L. Sprague de Camp Books in Order

How many L. Sprague de Camp books are there?

L. Sprague de Camp has 88 books, released between 1940 and 2025. 4 of them were published after L. Sprague de Camp's death in 2000. They include 5 series and 53 titles listed outside any series.

L. Sprague de Camp Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 88 L. Sprague de Camp 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 November 2026.

L. Sprague de Camp 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.

Do you have to read L. Sprague de Camp books in order?

You only need to read L. Sprague de Camp books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with L. Sprague de Camp

Start with The Incompleat Enchanter / The Incomplete Enchanter (1940), the earliest published title.

What is the newest L. Sprague de Camp book?

Lest Darkness Fall. Illustrated (2025) is the newest L. Sprague de Camp book released so far.

Is there a new L. Sprague de Camp book coming?

No next L. Sprague de Camp book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards L. Sprague de Camp has won

Wikidata records 7 awards and 7 nominations for L. Sprague de Camp. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

• Pilgrim Award1998Won
• Hugo Award for Best Related Work1997Wonfor Time and Chance
• World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement1984Won
• Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award1979Won
• British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1973Wonfor The Fallible Fiend
• Athenaeum Literary Award1958Wonfor An Elephant for Aristotle
• International Fantasy Award for Best Non Fiction1953Wonfor Lands Beyond
• Locus Award for Best Collection2006Shortlistedfor Years in the Making: the Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp
• Hugo Award for Best Related Work1997Shortlistedfor Time and Chance
• Locus Award for Best Short Story1993Shortlistedfor The Round-Eyed Barbarians
• Locus Award for Best Novelette1993Shortlistedfor The Satanic Illusion
• Locus Award for Best Collection1979Shortlistedfor The Best of L. Sprague de Camp

L. Sprague de Camp at a glance

Died

L. Sprague de Camp died in 2000, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to L. Sprague de Camp are still being published after L. Sprague de Camp's death in 2000; the newest appeared in 2025.

Release pace

L. Sprague de Camp books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

8,302 pages across the 25 of 88 books with a recorded length, a median of 319 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most L. Sprague de Camp books, 23 of 88, were published in the 1970s.

When L. Sprague de Camp books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when L. Sprague de Camp titles appeared. 1970s was the most productive decade with 23 titles.

What the L. Sprague de Camp books are about

32 of the 88 L. Sprague de Camp books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 8 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Science fiction 8 of 32 books
• Fantasy 6 of 32 books
• Conan (Fictitious character) 5 of 32 books
• History 4 of 32 books
• Action & adventure 3 of 32 books
• Cimmeria (imaginary place) 3 of 32 books
• Extinct cities 3 of 32 books
• Series:Conan the Barbarian 3 of 32 books
• Authors 2 of 32 books
• Biography 2 of 32 books