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Home / Authors / Anthony Ryan Anthony Ryan British author best known for the *Raven’s Shadow* trilogy, beginning with the internationally bestselling *Blood Song*. His works have sold over a million copies and earned critical acclaim for their epic scope. This page provides the Anthony Ryan books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
2011 Blood Song POoRSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 A Hymn to Gods Long Dead POoSCBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 The Ballad of Bad Jack POoSCBB · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 Tower Lord POoRSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 Slab City Blues POoSCBB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 A Song for Madame Choi POoSCBB · 4 Buy ↗ 2015 The Hall of the Diamond Queen POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 Queen of Fire POoRSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2015 An Aria for Ragnarok POoSCBB · 5 Buy ↗ 2016 The Waking Fire POoTDMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2016 Sandrunners POoTDMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2016 The Lord Collector POoRSB · 4 Buy ↗ 2017 The Legion of Flame POoTDMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2017 The Lady of Crows POoRSB · 5 Buy ↗ 2017 A Duel of Evils POoRSB · 6 Buy ↗ 2018 The Mist and the Blindness POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 The Empire of Ashes POoTDMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2018 Many Are the Dead POoRSB · 7 Buy ↗ 2019 The Wolf's Call POoRBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2019 A Pilgrimage of Swords POoTSSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2020 The Kraken's Tooth POoTSSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2020 The Black Song POoRBB · 2 Buy ↗ 2021 Songs of the Dark POoRSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2021 The Pariah POoTCoSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2021 City of Songs POoTSSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2022 The Martyr POoTCoSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2022 To Blackfyre Keep POoTSSB · 4 Buy ↗ 2023 The Traitor POoTCoSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2023 The Scarlet Ziggurat POoTSSB · 5 Buy ↗ 2023 Across the Sorrow Sea POoTSSB · 6 Buy ↗ 2024 A Tide of Black Steel POoAoWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2024 The Road of Storms POoTSSB · 7 Buy ↗ 2024 The Book Burner's Fall POoRSB · 8 Buy ↗ 2025 Born of an Iron Storm POoAoWB · 2 Buy ↗ 2025 The Feeding POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2025 The Infernus Gate POoTSSB · 8 Buy ↗ 2026 Upon the Forge of Battle POoAoWB · 3 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Slab City Blues Books 5 books · 2012–2015
01 A Hymn to Gods Long Dead 2012 Buy ↗ 02 The Ballad of Bad Jack 2013 Buy ↗ 03 Slab City Blues 2014 Buy ↗ 04 A Song for Madame Choi 2014 Buy ↗ 05 An Aria for Ragnarok 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Seven Swords Books 8 books · 2019–2025
01 A Pilgrimage of Swords 2019 Buy ↗ 02 The Kraken's Tooth 2020 Buy ↗ 04 To Blackfyre Keep 2022 Buy ↗ 05 The Scarlet Ziggurat 2023 Buy ↗ 06 Across the Sorrow Sea 2023 Buy ↗ 07 The Road of Storms 2024 Buy ↗ 08 The Infernus Gate 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Age of Wrath Books 3 books · 2024–2026
01 A Tide of Black Steel 2024 Buy ↗ 02 Born of an Iron Storm 2025 Buy ↗ 03 Upon the Forge of Battle 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Draconis Memoria Books 4 books · 2016–2018
01 The Waking Fire 2016 Buy ↗ 03 The Legion of Flame 2017 Buy ↗ 04 The Empire of Ashes 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Raven's Blade Books 2 books · 2019–2020
01 The Wolf's Call 2019 Buy ↗ 02 The Black Song 2020 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Raven's Shadow Books 8 books · 2011–2024
04 The Lord Collector 2016 Buy ↗ 05 The Lady of Crows 2017 Buy ↗ 06 A Duel of Evils 2017 Buy ↗ 07 Many Are the Dead 2018 Buy ↗ 08 The Book Burner's Fall 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 1 book · 2025
Publication Order of The Covenant of Steel Books 3 books · 2021–2023
Publication Order of Raven's Shadow Collections 1 book · 2021
01 Songs of the Dark 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 2 books · 2015–2018
01 The Hall of the Diamond Queen 2015 Buy ↗ 02 The Mist and the Blindness 2018 Buy ↗