Gerald Lund Books in Order
Gerald Lund has written 40 books, published between 1971 and 2019. The first book is The Coming of the Lord (1971) and the newest is Into the Flames (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 1971–2019
- Pages on record
- 14,126 in 29 of 40 books
- Reading time
- 235–353 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,126 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 40 titles with a page count on record.
Gerald Lund writes historical fiction and doctrinal non-fiction rooted in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Forty catalogued books run from The Coming of the Lord in 1971 to Into the Flames in 2019, across The Work and the Glory, Fire and Steel, Kingdom and Crown and Only the Brave. Utah, the Mormon pioneers, frontier life and Germany recur as settings, and Mormon families and church doctrine as subjects. Nothing new has appeared since 2019.
How many Gerald Lund books are there?
Gerald Lund has 40 books, released between 1971 and 2019. They include 4 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.
Gerald Lund Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 Gerald Lund books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Coming of the Lord1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 2One In Thine Hand1982 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/419822581/4
- 3The Alliance1983 · 329 pages · confirmed 1/419833291/4
- 4Leverage Point1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 5The Freedom Factor1987 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/419872951/4
- 619915151/4
- 7Jesus Christ, Key to the Plan of Salvation1991 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/419911961/4
- 819925431/4
- 919936241/4
- 1019944561/4
- 1119946001/4
- 12The Music of the Work and the Glory1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 1319957521/4
- 1419966561/4
- 151997–1/4
- 1619987441/4
- 17Selected Writings of Gerald N Lund1999 · 433 pages · confirmed 1/419994331/4
- 18Fire of the Covenant1999 · 764 pages · confirmed 1/419997641/4
- 1920006721/4
- 20Light of the World2000 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/42000161/4
- 2120015921/4
- 2220027041/4
- 23Hearing the Voice of the Lord2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 24The Undaunted2009 · 804 pages · confirmed 1/420098041/4
- 25Personal Revelation2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 26Divine Signatures2010 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/420103061/4
- 272012–1/4
- 28Look Up, My Soul2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 2920135871/4
- 30In Tune2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 3120146081/4
- 3220142721/4
- 332015–1/4
- 3420165281/4
- 3520165121/4
- 362017–1/4
- 37Lieutenant Terry's Christmas Fudge2017 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420171441/4
- 3820184001/4
- 39Why Isn't God Answering Me?2018 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420181761/4
- 4020196401/4
Gerald Lund series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Gerald Lund books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Fire and Steel in order
6 booksKingdom and Crown in order
3 booksGuardian in order
2 booksOnly the Brave in order
2 booksStandalone books
18 books18 Gerald Lund titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Gerald Lund books in order?
You only need to read Gerald Lund books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Gerald Lund
Start with Like a Fire Burning (1991), the first Work and the Glory book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Coming of the Lord (1971).
What is the newest Gerald Lund book?
Into the Flames (2019) is the newest Gerald Lund book released so far.
Is there a new Gerald Lund book coming?
No next Gerald Lund book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Gerald Lund at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Gerald Lund title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Gerald Lund books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 14,126 pages across the 29 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 528 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Gerald Lund books, 15 of 40, were published in the 2010s.
What the Gerald Lund books are about
25 of the 40 Gerald Lund books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mormons is tagged on 8 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mormons 8 of 25 books
- Historical fiction 7 of 25 books
- Utah 6 of 25 books
- Germany 5 of 25 books
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4 of 25 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 4 of 25 books
- Doctrines 3 of 25 books
- Mormon pioneers 3 of 25 books
- Christian, historical 2 of 25 books
- Family life 2 of 25 books
- History 2 of 25 books
- Mormon families 2 of 25 books