Ranks of Bronze Books in Order

46
Books
1986
First Book
2023
Latest Book
38
Years

Below you'll find the complete list of Ranks of Bronze books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.

Reading order verified: January 2026

Publication Order

1

Ranks of Bronze

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1986

2

Foreign Legions (With: S.M. Stirling,David Weber,Mark L. Van Name,Eric Flint)

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2001

3

The Excalibur Alternative (By: David Weber)

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2001

4

Nameless Places

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1975

5

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV

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1976

6

1977

7

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V

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1977

8

Rivals Of Dracula

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1977

9

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI

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1978

10

Chrysalis Volume 2

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1978

11

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII

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1984

12

The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction

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1985

13

Free Lancers

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1987

14

Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers

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1988

15

A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling

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1989

16

The Far Stars War

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1990

17

1991

18

Cats in Space... and Other Places

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1992

19

Battlestations

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1992

20

Honor of the Regiment

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1993

21

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories

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1993

22

The Vanguard

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1993

23

100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories

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1995

24

Tapestries

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1995

25

The Warmasters

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2002

26

Mountain Magic

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2004

27

The World Turned Upside Down

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2005

28

Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology

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2006

29

The Space Opera Renaissance

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2006

30

The Best of Jim Baen's Universe

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2007

31

This Is My Funniest 2

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2007

32

The Book of Cthulhu

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2011

33

The Fleet

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2011

34

The Mammoth Book of SF Wars

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2012

35

Shadows of the New Sun

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2013

36

Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013

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2013

37

The Baen Big Book of Monsters

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2014

38

Worst Contact

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2016

39

The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF 2015

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2016

40

The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3

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2017

41

Infinite Stars

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2017

42

Space Pioneers

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2018

43

Give Me LibertyCon

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2020

44

Weird World War III

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2020

45

Bullet Points 2

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2022

46

Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare

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2023

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Ranks of Bronze series is publication order: 1. Ranks of Bronze (1986), 2. Foreign Legions (With: S.M. Stirling,David Weber,Mark L. Van Name,Eric Flint) (2001), 3. The Excalibur Alternative (By: David Weber) (2001), 4. Nameless Places (1975), 5. The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV (1976), and 41 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Ranks of Bronze series by David Drake contains 46 books. The series began in 1986 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Ranks of Bronze series is written by David Drake. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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