John Jakes Reading Order

18 books (1967–2016)

Start with Orbit 3, the first of 18 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Orbit 3 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Swords Against Tomorrow 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Flashing Swords! #2 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Fantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Six Science Fiction Plays 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Deadly Arts 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Tales of Mystery 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Best of the American West II 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	A Century of Great Western Stories 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Spider Chronicles 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Law of the Gun 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Science Fiction Gems, Vol. One 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Science Fiction Gems, Volume 9 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1968–1985)

Start with Brak the Barbarian, the first of 5 books in the Brak the Barbarian series.

#	Title
1	Brak the Barbarian 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Brak vs. The Sorceress / Witch of the Four Winds 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Brak vs. the Mark of the Demons 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	When the Idols Walked 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Fortunes of Brak 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1972–1972)

3 books (1969–1969)

Start with The Planet Wizard and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Planet Wizard 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Wagered World 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Tonight We Steal the Stars 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1960–1968)

Start with Johnny Havoc, the first of 4 books in the Johnny Havoc series.

#	Title
1	Johnny Havoc 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Havoc for Sale / Havoc Meets Zelda 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Holiday for Havoc / And The Doll Who Had 'It' 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Johnny Havoc and the Siren in Red / Making It Big 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1974–1979)

Start with The Bastard, the first of 8 books in the Kent Family series.

#	Title
1	The Bastard 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Rebels 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Seekers 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Furies 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Titans 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Warriors 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Lawless 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Americans 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1961–1962)

Start with Make Mine Mavis and read in order.

3 books (1967–1969)

Start with Famous Firsts in Sports and read in order.

3 books (1982–1987)

Start with North and South and read in order.

#	Title
1	North and South 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Love and War 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Heaven and Hell 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1963–2001)

Start with Planet of the Apes(By: Pierre Boulle), the first of 5 books in the Planet of the Apes series.

#	Title
1	Planet of the Apes(By: Pierre Boulle) 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Beneath The Planet of The Apes(By: Michael Avallone) 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Escape from the Planet of the Apes(By: Jerry Pournelle) 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Planet of the Apes Movie Novelization(By: William T. Quick) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1998–1998)

#	Title
1	Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1973–1973)

2 books (1977–1991)

Start with The Best of John Jakes and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Best of John Jakes 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Best Western Stories of John Jakes 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

35 books (1952–2006)

Start with The Texans Ride North, the first of 35 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Texans Ride North 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Wear a Fast Gun 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Devil Has Four Faces 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Seventh Man 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	I, Barbarian 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Imposter 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Strike the Black Flag 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Sir Scoundrel 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Veils of Salome 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Arena 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	G. I. Girls 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Man from Cannae 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Traitors' Legion 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Secrets of Stardeep 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Asylum World 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Hybrid 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Last Magicians 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Black in Time 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Monte Cristo #99 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Six-Gun Planet 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Star Virus/Mask of Chaos 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Mention My Name in Atlantis 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Time Gate 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	On Wheels 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Fortune's Whirlwind 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	To an Unknown Shore 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	King's Crusader 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	A Night for Treason 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Excalibur!(With: Gil Kane) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	California Gold 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	On Secret Service 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Bold Frontier 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Charleston 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Savannah, or A Gift for Mr. Lincoln / Savannah Christmas 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Gods of Newport 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1993–1998)

Start with Homeland and read in order.

#	Title
1	Homeland 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	American Dreams 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible