Order of Ken Follett Books
Ken Follett is a Welsh novelist who writes historical and thriller novels. His books have sold over 100 million copies. Follett started out working for a publisher in London called Everest Books, meanwhile writing on the side as a hobby. When he needed money for some car repairs, he started writing books as Simon Myles to pay them off. Since then, he’s used several other pen names, but has written the majority of his books under his real name.
Follett largely writes standalone novels, but has a few brief series as well. Ken has been writing since The Big Needle was published in 1974. Below is a list of Ken Follett’s books in order of publication and in chronological order:
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Publication Order of Apples Carstairs Books
(as Simon Myles)
| The Big Black | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Big Needle | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Big Hit | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Piers Roper Books
| Shakeout | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bear Raid | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Kingsbridge Books
| The Pillars of the Earth | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| World Without End | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Column of Fire | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Evening and the Morning | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Armor of Light | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Evening and the Morning is a prequel to the series. | ||
Publication Order of Century Trilogy Books
| Fall of Giants | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Winter of the World | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Edge of Eternity | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Heist of the Century / Under the Streets of Nice / The Gentleman of 16 July | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| On Wings of Eagles | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bad Faith | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Notre-Dame | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: The Apples Carstairs books were written under the pseudonym of Simon Myles. Amok: King of Legend and Capricorn One were written under the pseudonym of Bernard L. Ross. The Modigliani Scandal was written under the pseudonym of Zachary Stone. The Mystery Hideout and The Power Twins were written under the pseudonym of Martin Martinsen.
The Big Needle was also published as The Big Apple in the United States. The Mystery Hideout was also published as The Secret of Kellerman’s Studio. Eye of the Needle was also published as Storm Island.
Follett does not consider Heist of the Century to be his book, but rather a re-write of Rene Louis Maurice’s original French work. It was also published under the titles of The Gentleman of 16 July, Under the Streets of Nice and Robbery Under the Streets of Nice.
Just finished The Evening and the Morning…prequel to the Kingsbridge series…loved Pillars, enjoyed World without End, couldn’t wait for Column of Fire to be over…read Evening because I’m obsessive…I LOVED it! Thinking about re-reading Pillars just for fun…intend to read the Century Trilogy this summer…
I’ve read pillars of the Earth and World Without End. Are there more in this series?
Sadly, no. I think they are his best work. The century trilogy is also excellent, ruined only by Mr. Follett’s biased and uncalled for comment in the closing paragraph(s) of Winter of the World. Read the book, what I’m talking about is glaringly obvious. Mr. Follett would do well not to use his books as a soapbox from which he shouts his political biases. If you like the Pillars and World stories, try the Jan Gaillou trilogy, The Road to Jerusalem, The Templar Knight, Birth of a Kingdom.
You nailed it on the century trilogy. I find it interesting when comparing the themes expressed in Century and the Pillars series, the winning characters seem to have a more conservative philosophy in the Pillars while there is a very strong winning of progressive philosophies in the Century.
I misstated one thing. Mr. Follett’s biased view comes at the end of Edge of Eternity, not Winter of the World. Sorry
I have read many of the books, loved the jackdaws, but I have just finished dangerous fortune, fantastic I couldn’t put it down
The Fall of Giants is the first book I’ve read by Ken and I absolutely loved it, I am now looking for more of Kens books. Thank you, Ken your the best.
It normally takes me years (holiday reader) to finish a book, Just read Pillars of the Earth in a few weeks – could hardly put it down, Desperately searching for more books. Thank you for a brilliant novel.
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I have never read his books before and I started with the Fall of Giants book. Took me a while to finish it, but I loved it and am now reading the second book, Winter of the World – it’s very good so far.
You will love all of his books. The are all so different but the stories are so rich and full of detail. They leave you satisfied not wishing for more.I absolutely love him
This is not his best series. In fact the last one of the trilogy rather disappointed me. However Follett does a masterful job of tying all of the characters and loose ends up at the end. I believe his best series is the Pillars of the Earth.