Order of Michael Moorcock Books
Michael Moorcock is an English author of science fiction and fantasy novels. Moorcock is the author of several series, including the Elric Saga, Eternal Champion, Jerry Cornelius and Chronicles of Corum series (which are all connected in a Multiverse). Moorcock began editing Tarzan Adventures at age 17 (Edgar Rice Burroughs was a favourite growing up). He would go on to edit other publications like New Worlds. He says he could write upwards of 15,000 words in a day.
Michael Moorcock became a published novelist in 1961 with the novel The Stealer of Souls. He tends to revise much of his work, meaning that readers should always look for the latest editions of his work. Below is a list of Michael Moorcock’s books in order of publication as well as in chronological order:
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Publication Order of Chronicles Of Corum Books
| The Knight of the Swords | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Queen of the Swords | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The King of the Swords | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Oak and the Ram | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bull and the Spear | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sword and the Stallion | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Colonel Pyat Quartet Books
| Byzantium Endures | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Laughter of Carthage | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jerusalem Commands | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Vengeance of Rome | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Count Brass Books
| Count Brass | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Champion of Garathorm | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Quest for Tanelorn | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dancers At The End Of Time Books
| An Alien Heat | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hollow Lands | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Legends from the End of Time | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The End of All Songs | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming / A Messiah at the End of Time | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric at the End of Time | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Elric Saga Books
| The Vanishing Tower / The Sleeping Sorceress | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric of Melniboné / The Dreaming City | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sailor on the Seas of Fate | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Weird of the White Wolf / The White Wolf | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bane of the Black Sword / Song of the Black Sword | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stormbringer | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fortress of the Pearl | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Revenge of the Rose | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dreamthief's Daughter | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The White Wolf's Son | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Citadel of Forgotten Myths | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Elric Saga Books
| Elric of Melniboné / The Dreaming City | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fortress of the Pearl | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sailor on the Seas of Fate | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Weird of the White Wolf / The White Wolf | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Vanishing Tower / The Sleeping Sorceress | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Revenge of the Rose | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bane of the Black Sword / Song of the Black Sword | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stormbringer | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dreamthief's Daughter | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The White Wolf's Son | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Citadel of Forgotten Myths | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Elric Saga Short Stories/Novellas
| The Jade Man's Eyes | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Return to Melniboné | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Elric Saga Collections
(with P. Craig Russell, Lovern Kindzierski)
| The Singing Citadel | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric: Stormbringer | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric of Melniboné and Other Stories | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Elric Saga Graphic Novels
| The Dreaming City | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric at the End of Time: The Graphic Novel | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Making of a Sorcerer | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric: The Balance Lost, Vol. 1 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric: The Balance Lost, Vol. 2 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric: The Balance Lost, Vol. 3 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Elric: The Moonbeam Roads Books
| Daughter of Dreams | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Destiny's Brother | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Son of the Wolf | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Eternal Champion Books
(with Howard Chaykin)
| The Eternal Champion | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Phoenix in Obsidian / The Silver Warriors | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Corum: The Coming of Chaos | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Earl Aubec and Other Stories | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dragon in the Sword | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Roads Between The Worlds | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hawkmoon | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Nomad of the Time Streams | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kane of Old Mars | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Skrayling Tree: The Albino in America | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| When reading this series in chronological order, The Skrayling Tree comes after The Dragon in the Sword. | ||
Publication Order of Jerry Cornelius Books
| The Final Programme | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Cure for Cancer | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The New Nature of the Catastrophe | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The English Assassin | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Adventures of Una Persson & Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century / Persson and Catherine | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Condition of Muzak | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Entropy Tango | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Opium General and Other Stories | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Firing the Cathedral | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jerry Cornelius: His Lives and His Times | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pegging the President | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jerry Cornell Books
| The Chinese Agent | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Russian Intelligence | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Karl Glogauer Books
| Behold the Man | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Breakfast in the Ruins | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Last Emperor Of Melnibone Books
| The Stealer of Souls | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To Rescue Tanelorn | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sleeping Sorceress | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Duke Elric | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elric in the Dream Realms | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Swords and Roses | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of London Books
| Mother London | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| King of the City | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Michael Kane Books
| Warriors of Mars / The City of the Beast | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blades of Mars / Lord of the Spiders | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Barbarians of Mars / Masters of the Pit | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Oswald Bastable Books
| The Warlord of the Air | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Land Leviathan | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Steel Tsar | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Runestaff/Hawkmoon Books
| The Jewel in the Skull | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mad God's Amulet / Sorcerer's Amulet | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sword of the Dawn | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Runestaff / The Secret of the Runestaff | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Sanctuary Of The White Friars Books
| The Whispering Swarm | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Woods of Arcady | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Second Ether Books
| Blood | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fabulous Harbors | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The War Amongst the Angels | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Von Bek Family Books
| The Sundered Worlds / The Blood Red Game | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The War Hound and the World's Pain | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Brothel in Rosenstrasse | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The City in the Autumn Stars | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lunching with the Antichrist | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Wrecks of Time / The Rituals of Infinity | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fireclown / The Winds of Limbo | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Twilight Man / The Shores of Death | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Deep Fix | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Black Corridor | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ice Schooner | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Time Dweller | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Distant Suns | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gloriana | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Barge | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sailing to Utopia | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Silverheart | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| White Stars | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Colour | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Birds of the Moon | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Curare | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Moorcock's Book of Martyrs / Dying for Tomorrow | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| England Invaded | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sojan | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Prince with the Silver Hand | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| My Experiences in the Third World War | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Casablanca | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales from the Texas Woods | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| London Bone | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Metatemporal Detective | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of Michael Moorcock | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sojan the Swordsman / Under the Warrior Star | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Modem Times 2.0 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Moorcock's Multiverse | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Breakfast in the Ruins and Other Stories | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Travelling to Utopia | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Brothel in Rosenstrasse and Other Stories | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
(with Don Lawrence, Ted Cowan)
| Michael Moorcock's Multiverse | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Karl the Viking, Vol. 2: The Voyage of the Sea Raiders | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Retreat from Liberty | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Letters From Hollywood | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Law and Chaos: The Stormbringer Animated Film Projects | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fantasy: The 100 Best Books | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death is No Obstacle | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sunday Books | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mervyn Peake: A Memoir | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Into the Media Web: Selected Short Non-Fiction, 1956-2006 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Best SF Stories From New Worlds Books
| Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best SF Stories from New Worlds 2 | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best SF Stories from New Worlds3 | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4 | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best SF Stories from New Worlds 5 | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best SF Stories from New Worlds 6 | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Michael Moorcock Library Books
(by P. Craig Russell)
| Elric of Melniboné | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Weird of the White Wolf | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction Books
(with Lisa Tuttle, Stephen Baxter, Garry Douglas Kilworth, Storm Constantine, Brian M. Stableford, Ian Macdonald, Colin Greenland, Eric Brown, John Gribbin, David S. Garnett, Simon D. Ings, Jojo Bling, Elizabeth Sourbut)
| Zenith | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Zenith 2: The Best In New British Science Fiction | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Tom Strong Books
| Book 1 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Book 2 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Terrific Tales, Book 1 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Terrific Tales, Book 2 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Book 3 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Book 4 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Book Five | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Book Six | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Vol. 1 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Vol. 2 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Tom Strong And The Planet of Peril | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Tom Strong Compendium | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Outspoken Authors Books
Publication Order of PM's Outspoken Authors Books
Publication Order of Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Adventures Books
Publication Order of Sexton Blake Library Books
| Woman of Saigon | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Act of Violence | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Naked Blade | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Voodoo Drum | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Sea Tigers | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lovely - but Lethal! The Sexton Blake Library, 4th series, #475 | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| White Mercenary | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Silent Thunder Caper | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sexton Blake and the Great War | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sexton Blake and the Master Crooks | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sexton Blake's Allies | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sexton Blake on the Home Front | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sexton Blake's New Order | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sexton Blake: Caribbean Crisis & Voodoo Island | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: There are multiple reading orders for Michael Moorcock’s series. For a full list of the reading order of Michael Moorcock’s books, see the suggested reading order on his forums.
The Sleeping Sorceress was also published as The Vanishing Tower. Elric of Melnibone was also published as The Dreaming City. The Bane of the Black Sword was also published as Song of the Black Sword. The graphic novel Elric: The Dreaming City was written by Roy Thomas. The graphic novel Elric: Stormbringer was written by P. Craig Russell. The graphic novel volumes Elric: The Balance Lost was written by Chris Roberson.
Phoenix in Obsidian was also published under the title The Silver Warriors. The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell was co-authored with Howard Chaykin. Warriors of Mars was also titled The City of the Beast. Blades of Mars is also known as Lord of the Spiders. Barbarians of Mars is alternatively titled Masters of the Pit. Sorcerer’s Amulet is also known as The Mad God’s Amulet. The Runestaff is also known as The Secret of the Runestaff. Persson and Catherine was originally titled The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century. The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming is also known as A Messiah at the End of Time.
The Time of the Hawklords series was written with Michael Butterworth. The Fireclock is also known as The Winds of Limbo. The Sundered Worlds was also titled The Blood Red Game. The Twilight Man was also published as The Shores of Death. The Wrecks of Time is also known as The Rituals of Infinity. Gloriana is also known as Gloriana, or the Unfulfill’d Queen. Moorcock’s Book of Martyrs was also titled Dying for Tomorrow. The Deep Fix was written as James Colvin. Printer’s Devil and Somewhere in the Night were written under the pen name Bill Barclay. The Black Corridor was co-authored with Hilary Bailey. The Distant Suns was co-authored with Philip James. Silverheart was co-authored with Storm Costantine.
The collection Cities was written with Peter Crowther, Paul Di Filippo, China Mieville and Geoff Ryman. Breaking Windows was co-authored by Barrington J. Bayley, China Mieville, James Sallis and Jeff VanderMeer. Kizuna was co-authored with Jon Courtenay-Grimwood, Katherine Govier, Robert M. Price and Andersen Prunty. Zenith Lives! was co-authored with Mark Hodder and Paul Magrs. Fantasy: The 100 Best Books was co-authored by James Cawthorn. The Sunday Books was co-authored by Mervyn Peake. Sojan the Swordsman is collected with Under the Warrior Star by Joe R. Lansdale.
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