Robert Jordan Books in Order
Robert Jordan has written 43 books, published between 1980 and 2024. The first book is The Fallon Blood (1980) and the newest is The Great Hunt, Volume One (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 43
- Published
- 1980–2024
- Confirmed
- 42 of 43 titles
- Pages on record
- 16,018 in 31 of 43 books
- Reading time
- 267–400 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 16,018 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 43 titles with a page count on record.
Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney Jr. (17 October 1948 to 16 September 2007), an American writer of epic fantasy who used several pen names for different genres. The Wheel of Time, 14 books plus a prequel novel, has sold 90 million copies and ranks among the highest-selling book series. Earlier in the career, Jordan was one of several writers of original Conan the Barbarian novels. The catalogue opens with The Fallon Blood (1980), followed by The Fallon Pride (1981), and Conan titles such as Conan the Invincible (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984) appear in the early years. Jordan series also include Fallon.
How many Robert Jordan books are there?
Robert Jordan has 43 books, released between 1980 and 2024. They include 4 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Robert Jordan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 43 Robert Jordan 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.
- 119803813/4
- 219815443/4
- 319822563/4
- 419822883/4
- 519822883/4
- 619823823/4
- 719833143/4
- 819832883/4
- 919842883/4
- 1019842883/4
- 1119842883/4
- 1219908143/4
- 1319907053/4
- 1419916243/4
- 151992–3/4
- 1619939283/4
- 17199410113/4
- 1819955103/4
- 191996–3/4
- 201996–3/4
- 211997–3/4
- 2219987043/4
- 232000–3/4
- 2420008003/4
- 252002–3/4
- 2620037004/4
- 2720043043/4
- 28200510003/4
- 2920097844/4
- 3020108614/4
- 312011–3/4
- 3220112373/4
- 332012–3/4
- 34A Memory of Light2012 · 912 pages · confirmed 1/420129121/4
- 3520131763/4
- 3620131763/4
- 3720141763/4
- 3820158153/4
- 392015–3/4
- 4020151763/4
- 412019–3/4
- 422020–3/4
- 432024–3/4
Robert Jordan series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Wheel Of Time books in order 29 books
Robert Jordan books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Wheel of Time books in order
17 books by Robert Jordan- 1. The Eye of the World
- 2. The Great Hunt
- 3. The Dragon Reborn
- 4. The Shadow Rising
- 5. The Fires of Heaven
- 6. Lord of Chaos
- 7. The Strike at Shayol Ghul
- 8. A Crown of Swords
- 9. The Path of Daggers
- 10. Snow
- 11. Winter's Heart
- 12. Earlier-Ravens
- and 5 more in the table above
Adventures of Conan in order
8 booksWheel of Time Graphic Novels in order
8 booksFallon in order
3 booksWheel of Time Companion in order
3 booksAmerican Indians in order
1 bookRobert Jordan Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Robert Jordan Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Robert Jordan title here is not listed as part of any series.
Robert Jordan Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Robert Jordan books run from The Fallon Blood (1980) to The Great Hunt, Volume One (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Robert Jordan in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Robert Jordan books in order?
You only need to read Robert Jordan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Robert Jordan
Start with The Eye of the World (1990), the first Wheel Of Time book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Fallon Blood (1980).
What is the newest Robert Jordan book?
The Great Hunt, Volume One (2024) is the newest Robert Jordan book released so far.
Is there a new Robert Jordan book coming?
No next Robert Jordan 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 Robert Jordan has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 8 nominations for Robert Jordan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Inkpot Award2005Won
- Hugo Award for Best Novel2014Shortlistedfor The Wheel of Time
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2006Shortlistedfor Knife of Dreams
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2001Shortlistedfor Winter's Heart
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1997Shortlistedfor A Crown of Swords
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1995Shortlistedfor Lord of Chaos
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1994Shortlistedfor The Fires of Heaven
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1993Shortlistedfor The Shadow Rising
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1991Shortlistedfor The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan at a glance
- Still publishing
- Robert Jordan published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Robert Jordan books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 16,018 pages across the 31 of 43 books with a recorded length, a median of 382 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robert Jordan books, 12 of 43, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 3 of the 43 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 42 in at least three.
What the Robert Jordan books are about
33 of the 43 Robert Jordan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: rand al'thor (fictitious character) is tagged on 19 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Rand al'Thor (Fictitious character) 19 of 33 books
- Fantasy 18 of 33 books
- Fantasy, epic 11 of 33 books
- Magic 9 of 33 books
- Conan (Fictitious character) 8 of 33 books
- Good and evil 8 of 33 books
- Cimmeria (imaginary place) 7 of 33 books
- Comics & graphic novels 6 of 33 books
- Comics & graphic novels, fantasy 5 of 33 books
- Imaginary wars and battles 5 of 33 books
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