Matthew Ward Books in Order
Matthew Ward has written 20 books, published between 1998 and 2025. The first book is Codex: Space Marines (1998) and the newest is The Lie That Binds Them (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1998–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,504 in 5 of 20 books
Matthew Ward is the credit on 20 catalogued books published between 1998 and 2025. Catalogue subjects split between fantasy and the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame, and the listing carries Games Workshop rulebooks, among them Codex: Space Marines (1998), Codex: Blood Angels (2010) and Codex: Necrons (2011), alongside fiction such as Queen of Eventide (2015), Edges of the World (2016) and Innocence Lost (2018). The Lie That Binds Them (2025) is the newest entry. Series recorded under this name include Soulfire Saga, Eventide, Coldharbour and Reckoning.
How many Matthew Ward books are there?
Matthew Ward has 20 books, released between 1998 and 2025. They include 7 separate series.
Matthew Ward Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Matthew Ward 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.
- 119981761/4
- 22010961/4
- 32011–1/4
- 42011961/4
- 52015–1/4
- 62016–1/4
- 72016–1/4
- 82016–1/4
- 92017–1/4
- 102018–1/4
- 112018–1/4
- 122018–1/4
- 1320183361/4
- 142019–1/4
- 152020–1/4
- 162020–1/4
- 1720218001/4
- 182023–1/4
- 192024–1/4
- 202025–1/4
Matthew Ward 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.
Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition in order
4 booksLegacy Trilogy in order
3 booksSoulfire Saga in order
3 booksEventide in order
2 booksMatthew Ward Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Coldharbour in order
2 books- 1. Roots
- 2. Innocence Lost
Frostgrave in order
2 booksMatthew Ward in order
1 bookReckoning in order
1 bookDo you have to read Matthew Ward books in order?
You only need to read Matthew Ward books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Matthew Ward
Start with Codex: Space Marines (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Matthew Ward book?
The Lie That Binds Them (2025) is the newest Matthew Ward book released so far.
Is there a new Matthew Ward book coming?
No next Matthew Ward book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Matthew Ward at a glance
- Still publishing
- Matthew Ward published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Matthew Ward books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,504 pages across the 5 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Matthew Ward books, 13 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Matthew Ward books are about
5 of the 20 Matthew Ward 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 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 2 of 5 books
- Games Workshop 2 of 5 books
- Science fiction 2 of 5 books
- Tabletop games 2 of 5 books
- Tabletop miniature games 2 of 5 books
- Wargames 2 of 5 books
- Warhammer 40K 2 of 5 books
- Adventurespil 1 of 5 books
- English literature 1 of 5 books
- Epic Fantasy 1 of 5 books
- Fantasy, epic 1 of 5 books