G. W. Thomas
Presents
THE KINGS
OF THE NIGHT
A READER'S GUIDE TO SWORD & SORCERY
THE CONAN SAGA
The Conan Saga is without doubt the most commericially successful franchise within the genre of Sword & Sorcery. (Critically speaking, probably not.) When Robert E. Howard created Conan in the 1930's for Weird Tales, he did not set out with a rigid chronology, so the series can seem disorganized. L. Sprgaue de Camp and other editors did their best to re-organize and expand the Conan Saga starting in 1967. The latest series began in 1982 under the pen of Robert Jordan.
Original Series–arranged by number
#1. Conan (1967) by Robert E. Howard, L.
Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
#2. Conan of Cimmeria (1969) by Robert
E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
#3. Conan the Freebooter (1968) by Robert
E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
#4. Conan the Wanderer (1968) by Robert
E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and
Lin Carter
#5. Conan the Adventurer (1966) by Robert
E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
#6. Conan the Buccaneer (1971) by
L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
#7. Conan the Warrior (1967) by Robert
E. Howard
#8. Conan the Usurper (1967) by Robert
E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
#9. Conan the Conqueror (1950) by Robert
E. Howard
#10. Conan the Avenger (1968) by Robert
E. Howard, Bjorn Nyberg and
L. Sprague de Camp
#11. Conan of Aquilonia (1977) by L. Sprague
de Camp and Lin Carter
#12. Conan of the Isles (1968) by L. Sprague
de Camp and Lin Carter
Other Collections of Howard Originals–edited by Karl Edward Wagner
1. The Hour of the Dragon (1977)
2. The People of the Black Circle (1977)
3. Red Nails (1977)
Illustrated Novels–arranged by date
1. Conan: The Flame Knife (1955) by Robert
E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
2. Conan and the Sorcerer (1978) by Andrew
Offutt
3. Conan: The Sword of Skelos (1979) by
Andrew Offutt
4. Conan the Mercenary (1980) by Andrew
Offutt
5. The Treasures of Tranicos (1980) by
Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
Later Independent Pastiches–arranged by date
1. Conan the Swordsman (1978) by L. Sprague
de Camp, Lin Carter and Bjorn Nyberg
2. Conan the Liberator (1979) by L. Sprague
de Camp and Bjorn Nyberg
3. Conan: The Road of Kings (1979) by
Karl Edward Wagner
4. Conan and the Spider God (1980) by
L. Sprague de Camp
5. Conan the Rebel (1980) Poul Anderson
The New Conan Series–arranged alphabetically
1. Conan Chronicles (1995) by Robert Jordan
2. Conan the Bold (1989) by John Maddox
Roberts
3. Conan the Champion (1987) by John Maddox
Roberts
4. Conan the Defender (1982) by Robert
Jordon
5. Conan the Defiant (1987) by Steve Perry
6. Conan the Destroyer (1984) by Robert
Jordon
7. Conan the Fearless (1986) by Steve
Perry
8. Conan the Formidable (1990) by Steve
Perry
9. Conan the Free Lance (1990) by Steve
Perry
10. Conan and the Gods of the Mountain
(1994) by Roland Green
11. Conan the Great (1989) by Leonard
Carpenter
12. Conan the Guardian (1991) by Roland
Green
13. Conan the Hero (1989) by Leonard Carpenter
14. Conan the Hunter (1994) by Sean A.
Moore
15. Conan the Indomitable (1989) by Steve
Perry
16. Conan the Invincible (1982) by Robert
Jordon
17. Conan the Magnificent (1984) by Robert
Jordon
18. Conan the Marauder (1988) by John
Maddox Roberts
19. Conan the Outcast (1991) by Leonard
Carpenter
20. Conan the Raider (1986) by Leonard
Carpenter
21. Conan of the Red Brotherhood (1993)
by Leonard Carpenter
22. Conan the Relentless (1992) by Roland
Green
23. Conan the Renegade (1986) by Leonard
Carpenter
24. Conan the Rogue (1991) by John Maddox
Roberts
25. Conan the Savage (1992) by Leonard
Carpenter
26. Conan, Scourage of the Bloody Coast
(1994) by Leonard Carpenter
27. Conan and the Treasure of Python (1994)
by John Maddox Roberts
28. Conan the Triumphant (1983) by Robert
Jordon
29. Conan the Unconquered (1983) by Robert
Jordon
30. Conan the Valiant (1988) by Roland
Green
31. Conan the Valorous (1985) by John
Maddox Roberts
32. Conan the Victorious (1984) by Robert
Jordon
33. Conan the Warlord (1988) by Leonard
Carpenter
Movie Novelizations
1. Conan the Barbarian (1982) by L. Sprague
de Camp and Lin Carter
2. Conan the Destroyer (1984) by Robert
Jordon