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Thomas Covenant Books in Order

Stephen R. Donaldson has written 11 books featuring Thomas Covenant, published between 1977 and 2013. The first book is Lord Foul's Bane (1977) and the newest is The Last Dark (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1977–2013
Pages on record
5,016 in 10 of 11 books
Reading time
84–125 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,016 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Thomas Covenant is the central figure of an epic fantasy sequence by Stephen R. Donaldson, arranged in three chronicles: the Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, the Second Chronicles, subtitled Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, and the Last Chronicles. Eleven books are catalogued. Lord Foul's Bane, The Illearth War and The Power That Preserves all appeared in 1977; a second group runs from The Wounded Land (1980) to White Gold Wielder (1983); a third opens with The Runes of the Earth (2004) and closes with The Last Dark (2013). Fate and fatalism, magic and mothers and sons recur as subjects.

How many Thomas Covenant books are there?

Thomas Covenant appears in 11 books, released between 1977 and 2013.

Thomas Covenant Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Thomas Covenant 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. Cover of The Power That Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson, book 3 of the Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series (1977)
  2. Cover of The Wounded Land by Stephen R. Donaldson, book 1 of the Second Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series
  3. Cover of The One Tree by Stephen R. Donaldson, book 2 of the Second Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series (1982)
  4. Cover of White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson, book 3 of the Second Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series
  5. Cover of The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson, book 1 of the Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series (2004)
  6. Cover of Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson, book 2 of the Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series (2007)
  7. Cover of Against All Things Ending by Stephen R. Donaldson, book 3 of the Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series (2010)
  8. Cover of The Last Dark by Stephen R. Donaldson, book 4 of the Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series (2013)
  1. 1
    Lord Foul's BaneChronicles Of Thomas Covenant #11977 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977480
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  2. 2
    The Illearth WarChronicles Of Thomas Covenant #21977 · 407 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977407
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  3. 3
    The Power That PreservesChronicles Of Thomas Covenant #31977 · confirmed 2/4
    1977–
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  4. 4
    The Wounded LandSecond Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #11980 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980512
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  5. 5
    Gilden-FireChronicles Of Thomas Covenant #41981 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198196
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  6. 6
    The One TreeSecond Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #21982 · 475 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982475
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  7. 7
    White Gold WielderSecond Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #31983 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983512
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  8. 8
    The Runes of the EarthLast Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant #12004 · 560 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004560
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  9. 9
    Fatal RevenantLast Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant #22007 · 610 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007610
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  10. 10
    Against All Things EndingLast Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant #32010 · 772 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010772
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  11. 11
    The Last DarkLast Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant #42013 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013592
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Do you have to read Thomas Covenant books in order?

You should read the Thomas Covenant books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Thomas Covenant book also stands alone.

Where to start with Thomas Covenant

Start with Lord Foul's Bane (1977), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Thomas Covenant book?

The Last Dark (2013) is the newest Thomas Covenant book released so far.

Is there a new Thomas Covenant book coming?

No next Thomas Covenant 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 Thomas Covenant

Wikidata records 7 nominations for Thomas Covenant. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Thomas Covenant at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Thomas Covenant title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Thomas Covenant books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
5,016 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 512 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Thomas Covenant books, 4 of 11, were published in the 1980s.

What the Thomas Covenant books are about

10 of the 11 Thomas Covenant 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 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Stephen R. Donaldson

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.