Stephen R. Donaldson Reading Order

7 books (1978–2009)

Start with The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1978, the first of 7 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1978 1978Buy 🇺🇸
2	Berserker Base 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	After the King 1991Buy 🇺🇸
4	I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror 1991Buy 🇺🇸
5	Strange Dreams 1993Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Book of Kings 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	Last Drink Bird Head 2009Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1977–1981)

Start with Lord Foul's Bane, the first of 4 books in the Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series.

#	Title
1	Lord Foul's Bane 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Illearth War 1977Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Power That Preserves 1977Buy 🇺🇸
4	Gilden-Fire 1981Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1983–1983)

5 books (1990–1996)

Start with The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story, the first of 5 books in the Gap series.

#	Title
1	The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap Into Vision 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Dark and Hungry God arises: The Gap Into Power 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Chaos and Order: The Gap Into Madness 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die 1996Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2004–2013)

Start with The Runes of the Earth, the first of 4 books in the Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series.

#	Title
1	The Runes of the Earth 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fatal Revenant 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	Against All Things Ending 2010Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Last Dark 2013Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1986–1987)

Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Mirror of Her Dreams 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Man Rides Through 1987Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1978–1978)

4 books (1984–2015)

Start with Daughter of Regals & Other Tales, the first of 4 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Daughter of Regals & Other Tales 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	Reave the Just and Other Tales 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	The King's Justice 2015Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2017–2022)

Start with Seventh Decimate, the first of 4 books in the The Great God's War series.

#	Title
1	Seventh Decimate 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	The War Within 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Last Repository / The Killing God 2021Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Killing God 2022Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1980–2001)

Start with The Man Who Killed His Brother, the first of 4 books in the The Man Who series.

#	Title
1	The Man Who Killed His Brother 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Man Who Risked His Partner 1980Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Man Who Tried to Get Away 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Man Who Fought Alone 2001Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1980–1983)

Start with The Wounded Land and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Wounded Land 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	The One Tree 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	White Gold Wielder 1983Buy 🇺🇸