Kingsbridge Books in Order
Kingsbridge by Ken Follett contains 5 books, published between 1989 and 2023. The first book is The Pillars of the Earth (1989) and the newest is The Armor of Light (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 1989–2023
- Confirmed
- 5 of 5 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,039 in 2 of 5 books
Kingsbridge is Ken Follett's historical fiction sequence, set in Britain. Five books are catalogued: The Pillars of the Earth in 1989, World Without End in 2007, A Column of Fire in 2017, The Evening and the Morning in 2020 and The Armor of Light in 2023. The novels are long, a median of 1,020 pages, and take in the Anarchy, the Black Death and the long quarrel between church and state.
How many Kingsbridge books are there?
Kingsbridge has 5 books, released between 1989 and 2023.
Kingsbridge Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Kingsbridge 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.
- 1The Pillars of the Earth1989 · 983 pages · confirmed 4/419899834/4
- 2World Without End2007 · 1056 pages · confirmed 4/4200710564/4
- 3A Column of Fire2017 · confirmed 4/42017–4/4
- 4The Evening and the Morning2020 · confirmed 4/42020–4/4
- 5The Armor of Light2023 · confirmed 4/42023–4/4
Is there a chronological order for Kingsbridge?
No separate chronological order is on record for Kingsbridge, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Kingsbridge books in order?
You should read the Kingsbridge books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Kingsbridge book also stands alone.
What order should you read Kingsbridge books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Pillars of the Earth (1989), the earliest published title. After it come World Without End (2007), A Column of Fire (2017), The Evening and the Morning (2020) and The Armor of Light (2023).
What is the newest Kingsbridge book?
The Armor of Light (2023) is the newest Kingsbridge book released so far.
Is there a new Kingsbridge book coming?
No next Kingsbridge book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kingsbridge at a glance
- Paused
- No new Kingsbridge title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Kingsbridge books have appeared about one every 9 years on average.
- Length
- 2,039 pages across the 2 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 1020 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kingsbridge books, 2 of 5, were published in the 2020s.
- Corroboration
- 5 of the 5 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Kingsbridge books are about
4 of the 5 Kingsbridge books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: great britain is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Great Britain 2 of 4 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 4 books
- Anglo-Saxon law 1 of 4 books
- Battle of Lincoln 1 of 4 books
- Catedrales 1 of 4 books
- Cathedrals 1 of 4 books
- Church and state 1 of 4 books
- English literature 1 of 4 books
- Epic fiction 1 of 4 books
- Ficcion 1 of 4 books
- Historia 1 of 4 books
More books by Ken Follett
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Ken Follett books in order 39 books
Characters in the Kingsbridge books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Pillars of Earth books in order 5 books