Order of Conan Books
Conan the Barbarian, or Conan the Cimmerian, is a sword and sorcery hero created by American author Robert E. Howard. The character exists in the “Hyborian Age,” which takes place after the destruction of Atlantis. Conan is a Cimmerian who was already one of the greatest warriors around by age 15. Once he destroyed the Aquilonian outpost, he went on adventures involving monsters, wizards, wenches and gorgeous princesses. At times, he has been a thief, outlaw, mercenary and a pirate.
The Conan the Barbarian Character first appeared in the publication Weird Tales in 1932. Howard finished 21 Conan stories during his life, and the character would later be written by authors such as Poul Anderson, Robert Jordan, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, Bjorn Nyberg, John Maddox Roberts, Harry Turtledove. However, we are focusing on only three of the publishers who have published Conan books – Gnome Press, Lancer/Ace and Donald M. Grant. Below is a list of these three Conan series in order of when the books were originally released (and in chronological order when necessary):
Publication Order of Conan (Gnome Press) Books
| Conan the Conqueror | (1950) |    |
| The Sword of Conan | (1952) | |
| King Conan | (1953) | |
| Conan the Barbarian | (1954) | |
| Tales of Conan | (1955) | |
| The Return of Conan | (1957) | |
Chronological Order of Conan (Gnome Press) Books
| Conan the Barbarian | (1954) | |
| The Sword of Conan | (1952) | |
| King Conan | (1953) | |
| Conan the Conqueror | (1950) | |
| Tales of Conan | (1955) | |
| The Return of Conan | (1957) | |
Publication Order of Conan (Lancer/Ace) Books
| The Return of Conan | (1957) | |
| Conan the Adventurer | (1966) | |
| Conan the Warrior | (1967) | |
| Conan the Usurper | (1967) | |
| Conan the Conqueror | (1967) | |
| Conan the Avenger | (1968) | |
| Conan of the Isles | (1968) | |
| Conan | (1968) | |
| Conan the Freebooter | (1968) | |
| Conan the Wanderer | (1968) | |
| Conan of Cimmeria | (1969) | |
| Conan the Buccaneer | (1971) | |
| Conan of Aquilonia | (1977) | |
| Conan the Swordsman | (1978) | |
| Conan and the Sorcerer | (1978) | |
| Conan the Liberator | (1979) | |
| Conan: The Road of Kings | (1979) | |
| Conan: The Sword of Skelos | (1979) | |
| Conan and the Spider God | (1980) | |
| Conan the Rebel | (1980) | |
| Conan the Mercenary | (1981) | |
Publication Order of Conan (Donald M. Grant) Books
| The People of the Black Circle | (1974) | |
| A Witch Shall Be Born | (1975) | |
| The Tower of the Elephant | (1975) | |
| Red Nails | (1975) | |
| Conan in The Devil in Iron | (1976) | |
| Rogues in the House Conan | (1976) | |
| Queen of the Black Coast | (1978) | |
| Jewels of Gwahlur | (1979) | |
| Black Colossus | (1979) | |
| The Pool of the Black One | (1986) | |
Publication Order of Conan The Cimmerian Books
| The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian | (2002) | |
| The Bloody Crown of Conan | (2004) | |
| The Conquering Sword of Conan | (2005) | |
Notes: Conan the Conqueror was also published as The Hour of the Dragon. The Return of Conan was written by Bjorn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp, based on the writing of Robert E. Howard. Tales of Conan consists of non-Conan stories written by Howard that were re-written as Conan stories.
The Lancer/Ace publications Conan and Conan of Cimmeria were co-authored with L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter. The Lancer publications Conan the Freebooter, Conan the Wanderer, Conan the Adventurer and Conan the Usurper were co-authored with L. Sprague de Camp. Conan the Buccaneer, Conan of Aquilonia and Conan of the Isles were written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, based on Howard’s work. Conan the Avenger (aka The Return of Conan) was co-authored with Bjorn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp.
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Conan the Barbarian (the second Gnome Press collection) collects the stories Black Colossus, Shadows in the Moonlight, A Witch Shall be Born, Shadows in Zamboula, The Devil in Iron.
The Lancer/Ace collection Conan collects the stories The Hyborian Age (Part 1), The Thing in the Crypt, The Tower of the Elephant, The Hall of the Dead, The God in the Bowl, Rogues in the House, The Hand of Nergal and The City of Skulls
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