Order of Stephen R. Donaldson Books

Stephen R. Donaldson is an American novelist of fantasy, sci-fi and mystery novels. His work is complex, abstract and bleak with a lot of imagination, vivid characterizations and rapid pace. The work he is most well-known for his Thomas Covenant series. He has another major series called the Gap Cycle. He also writes under the pen name Reed Stephens.

Stephen R. Donaldson became a published author in 1977 with the first Thomas Covenant book, Lord Foul’s Bane. Below is a list of Stephen Donaldson’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books

Lord Foul's Bane	(1977)
The Illearth War	(1977)
The Power That Preserves	(1977)
Gilden-Fire	(1981)

Chronological Order of Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books

Lord Foul's Bane	(1977)
The Illearth War	(1977)
Gilden-Fire	(1981)
The Power That Preserves	(1977)

Publication Order of The Second Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever Books

The Wounded Land	(1980)
The One Tree	(1982)
White Gold Wielder	(1983)

Publication Order of Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books

The Runes of the Earth	(2004)
Fatal Revenant	(2007)
Against All Things Ending	(2010)
The Last Dark	(2013)

Publication Order of Gap Books

The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story	(1990)
The Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap Into Vision	(1991)
The Dark and Hungry God arises: The Gap Into Power	(1992)
The Chaos and Order: The Gap Into Madness	(1994)
The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die	(1996)

Publication Order of The Great God's War Books

Seventh Decimate	(2017)
The War Within	(2019)
The Last Repository	(2021)

Publication Order of The Man Who Books

The Man Who Killed His Brother	(1980)
The Man Who Risked His Partner	(1980)
The Man Who Tried to Get Away	(1990)
The Man Who Fought Alone	(2001)

Publication Order of Mordant's Need Books

The Mirror of Her Dreams	(1986)
A Man Rides Through	(1987)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Daughter of Regals & Other Tales	(1984)
Strange Dreams	(1993)
Reave the Just and Other Tales	(1998)
The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson	(2011)
The King's Justice	(2015)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Berserker Base	(1985)
I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror	(1991)
After the King	(1991)
Last Drink Bird Head	(2009)

Note: The Man Who… series is written under the name Reed Stephens. Berserker Base is co-authored with Fred Saberhagen, Poul Anderson, Edward Bryant, Larry Niven, Connie Willis and Roger Zelazny. For more Berserker novels, please see Berserker.

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