Glen Cook Books in Order

Glen Cook has written 62 books, published between 1972 and 2025. The first book is The Heirs of Babylon (1972) and the newest is Lies Weeping (2025). One more title is announced: The Long Run (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 62 + 1 announced
Published: 1972–2025
Confirmed: 1 of 63 titles
Pages on record: 18,747 in 49 of 63 books
Reading time: 312–469 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 18,747 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 49 of 63 titles with a page count on record.

See all 63 books in order Printable Glen Cook checklist Next: The Long Run (2027)

Sixty-eight catalogued books, published from 1972 onward, make Glen Cook one of fantasy's longest-running American writers. The Black Company, a dark fantasy sequence, and Garrett P.I., which sets a private investigator loose in a fantasy world, are the two best known. Dread Empire, Instrumentalities of the Night, Starfishers and Darkwar run alongside them, the 1980s being the densest decade. The Heirs of Babylon opened the catalogue in 1972, Lies Weeping appeared in 2025, and The Long Run is scheduled for 2027.

The Black Company novels follow a mercenary unit undertaking morally ambiguous missions in a war-torn setting, with themes of loyalty, survival, and the human cost of conflict.

How many Glen Cook books are there?

Glen Cook has 62 published books, released between 1972 and 2025. They include 8 series and 9 titles listed outside any series. One more, The Long Run (2027), is announced.

Glen Cook series in order

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Black Company books in order 10 books
Garrett P.I. books in order 15 books

Glen Cook 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.

Dread Empire in order

9 books

1. A Shadow of All Night Falling
2. October's Baby
3. All Darkness Met
4. The Fire in His Hands
5. With Mercy Toward None
6. Reap the East Wind
7. An Ill Fate Marshalling
8. A Path to Coldness of Heart
9. Wrath of Kings

Chronicles of the Black Company in order

5 books

1. Chronicles of the Black Company
2. The Return of the Black Company
3. The Black Company Goes South
4. The Many Deaths of the Black Company
5. Port of Shadows

Starfishers in order

4 books

1. Shadowline
2. Starfishers
3. Stars' End
4. Passage at Arms

Instrumentalities of the Night in order

4 books

1. The Tyranny of the Night
2. Lord of the Silent Kingdom
3. Surrender to the Will of the Night
4. Working God's Mischief

Darkwar in order

3 books

1. Doomstalker
2. Warlock
3. Ceremony

Libri Valoris in order

2 books

4. Bonds of Valor
5. Paladins of Valor

Pitless Rain in order

1 book

1. Lies Weeping

Standalone books

9 books

9 Glen Cook titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Glen Cook books in order?

You only need to read Glen Cook books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Glen Cook

Start with the first book of the Glen Cook series you want to read: Black Company starts with The Black Company (1984) and Garrett P.I. starts with Introducing Garrett, P.I. (1980). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Heirs of Babylon (1972).

What is the newest Glen Cook book?

Lies Weeping (2025) is the newest Glen Cook book released so far.

Is there a new Glen Cook book coming?

Yes. The Long Run (2027) is the next Glen Cook book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Award nominations for Glen Cook

Wikidata records 3 nominations for Glen Cook. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1983Shortlistedfor The Swordbearer
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1981Shortlistedfor All Darkness Met
Locus Award for Best Novella1981Shortlistedfor Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat

Glen Cook at a glance

Still publishing: Glen Cook is still publishing. The Long Run is announced for 2027.
Release pace: Glen Cook books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 18,747 pages across the 49 of 63 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Glen Cook books, 28 of 63, were published in the 1980s.

What the Glen Cook books are about

55 of the 63 Glen Cook books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 24 of 55. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Fantasy 24 of 55 books
Dark fantasy 16 of 55 books
High fantasy 16 of 55 books
Series:The Black Company 16 of 55 books
Private investigators 15 of 55 books
Mystery & detective 12 of 55 books
Garrett (fictitious character : cook) 10 of 55 books
Garrett (Fictitious character) 10 of 55 books
Science fiction 9 of 55 books
Series:The Books of Glittering Stone 6 of 55 books
Series:The Books of the North 4 of 55 books

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