Honorverse Books in Order

How many Honorverse books are there?

Honorverse has 39 books, released between 1992 and 2022.

Honorverse Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 39 Honorverse 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.

Honorverse Books in Chronological Order

In story order, "By the Book" comes first and Dark Fall comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 39 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

Do you have to read Honorverse books in order?

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

Where to start with Honorverse

Start with On Basilisk Station (1992), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, "By the Book" comes first.

What is the newest Honorverse book?

A Call to Insurrection (2022) is the newest Honorverse book released so far.

Is there a new Honorverse book coming?

No next Honorverse 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 Honorverse

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Honorverse. 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

Honorverse at a glance

Paused

No new Honorverse title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.

Release pace

Honorverse books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

17,519 pages across the 32 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 496 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Honorverse books, 18 of 39, were published in the 2010s.

Attribution

Of the 39 titles, 32 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 Honorverse books are about

34 of the 39 Honorverse 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
• Series:Honor Harrington 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

Characters in the Honorverse books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

• Honor Harrington books in order 43 books

Other series by David Weber

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

• Safehold books in order 10 books