Order of Ken Follett Books
Ken Follett is a Welsh novelist who writes historical and thriller novels. His books have sold over 100 million copies. Follett started out working for a publisher in London called Everest Books, meanwhile writing on the side as a hobby. When he needed money for some car repairs, he started writing books as Simon Myles to pay them off. Since then, he’s used several other pen names, but has written the majority of his books under his real name.
Follett largely writes standalone novels, but has a few brief series as well. Ken has been writing since The Big Needle was published in 1974. Below is a list of Ken Follett’s books in order of publication and in chronological order:
Publication Order of Apples Carstairs Books
(as Simon Myles)
The Big Black | (1974) | |
The Big Needle | (1975) | |
The Big Hit | (1975) |
Publication Order of Piers Roper Books
Shakeout | (1975) | |
The Bear Raid | (1982) |
Publication Order of Kingsbridge Books
The Pillars of the Earth | (1989) | |
World Without End | (2007) | |
A Column of Fire | (2017) | |
The Evening and the Morning | (2020) | |
The Armor of Light | (2023) | |
The Evening and the Morning is a prequel to the series. |
Publication Order of Century Trilogy Books
Fall of Giants | (2010) | |
Winter of the World | (2012) | |
Edge of Eternity | (2014) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Amok | (1976) | |
The Modigliani Scandal | (1976) | |
The Mystery Hideout | (1976) | |
The Power Twins | (1976) | |
Paper Money | (1977) | |
Capricorn One | (1978) | |
Eye of the Needle / Storm Island | (1978) | |
Triple | (1979) | |
The Key to Rebecca | (1980) | |
The Man from St. Petersburg | (1982) | |
Lie Down with Lions | (1986) | |
Night Over Water | (1991) | |
A Dangerous Fortune | (1993) | |
A Place Called Freedom | (1995) | |
The Third Twin | (1996) | |
The Hammer of Eden | (1998) | |
Code to Zero | (2000) | |
Jackdaws | (2001) | |
Hornet Flight | (2002) | |
Whiteout | (2004) | |
Never | (2021) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
The Heist of the Century / Under the Streets of Nice / The Gentleman of 16 July | (1978) | |
On Wings of Eagles | (1984) | |
Bad Faith | (2017) | |
Notre-Dame | (2019) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Murder On The Railways | (2003) |