Honor Harrington Books in Order
There are 43 Honor Harrington books, published between 1992 and 2025: 41 in the 2 main-line series and 2 related titles. The first book is On Basilisk Station (1992) and the newest main-line book is Challenges (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 43
- Published
- 1992–2025
- Confirmed
- 42 of 43 titles
- Pages on record
- 17,588 in 33 of 43 books
- Reading time
- 293–440 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 17,588 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 43 titles with a page count on record.
Honor Harrington is the named character of David Weber's space opera books, which the subject tags file under space warfare, hard science fiction and women soldiers. On Basilisk Station (1992) is the first of 43 books, followed by The Honor of the Queen (1993) and The Short Victorious War (1994), and the latest is Challenges (2025). The character spans the Honorverse, Honorverse Companion and Worlds of Honor series. David Weber is credited on 36 of the 43 books, Timothy Zahn on 4, and Eric Flint, John Ringo and Joelle Presby on one each. New titles continue to appear.
How many Honor Harrington books are there?
Honor Harrington has 43 books, released between 1992 and 2025. 41 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Honorverse, Worlds of Honor), and 2 related titles sit outside it: companion books.
Honor Harrington Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 43 Honor Harrington 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.
- 119924583/4
- 219933713/4
- 319943433/4
- 419944163/4
- 519954163/4
- 619965383/4
- 719973523/4
- 819983713/4
- 919987363/4
- 101999–3/4
- 1120006473/4
- 1220014803/4
- 1320028693/4
- 1420036723/4
- 152003–3/4
- 1620047553/4
- 1720058553/4
- 182006693/4
- 192007–3/4
- 2020097553/4
- 2120096023/4
- 2220106003/4
- 2320114963/4
- 242011–3/4
- 2520124583/4
- 2620122873/4
- 2720134393/4
- 282013–3/4
- 2920135353/4
- 302013–3/4
- 3120148483/4
- 3220145283/4
- 3320154963/4
- 3420167563/4
- 3520174003/4
- 3620184673/4
- 372018–2/4
- 3820187733/4
- 392019–3/4
- 4020214003/4
- 4120224003/4
- 422023–3/4
- 432025–3/4
Honor Harrington Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the 2 main-line series run from On Basilisk Station (1992) to Challenges (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Honor Harrington in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Honor Harrington books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (companion books) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Honor Harrington book also stands alone.
What order should you read Honor Harrington books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with On Basilisk Station (1992), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series. After it come The Honor of the Queen (1993), The Short Victorious War (1994), Field of Dishonor (1994) and Flag in Exile (1995); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Honor Harrington book?
Challenges (2025) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.
Is there a new Honor Harrington book coming?
No next Honor Harrington book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Honor Harrington
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Honor Harrington. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2001Shortlistedfor Ashes of Victory
Honor Harrington at a glance
- Still running
- Honor Harrington is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Honor Harrington books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 17,588 pages across the 33 of 43 books with a recorded length, a median of 496 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Honor Harrington books, 18 of 43, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 43 titles, 36 are credited to David Weber, 4 to Timothy Zahn, 1 to Eric Flint and 1 to John Ringo. One further writer is credited. 2 titles carry no credit.
What the Honor Harrington books are about
34 of the 43 Honor Harrington books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 27 of 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 27 of 34 books
- Space warfare 19 of 34 books
- Women soldiers 16 of 34 books
- Life on other planets 9 of 34 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 7 of 34 books
- Imaginary wars and battles 6 of 34 books
- Women soldiers in fiction 6 of 34 books
- Science fiction, hard science fiction 5 of 34 books
- Space opera 4 of 34 books
- Space warfare in fiction 4 of 34 books
Series that include Honor Harrington books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Honorverse books in order 39 books