Order of Robert E. Howard Books
Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was an American author of pulp fiction, including fantasy, sword and sorcery, western, horror and boxing. He was also a poet. He is best known for his Conan the Barbarian character, and is the creator of the sword and sorcery sub-genre of fantasy. His other well-known series is the Solomon Kane series. His stories mostly appeared in pulp magazines (such as Weird Tales) and not in novel format during his short lifetime. Howard committed suicide when he learned that his mother was in a deep coma and was not expected to regain consciousness.
Robert E. Howard’s first published stories were in December 1922, which were Golden Hope Christmas and West is West, both of which were published in the Brownwood Highschool paper, The Tattler. Below is a list of Robert E. Howard’s books in order of when they were originally collected in book format (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Conan (Gnome Press) Books
Conan the Conqueror / The Hour of the Dragon | (1950) | |
The Sword of Conan | (1952) | |
King Conan | (1953) | |
The Coming of Conan | (1953) | |
Conan the Barbarian | (1954) | |
Tales of Conan | (1955) | |
The Return of Conan | (1957) |
Chronological Order of Conan (Gnome Press) Books
Conan the Barbarian | (1954) | |
The Sword of Conan | (1952) | |
King Conan | (1953) | |
Conan the Conqueror / The Hour of the Dragon | (1950) | |
Tales of Conan | (1955) | |
The Return of Conan | (1957) | |
The Coming of Conan | (1953) |
Publication Order of Bran Mak Morn Collections
Bran Mak Morn | (1969) | |
Worms of the Earth | (1975) | |
The Last King | (2001) |
Publication Order of Cormac Mac Art Collections
Tigers of the Sea | (1974) |
Publication Order of Dark Man Collections
The Dark Man | (1978) | |
The Dead Remember | (1979) |
Publication Order of Dark Storm Conan Chronology Books
The Phoenix on the Sword | (1932) | |
The Scarlet Citadel | (1933) | |
Black Colossus | (1933) | |
Rogues in the House | (1934) | |
Shadows In The Moonlight | (1934) | |
Beyond the Black River | (1935) | |
Shadows In Zamboula | (1935) | |
The Hour of the Dragon | (1936) | |
The People of the Black Circle | (1974) | |
The Tower of the Elephant | (1975) | |
Red Nails | (1975) | |
Conan in The Devil in Iron | (1976) | |
Rogues in the House Conan | (1976) | |
Queen of the Black Coast | (1978) | |
Jewels of Gwahlur | (1979) | |
Black Colossus | (1979) | |
The Pool of the Black One | (1986) |
Publication Order of James Allison Books
Valley of the Worm | (2006) | |
The Garden of Fear | (2006) |
Publication Order of Solomon Kane Books
The Moon of Skulls | (1968) | |
The Hand of Kane | (1970) | |
Skulls in the Stars | (1978) | |
The Hills of the Dead | (1979) | |
Solomon Kane | (1995) | |
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane | (2004) | |
The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane | (2007) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Almuric | (1964) | |
The Pride of Bear Creek | (1966) | |
The Land of Kane | (1970) | |
The Sowers of the Thunder | (1973) | |
The Vultures of Whapeton | (1973) | |
Cormac Mac Art | (1974) | |
The Lost Valley of Iskander | (1974) | |
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan | (1976) | |
Swords of Shahrazar | (1976) | |
The Return of Skull-Face | (1977) | |
Marchers of Valhalla | (1978) | |
The Last Ride | (1978) | |
Mayhem on Bear Creek | (1979) | |
Lord of the Dead | (1981) | |
Heroes of Bear Creek | (1983) | |
The Last Cat Book | (1984) | |
The Road of Azrael | (1987) | |
Post Oaks and Sand Roughs | (1989) | |
Sea Woman | (1992) | |
Kull: Exile of Atlantis | (2006) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Skull-Face | (1929) | |
The Iron Man | (1930) | |
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth | (1931) | |
A Gent from Bear Creek and Other Tales | (1937) | |
Gates of Empire | (1939) | |
Always Come Evening | (1957) | |
The Dark Man and Others | (1963) | |
King Kull | (1967) | |
Red Shadows | (1968) | |
Wolfshead | (1968) | |
Echoes From An Iron Harp | (1972) | |
The Book of Robert E. Howard | (1976) | |
Pigeons From Hell and Other Weird and Fantastic Adventures | (1976) | |
The Second Book of Robert E. Howard | (1976) | |
Black Vulmea’s Vengeance | (1976) | |
Night Images: A book of fantasy verse | (1976) | |
Singers in the Shadows / by Robert E. Howard | (1977) | |
Son of the White Wolf | (1977) | |
Black Canaan | (1978) | |
Hawks of Outremer | (1978) | |
The Howard Collector | (1979) | |
The Ghost Ocean | (1982) | |
The Dark Barbarian: The Writings of Robert E Howard, a Critical Anthology | (1984) | |
The Adventures of Lal Singh | (1985) | |
Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | (1989) | |
Shadows of Dreams | (1989) | |
Eons of the Night | (1996) | |
Trails in Darkness | (1996) | |
Beyond the Borders | (1996) | |
The Ultimate Triumph | (1999) | |
Nameless Cults | (2001) | |
Waterfront Fists and Others | (2003) | |
Graveyard Rats and Others | (2003) | |
The Complete Action Stories | (2003) | |
Gates of Empire and Other Tales of the Crusades | (2004) | |
Treasures of Tartary | (2004) | |
The Black Stranger and Other American Tales | (2005) | |
Boxing Stories | (2005) | |
Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient | (2005) | |
The End of the Trail | (2005) | |
The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales | (2005) | |
The Complete Chronicles of Conan | (2006) | |
Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales | (2007) | |
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard | (2008) | |
El Borak and Other Desert Adventures | (2010) | |
The Singer in the Mist & Others | (2010) |
Publication Order of Weird Works Of Collections
Shadow Kingdoms | (2004) | |
Moon of Skulls | (2005) | |
People of the Dark | (2005) | |
Wings in the Night | (2006) | |
Valley of the Worm | (2006) | |
The Garden of Fear | (2006) | |
Beyond the Black River | (2006) | |
Hours of the Dragon | (2007) | |
Black Hounds of Death | (2007) | |
A Thunder of Trumpets | (2011) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Spear and Fang | (1925) | |
In the Forest of Villefere | (1926) | |
The Fearsome Touch of Death | (1930) | |
Waterfront Fists | (1930) | |
Kings of the Night | (1930) | |
The Voice of El-Lil | (1930) | |
The Blood of Belshazzar | (1931) | |
The Lion of Tiberias | (1933) | |
Black Talons | (1933) | |
The Tomb’s Secret | (1934) | |
Fangs of Gold | (1934) | |
Names In The Black Book | (1934) | |
The Daughter of Erlik Khan | (1934) | |
Hawk of the Hills | (1935) | |
Blood of the Gods | (1935) | |
Black Wind Blowing | (1936) | |
A Gent from Bear Creek | (1937) | |
Pigeons from Hell | (1938) | |
Sword Woman | (1977) | |
Three-Bladed Doom | (1977) | |
The She Devil | (1983) | |
Wolfshead | (2020) | |
The God in the Bowl | (2021) |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
(with Timothy Truman, Roy Thomas, Richard Corben, Glenn Lord, Fred Blosser)
Savage Sword Of Conan#1 | (1974) | |
Bloodstar | (1979) | |
The Conan Chronicles, Vol. 1: The People of the Black Circle | (2000) | |
The Conan Chronicles, Vol. 2: The Hour of the Dragon | (2001) | |
King Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword | (2013) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Robert E. Howard Selected Letters, 1923-1930 | (1989) | |
A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard | (2017) |
Publication Order of Conan (Ace Maroto 1978-1981) Books
Conan and the Sorcerer | (1978) | |
Treasure Of Tranicos | (1980) | |
Conan the Mercenary | (1981) | |
The Flame Knife | (1981) | |
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Publication Order of Conan (Donald M. Grant) Books
The Hour of the Dragon / Conan the Conquerer | (1950) | |
The People of the Black Circle | (1974) | |
A Witch Shall Be Born | (1975) | |
The Tower of the Elephant | (1975) | |
Red Nails | (1975) | |
Conan in The Devil in Iron | (1976) | |
Rogues in the House Conan | (1976) | |
Queen of the Black Coast | (1978) | |
Jewels of Gwahlur | (1979) | |
Black Colossus | (1979) | |
The Pool of the Black One | (1986) |
Publication Order of Conan The Cimmerian Books
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian | (2002) | |
The Bloody Crown of Conan | (2004) | |
The Conquering Sword of Conan | (2005) |
Publication Order of Conan (Lancer/Ace) Books
Conan the Adventurer | (1966) | |
Conan the Warrior | (1967) | |
Conan the Usurper | (1967) | |
Conan the Conqueror | (1967) | |
Conan the Avenger | (1968) | |
Conan of the Isles | (1968) | |
Conan | (1968) | |
Conan the Freebooter | (1968) | |
Conan the Wanderer | (1968) | |
Conan of Cimmeria | (1969) | |
Conan the Buccaneer | (1971) | |
Conan of Aquilonia | (1977) | |
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Publication Order of Weird Tales Books
Weird Tales 1 | (1981) | |
Weird Tales 2 | (1981) | |
Weird Tales 3 | (1981) | |
Weird Tales 4 | (1983) | |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Swords & Sorcery | (1963) | |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966 | (1966) | |
Swordsmen and Supermen | (1972) | |
Gooseflesh | (1974) | |
Fantastic Stories Special – 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual | (1975) | |
Beyond Midnight | (1976) | |
Lone Star Universe | (1976) | |
Great Fantasy | (1983) | |
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats | (1988) | |
The Horror Hall of Fame | (1991) | |
Sea-Cursed | (1994) | |
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales | (1996) | |
Spookhouse, Volume 2 | (2004) | |
In Lands That Never Were | (2004) | |
Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine – May 1934 | (2005) | |
The Robert E. Howard Reader | (2007) | |
The Dead That Walk | (2009) | |
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack | (2012) | |
The Wildside Book of Fantasy | (2012) | |
Woman: An Anthology | (2014) | |
Red Sky | (2014) | |
Skelos I | (2016) | |
The Weird Fiction Collection #1 | (2018) | |
Gunsmoke & Dragonfire | (2019) | |
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection | (2020) |
Notes: Conan the Conqueror was also published as The Hour of the Dragon. The Return of Conan was written by Bjorn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp, based on the writing of Robert E. Howard. Tales of Conan consists of non-Conan stories written by Howard that were re-written as Conan stories.
The Lancer publications Conan and Conan of Cimmeria were co-authored with L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter. The Lancer publications Conan the Freebooter, Conan the Wanderer, Conan the Adventurer and Conan the Usurper were co-authored with L. Sprague de Camp. Conan the Buccaneer, Conan of Aquilonia and Conan of the Isles were written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, based on Howard’s work. Conan the Avenger (aka The Return of Conan) was co-authored with Bjorn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp.
The Pool of the Black One was co-authored with Hank Jankus. Hawks of Outremer was co-authored with Richard L. Tierney.