Order of Bernard Cornwell Books
Bernard Cornwell is an English author of historical fiction. He is best known for his Sharpe series featuring Richard Sharpe – a rifleman during the Napoleonic Wars, which has been adapted into a series of TV movies. Besides that, he has several other historical series, including The Starbuck Chronicles, The Warlord Chronicles, The Grail Quest, The Saxon Stories and more. He has also written a handful of modern mystery thrillers, including Wildtrack, Sea Lord (aka Killer’s Wake), Crackdown, Stormchild and Scoundrel.
Cornwell became a published author back in 1981 when he began his Sharpe series with Sharpe’s Eagle. Since that time, he has published at least one novel per year and quite frequently more than that. Below is a list of Bernard Cornwell’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order when necessary):
Publication Order of Sharpe Books
Sharpe’s Gold | (1981) | |
Sharpe’s Eagle | (1981) | |
Sharpe’s Company | (1982) | |
Sharpe’s Sword | (1983) | |
Sharpe’s Enemy | (1984) | |
Sharpe’s Honor | (1985) | |
Sharpe’s Regiment | (1986) | |
Sharpe’s Siege | (1987) | |
Sharpe’s Rifles | (1988) | |
Sharpe’s Revenge | (1989) | |
Sharpe’s Waterloo | (1990) | |
Sharpe’s Devil | (1992) | |
Sharpe’s Christmas | (1994) | |
Sharpe’s Ransom | (1994) | |
Sharpe’s Battle | (1995) | |
Sharpe’s Tiger | (1997) | |
Sharpe’s Triumph | (1998) | |
Sharpe’s Skirmish | (1999) | |
Sharpe’s Fortress | (1999) | |
Sharpe’s Trafalgar | (2000) | |
Sharpe’s Prey | (2001) | |
Sharpe’s Havoc | (2003) | |
Sharpe’s Escape | (2004) | |
Sharpe’s Fury | (2006) | |
Sharpe’s Assassin | (2021) | |
Sharpe’s Command | (2024) |
Chronological Order of Sharpe Books
Sharpe’s Tiger | (1997) | |
Sharpe’s Triumph | (1998) | |
Sharpe’s Fortress | (1999) | |
Sharpe’s Trafalgar | (2000) | |
Sharpe’s Prey | (2001) | |
Sharpe’s Rifles | (1988) | |
Sharpe’s Havoc | (2003) | |
Sharpe’s Eagle | (1981) | |
Sharpe’s Gold | (1981) | |
Sharpe’s Escape | (2004) | |
Sharpe’s Fury | (2006) | |
Sharpe’s Battle | (1995) | |
Sharpe’s Company | (1982) | |
Sharpe’s Sword | (1983) | |
Sharpe’s Skirmish | (1999) | |
Sharpe’s Enemy | (1984) | |
Sharpe’s Honor | (1985) | |
Sharpe’s Regiment | (1986) | |
Sharpe’s Christmas | (1994) | |
Sharpe’s Siege | (1987) | |
Sharpe’s Revenge | (1989) | |
Sharpe’s Waterloo | (1990) | |
Sharpe’s Assassin | (2021) | |
Sharpe’s Devil | (1992) | |
Sharpe’s Ransom | (1994) | |
Sharpe’s Command | (2024) |
Publication Order of Sharpe Non-Fiction Books
Sharpe’s Story | (2007) |
Publication Order of Crowning Mercy Books
(with Susannah Kells)
A Crowning Mercy | (1983) | |
The Fallen Angels | (1983) | |
The Aristocrats | (1986) | |
Coat of Arms / The Aristocrats | (1986) | |
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Publication Order of Grail Quest Books
Harlequin / The Archer’s Tale | (2000) | |
Vagabond | (2002) | |
Heretic | (2003) | |
1356 | (2012) |
Publication Order of Starbuck Chronicles Books
Rebel | (1993) | |
Copperhead | (1994) | |
Battle Flag | (1995) | |
The Bloody Ground | (1996) |
Publication Order of Sailing Thrillers Books
Wildtrack | (1988) | |
Killer’s Wake / Sea Lord | (1989) | |
Crackdown | (1990) | |
Stormchild | (1991) | |
Scoundrel | (1992) |
Publication Order of Warlord Chronicles / The Arthur Books
The Winter King | (1995) | |
Enemy of God | (1996) | |
Excalibur | (1997) |
Publication Order of The Warrior Chronicles / Saxon Stories Books
The Last Kingdom | (2004) | |
The Pale Horseman | (2005) | |
Lords of the North | (2006) | |
Sword Song | (2007) | |
The Burning Land | (2009) | |
Death of Kings | (2011) | |
The Pagan Lord | (2013) | |
The Empty Throne | (2014) | |
Warriors of the Storm | (2015) | |
The Flame Bearer | (2016) | |
War of the Wolf | (2018) | |
Sword of Kings | (2019) | |
War Lord | (2020) | |
Uhtred’s Feast | (2023) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Redcoat | (1987) | |
Stonehenge | (1999) | |
Gallows Thief | (2001) | |
Agincourt | (2008) | |
The Fort | (2010) | |
Fools and Mortal | (2017) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Waterloo | (2015) |
Publication Order of Crowning Mercy Books
Coat of Arms | (1986) | |
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Notes: Sea Lord was also published as Killer’s Wake in the United States. Azincourt was published as Agincourt in the United States. Harlequin was published as The Archer’s Tale in the USA. Coat of Arms is also known as The Aristocrats.
The Crowning Mercy books were published under the pen name of Susannah Kells.