Mark Lawrence Reading Order

6 books (2012–2019)

Start with Fading Light, the first of 6 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Fading Light 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Unfettered 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	Art of War 2018Buy 🇺🇸
5	Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction 2018Buy 🇺🇸
6	Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy 2019Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2017–2024)

Start with Red Sister, the first of 6 books in the Book Of The Ancestor series.

#	Title
1	Red Sister 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bound 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Grey Sister 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	Holy Sister 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Devil You Know 2021Buy 🇺🇸
6	Thaw 2024Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2020–2022)

Start with The Girl and the Stars and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Girl and the Stars 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Girl and the Mountain 2021Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Girl and the Moon 2022Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2011–2014)

Start with Prince of Thorns, the first of 5 books in the Broken Empire series.

#	Title
1	Prince of Thorns 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	King of Thorns 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Emperor of Thorns 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Sleeping Beauty 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Select Mode 2014Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2017–2024)

Start with Road Brothers, Tales from the Broken Empire and read in order.

2 books (2012–2013)

Start with Dark Tide and read in order.

3 books (2019–2019)

Start with Dispel Illusion and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dispel Illusion 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Limited Wish 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	One Word Kill 2019Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2014–2023)

Start with Prince of Fools, the first of 4 books in the Red Queen's War series.

#	Title
1	Prince of Fools 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Liar’s Key 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Wheel of Osheim 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	The New World 2023Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2004–2014)

Start with During the Dance and read in order.

1 book (2015–2015)

1 book (2026–2026)

#	Title
1	Daughter of Crows 2026Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2023–2025)

Start with Overdue, the first of 7 books in the The Library Trilogy series.

#	Title
1	Overdue 2023Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Book That Wouldn't Burn 2023Buy 🇺🇸
3	About Pain 2024Buy 🇺🇸
4	Returns 2024Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Book That Broke the World 2024Buy 🇺🇸
6	Tabula Rasa 2025Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Book That Held Her Heart 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2020–2021)

Start with The Visitor: Kill or Cure and read in order.