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Leo Frankowski Books in Order

15 books are credited to Leo Frankowski, published between 1986 and 2014; 1 of them appeared after Leo Frankowski's death in 2008. The first book is The Cross-Time Engineer (1986) and the newest is Conrad's Last Campaign (2014). Publication order is the reading order below. 9 of the 15 books listed here are in the Conrad Stargard series, which has its own page: Conrad Stargard books in order.

Books
15
Published
1986–2014
Pages on record
3,734 in 14 of 15 books
Reading time
62–93 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,734 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable Leo Frankowski checklist

Leo Frankowski (February 13, 1943 - December 25, 2008) was a Polish-American novelist working in science fiction. The Cross-Time Engineer (1986) opens a catalogue of 15 books, and Conrad Stargard and New Kashubia are the two series recorded under the name; Conrad Stargard is also listed as a character in the subject records. Time travel, space warfare, life on other planets, tanks and virtual reality fill out those subjects. The listing runs to Conrad's Last Campaign in 2014, six years after Frankowski's death.

How many Leo Frankowski books are there?

Leo Frankowski has 15 books, released between 1986 and 2014. 1 of them were published after Leo Frankowski's death in 2008. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Leo Frankowski Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Leo Frankowski 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 Cross-Time Engineer by Leo Frankowski, book 1 of the Conrad Stargard series (1986)
  2. Cover of Copernick's Rebellion by Leo Frankowski (1987)
  3. Cover of The High-Tech Knight by Leo Frankowski, book 2 of the Conrad Stargard series (1989)
  4. Cover of The Radiant Warrior by Leo Frankowski, book 3 of the Conrad Stargard series (1989)
  5. Cover of The Flying Warlord by Leo Frankowski, book 4 of the Conrad Stargard series (1989)
  6. Cover of Lord Conrad's Lady by Leo Frankowski, book 5 of the Conrad Stargard series (1990)
  7. Cover of A Boy and His Tank by Leo Frankowski, book 1 of the New Kashubia series (1999)
  8. Cover of The Fata Morgana by Leo Frankowski (1999)
  9. Cover of Conrad's Time Machine by Leo Frankowski, book 7 of the Conrad Stargard series (2002)
  10. Cover of The War Against Earth by Leo Frankowski, book 2 of the New Kashubia series (2003)
  11. Cover of The Two-Space War by Leo Frankowski, book 1 of the Two-Space War series (2004)
  12. Cover of Kren of the Mitchegai by Leo Frankowski, book 3 of the New Kashubia series (2004)
  13. Cover of Lord Conrad's Crusade by Leo Frankowski, book 8 of the Conrad Stargard series (2005)
  14. Cover of Conrad's Last Campaign by Leo Frankowski, book 9 of the Conrad Stargard series (2014)
  1. 1
    The Cross-Time EngineerConrad Stargard #11986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  2. 2
    Copernick's Rebellion1987 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987160
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  3. 3
    The High-Tech KnightConrad Stargard #21989 · 247 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989247
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  4. 4
    The Radiant WarriorConrad Stargard #31989 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989281
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  5. 5
    The Flying WarlordConrad Stargard #41989 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989232
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  6. 6
    Lord Conrad's LadyConrad Stargard #51990 · 10 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199010
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  7. 7
    Conrad's Quest for RubberConrad Stargard #61998 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998292
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  8. 8
    A Boy and His TankNew Kashubia #11999 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999273
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  9. 9
    The Fata Morgana1999 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999313
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  10. 10
    Conrad's Time MachineConrad Stargard #72002 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002343
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  11. 11
    The War Against EarthNew Kashubia #22003 · 341 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003341
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  12. 12
    The Two-Space WarTwo-Space War #12004 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004362
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  13. 13
    Kren of the MitchegaiNew Kashubia #32004 · 378 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004378
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  14. 14
    Lord Conrad's CrusadeConrad Stargard #82005 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005230
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  15. 15
    Conrad's Last CampaignConrad Stargard #92014 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014272
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Leo Frankowski series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Leo Frankowski 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.

New Kashubia in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Boy and His Tank
  2. 2. The War Against Earth
  3. 3. Kren of the Mitchegai

Two-Space War in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Two-Space War

Standalone books

2 books

2 Leo Frankowski titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Leo Frankowski books in order?

You only need to read Leo Frankowski books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Leo Frankowski

Start with the first book of the Leo Frankowski series you want to read: Conrad Stargard starts with The Cross-Time Engineer (1986) and Adventures of Conrad Stargard starts with The Cross-Time Engineer (1986). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Cross-Time Engineer (1986).

What is the newest Leo Frankowski book?

Conrad's Last Campaign (2014) is the newest Leo Frankowski book released so far.

Is there a new Leo Frankowski book coming?

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

Leo Frankowski at a glance

Died
Leo Frankowski died in 2008, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Leo Frankowski are still being published after Leo Frankowski's death in 2008; the newest appeared in 2014.
Release pace
Leo Frankowski books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,734 pages across the 14 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leo Frankowski books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2000s.

What the Leo Frankowski books are about

10 of the 15 Leo Frankowski books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: space warfare is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.