Roger Taylor Books in Order

Roger Taylor has written 15 books, published between 1988 and 2022. The first book is The Call of the Sword (1988) and the newest is Newman (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1988–2022
Pages on record
4,996 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
83–125 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,996 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

Roger Taylor writes fantasy, and the catalogue lists 15 books from 1988 to 2022. The Call of the Sword (1988) comes first, followed by The Fall of Fyorlund (1989), The Waking of Orthlund (1989) and Into Narsindal (1990). Taylor's listings include Chronicles of Hawklan, a Chronicles of Hawklan sequel, standalone novels and non-fiction. Farnor (1992) and Whistler (1994) are among the later titles, and Newman (2022) is the newest.

How many Roger Taylor books are there?

Roger Taylor has 15 books, released between 1988 and 2022. They include 3 separate series.

Roger Taylor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Roger Taylor 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
    The Call of the SwordChronicles of Hawklan #11988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988
  2. 2
    The Fall of FyorlundChronicles of Hawklan #21989 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989360
  3. 3
    The Waking of OrthlundChronicles of Hawklan #31989 · 472 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989472
  4. 4
    Into NarsindalChronicles of Hawklan #41990 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990544
  5. 5
    Dream FinderChronicles of Hawklan Sequel #11991 · 500 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991500
  6. 6
    FarnorNightfall #11992 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992360
  7. 7
    ValderenNightfall #21993 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993352
  8. 8
    WhistlerChronicles of Hawklan Sequel #21994 · 570 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994570
  9. 9
    IbryenChronicles of Hawklan Sequel #31996 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996348
  10. 10
    Arash-FellorenChronicles of Hawklan Sequel #41996 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996448
  11. 11
    CaddoranChronicles of Hawklan Sequel #51998 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998276
  12. 12
    The Return of the SwordChronicles of Hawklan #51999 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999344
  13. 13
    Aikido - More than a Martial ArtRogerTaylor Non-Fiction #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  14. 14
    The KeepRogerTaylor Standalone Novels #12011 · 422 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011422
  15. 15
    NewmanRogerTaylor Standalone Novels #22022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022

Roger Taylor 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.

Chronicles of Hawklan in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Call of the Sword
  2. 2. The Fall of Fyorlund
  3. 3. The Waking of Orthlund
  4. 4. Into Narsindal
  5. 5. The Return of the Sword

Chronicles of Hawklan Sequel in order

5 books
  1. 1. Dream Finder
  2. 2. Whistler
  3. 3. Ibryen
  4. 4. Arash-Felloren
  5. 5. Caddoran

Nightfall in order

2 books
  1. 1. Farnor
  2. 2. Valderen

RogerTaylor Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

RogerTaylor Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Roger Taylor books in order?

You only need to read Roger Taylor 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 Roger Taylor

Start with The Call of the Sword (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Roger Taylor book?

Newman (2022) is the newest Roger Taylor book released so far.

Is there a new Roger Taylor book coming?

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

Roger Taylor at a glance

Paused
No new Roger Taylor title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Roger Taylor books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,996 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 391 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Roger Taylor books, 9 of 15, were published in the 1990s.

What the Roger Taylor books are about

5 of the 15 Roger Taylor 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 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.