Order of Ring Of Fire Books
The Ring of Fire series is a series of alternate history science fiction novels by American author Eric Flint and several collaborators. The series focuses on Grantville, a town in West Virginia from the late 20th century that is transported – along with its population – to Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. The series is also known as the 163x series and the 1632 series. The books take place in Flint’s Assiti Shards universe.
The Ring of Fire series began with the novel 1632, published in 2000. Below is a list of the Ring of Fire series along with the accompanying Grantville Gazettes (edited by Flint), sorted by date of publication and suggested reading order:
Publication Order of Ring of Fire Books
1632 | (2000) | |
1633 | (2002) | |
1634: The Galileo Affair | (2004) | |
1634: The Ram Rebellion | (2006) | |
1635: The Cannon Law | (2006) | |
1634: The Baltic War | (2007) | |
1634: The Bavarian Crisis | (2007) | |
1635: The Dreeson Incident | (2008) | |
1635: The Eastern Front | (2010) | |
1636: The Saxon Uprising | (2011) | |
1636: The Kremlin Games | (2012) | |
1635: Papal Stakes | (2012) | |
1636: The Devil’s Opera | (2013) | |
1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies | (2014) | |
1636: The Viennese Waltz | (2014) | |
1636: The Cardinal Virtues | (2015) | |
1635: A Parcel of Rogues | (2016) | |
1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz | (2016) | |
1636: The Ottoman Onslaught | (2017) | |
1636: Mission to the Mughals | (2017) | |
1636: The Vatican Sanction | (2017) | |
1637: The Volga Rules | (2018) | |
1637: The Polish Maelstrom | (2019) | |
1636: The China Venture | (2019) | |
1636: The Atlantic Encounter | (2020) | |
1637: No Peace Beyond the Line | (2020) | |
1636: Calabar’s War | (2021) | |
1637: The Peacock Throne | (2021) | |
1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner | (2021) | |
A 1632 Christmas | (2021) | |
1638: The Sovereign States | (2023) | |
1635: The Weaver’s Code | (2024) |
Chronological Order of Ring of Fire Books
1632 | (2000) | A 1632 Christmas | (2021) | 1633 | (2002) | 1634: The Galileo Affair | (2004) | 1634: The Ram Rebellion | (2006) | 1634: The Baltic War | (2007) | 1634: The Bavarian Crisis | (2007) | 1635: The Cannon Law | (2006) | 1635: The Dreeson Incident | (2008) | 1635: Papal Stakes | (2012) | 1635: The Eastern Front | (2010) | 1636: The Saxon Uprising | (2011) | 1636: The Kremlin Games | (2012) | 1636: The Devil’s Opera | (2013) | 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies | (2014) | 1636: The Viennese Waltz | (2014) | 1635: A Parcel of Rogues | (2016) | 1636: The Cardinal Virtues | (2015) | 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught | (2017) | 1636: Mission to the Mughals | (2017) | 1636: The Vatican Sanction | (2017) | 1637: The Volga Rules | (2018) | 1637: The Polish Maelstrom | (2019) | 1636: The China Venture | (2019) | 1636: The Atlantic Encounter | (2020) | 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line | (2020) | 1637: The Peacock Throne | (2021) | 1636: Calabar’s War | (2021) | 1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner | (2021) | 1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz | (2016) | 1638: The Sovereign States | (2023) | 1635: The Weaver’s Code | (2024) |
Publication Order of Ring of Fire Anthology Books
Ring of Fire I | (2004) | 1634: The Ram Rebellion | (2006) | Ring of Fire II | (2008) | 1635: The Tangled Web | (2009) | Ring of Fire III | (2011) | 1635: Music and Murder | (2013) | 1636: Seas of Fortune | (2013) | 1636: The Barbie Consortium | (2014) | Ring of Fire IV | (2016) | 1635: The Wars for the Rhine | (2016) | 1636: Flight of the Nightingale | (2019) | 1637: The Coast of Chaos | (2021) |
Publication Order of Grantville Gazette Books
Grantville Gazette | (2004) | Grantville Gazette II | (2004) | Grantville Gazette III | (2006) | Grantville Gazette IV | (2008) | Grantville Gazette V | (2009) | Grantville Gazette VI | (2011) | Grantville Gazette VII | (2011) | Grantville Gazette VIII | (2012) | Grantville Gazette IX | (2021) |
Publication Order of Ring of Fire Press Books
(By: Brad Banner, Bradley H. Sinor, Robert E. Waters, Virginia DeMarce, David Carrico, Karen Bergstralh, Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett, Enrico Toro, Wood Hughes, Iver P. Cooper, Kerryn Offord, Douglas W. Jones, Kim Mackey, Mark H. Huston, Terry Howard, Robert E. Waters, Eric S. Brown, Tracy Morris, Jack Carroll, Edith Wild, Herb Sakalaucks, John Deakins, Garrett W. Vance, Kevin H. Evans, Karen C. Evans, Meriah L. Crawford, Bjorn Hasseler, Bethanne Kim, Mike Watson, Vincent W. Coljee, Gus Kritikos)
Essen Steel | (2013) | The Danish Scheme | (2013) | Joseph Hanauer | (2013) | No Ship for Tranquebar | (2013) | Turn Your Radio On | (2013) | Second Chance Bird | (2013) | Medicine and Disease after the Ring of Fire | (2013) | Bartley’s Man | (2016) | The Muse of Music | (2017) | Love and Chemistry | (2017) | The Battle for Newfoundland | (2018) | Essen Defiant | (2018) | The Monster Society | (2018) | The Persistence of Dreams | (2018) | Letters From Gronow | (2018) | The Hunt for The Red Cardinal | (2018) | The Chrysanthemum, the Cross, and the Dragon | (2018) | The Legions of Pestilence | (2019) | The Legend of Jimmy Dick | (2019) | Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice | (2019) | A Red Son Rises in the West | (2019) | The Trouble with Huguenots | (2019) | Magdeburg Noir | (2020) | A Holmes for the Czar | (2020) | Fire on the Rio Grande | (2020) | A Red Son: Not Without Honor | (2020) | Tales From the Mermaid and Tiger: Engines of Change | (2020) | Things Could Be Worse: The Pastor Kastenmayer Stories | (2020) | Two Cases for the Czar | (2020) | Designed to Fail | (2020) | The Grantville Inquisitor | (2021) | A Matter of Security | (2021) | A Mission for the Czar | (2021) | Missions of Security | (2021) | Saving The Dodo | (2021) | The Horsewoman | (2021) | Mrs. Flannery’s Flowers | (2021) | Security Threats | (2021) | The Gourmets of Grantville | (2021) | The Marshals | (2022) | The Unexpected Sales Reps | (2022) | I Want to Be Your Hero | (2022) | Security Solutions | (2024) |
Publication Order of Ring of Fire: Assiti Shards Books
Time Spike | (2008) | The Alexander Inheritance | (2017) | The Macedonian Hazard | (2021) | The Crossing | (2022) | An Angel Called Peterbilt | (2024) |