David Drake Reading Order

2 books (1995–1996)

Start with ARC Riders and read in order.

#	Title
1	ARC Riders 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Fourth Rome 1996Buy 🇺🇸

43 books (1975–2023)

Start with Nameless Places, the first of 43 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Nameless Places 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV 1976Buy 🇺🇸
3	Rivals Of Dracula 1977Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V 1977Buy 🇺🇸
5	Whispers 1977Buy 🇺🇸
6	Chrysalis Volume 2 1978Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI 1978Buy 🇺🇸
8	Destinies: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact 1979Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII 1984Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985Buy 🇺🇸
11	Free Lancers 1987Buy 🇺🇸
12	Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers 1988Buy 🇺🇸
13	A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling 1989Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Far Stars War 1990Buy 🇺🇸
15	Power 1991Buy 🇺🇸
16	Battlestations 1992Buy 🇺🇸
17	Cats in Space... and Other Places 1992Buy 🇺🇸
18	100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993Buy 🇺🇸
19	Honor of the Regiment 1993Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Vanguard 1993Buy 🇺🇸
21	100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories 1995Buy 🇺🇸
22	Tapestries 1995Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Warmasters 2002Buy 🇺🇸
24	Mountain Magic 2004Buy 🇺🇸
25	The World Turned Upside Down 2005Buy 🇺🇸
26	Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology 2006Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Space Opera Renaissance 2006Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2007Buy 🇺🇸
29	This Is My Funniest 2 2007Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Book of Cthulhu 2011Buy 🇺🇸
31	The Fleet 2011Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Mammoth Book of SF Wars 2012Buy 🇺🇸
33	Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 2013Buy 🇺🇸
34	Shadows of the New Sun 2013Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Baen Big Book of Monsters 2014Buy 🇺🇸
36	Worst Contact 2016Buy 🇺🇸
37	Infinite Stars 2017Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3 2017Buy 🇺🇸
39	Space Pioneers 2018Buy 🇺🇸
40	Give Me LibertyCon 2020Buy 🇺🇸
41	Weird World War III 2020Buy 🇺🇸
42	Bullet Points 2 2022Buy 🇺🇸
43	Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare 2023Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1998–2006)

Start with An Oblique Approach, the first of 6 books in the Belisarius series.

#	Title
1	An Oblique Approach 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	In the Heart of Darkness 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Destiny's Shield 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fortune's Stroke 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Tide of Victory 2001Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Dance of Time 2006Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1992–1999)

Start with The Square Deal and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Square Deal 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Double Jeopardy(By: Aaron Allston,Herrmann) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Back from Hell(By: Mick Farren) 1999Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2011–2015)

Start with Into the Hinterlands and read in order.

#	Title
1	Into the Hinterlands 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Into the Maelstrom 2015Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1988–2012)

Start with An Honorable Defense, the first of 4 books in the Crisis of Empire series.

#	Title
1	An Honorable Defense 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cluster Command(By: William C. Dietz) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	The War Machine(With: Roger MacBride Allen) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	Crown of Empire(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) 2012Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2006–2008)

Start with The Fortress of Glass and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Fortress of Glass 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Mirror of Worlds 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Gods Return 2008Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2014–2014)

#	Title
1	Hope Rearmed(With: S.M. Stirling) 2014Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1979–2002)

Start with Hammer's Slammers, the first of 8 books in the Hammer's Slammers series.

#	Title
1	Hammer's Slammers 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	At Any Price 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	Counting the Cost 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	Rolling Hot 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Warrior 1991Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Sharp End 1993Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Tank Lords 1997Buy 🇺🇸
8	Paying the Piper 2002Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1984–1994)

Start with Cross The Stars and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cross The Stars 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Forlorn Hope 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Voyage 1994Buy 🇺🇸

26 books (1986–2024)

Start with Heroes in Hell, the first of 26 books in the Heroes in Hell series.

#	Title
1	Heroes in Hell 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Rebels In Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Gates of Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	Angels in Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
5	Crusaders in Hell 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	Kings in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
7	Legions of Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
8	Masters in Hell 1987Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Little Helliad(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
10	War in Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
11	Explorers in Hell 1989Buy 🇺🇸
12	Prophets in Hell 1989Buy 🇺🇸
13	Bridge Over Hell(By: Janet Morris,Michael A. Armstrong) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
14	Lawyers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,David L. Burkhead,Jason Cordova,Bruce Durham,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
15	Rogues in Hell(By: Bradley H. Sinor,Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Shirley Meier,Michael Z. Williamson,Michael H. Hanson,Julie Cochrane,David L. Burkhead,H. David Blalock,Bruce Durham,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller,Michael A. Armstrong,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Jack William Finley,Edward McKeown,Allan Gibreath) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
16	Dreamers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Ed McKeown,Sara M. Harvey,David L. Burkhead,Jason Cordova,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller,Tom Barczak,Yelle Hughes,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Shebat Legion,Jack William Finley,Michael A. Ventrella,Bettina Meister,Petra Jorns) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
17	Poets in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,pdmac,Bruce Durham,Larry Atchley Jr.,Richard Groller,Michael A. Armstrong,Tom Barczak,Matthew Kirshenblatt,Beth W. Patterson,Yelle Hughes,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Shebat Legion,Bill Barnhill,Jack William Finley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	Doctors in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,Matthew Kirshenblatt,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,ChrisMorris,Andrew P. Weston,Rob Hinkle,Paul Freeman) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	Hell Bound(By: Janet Morris,Andrew P. Weston) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
20	Hell Hounds(By: Andrew P. Weston) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
21	Pirates in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Paul Freeman,Andrew P. Weston,Rob Hinkle) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
22	Lovers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,A.L. Butcher,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston,Michael E. Dellert) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
23	Hell Gate(By: Andrew P. Weston) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
24	Mystics in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Gustavo Bondoni,A.L. Butcher,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
25	Liars in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,Richard Groller,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
26	Monsters in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Chris Morris,A. L. Butcher) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

59 books (1992–2022)

Start with On Basilisk Station(By: David Weber), the first of 59 books in the Honorverse series.

#	Title
1	On Basilisk Station(By: David Weber) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Honor of the Queen(By: David Weber) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Field of Dishonor(By: David Weber) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Short Victorious War(By: David Weber) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Flag in Exile(By: David Weber) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	Honor Among Enemies(By: David Weber) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
7	In Enemy Hands(By: David Weber) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
8	"A Beautiful Friendship"(By: David Weber) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
9	"A Grand Tour" 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	"A Whiff of Grapeshot"(By: S.M. Stirling) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	Echoes of Honor(By: David Weber) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
12	"Deck Load Strike"(By: Roland J. Green) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	"Queen's Gambit"(By: Jane Lindskold) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
14	"The Hard Way Home"(By: David Weber) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
15	"The Stray"(By: Linda Evans) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	"What Price Dreams?"(By: David Weber) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
17	Ashes of Victory(By: David Weber) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
18	"Changer of Worlds"(By: David Weber) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
19	"From the Highlands"(By: Eric Flint) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
20	"Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington"(By: David Weber) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
21	"Nightfall"(By: David Weber) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
22	War of Honor(By: David Weber) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
23	"A Ship Named Francis"(By: John Ringo,Victor Mitchell) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
24	"Fanatic"(By: Eric Flint) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
25	"Let's Go to Prague"(By: John Ringo) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
26	"Promised Land"(By: Jane Lindskold) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
27	"The Service of the Sword"(By: David Weber) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
28	"With One Stone"(By: Timothy Zahn) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
29	Crown of Slaves(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Shadow of Saganami(By: David Weber) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
31	At All Costs(By: David Weber) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
32	Storm from the Shadows(By: David Weber) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
33	Torch of Freedom(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
34	Mission of Honor(By: David Weber) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
35	"An Act of War"(By: Timothy Zahn) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
36	"Let's Dance"(By: David Weber) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
37	"Ruthless"(By: Jane Lindskold) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
38	A Beautiful Friendship(By: David Weber) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
39	A Rising Thunder(By: David Weber) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
40	Fire Season(By: Jane Lindskold) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
41	"A Call to Arms"(By: Timothy Zahn) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
42	"Beauty and the Beast"(By: David Weber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
43	"By the Book"(By: Charles E. Gannon) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
44	"I Will Build a House of Steel"(By: David Weber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
45	"Obligated Service"(By: Joelle Presby) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
46	"The Best Laid Plans"(By: David Weber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
47	Shadow of Freedom(By: David Weber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
48	Treecat Wars(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
49	A Call to Duty(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
50	Cauldron of Ghosts(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
51	A Call to Arms(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
52	Shadow of Victory(By: David Weber) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
53	"Our Sacred Honor"(By: David Weber) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
54	A Call to Vengeance(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
55	Dark Fall(By: David Weber) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
56	Uncompromising Honor(By: David Weber) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
57	"Recruiting Exercise"(By: David Weber) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
58	To End in Fire(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
59	A Call to Insurrection(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1997–2004)

Start with Lord of the Isles, the first of 6 books in the Lord of the Isles series.

#	Title
1	Lord of the Isles 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Queen of Demons 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Servant of the Dragon 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mistress of the Catacombs 2001Buy 🇺🇸
5	Goddess of the Ice Realm 2003Buy 🇺🇸
6	Master of the Cauldron 2004Buy 🇺🇸

14 books (1998–2019)

Start with With the Lightnings, the first of 14 books in the Lt. Leary / RCN series.

#	Title
1	With the Lightnings 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lt. Leary, Commanding 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Far Side of the Stars 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Way to Glory 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	Some Golden Harbor 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	When the Tide Rises 2008Buy 🇺🇸
7	In the Stormy Red Sky 2009Buy 🇺🇸
8	What Distant Deeps 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Road of Danger 2012Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Sea Without a Shore 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	Death's Bright Day 2016Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Midshipman 2018Buy 🇺🇸
13	Though Hell Should Bar the Way 2018Buy 🇺🇸
14	To Clear Away the Shadows 2019Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1984–1984)

#	Title
1	Window of Opportunity 1984Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1990–1992)

Start with Northworld and read in order.

#	Title
1	Northworld 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Vengeance 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Justice 1992Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1991–2014)

Start with The Forge(With: S.M. Stirling), the first of 10 books in the Raj Whitehall/The General series.

#	Title
1	The Forge(With: S.M. Stirling) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Hammer(With: S.M. Stirling) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Anvil(With: S.M. Stirling) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Steel(With: S.M. Stirling) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Sword(With: S.M. Stirling) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Chosen(With: S.M. Stirling) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Reformer(With: S.M. Stirling) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Tyrant(With: Eric Flint) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Heretic(With: Tony Daniel) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Savior(With: Tony Daniel) 2014Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1986–2001)

Start with Ranks of Bronze and read in order.

#	Title
1	Ranks of Bronze 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Foreign Legions(With: S.M. Stirling,David Weber,Mark L. Van Name,Eric Flint) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Excalibur Alternative(By: David Weber) 2001Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1994–1996)

Start with Igniting the Reaches and read in order.

#	Title
1	Igniting the Reaches 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Through the Breach 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Fireships 1996Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1990–1992)

Start with Surface Action and read in order.

#	Title
1	Surface Action 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Jungle 1992Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1975–1975)

8 books (1982–2012)

Start with Time Safari, the first of 8 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Time Safari 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	From the Heart of Darkness 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Military Dimension 1991Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Military Dimension Mark II 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	All the Way to the Gallows 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	Grimmer Than Hell 2003Buy 🇺🇸
7	Balefires 2007Buy 🇺🇸
8	NightDemons 2012Buy 🇺🇸

22 books (1979–2014)

Start with Dragon Lord, the first of 22 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Dragon Lord 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Birds of Prey 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Active Measures(With: Janet Morris) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	Killer(With: Karl Edward Wagner) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	Strangers and Lovers 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	Bridgehead 1986Buy 🇺🇸
7	Lacey and His Friends 1986Buy 🇺🇸
8	Kill Ratio(With: Janet Morris) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dagger 1988Buy 🇺🇸
10	Target(With: Janet Morris) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
11	Vettius and His Friends 1989Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Undesired Princess and the Enchanted Bunny(With: L. Sprague de Camp) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
13	Old Nathan 1991Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Hunter Returns(With: Jim Kjelgaard) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
15	Starliner 1992Buy 🇺🇸
16	Tyrannosaur 1994Buy 🇺🇸
17	Enemy of My Enemy 1995Buy 🇺🇸
18	Patriots 1996Buy 🇺🇸
19	Redliners 1996Buy 🇺🇸
20	Other Times Than Peace 2006Buy 🇺🇸
21	Voyage Across the Stars 2012Buy 🇺🇸
22	Dinosaurs & a Dirigible 2014Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1988–1990)

Start with Men Hunting Things and read in order.

#	Title
1	Men Hunting Things 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Things Hunting Men 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bluebloods 1990Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2010–2015)

Start with The Legions of Fire, the first of 4 books in the The Books of the Elements series.

#	Title
1	The Legions of Fire 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Out of the Waters 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Monsters of the Earth 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Air and Darkness 2015Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1988–1991)

Start with Counter Attack, the first of 5 books in the The Fleet series.

#	Title
1	Counter Attack 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Breakthrough 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sworn Allies 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	Total War 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Crisis 1991Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2021)

Start with The Spark and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Spark 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Storm 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Serpent 2021Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1983–1987)

Start with Skyripper and read in order.

#	Title
1	Skyripper 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fortress 1987Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1993–1993)

1 book (1988–1988)

#	Title
1	The Sea Hag 1988Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1998–2025)

Start with More Than Honor(With: S.M. Stirling,David Weber), the first of 8 books in the Worlds of Honor series.

#	Title
1	More Than Honor(With: S.M. Stirling,David Weber) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Worlds of Honor(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Linda Evans,Roland J. Green) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Changer of Worlds(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Service of the Sword(By: John Ringo,David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Eric Flint,Timothy Zahn,Victor Mitchell) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	In Fire Forged(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Timothy Zahn,Andy Presby) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Beginnings(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Charles E. Gannon,Joelle Presby) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
7	What Price Victory?(By: David Weber) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
8	Challenges(By: David Weber) 2025Buy 🇺🇸