rogues in the House(1934)
- #5Shadows In The Moonlight(1934)
- #6Beyond the Black River(1935)
- #7Shadows In Zamboula(1935)
- #8
The Hour of the Dragon(1936) - #9The People of the Black Circle(1974)
- #10The Tower of the Elephant(1975)
- #11Red Nails(1975)
- #12Conan in The Devil in Iron(1976)
- #13Rogues in the House Conan(1976)
- #14Queen of the Black Coast(1978)
- #15Jewels of Gwahlur(1979)
- #16The Pool of the Black One(1986)
- #1
Savage Sword Of Conan (With: Roy Thomas,Glenn Lord,Fred Blosser)(1974) - #2
Bloodstar (With: Richard Corben)(1979) - #3The People of the Black Circle(2000)
- #4The Hour of the Dragon(2001)
- #1
Valley of the Worm(2006) - #2
The Garden of Fear(2006)
- #1The Phoenix on the Sword(1932)
- #2
The Scarlet Citadel (By: Timothy Truman)(2012) - #3
The Conqueror (By: Timothy Truman)(2014) - #4
Wolves Beyond the Border (By: Timothy Truman)(2016) - #5
Swords & Sorcery(1963) - #6
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966(1966) - #7
Fantastic Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, January 1967(1967) - #8
Swordsmen and Supermen(1972) - #9
Gooseflesh(1974) - #10
Fantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual(1975) - #11
Beyond Midnight(1976) - #12
Lone Star Universe(1976) - #13
Great Fantasy(1983) - #14
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats(1988) - #15
The Horror Hall of Fame(1991) - #16
Sea-Cursed(1994) - #17
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales(1996) - #18
Spookhouse, Volume 2(2004) - #19
In Lands That Never Were(2004) - #20
Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine - May 1934(2005) - #21The Robert E. Howard Reader(2007)
- #22
The Dead That Walk(2009) - #23
The Sword & Sorcery Anthology(2012) - #24
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack(2012) - #25
The Wildside Book of Fantasy(2012) - #26
Woman: An Anthology(2014) - #27
Red Sky(2014) - #28
Skelos I(2016) - #29
The Weird Fiction Collection #1(2018) - #30
Gunsmoke & Dragonfire(2019) - #31
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection(2020)
- #1Robert E. Howard Selected Letters, 1923-1930(1989)
- #1The Moon of Skulls(1968)
- #2The Hand of Kane(1970)
- #3Skulls in the Stars(1978)
- #4
The Hills of the Dead(1979) - #5Solomon Kane(1995)
- #6
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane(2004) - #7The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane(2007)
- #1
Almuric(1964) - #2
The Pride of Bear Creek(1966) - #3
The Land of Kane(1970) - #4The Sowers of the Thunder(1973)
- #5
The Vultures of Whapeton(1973) - #6
Cormac Mac Art(1974) - #7
The Lost Valley of Iskander(1974) - #8The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan(1976)
- #9
Swords of Shahrazar(1976) - #10
The Return of Skull-Face(1977) - #11Marchers of Valhalla(1978)
- #12The Last Ride(1978)
- #13
Mayhem on Bear Creek(1979) - #14
Lord of the Dead(1981) - #15
Heroes of Bear Creek(1983) - #16
The Last Cat Book(1984) - #17
The Road of Azrael(1987) - #18
Post Oaks and Sand Roughs(1989) - #19
Sea Woman(1992) - #20Kull: Exile of Atlantis(2006)
- #21Skull-Face(1929)
- #22The Iron Man(1930)
- #23
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth(1931) - #24
A Gent from Bear Creek and Other Tales(1937) - #25
Gates of Empire(1939) - #26
Always Come Evening(1957) - #27
The Dark Man and Others(1963) - #28King Kull(1967)
- #29Red Shadows(1968)
- #30
Wolfshead(1968) - #31
Echoes From An Iron Harp(1972) - #32
The Book of Robert E. Howard(1976) - #33Pigeons From Hell and Other Weird and Fantastic Adventures(1976)
- #34
The Second Book of Robert E. Howard(1976) - #35Black Vulmea's Vengeance(1976)
- #36
Night Images: A book of fantasy verse(1976) - #37
Singers in the Shadows / by Robert E. Howard(1977) - #38
Son of the White Wolf(1977) - #39
Black Canaan(1978) - #40
Hawks of Outremer (With: Richard L. Tierney)(1978) - #41
The Howard Collector(1979) - #42The Ghost Ocean(1982)
- #43
The Dark Barbarian: The Writings of Robert E Howard, a Critical Anthology(1984) - #44
The Adventures of Lal Singh(1985) - #45
Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors(1989) - #46
Shadows of Dreams(1989) - #47
Eons of the Night(1996) - #48Trails in Darkness(1996)
- #49
Beyond the Borders(1996) - #50
The Ultimate Triumph(1999) - #51
Nameless Cults(2001) - #52Waterfront Fists and Others(2003)
- #53Graveyard Rats and Others(2003)
- #54The Complete Action Stories(2003)
- #55
Gates of Empire and Other Tales of the Crusades(2004) - #56Treasures of Tartary(2004)
- #57
The Black Stranger and Other American Tales(2005) - #58Boxing Stories(2005)
- #59
Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient(2005) - #60
The End of the Trail(2005) - #61
The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales(2005) - #62
The Complete Chronicles of Conan(2006) - #63
Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales(2007) - #64
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard(2008) - #65
El Borak and Other Desert Adventures(2010) - #66
The Singer in the Mist & Others(2010)
- #1
Weird Tales 1 (By: Lin Carter)(1981) - #2
Weird Tales 2 (With: Robert Bloch,Tanith Lee,H.P. Lovecraft)(1981) - #3
Weird Tales 3 (With: Robert Bloch,Tanith Lee,Evangeline Walton)(1981) - #4
Weird Tales 4 (With: Ray Bradbury)(1983)
About Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.
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