Sharon Kay Penman Books in Order
Sharon Kay Penman has written 14 books, published between 1982 and 2020. The first book is The Sunne in Splendour (1982) and the newest is The Land Beyond the Sea (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1982–2020
- Confirmed
- 14 of 14 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,108 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 102–153 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,108 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Medieval England is Sharon Kay Penman's territory, in long historical novels about kings, queens and the wars between them. The Sunne in Splendour (1982) takes on Richard III; Here be Dragons, Falls the Shadow and The Reckoning form the Welsh Princes trilogy; and the Plantagenet novels follow Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine from When Christ and His Saints Slept. The Queen's Man begins a medieval mystery series. Fourteen titles make up the catalogue, at a median of 580 pages.
How many Sharon Kay Penman books are there?
Sharon Kay Penman has 14 books, released between 1982 and 2020. They include 3 separate series.
Sharon Kay Penman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Sharon Kay Penman 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.
- 119829443/4
- 219857203/4
- 319885803/4
- 419916083/4
- 519947463/4
- 619962913/4
- 719982583/4
- 820025153/4
- 920033523/4
- 1020053263/4
- 1120087683/4
- 122011–3/4
- 132014–3/4
- 142020–3/4
Sharon Kay Penman 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.
Plantagenets in order
5 booksQueen's Man in order
4 booksWelsh Princes in order
3 booksSharon Kay Penman Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Sharon Kay Penman books run from The Sunne in Splendour (1982) to The Land Beyond the Sea (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sharon Kay Penman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Sharon Kay Penman books in order?
You only need to read Sharon Kay Penman 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 Sharon Kay Penman
Start with The Sunne in Splendour (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sharon Kay Penman book?
The Land Beyond the Sea (2020) is the newest Sharon Kay Penman book released so far.
Is there a new Sharon Kay Penman book coming?
No next Sharon Kay Penman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sharon Kay Penman at a glance
- Died
- Sharon Kay Penman died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Sharon Kay Penman on record dates from 2020.
- Release pace
- Sharon Kay Penman books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 6,108 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 580 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sharon Kay Penman books, 4 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Sharon Kay Penman books are about
All 14 Sharon Kay Penman 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 10 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 10 of 14 books
- History 8 of 14 books
- Great Britain 6 of 14 books
- Justin De Quincy (Fictitious character) 4 of 14 books
- De quincy, justin (fictitious character) 2 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 14 books
- England 2 of 14 books
- Kings and rulers 2 of 14 books
- Medieval Civilization 2 of 14 books