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Edgar Rice Burroughs Books in Order

Find every Edgar Rice Burroughs book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 82 books / 12 series

American author best known for the Tarzan and John Carter of Mars series. His adventure novels have sold over 100 million copies worldwide, cementing his legacy as a pioneer of pulp fiction. This page provides the Edgar Rice Burroughs books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Edgar Rice Burroughs Books in Chronological Order

1912 Tarzan of the Apes POoTB / 1 Buy
1912 A Princess of Mars POoJCOMB / 1 Buy
1913 The Monster Men POoSN / 1 Buy
1913 The Gods of Mars POoJCOMB / 2 Buy
1913 The Return of Tarzan POoTB / 2 Buy
1914 The Mucker POoMB / 1 Buy
1914 The Eternal Savage / The Eternal Lover POoTCSB / 1 Buy
1914 At the Earth's Core POoPB / 1 Buy
1914 The Outlaw of Torn POoSN / 2 Buy
1914 The Beasts of Tarzan POoTB / 3 Buy
1914 The Warlord of Mars POoJCOMB / 3 Buy
1915 Pellucidar POoPB / 2 Buy
1916 The Return of the Mucker POoMB / 2 Buy
1916 The Girl From Farris's POoSN / 3 Buy
1916 Beyond Thirty / The Lost Continent POoSN / 4 Buy
1916 The Son of Tarzan POoTB / 4 Buy
1916 Thuvia, Maid of Mars POoJCOMB / 4 Buy
1916 Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar POoTB / 5 Buy
1917 The Oakdale Affair POoMB / 3 Buy
1917 The Lad and The Lion POoSN / 5 Buy
1918 The Land That Time Forgot POoCB / 1 Buy
1918 The People That Time Forgot POoCB / 2 Buy
1918 Out of Time's Abyss POoCB / 3 Buy
1918 The Rider POoSN / 6 Buy
1919 Jungle Tales of Tarzan POoTB / 6 Buy
1919 Tarzan the Untamed POoTB / 7 Buy
1921 The Efficiency Expert POoSN / 7 Buy
1921 Tarzan the Terrible POoTB / 8 Buy
1922 The Chessmen of Mars POoJCOMB / 5 Buy
1922 The Girl from Hollywood POoSN / 8 Buy
1923 The Moon Maid POoM / 1 Buy
1923 Tarzan and the Golden Lion POoTB / 9 Buy
1924 The Bandit of Hell's Bend POoSN / 9 Buy
1924 Tarzan and the Ant Men POoTB / 10 Buy
1924 Marcia of the Doorstep POoSN / 10 Buy
1925 The Moon Men POoM / 2 Buy
1925 The Red Hawk POoM / 3 Buy
1925 The Cave Girl POoSN / 11 Buy
1926 The Mad King POoTCSB / 2 Buy
1927 The War Chief POoTANB / 1 Buy
1927 The Mastermind of Mars POoJCOMB / 6 Buy
1927 The Tarzan Twins POoTB / 11 Buy
1927 Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle POoTB / 12 Buy
1928 Apache Devil POoTANB / 2 Buy
1928 Tanar of Pellucidar POoPB / 3 Buy
1928 Tarzan and the Lost Empire POoTB / 13 Buy
1929 Tarzan at the Earth's Core POoPB / 4 Buy
1930 A Fighting Man of Mars POoJCOMB / 7 Buy
1930 Tarzan the Invincible POoTB / 14 Buy
1931 The Land of Hidden Men / Jungle Girl POoSN / 12 Buy
1931 Tarzan Triumphant POoTB / 15 Buy
1932 Pirates of Venus POoVB / 1 Buy
1932 Tarzan and the City of Gold POoTB / 16 Buy
1934 Tarzan and the Lion Man POoTB / 17 Buy
1935 Lost on Venus POoVB / 2 Buy
1935 Swords of Mars POoJCOMB / 8 Buy
1935 Tarzan and the Leopard Men POoTB / 18 Buy
1935 Tarzan's Quest POoTB / 19 Buy
1937 Back to the Stone Age POoPB / 5 Buy
1938 Tarzan and the Forbidden City POoTB / 20 Buy
1939 Carson of Venus POoVB / 3 Buy
1939 Synthetic Men of Mars POoJCOMB / 9 Buy
1939 Tarzan the Magnificent POoTB / 21 Buy
1940 John Carter and the Giant of Mars POoJCOMB / 10 Buy
1940 Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County POoSN / 13 Buy
1941 Savage Pellucidar POoPB / 6 Buy
1941 Llana of Gathol POoJCOMB / 11 Buy
1941 John Carter of Mars POoJCOMB / 12 Buy
1942 Escape on Venus POoVB / 4 Buy
1943 Skeleton Men of Jupiter POoJCOMB / 13 Buy
1944 Land of Terror POoPB / 7 Buy
1947 Tarzan and the Foreign Legion POoTB / 22 Buy
1964 The Wizard of Venus POoVB / 5 Buy
1964 Beyond the Farthest Star POoSN / 14 Buy
1964 Tarzan and the Madman POoTB / 23 Buy
1965 Tarzan and the Castaways POoTB / 24 Buy
1967 I Am a Barbarian POoSN / 15 Buy
1976 A Guide to Barsoom(By: John Flint Roy) POoJCOMB / 14 Buy
1999 You Lucky Girl! A Love Story in Three Acts POoSN / 16 Buy
2005 Brother Men POoNB / 1 Buy
2008 The Cave Man POoSS / 1 Buy
2012 John Carter: The Movie Novelization(With: Stuart Moore) POoJCOMB / 15 Buy

Edgar Rice Burroughs Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Caspak Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1918-1918
01 The Land That Time Forgot 1918 Buy
02 The People That Time Forgot 1918 Buy
03 Out of Time's Abyss 1918 Buy
Mucker Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1914-1917
01 The Mucker 1914 Buy
02 The Return of the Mucker 1916 Buy
03 The Oakdale Affair 1917 Buy
Tarzan Books in Reading Order 24 books / 1912-1965
01 Tarzan of the Apes 1912 Buy
02 The Return of Tarzan 1913 Buy
03 The Beasts of Tarzan 1914 Buy
04 The Son of Tarzan 1916 Buy
05 Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar 1916 Buy
06 Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919 Buy
07 Tarzan the Untamed 1919 Buy
08 Tarzan the Terrible 1921 Buy
09 Tarzan and the Golden Lion 1923 Buy
10 Tarzan and the Ant Men 1924 Buy
11 The Tarzan Twins 1927 Buy
12 Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 1927 Buy
13 Tarzan and the Lost Empire 1928 Buy
14 Tarzan the Invincible 1930 Buy
15 Tarzan Triumphant 1931 Buy
16 Tarzan and the City of Gold 1932 Buy
17 Tarzan and the Lion Man 1934 Buy
18 Tarzan and the Leopard Men 1935 Buy
19 Tarzan's Quest 1935 Buy
20 Tarzan and the Forbidden City 1938 Buy
21 Tarzan the Magnificent 1939 Buy
22 Tarzan and the Foreign Legion 1947 Buy
23 Tarzan and the Madman 1964 Buy
24 Tarzan and the Castaways 1965 Buy
01 A Princess of Mars 1912 Buy
02 The Gods of Mars 1913 Buy
03 The Warlord of Mars 1914 Buy
04 Thuvia, Maid of Mars 1916 Buy
05 The Chessmen of Mars 1922 Buy
06 The Mastermind of Mars 1927 Buy
07 A Fighting Man of Mars 1930 Buy
08 Swords of Mars 1935 Buy
09 Synthetic Men of Mars 1939 Buy
10 John Carter and the Giant of Mars 1940 Buy
11 Llana of Gathol 1941 Buy
12 John Carter of Mars 1941 Buy
13 Skeleton Men of Jupiter 1943 Buy
14 A Guide to Barsoom(By: John Flint Roy) 1976 Buy
15 John Carter: The Movie Novelization(With: Stuart Moore) 2012 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 16 books / 1913-1999
01 The Monster Men 1913 Buy
02 The Outlaw of Torn 1914 Buy
03 The Girl From Farris's 1916 Buy
04 Beyond Thirty / The Lost Continent 1916 Buy
05 The Lad and The Lion 1917 Buy
06 The Rider 1918 Buy
07 The Efficiency Expert 1921 Buy
08 The Girl from Hollywood 1922 Buy
09 The Bandit of Hell's Bend 1924 Buy
10 Marcia of the Doorstep 1924 Buy
11 The Cave Girl 1925 Buy
12 The Land of Hidden Men / Jungle Girl 1931 Buy
13 Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County 1940 Buy
14 Beyond the Farthest Star 1964 Buy
15 I Am a Barbarian 1967 Buy
16 You Lucky Girl! A Love Story in Three Acts 1999 Buy
MoonBooks Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1923-1925
01 The Moon Maid 1923 Buy
02 The Moon Men 1925 Buy
03 The Red Hawk 1925 Buy
01 The Eternal Savage / The Eternal Lover 1914 Buy
02 The Mad King 1926 Buy
The Apache Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1927-1928
01 The War Chief 1927 Buy
02 Apache Devil 1928 Buy
Venus Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1932-1964
01 Pirates of Venus 1932 Buy
02 Lost on Venus 1935 Buy
03 Carson of Venus 1939 Buy
04 Escape on Venus 1942 Buy
05 The Wizard of Venus 1964 Buy
Pellucidar Books in Reading Order 7 books / 1914-1944
01 At the Earth's Core 1914 Buy
02 Pellucidar 1915 Buy
03 Tanar of Pellucidar 1928 Buy
04 Tarzan at the Earth's Core 1929 Buy
05 Back to the Stone Age 1937 Buy
06 Savage Pellucidar 1941 Buy
07 Land of Terror 1944 Buy
01 Brother Men 2005 Buy
01 The Cave Man 2008 Buy

Where to start with Edgar Rice Burroughs

What is the best order to read Edgar Rice Burroughs books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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