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Jack Whyte Books in Order

Jack Whyte has written 17 books, published between 1992 and 2018. The first book is The Skystone / War of the Celts (1992) and the newest is The Burning Stone (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1992–2018
Confirmed
17 of 17 titles
Pages on record
8,931 in 15 of 17 books
Reading time
149–223 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,931 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Jack Whyte (15 March 1940 - 22 February 2021) was a Scottish-Canadian novelist of historical fiction who left Scotland for Canada in 1967 and settled in Kelowna, British Columbia. The catalogue holds 17 books published between 1992 and 2018, opening with The Skystone (1992) and closing with The Burning Stone (2018). Subject tags cover Arthurian romances, Britons, Romans, Scotland, kings and rulers, and the Crusades, with fantasy and adventure alongside the historical filing. The headings are the Camulod Chronicles, the Templar Trilogy and a non-fiction list; Forty Years in Canada: A Memoir dates from 2006. The Jack Whyte run is listed as likely complete.

How many Jack Whyte books are there?

Jack Whyte has 17 books, released between 1992 and 2018. They include 3 separate series.

Jack Whyte Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Jack Whyte 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.

  1. Cover of The Skystone / War of the Celts by Jack Whyte, book 1 of the Camulod Chronicles (1992)
  2. Cover of The Singing Sword / The Round Table by Jack Whyte, book 2 of the Camulod Chronicles (1994)
  3. Cover of The Saxon Shore / Excalibur by Jack Whyte, book 4 of the Camulod Chronicles (1995)
  4. Cover of The Fort at River's Bend / The Boy King by Jack Whyte, book 5 of the Camulod Chronicles (1997)
  5. Cover of Metamorphosis / The Sorcerer by Jack Whyte, book 6 of the Camulod Chronicles (1997)
  6. Cover of Uther / Pendragon by Jack Whyte, book 7 of the Camulod Chronicles (2000)
  7. Cover of The Lance Thrower / Clothar The Frank / Lancelot by Jack Whyte, book 8 of the Camulod Chronicles (2003)
  8. Cover of The Eagle / The Last Stand by Jack Whyte, book 9 of the Camulod Chronicles (2004)
  9. Cover of Forty Years in Canada: A Memoir by Jack Whyte, book 1 of the Jack Whyte Non-Fiction series (2006)
  10. Cover of Knights of the Black and White by Jack Whyte, book 1 of the Templar Trilogy (2006)
  11. Cover of Standard of Honor by Jack Whyte, book 2 of the Templar Trilogy (2007)
  12. Cover of Order in Chaos by Jack Whyte, book 3 of the Templar Trilogy (2009)
  13. Cover of The Forest Laird / Rebel by Jack Whyte, book 1 of the Guardians Trilogy (2010)
  14. Cover of Robert the Bruce / The Renegade / Resistance by Jack Whyte, book 2 of the Guardians Trilogy (2012)
  15. Cover of Uprising / The Guardian by Jack Whyte, book 3 of the Guardians Trilogy (2014)
  1. 1
    The Skystone / War of the CeltsCamulod Chronicles #11992 · 498 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992498
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  2. 2
    The Singing Sword / The Round TableCamulod Chronicles #21994 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994384
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  3. 3
    The Eagles' Brood / MerlynCamulod Chronicles #31994 · 623 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994623
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  4. 4
    The Saxon Shore / ExcaliburCamulod Chronicles #41995 · 736 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995736
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  5. 5
    The Fort at River's Bend / The Boy KingCamulod Chronicles #51997 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997352
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  6. 6
    Metamorphosis / The SorcererCamulod Chronicles #61997 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997512
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  7. 7
    Uther / PendragonCamulod Chronicles #72000 · 928 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000928
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  8. 8
    The Lance Thrower / Clothar The Frank / LancelotCamulod Chronicles #82003 · 640 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003640
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  9. 9
    The Eagle / The Last StandCamulod Chronicles #92004 · 674 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004674
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  10. 10
    Forty Years in Canada: A MemoirJack Whyte Non-Fiction #12006 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006192
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  11. 11
    Knights of the Black and WhiteTemplar Trilogy #12006 · 749 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006749
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  12. 12
    Standard of HonorTemplar Trilogy #22007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  13. 13
    Order in ChaosTemplar Trilogy #32009 · 928 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009928
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  14. 14
    The Forest Laird / RebelGuardians Trilogy #12010 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010512
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  15. 15
    Robert the Bruce / The Renegade / ResistanceGuardians Trilogy #22012 · 592 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012592
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  16. 16
    Uprising / The GuardianGuardians Trilogy #32014 · 611 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014611
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  17. 17
    The Burning StoneCamulod Chronicles #102018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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Jack Whyte 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.

Camulod Chronicles in order

10 books
  1. 1. The Skystone / War of the Celts
  2. 2. The Singing Sword / The Round Table
  3. 3. The Eagles' Brood / Merlyn
  4. 4. The Saxon Shore / Excalibur
  5. 5. The Fort at River's Bend / The Boy King
  6. 6. Metamorphosis / The Sorcerer
  7. 7. Uther / Pendragon
  8. 8. The Lance Thrower / Clothar The Frank / Lancelot
  9. 9. The Eagle / The Last Stand
  10. 10. The Burning Stone

Templar Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Knights of the Black and White
  2. 2. Standard of Honor
  3. 3. Order in Chaos

Guardians Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Forest Laird / Rebel
  2. 2. Robert the Bruce / The Renegade / Resistance
  3. 3. Uprising / The Guardian

Jack Whyte Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Jack Whyte Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jack Whyte books run from The Skystone / War of the Celts (1992) to The Burning Stone (2018), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jack Whyte in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Jack Whyte books in order?

You only need to read Jack Whyte books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jack Whyte

Start with The Skystone / War of the Celts (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jack Whyte book?

The Burning Stone (2018) is the newest Jack Whyte book released so far.

Is there a new Jack Whyte book coming?

No next Jack Whyte book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jack Whyte at a glance

Died
Jack Whyte died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Jack Whyte on record dates from 2018.
Release pace
Jack Whyte books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
8,931 pages across the 15 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 611 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jack Whyte books, 7 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the Jack Whyte books are about

16 of the 17 Jack Whyte books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 7 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.