Pauline Gedge Books in Order

Pauline Gedge has written 14 books, published between 1977 and 2010. The first book is Child of the Morning (1977) and the newest is The King's Man (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1977–2010
Pages on record
5,574 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
93–139 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,574 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

Ancient Egypt is where Pauline Gedge set most of her historical fiction. Gedge, born in 1945, is a Canadian novelist whose 14 catalogued books span Child of the Morning (1977) to The King's Man (2010). Lords of the Two Lands and Lady of the Reeds are the Egyptian sequences; The Eagle and the Raven (1978) turns to the Britons and Stargate (1982) to fantasy. Gedge's novels have sold more than six million copies in 18 languages, and the first four carried cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon. The catalogue is likely complete.

How many Pauline Gedge books are there?

Pauline Gedge has 14 books, released between 1977 and 2010. They include 3 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Pauline Gedge Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Pauline Gedge 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. 1
    Child of the Morning1977 · 403 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977403
  2. 2
    The Eagle and the Raven1978 · 704 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978704
  3. 3
    Stargate1982 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982341
  4. 4
    The Twelfth Transforming1984 · 407 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984407
  5. 5
    Scroll of Saqqara / Mirage1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990
  6. 6
    The Covenant1992 · 269 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992269
  7. 7
    Lady of the Reeds / House of DreamsLady Of The Reeds #11994 · 513 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994513
  8. 8
    House of IllusionsLady Of The Reeds #21996 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996480
  9. 9
    The Hippopotamus MarshLords Of The Two Lands #11998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998
  10. 10
    The OasisLords Of The Two Lands #21998 · 603 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998603
  11. 11
    The Horus RoadLords Of The Two Lands #32000 · 526 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000526
  12. 12
    The Twice BornKing's Man #12007 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007688
  13. 13
    Seer of EgyptKing's Man #22008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008
  14. 14
    The King's ManKing's Man #32010 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010640

Pauline Gedge 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.

Lords Of The Two Lands in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Hippopotamus Marsh
  2. 2. The Oasis
  3. 3. The Horus Road

King's Man in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Twice Born
  2. 2. Seer of Egypt
  3. 3. The King's Man

Lady Of The Reeds in order

2 books
  1. 1. Lady of the Reeds / House of Dreams
  2. 2. House of Illusions

Standalone books

6 books

6 Pauline Gedge titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Pauline Gedge books in order?

You only need to read Pauline Gedge 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 Pauline Gedge

Start with Child of the Morning (1977), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Pauline Gedge book?

The King's Man (2010) is the newest Pauline Gedge book released so far.

Is there a new Pauline Gedge book coming?

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

Pauline Gedge at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Pauline Gedge title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Pauline Gedge books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,574 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 513 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Pauline Gedge books, 6 of 14, were published in the 1990s.

What the Pauline Gedge books are about

12 of the 14 Pauline Gedge books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 8 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Historical fiction 8 of 12 books
  • Egypt 7 of 12 books
  • History 5 of 12 books
  • American literature 2 of 12 books
  • Histoire 2 of 12 books
  • Romans 2 of 12 books
  • Romans, nouvelles 2 of 12 books