Harry Turtledove Reading Order

45 books (1982–2003)

Start with Conan The Defender(By: Robert Jordan), the first of 45 books in the Adventures of Conan series.

#	Title
1	Conan The Defender(By: Robert Jordan) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Conan the Invincible(By: Robert Jordan) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	Conan the Triumphant(By: Robert Jordan) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	Conan the Unconquered(By: Robert Jordan) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
5	Conan the Destroyer(By: Robert Jordan) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
6	Conan the Magnificent(By: Robert Jordan) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
7	Conan the Victorious(By: Robert Jordan) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
8	Conan the Valorous(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
9	The New Adventures of Conan(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
10	Conan The Raider(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
11	Conan The Renegade(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
12	Conan the Fearless(By: Steve Perry) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
13	Conan the Champion(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
14	Conan the Defiant(By: Steve Perry) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
15	Conan the Valiant(By: Roland J. Green) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
16	Conan the Warlord(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
17	Conan, The Marauder(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
18	Conan The Hero(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
19	Conan the Bold(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
20	Conan the Great(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
21	Conan the Indomitable(By: Steve Perry) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
22	Conan The Free Lance(By: Steve Perry) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
23	Conan the Formidable(By: Steve Perry) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
24	Conan the Guardian(By: Roland J. Green) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
25	Conan the Outcast(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
26	Conan the Rogue(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
27	Conan The Savage(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
28	Conan the Relentless(By: Roland J. Green) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
29	Conan and the Gods of the Mountain(By: Roland J. Green) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
30	Conan and the Treasure of Python(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
31	Conan of the Red Brotherhood(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
32	Conan Scourge of Bloody Coast(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
33	Conan The Hunter(By: Sean A. Moore) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
34	Conan and the Manhunters(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
35	Conan at the Demon's Gate(By: Roland J. Green) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
36	Conan The Gladiator(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
37	Conan and the Amazon(By: John Maddox Roberts) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
38	Conan and the Emerald Lotus(By: John C. Hocking) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
39	Conan and the Mists of Doom(By: Roland J. Green) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
40	The Conan Chronicles(By: Robert Jordan) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
41	Conan Lord of the Black River(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
42	Conan and the Shaman's Curse(By: Sean A. Moore) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
43	Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza(By: Roland J. Green) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
44	Conan and the Grim Grey God(By: Sean A. Moore) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
45	Conan of Venarium 2003Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1998–2005)

Start with Alternate Generals and read in order.

#	Title
1	Alternate Generals 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alternate Generals II 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Alternate Generals III 2005Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2017–2025)

Start with Alternative Truths(By: Bob Brown), the first of 9 books in the Alternatives series.

#	Title
1	Alternative Truths(By: Bob Brown) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	More Alternative Truths(By: Rebecca McFarland Kyle,Vonda N. McIntyre,Bob Brown,Lou J Berger,Phyllis Irene Radford) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World(By: Bob Brown) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	Alternative Apocalypse(By: Justine Eyre,Various,Paul Boehmer,Stefan Rudnicki,Gabrielle de Cuir,John Allen Nelson,Rebecca McFarland Kyle,John Rubinstein,Bob Brown,Various Narrators,Arthur Morey,Philip Harris,Kristoffer Tabori,Kate Orsini,Bob Brown,Debora Godfrey) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
5	Alternative War(By: Elizabeth Ann Scarborough,David Gerrold,Liam Hogan,Bruce Golden,Jim Wright,Alison McBain,Debora Godfrey,Bob l Brown,Gwyndyn T. Alexander,Jeremy Thackray) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
6	Alternative Holidays(By: Alex Shvartsman) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
7	Post Roe Alternatives(By: Adam-Troy Castro) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
8	Southern Truths(By: Adam-Troy Castro,David Gerrold,Bob Brown,Larry Hodges,Jim Wright,K.G. Anderson,Allan Dyen-Shapiro,Sara Wiley,Anya Josephs,Marleen Barr) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
9	Alternative Liberties 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2001–2003)

Start with Blood & Iron and read in order.

#	Title
1	Blood & Iron 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Center Cannot Hold 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Victorious Opposition 2003Buy 🇺🇸

35 books (1982–2025)

Start with Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World, the first of 35 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1986 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Alternatives 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	Friends of the Horseclans II 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Weird Tales #296: Spring 1990 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	After the King 1991Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1992 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Time Machines 1997Buy 🇺🇸
9	Nebula Awards 32: SFWA’s Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	We Could Do Worse: A Millennial Collection of Alternate Histories 1999Buy 🇺🇸
11	Meditations on Middle-Earth 2001Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century 2001Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century 2001Buy 🇺🇸
14	Worlds That Weren't 2002Buy 🇺🇸
15	Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian 2003Buy 🇺🇸
16	New Magics 2004Buy 🇺🇸
17	The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age 2004Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition 2004Buy 🇺🇸
19	I, Alien 2005Buy 🇺🇸
20	Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005 2005Buy 🇺🇸
21	Space Cadets 2006Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection 2006Buy 🇺🇸
23	This Is My Funniest 2006Buy 🇺🇸
24	Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2007 2007Buy 🇺🇸
25	Federations 2009Buy 🇺🇸
26	Alien Contact 2011Buy 🇺🇸
27	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination 2013Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Time Traveler's Almanac 2013Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 2013Buy 🇺🇸
31	Field of Fantasies 2014Buy 🇺🇸
32	Multiverse 2014Buy 🇺🇸
33	Tor.com Short Fiction Winter 2020 2020Buy 🇺🇸
34	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 200, May 2023 2023Buy 🇺🇸
35	Alternative Liberties 2025Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2007–2010)

Start with Opening Atlantis, the first of 4 books in the Atlantis series.

#	Title
1	Opening Atlantis 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	The United States of Atlantis 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	Liberating Atlantis 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Atlantis and Other Places 2010Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2025–2026)

Start with Twice as Dead and read in order.

3 books (1999–2001)

Start with Second Contact and read in order.

#	Title
1	Second Contact 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Down to Earth 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	Aftershocks 2001Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2003–2008)

Start with Gunpowder Empire, the first of 6 books in the Crosstime Traffic series.

#	Title
1	Gunpowder Empire 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Curious Notions 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	In High Places 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Disunited States of America 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Gladiator 2007Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Valley-Westside War 2008Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1999–2004)

Start with Into the Darkness, the first of 6 books in the Darkness series.

#	Title
1	Into the Darkness 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Darkness Descending 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	Through the Darkness 2001Buy 🇺🇸
4	Rulers of the Darkness 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	Jaws of Darkness 2003Buy 🇺🇸
6	Out of the Darkness 2004Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2004–2005)

Start with Days of Infamy and read in order.

#	Title
1	Days of Infamy 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	End of the Beginning 2005Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2011–2015)

Start with Clan of the Claw(With: John Ringo,S.M. Stirling,Jody Lynn Nye,Michael Z. Williamson) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Clan of the Claw(With: John Ringo,S.M. Stirling,Jody Lynn Nye,Michael Z. Williamson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	By Tooth and Claw(By: John Ringo,Mercedes Lackey,S.M. Stirling,Jody Lynn Nye,Eric Flint) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2007–2009)

Start with Beyond the Gap and read in order.

#	Title
1	Beyond the Gap 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Breath of God 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Golden Shrine 2009Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1979–2000)

Start with Wereblood(As: Eric G. Iverson), the first of 7 books in the Gerin The Fox series.

#	Title
1	Wereblood(As: Eric G. Iverson) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Werenight(As: Eric G. Iverson) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	Prince of the North 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	King of the North 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	Fox and Empire 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	Wisdom of the Fox 1999Buy 🇺🇸
7	Tale of the Fox 2000Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1998–2000)

Start with American Front and read in order.

#	Title
1	American Front 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Walk in Hell 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Breakthroughs 2000Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2001–2020)

Start with Over the Wine-Dark Sea, the first of 5 books in the Hellenic Traders series.

#	Title
1	Over the Wine-Dark Sea 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Gryphon's Skull 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Sacred Land 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Owls to Athens 2004Buy 🇺🇸
5	Salamis 2020Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2015–2017)

Start with Bombs Away and read in order.

#	Title
1	Bombs Away 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fallout 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Armistice 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2003–2005)

Start with The Bastard King and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Bastard King 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Chernagor Pirates 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Scepter's Return 2005Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2004–2007)

Start with Return Engagement, the first of 4 books in the Settling Accounts series.

#	Title
1	Return Engagement 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Drive to the East 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Grapple 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	In at the Death 2007Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1993–2020)

Start with Down in the Bottomlands (in Analog), the first of 10 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

3 books (2002–2024)

Start with Counting Up, Counting Down and read in order.

#	Title
1	Counting Up, Counting Down 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	We Install and Other Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Other People's Playgrounds 2024Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1997–1997)

#	Title
1	How Few Remain 1997Buy 🇺🇸

31 books (1987–2025)

Start with Agent of Byzantium, the first of 31 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Agent of Byzantium 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Noninterference 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Different Flesh 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	A World of Difference 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Kaleidoscope 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	Earthgrip 1991Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Guns of the South 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Departures 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Two Georges(With: Richard Dreyfuss) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
11	Thessalonica 1996Buy 🇺🇸
12	Between the Rivers 1998Buy 🇺🇸
13	Justinian(As: H.N. Turteltaub) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
14	Household Gods(With: Judith Tarr) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
15	After the Downfall 2001Buy 🇺🇸
16	Ruled Britannia 2002Buy 🇺🇸
17	In the Presence of Mine Enemies 2003Buy 🇺🇸
18	Homeward Bound 2004Buy 🇺🇸
19	Every Inch a King 2005Buy 🇺🇸
20	Fort Pillow 2006Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Man with the Iron Heart 2008Buy 🇺🇸
22	Give Me Back My Legions! 2009Buy 🇺🇸
23	Joe Steele 2015Buy 🇺🇸
24	The House of Daniel 2016Buy 🇺🇸
25	Through Darkest Europe 2018Buy 🇺🇸
26	Alpha and Omega 2019Buy 🇺🇸
27	Or Even Eagle Flew 2021Buy 🇺🇸
28	Three Miles Down 2022Buy 🇺🇸
29	Wages of Sin 2023Buy 🇺🇸
30	City in Chains 2025Buy 🇺🇸
31	Powerless 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2011–2013)

Start with Eruption and read in order.

#	Title
1	Eruption 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	All Fall Down 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Things Fall Apart 2013Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1990–1994)

Start with Krispos Rising and read in order.

#	Title
1	Krispos Rising 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Krispos of Videssos 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Krispos the Emperor 1994Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1995–1998)

Start with The Stolen Throne, the first of 4 books in the Time Of Troubles series.

#	Title
1	The Stolen Throne 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hammer and Anvil 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Thousand Cities 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Videssos Besieged 1998Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1987–2005)

Start with An Emperor for the Legion, the first of 5 books in the Videssos Cycle series.

#	Title
1	An Emperor for the Legion 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Swords of the Legion 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Legion of Videssos 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Misplaced Legion 1987Buy 🇺🇸
5	Bridge of the Separator 2005Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2000–2002)

Start with Sentry Peak and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sentry Peak 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Marching Through Peachtree 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Advance and Retreat 2002Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2009–2014)

Start with Hitler's War, the first of 6 books in the War That Came Early series.

#	Title
1	Hitler's War 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	West and East 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Big Switch 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Coup d'Etat 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Two Fronts 2013Buy 🇺🇸
6	Last Orders 2014Buy 🇺🇸

20 books (1988–2023)

Start with The Burning Eye(By: Jerry Pournelle,John F. Carr), the first of 20 books in the War World series.

#	Title
1	The Burning Eye(By: Jerry Pournelle,John F. Carr) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death's Head Rebellion(By: Jerry Pournelle,John F. Carr) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sauron Dominion(By: Jerry Pournelle,John F. Carr) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
4	Blood Feuds 1992Buy 🇺🇸
5	Codominium(By: Jerry Pournelle,John F. Carr) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
6	Blood Vengeance(With: S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle,Judith Tarr,Susan Shwartz) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	Invasion(By: Jerry Pournelle) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
8	Discovery(By: Jerry Pournelle,William Wu,Leslie Fish,Charles E. Gannon,E.R. Stewart,Don Hawthorne,John F. Carr) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	Takeover(By: Jerry Pournelle,Don Hawthorne,John F. Carr) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
10	Cyborg Revolt(By: John F. Carr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
11	Jihad!(By: John F. Carr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Battle of Sauron(By: Jerry Pournelle,Don Hawthorne,John F. Carr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Lidless Eye(By: Don Hawthorne,John F. Carr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Patriotic Wars(By: John F. Carr) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
15	Falkenberg's Regiment(By: John F. Carr) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Fall of the CoDominium(By: John F. Carr) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
17	Andromeda Flight(By: John F. Carr,Doug McElwain) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
18	Road Warrior(By: John F. Carr) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
19	War World Concordance(By: John F. Carr,Doug McElwain) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Falkenberg Protectorate(By: John F. Carr) 2023Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1994–1996)

Start with In the Balance, the first of 4 books in the Worldwar series.

#	Title
1	In the Balance 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Tilting the Balance 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Striking the Balance 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Upsetting the Balance 1996Buy 🇺🇸