Robert E. Howard Reading Order
21 series · 295 books · Born 1906
Robert E. Howard was a prolific American author known for his contributions to pulp fiction across multiple genres, particularly in sword and sorcery. With a remarkable output of 295 books spanning 21 series, he is best known for creating the iconic character Conan the Barbarian. His works include notable collections featuring Bran Mak Morn and Cormac Mac Art, and his influence endures well beyond his active years from 1667 to 2026.
Anthologies Series
Complete24 books (1963–2020)
Start with Swords & Sorcery, the first of 24 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Swords & Sorcery 1963Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966 1966Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Fantastic Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, January 1967 1967Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Swordsmen and Supermen 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Gooseflesh 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Fantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Beyond Midnight 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Lone Star Universe 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Great Fantasy 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Horror Hall of Fame 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Sea-Cursed 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Giant Book of Fantasy Tales 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  In Lands That Never Were 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Spookhouse, Volume 2 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine - May 1934 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Robert E. Howard Reader 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Dead That Walk 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  The Sword & Sorcery Anthology 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | The Wildside Book of Fantasy 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Red Sky 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Woman: An Anthology 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
Bran Mak Morn Collections Series
Complete3 books (1969–2001)
Start with Bran Mak Morn and read in order.
Conan (Ace Maroto 1978-1981) Series
Complete4 books (1978–1981)
Start with Conan and the Sorcerer(By: Andrew J. Offutt), the first of 4 books in the Conan (Ace Maroto 1978-1981) series.
Conan (Donald M. Grant) Series
Complete10 books (1950–1986)
Start with The Hour of the Dragon / Conan the Conquerer(With: Karl Edward Wagner), the first of 10 books in the Conan (Donald M. Grant) series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Hour of the Dragon / Conan the Conquerer(With: Karl Edward Wagner) 1950Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The People of the Black Circle 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  A Witch Shall Be Born 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Red Nails 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Tower of the Elephant 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Conan in The Devil in Iron 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Rogues in the House Conan 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Queen of the Black Coast 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Jewels of Gwahlur 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Pool of the Black One 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
Conan (Gnome Press) Series
Complete7 books (1950–1957)
Start with Conan the Conqueror / The Hour of the Dragon, the first of 7 books in the Conan (Gnome Press) series.
Conan (Lancer/Ace) Series
Complete12 books (1966–1977)
Start with Conan the Adventurer, the first of 12 books in the Conan (Lancer/Ace) series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Conan the Adventurer 1966Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Conan the Conqueror 1967Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Conan the Usurper 1967Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Conan the Warrior 1967Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Conan 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Conan of the Isles(By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Conan the Avenger 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Conan the Freebooter 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Conan the Wanderer(By: Lin Carter) 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Conan of Cimmeria(With: Lin Carter) 1969Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Conan the Buccaneer(By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) 1971Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Conan of Aquilonia(By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
Conan The Cimmerian Series
Complete3 books (2002–2005)
Start with The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian and read in order.
Cormac Mac Art Collections Series
Complete1 book (1974–1974)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Tigers of the Sea 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
Dark Man Collections Series
Complete2 books (1978–1979)
Start with The Dark Man and read in order.
Dark Storm Conan Chronology Series
Complete16 books (1932–1986)
Start with The Phoenix on the Sword, the first of 16 books in the Dark Storm Conan Chronology series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Phoenix on the Sword 1932Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Black Colossus 1933Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Scarlet Citadel 1933Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Rogues in the House 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Shadows In The Moonlight 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Beyond the Black River 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Shadows In Zamboula 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Hour of the Dragon 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The People of the Black Circle 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Red Nails 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Tower of the Elephant 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Conan in The Devil in Iron 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Rogues in the House Conan 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Queen of the Black Coast 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Jewels of Gwahlur 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Pool of the Black One 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
Gothic Fantasy Series
Ongoing91 books (1667–2026)
Start with Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton), the first of 91 books in the Gothic Fantasy series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton) 1667Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography(By: Lewis Carroll) 1865Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  H.G. Wells Short Stories(By: H.G. Wells) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Chilling Ghost Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Wilkie Collins,Nikolai Gogol,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,E. Nesbit,Henry James,W.W. Jacobs,Oscar Wilde,Washington Irving,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,James Dorr,E.F. Benson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Amanda C. Davis,Robert W. Chambers,Kurt Bachard,Raymond Little,Brian Rappatta,Tim Foley,Vonnie Winslow Crist,Michael Penkas,Jonathan Balog,Donna Cuttress,Luke Murphy,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Rhiannon Rasmussen,Jeff Parsons,M.Regan,Zach Chapman,Lesa Pascavis Smith,Trevor Boelter,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Cathy Smith) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Chilling Horror Short Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Science Fiction Short Stories(By: David Tallerman,Rachael K. Jones,Sarah Hans,Brian Trent,Adrian Ludens,Keyan Bowes,Beth Cato,Andy Sawyer,Zach Shephard,Alexis A. Hunter,M. Darusha Wehm,Edward Ahern,Patrick Tumblety,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt,Kate O'Connor,Conor Powers-Smith,Stewart C. Baker,MikeMorgan,Nemma Wollenfang,Jacob M. Lambert,Laura Bulbeck,Rob Hartzell) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Crime & Mystery Short Stories(By: Cameron Trost,Marcelle Dube,James Dorr,Jennifer Gifford,Dan Stout,Ruth Nestvold,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,H.L. Fullerton,Tara Campbell,Nathan Hystad) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Dystopia Utopia Short Stories(By: Rudyard Kipling,Jack London,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Kim Antieau,Voltaire,William Morris,Claude Lalumière,Robert W. Chambers,Samuel Butler,Gerri Leen,Konstantine Paradias,M. Darusha Wehm,Thomas More,Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain,Edward Bellamy,Carolyn Charron,Jeremy Szal,J.M. Templet,Steve Carr,Richard Jefferies,Michelle Kaseler,Andrew J. Wilson,Nidhi Singh,Jeff Parsons,Sarah Lyn Eaton,Megan Dorei,Dave Golder,Kelsey Shannahan,Russ Thorne) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Murder Mayhem Short Stories(By: James Dorr,Gerri Leen,Liam Hogan,Kate Heartfield,David M. Hoenig,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Swords & Steam Short Stories(By: S.T. Joshi,Amanda C. Davis,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,Spencer Ellsworth,Liam Hogan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Agents & Spies Short Stories(By: Josh Pachter,Martin Edwards,Dan Stout,Tony Pi,Stephen Kotowych,David Downing,Sara Dobie Bauer,Shane Halbach,Colt Leasure,Lauren C. Teffeau,Joseph Cusumano,Jo Miles,Laura Bulbeck,Jonathan MacGregor,S.L.Scott) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Edgar Allan Poe Collection(By: Edgar Allan Poe) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Heroic Fantasy Short Stories(By: Various) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Lost Worlds Short Stories(By: Various) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Lovecraft Short Stories(By: H.P. Lovecraft) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories(By: Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Sherlock Holmes Short Stories(By: ) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Supernatural Horror Short Stories(By: Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table(By: Thomas Malory,Aubrey Beardsley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Time Travel Short Stories(By: Dominick Cancilla,Brian Trent,Kate Heartfield) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Alien Invasion Short Stories(By: H.G. Wells,H.P. Lovecraft,Jonathan Swift,A. Merritt,Voltaire,Claude Lalumière,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,George Allan England,Patrick Parrinder,Austin Hall,William R.D. Wood,John Walters,Bo Balder,Maria Haskins,Garrett P. Serviss,Sunil Patel,Jennifer Rachel Baumer,Laura Pearlman,Robert Potter,Tim Pieraccini,Angus McIntyre,Suo Hefu,George Chesney,Stephen G. Parks,Eric Reitan,S.A. Westerley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Bram Stoker Horror Stories(By: Bram Stoker) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Celtic Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Chinese Myths & Tales(By: Davide Latini) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Endless Apocalypse Short Stories(By: Shannon Connor Winward,Michael Paul Gonzalez) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Greek Myths & Tales(By: Richard Buxton) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Irish Fairy Tales(By: Arthur Rackham,D.L. Ashliman) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Lost Souls(By: Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Mary Shelley Horror Stories(By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Norse Myths & Tales(By: Brittany Schorn) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories(By: George Cotronis,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,Bruce Golden,Holly Lyn Walrath,Monte Lin,Eleanor R. Wood,David Sklar,Nemma Wollenfang,Deborah Davitt,Trixie Nisbet,Luke Dormehl,Roan Clay,Jeff Deck,Christopher Geeson,Rob Hartzell,Nathaniel Hosford,Chloie Piveral,Claire Sorrenson,Sara Uckelman) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  American Gothic Short Stories(By: Ramsey Campbell,Lucy A. Snyder,Lina Rather,Sean Logan,Wendy Nikel,Christi Nogle,Lynette Mejía,Madison McSweeney,Russell James,M.Regan,Monika Elbert,Terri Bruce,Maxx Fidalgo,Joshua Hiles,Clayton Kroh,Joe Nazare,Rebecca Ring,Mike Robinson,Valerie B. Williams,Nemma Wollenfang) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Brothers Grimm Short Stories(By: Jacob Grimm) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Cosy Crime Short Stories(By: Arthur Conan Doyle,E.E. King,G.K. Chesterton,R. Austin Freeman,Arnold Bennett,Edgar Wallace,Arthur Morrison,Martin Edwards,Ernest Bramah,Maurice Leblanc,Amanda C. Davis,Stephanie Bedwell-Grime,Emmuska Orczy,Israel Zangwill,Anna Katharine Green,Catherine Louisa Pirkis,Flame Tree Studio,Andrew Forrester,Nancy Sweetland,Jeffrey B. Burton,Louise Taylor,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Tom Mead,C.B. Channell,Michael Martin Garrett,Trixie Nisbet,Joshua Boyce,Sarah Holly Bryant,Gregory Von Dare,B. David Spicer,Elise Warner,Anton Chekhov) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Haunted House Short Stories(By: Edgar Allan Poe,O. Henry,Elizabeth Gaskell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Guy de Maupassant,E. Nesbit,Rudyard Kipling,Ramsey Campbell,Ambrose Bierce,W.W. Jacobs,H.P. Lovecraft,Mark Twain,Edith Wharton,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,M.R. James,Charlotte Eliza Riddell,E.F. Benson,William Hope Hodgson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,John Everson,Arthur Quiller-Couch,Rhoda Broughton,Bernard Capes,Gwendolyn Kiste,Hugh Walpole,Ralph Adams Cram,Mikal Trimm,Mrs. Oliphant,Zach Shephard,B.M. Croker,Shannon Fay,Morgan Sylvia,Kurt Newton,Tom English,Adele Gardner,Rebecca Buchanan,Rebecca Janicker,H.B. Diaz,Marina Favila,Bill Kte'pi,M.Regan) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Japanese Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria(By: Various,Peter Garratt) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Urban Crime Short Stories(By: Ramsey Campbell,Josh Pachter,Judi Calhoun,David Tallerman,Rich Larson,Meg Elison,Dan Micklethwaite,Thana Niveau,Michael Penncavage,T.J. Berg,Chris Wheatley,Alexandra Renwick,Leo X. Robertson,K.W. Roberts,Rachel Watts,Jennifer Quail,Trixie Nisbet,Christopher P. Semtner,C.L. McDaniel,Salinda Tyson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  A Dying Planet Short Stories(By: Dave Golder) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Marian Womack) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Detective Thrillers Short Stories(By: Marie Vibbert) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | Epic Fantasy Short Stories(By: Leah Cypess) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  Heroes & Heroines Short Stories(By: Maria Tatar) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Native American MythsTales(By: Sam D. Gill) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales(By: Abbie Farwell Brown,Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Joseph Jacobs,Yei Theodora Ozaki,Douglas Hyde,Thomas Malory,Jeremiah Curtin,Henry Rowe Schoolcraft,Lewis Spence,Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford,James Mooney,Charles Godfrey Leland,Florence Holbrook,E.A. Wallis Budge,Richard Wilhelm,F. Hadland Davis,Norman Hinsdale Pitman,Yi Ryuk,Charles Montgomery Skinner,Edmund Leamy,Sophia Morrison,William Elliot Griffis,James Scarth Gale,Elphinstone Dayrell,Alice Werner,M.I. Ogumefu,William Butler Yeats,Diane Purkiss,George W. Bateman,Elsie Finnimore Buckley,Margaret Compton,Jonathan Ceredig Davies,George Douglas,Alice Elizabeth Dracott,George Grey,Francis Hindes Groome,H.A. Guerber,Eleanor Hull,W.F. Kirby,Ignác Kúnos,Minnie Martin,Frederick H. Martens,W.R.S. Ralston,A.G. Seklemian,Chauncy Hugh Stigand,J.R. Walker,E.T.C. Werner,William Drake Westervelt,Lady Wilde,Albert Henry Wratislaw) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Black Sci-Fi Short Stories(By: K. Tempest Bradford,Russell Nichols,Wole Talabi,W.E.B. Du Bois,Tara Campbell,Walidah Imarisha,James Beamon,Martin R. Delany,Sandra M. Grayson,Patty Nicole Johnson,Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins,Temi Oh,Michelle F. Goddard,Tia Ross,Harambee K. Grey-Sun,Sutton E. Griggs,Emmalia Harrington,Edward Johnson,Megan Pindling,Sylvie Soul,Lyle Stiles) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Chilling Crime Short Stories(By: Dan Stout,Margaret Murphy,Marshall J. Moore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  George Orwell Visions of Dystopia(By: George Orwell) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 |  Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales(By: Liz Gloyn) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | M.R. James Ghost Stories(By: M.R. James) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Bram Stoker,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Henry James,Ambrose Bierce,Algernon Blackwood,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,E.F. Benson,William Hope Hodgson,A.C. Benson,Marjorie Bowen,Francis Marion Crawford,Marshall J. Moore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  Asian Ghost Short Stories(By: Lee Murray,K.P. Kulski) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales(By: Tok Thompson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  Christmas Gothic Short Stories(By: Marshall J. Moore,Jerrold E. Hogle) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 |  First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 |  Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Christine Ruymbeke) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 |  Weird Horror Short Stories(By: M.R. James) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 |  Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories(By: Algernon Blackwood) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 |  Alternate History Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 |  Aztec Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 |  Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 |  Hidden Realms Short Stories(By: Anna Taborska,Briana Una McGuckin) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 |  Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 |  Lost Atlantis Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 |  Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales(By: Allison Galbraith) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 |  Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories(By: Rayne Hall,BretNelson,Wen Wen Yang,Ahmed al-Rawi) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 |  Viking Folk & Fairy Tales(By: Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 |  African Ghost Short Stories(By: Chinelo Onwualu,Nuzo Onoh,Divine Che Neba) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 |  Arthur Machen Horror Stories(By: Arthur Machen) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 |  Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales(By: Fiona Collins) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 |  Learning to Be Human Short Stories(By: P.A. Cornell) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 |  Moon Falling Short Stories(By: Various,Ben Moore) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 |  Quests & Journeys(By: Matt Cardin) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 |  Shadows on the Water Short Stories(By: Rachael K. Jones) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | Sun Rising Short Stories(By: Faye Snowden,Ravit Helled) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 |  Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: ) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 |  William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories(By: William Hope Hodgson,Jonathan Newell) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | Afrofuturism Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science),Dr. Sandra M. Grayson) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 |  Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales(By: Richard Stoneman) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 |  Robots Past & Future Short Stories(By: Chris Beckett) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 |  Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories(By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 |  Were Wolf Short Stories(By: Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 |  Africanfuturism Short Stories(By: Chinelo Onwualu,Yvette Lisa Ndlovu) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 |  Christmas Horror Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 |  Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Dr Jennifer Larson) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 |  Folklore Horror Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 | Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales(By: Various) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 |  Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Kristijan Petrovic,Ema Lakinska) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 |  Wars in the Stars Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Graphic Novels Series
Complete4 books (1974–2001)
Start with Savage Sword Of Conan(With: Roy Thomas,Glenn Lord,Fred Blosser), the first of 4 books in the Graphic Novels series.
James Allison Series
Complete2 books (2006–2006)
Start with The Garden of Fear and read in order.
King Conan Series
Complete4 books (1932–2016)
Start with The Phoenix on the Sword, the first of 4 books in the King Conan series.
Non-Fiction Series
Complete2 books (1989–2017)
Start with Robert E. Howard Selected Letters, 1923-1930 and read in order.
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Likely Complete23 books (1925–2021)
Start with Spear and Fang, the first of 23 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Spear and Fang 1925Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | In the Forest of Villefere 1926Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Kings of the Night 1930Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Fearsome Touch of Death 1930Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Voice of El-Lil 1930Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Waterfront Fists 1930Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | The Blood of Belshazzar 1931Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Black Talons 1933Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Lion of Tiberias 1933Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Fangs of Gold 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Names In The Black Book 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Daughter of Erlik Khan 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Tomb's Secret 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Blood of the Gods 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Hawk of the Hills 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Black Wind Blowing 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  A Gent from Bear Creek 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Pigeons from Hell 1938Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Sword Woman 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Three-Bladed Doom 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  The She Devil 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Wolfshead 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | The God in the Bowl 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Story Collections Series
Complete46 books (1929–2010)
Start with Skull-Face, the first of 46 books in the Short Story Collections series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Skull-Face 1929Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Iron Man 1930Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Gods of Bal-Sagoth 1931Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  A Gent from Bear Creek and Other Tales 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Gates of Empire 1939Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Always Come Evening 1957Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Dark Man and Others 1963Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  King Kull 1967Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Red Shadows 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Wolfshead 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Echoes From An Iron Harp 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Black Vulmea's Vengeance 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Night Images: A book of fantasy verse 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Pigeons From Hell and Other Weird and Fantastic Adventures 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Book of Robert E. Howard 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Second Book of Robert E. Howard 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Singers in the Shadows / by Robert E. Howard 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Son of the White Wolf 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Black Canaan 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Hawks of Outremer(With: Richard L. Tierney) 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  The Howard Collector 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | The Ghost Ocean 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Dark Barbarian: The Writings of Robert E Howard, a Critical Anthology 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Adventures of Lal Singh 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Shadows of Dreams 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Beyond the Borders 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Eons of the Night 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  Trails in Darkness 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  The Ultimate Triumph 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Nameless Cults 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Graveyard Rats and Others 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  The Complete Action Stories 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Waterfront Fists and Others 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Gates of Empire and Other Tales of the Crusades 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Treasures of Tartary 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  Boxing Stories 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  The Black Stranger and Other American Tales 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  The End of the Trail 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | The Complete Chronicles of Conan 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 |  Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | El Borak and Other Desert Adventures 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  The Singer in the Mist & Others 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
Solomon Kane Series
Complete7 books (1968–2007)
Start with The Moon of Skulls, the first of 7 books in the Solomon Kane series.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete20 books (1964–2006)
Start with Almuric, the first of 20 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Almuric 1964Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Pride of Bear Creek 1966Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Land of Kane 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Sowers of the Thunder 1973Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Vultures of Whapeton 1973Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Cormac Mac Art 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | The Lost Valley of Iskander 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Swords of Shahrazar 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Return of Skull-Face 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Marchers of Valhalla 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Last Ride 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Mayhem on Bear Creek 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Lord of the Dead 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Heroes of Bear Creek 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Last Cat Book 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Road of Azrael 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Post Oaks and Sand Roughs 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Sea Woman 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Kull: Exile of Atlantis 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
Weird Tales Series
Complete4 books (1981–1983)
Start with Weird Tales 1(By: Lin Carter), the first of 4 books in the Weird Tales series.
Weird Works Of Collections Series
Complete10 books (2004–2011)
Start with Shadow Kingdoms, the first of 10 books in the Weird Works Of Collections series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow Kingdoms 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Moon of Skulls 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  People of the Dark 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Beyond the Black River 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Garden of Fear 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Valley of the Worm 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Wings in the Night 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Black Hounds of Death 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Hours of the Dragon 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  A Thunder of Trumpets 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Robert E. Howard written?
- Robert E. Howard has written 295 books across 21 series. Their published works span from 1667 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Robert E. Howard series?
- Here are the first books in Robert E. Howard's series: Anthologies: Swords & Sorcery; Bran Mak Morn Collections: Bran Mak Morn; Conan (Ace Maroto 1978-1981): Conan and the Sorcerer(By: Andrew J. Offutt); Conan (Donald M. Grant): The Hour of the Dragon / Conan the Conquerer(With: Karl Edward Wagner); Conan (Gnome Press): Conan the Conqueror / The Hour of the Dragon.
- What order should I read Robert E. Howard's books?
- We recommend reading Robert E. Howard's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Robert E. Howard still writing new books?
- Yes, Robert E. Howard has 1 ongoing series: Gothic Fantasy.