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:

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Publication Order of Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books

Lord Foul's Bane (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Illearth War (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Power That Preserves (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gilden-Fire (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books

Lord Foul's Bane(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Illearth War(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gilden-Fire(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Power That Preserves(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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

The Wounded Land (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The One Tree (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
White Gold Wielder (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Books

The Runes of the Earth (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fatal Revenant (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Against All Things Ending (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Dark (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Gap Books

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

Publication Order of The Great God's War Books

Seventh Decimate (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The War Within (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Repository (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Killing God (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Man Who Books

The Man Who Killed His Brother (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who Risked His Partner (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who Tried to Get Away (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who Fought Alone (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Mordant's Need Books

The Mirror of Her Dreams (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Man Rides Through (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Lady in White (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Daughter of Regals & Other Tales (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reave the Just and Other Tales (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The King's Justice (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant Omnibus Books

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Three Volume Boxed Set (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1978(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Berserker Base(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
After the King(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Strange Dreams(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Kings(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Last Drink Bird Head(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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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