Order of Stephen R. Donaldson Books
Stephen R. Donaldson is an American novelist of fantasy, sci-fi and mystery novels. His work is complex, abstract and bleak with a lot of imagination, vivid characterizations and rapid pace. The work he is most well-known for his Thomas Covenant series. He has another major series called the Gap Cycle. He also writes under the pen name Reed Stephens.
Stephen R. Donaldson became a published author in 1977 with the first Thomas Covenant book, Lord Foul’s Bane. Below is a list of Stephen Donaldson’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books
Lord Foul’s Bane | (1977) | |
The Illearth War | (1977) | |
The Power That Preserves | (1977) | |
Gilden-Fire | (1981) |
Chronological Order of Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books
Lord Foul’s Bane | (1977) | |
The Illearth War | (1977) | |
Gilden-Fire | (1981) | |
The Power That Preserves | (1977) |
Publication Order of The Second Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever Books
The Wounded Land | (1980) | |
The One Tree | (1982) | |
White Gold Wielder | (1983) |
Publication Order of Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books
The Runes of the Earth | (2004) | |
Fatal Revenant | (2007) | |
Against All Things Ending | (2010) | |
The Last Dark | (2013) |
Publication Order of Gap Books
The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story | (1990) | |
The Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap Into Vision | (1991) | |
The Dark and Hungry God arises: The Gap Into Power | (1992) | |
The Chaos and Order: The Gap Into Madness | (1994) | |
The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die | (1996) |
Publication Order of The Great God’s War Books
Seventh Decimate | (2017) | |
The War Within | (2019) | |
The Last Repository | (2021) | |
The Killing God | (2022) |
Publication Order of The Man Who Books
The Man Who Killed His Brother | (1980) | |
The Man Who Risked His Partner | (1980) | |
The Man Who Tried to Get Away | (1990) | |
The Man Who Fought Alone | (2001) |
Publication Order of Mordant’s Need Books
The Mirror of Her Dreams | (1986) | |
A Man Rides Through | (1987) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Lady in White | (1978) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Daughter of Regals & Other Tales | (1984) | |
Reave the Just and Other Tales | (1998) | |
The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson | (2011) | |
The King’s Justice | (2015) |
Publication Order of Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Omnibus Books
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Three Volume Boxed Set | (1983) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1978 | (1978) | |
Berserker Base | (1985) | |
I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror | (1991) | |
After the King | (1991) | |
Strange Dreams | (1993) | |
The Book of Kings | (1995) | |
Last Drink Bird Head | (2009) |
Note: The Man Who… series is written under the name Reed Stephens. Berserker Base is co-authored with Fred Saberhagen, Poul Anderson, Edward Bryant, Larry Niven, Connie Willis and Roger Zelazny. For more Berserker novels, please see Berserker.