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John Maddox Roberts Books in Order

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Updated 2026-07-11 / 91 books / 11 series

American author John Maddox Roberts is best known for the SPQR historical mystery series featuring Senator Decius Metellus. A prolific writer, his works have earned critical acclaim for meticulous Roman research. This page provides the John Maddox Roberts books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All John Maddox Roberts Books in Chronological Order

1977 The Strayed Sheep of Charun POoSN / 1 Buy

1979 Space Angel POoSAB / 1 Buy

1982 The Falcon Strikes POoFB / 1 Buy

1982 Conan the Invincible(By: Robert Jordan) POoAoCB / 1 Buy

1982 Conan The Defender(By: Robert Jordan) POoAoCB / 2 Buy

1982 The Black Pope POoFB / 2 Buy

1982 The Bloody Cross POoFB / 3 Buy

1983 King of the Wood POoSN / 2 Buy

1983 Conan the Triumphant(By: Robert Jordan) POoAoCB / 3 Buy

1983 Cestus Dei POoSN / 3 Buy

1983 The King's Treasure POoFB / 4 Buy

1983 Conan the Unconquered(By: Robert Jordan) POoAoCB / 4 Buy

1984 Conan the Victorious(By: Robert Jordan) POoAoCB / 5 Buy

1984 Conan the Magnificent(By: Robert Jordan) POoAoCB / 6 Buy

1984 Conan the Destroyer(By: Robert Jordan) POoAoCB / 7 Buy

1985 The Cingulum POoTCB / 1 Buy

1985 Act of God POoAOGB / 1 Buy

1985 Cloak of Illusion POoTCB / 2 Buy

1985 Conan the Valorous POoAoCB / 8 Buy

1985 The New Adventures of Conan POoAoCB / 9 Buy

1986 Conan The Raider(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 10 Buy

1986 Conan the Fearless(By: Steve Perry) POoAoCB / 11 Buy

1986 Conan The Renegade(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 12 Buy

1987 The Island Worlds POoAOGB / 2 Buy

1987 Conan the Champion POoAoCB / 13 Buy

1987 Conan the Defiant(By: Steve Perry) POoAoCB / 14 Buy

1988 Spacer POoSAB / 2 Buy

1988 Between the Stars POoAOGB / 3 Buy

1988 The Sword, the Jewel and the Mirror POoTCB / 3 Buy

1988 Conan, The Marauder POoAoCB / 15 Buy

1988 Conan the Warlord(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 16 Buy

1988 Conan the Valiant(By: Roland J. Green) POoAoCB / 17 Buy

1989 The Enigma Variations POoSN / 4 Buy

1989 Conan the Great(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 18 Buy

1989 Conan The Hero(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 19 Buy

1989 Conan the Bold POoAoCB / 20 Buy

1989 Conan the Indomitable(By: Steve Perry) POoAoCB / 21 Buy

1990 The Islander POoSB / 1 Buy

1990 The King's Gambit POoSB / 1 Buy

1990 Delta Pavonis POoAOGB / 4 Buy

1990 Conan The Free Lance(By: Steve Perry) POoAoCB / 22 Buy

1990 Conan the Formidable(By: Steve Perry) POoAoCB / 23 Buy

1991 The Catiline Conspiracy POoSB / 2 Buy

1991 The Black Shields POoSB / 2 Buy

1991 Conan the Guardian(By: Roland J. Green) POoAoCB / 24 Buy

1991 Conan the Outcast(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 25 Buy

1991 Conan the Rogue POoAoCB / 26 Buy

1992 The Poisoned Land POoSB / 3 Buy

1992 The Sacrilege POoSB / 3 Buy

1992 The Temple of the Muses POoSB / 4 Buy

1992 Conan the Relentless(By: Roland J. Green) POoAoCB / 27 Buy

1992 Conan The Savage(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 28 Buy

1993 The Steel Kings POoSB / 4 Buy

1993 Conan and the Treasure of Python POoAoCB / 29 Buy

1993 Conan of the Red Brotherhood(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 30 Buy

1993 Conan and the Gods of the Mountain(By: Roland J. Green) POoAoCB / 31 Buy

1994 Typical American Town POoGTB / 1 Buy

1994 Queens of Land and Sea POoSB / 5 Buy

1994 Saturnalia POoSB / 5 Buy

1994 Conan and the Manhunters POoAoCB / 32 Buy

1994 Conan The Hunter(By: Sean A. Moore) POoAoCB / 33 Buy

1994 Conan Scourge of Bloody Coast(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 34 Buy

1994 Conan at the Demon's Gate(By: Roland J. Green) POoAoCB / 35 Buy

1995 Nobody Loves a Centurion POoSB / 6 Buy

1995 The Conan Chronicles(By: Robert Jordan) POoAoCB / 36 Buy

1995 Conan and the Amazon POoAoCB / 37 Buy

1995 Conan The Gladiator(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 38 Buy

1995 Conan and the Mists of Doom(By: Roland J. Green) POoAoCB / 39 Buy

1995 Conan and the Emerald Lotus(By: John C. Hocking) POoAoCB / 40 Buy

1996 Murder in Tarsis POoDCB / 1 Buy

1996 The Ghosts of Saigon POoGTB / 2 Buy

1996 The Tribune's Curse POoSB / 7 Buy

1996 Conan and the Shaman's Curse(By: Sean A. Moore) POoAoCB / 41 Buy

1996 Conan Lord of the Black River(By: Leonard Carpenter) POoAoCB / 42 Buy

1997 Desperate Highways POoGTB / 3 Buy

1997 The River God's Vengeance POoSB / 8 Buy

1997 Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza(By: Roland J. Green) POoAoCB / 43 Buy

1997 Conan and the Grim Grey God(By: Sean A. Moore) POoAoCB / 44 Buy

1999 Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams POoSN / 5 Buy

2000 Dalamar the Dark(By: Nancy Varian Berberick) POoDCB / 2 Buy

2000 The Citadel(By: Richard A. Knaak) POoDCB / 3 Buy

2000 Legacy of Prometheus POoSN / 6 Buy

2000 The Princess and the Pirates POoSB / 9 Buy

2001 The Inheritance(By: Nancy Varian Berberick) POoDCB / 4 Buy

2001 A Point of Law POoSB / 10 Buy

2001 Under Vesuvius POoSB / 11 Buy

2002 Hannibal's Children POoHCB / 1 Buy

2003 Conan of Venarium(By: Harry Turtledove) POoAoCB / 45 Buy

2005 The Seven Hills POoHCB / 2 Buy

2005 Oracle of the Dead POoSB / 12 Buy

2010 The Year of Confusion POoSB / 13 Buy

John Maddox Roberts Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Falconer Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1982-1983

01 The Falcon Strikes 1982 Buy

02 The Black Pope 1982 Buy

03 The Bloody Cross 1982 Buy

04 The King's Treasure 1983 Buy

Stormlands Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1990-1994

01 The Islander 1990 Buy

02 The Black Shields 1991 Buy

03 The Poisoned Land 1992 Buy

04 The Steel Kings 1993 Buy

05 Queens of Land and Sea 1994 Buy

Standalone Books in Reading Order 6 books / 1977-2000

01 The Strayed Sheep of Charun 1977 Buy

02 King of the Wood 1983 Buy

03 Cestus Dei 1983 Buy

04 The Enigma Variations 1989 Buy

05 Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams 1999 Buy

06 Legacy of Prometheus 2000 Buy

Space Angel Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1979-1988

01 Space Angel 1979 Buy

02 Spacer 1988 Buy

Hannibal's Children Books in Reading Order 2 books / 2002-2005

01 Hannibal's Children 2002 Buy

02 The Seven Hills 2005 Buy

SPQR Books in Reading Order 13 books / 1990-2010

01 The King's Gambit 1990 Buy

02 The Catiline Conspiracy 1991 Buy

03 The Sacrilege 1992 Buy

04 The Temple of the Muses 1992 Buy

05 Saturnalia 1994 Buy

06 Nobody Loves a Centurion 1995 Buy

07 The Tribune's Curse 1996 Buy

08 The River God's Vengeance 1997 Buy

09 The Princess and the Pirates 2000 Buy

10 A Point of Law 2001 Buy

11 Under Vesuvius 2001 Buy

12 Oracle of the Dead 2005 Buy

13 The Year of Confusion 2010 Buy

Dragonlance: Classics Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1996-2001

01 Murder in Tarsis 1996 Buy

02 Dalamar the Dark(By: Nancy Varian Berberick) 2000 Buy

03 The Citadel(By: Richard A. Knaak) 2000 Buy

04 The Inheritance(By: Nancy Varian Berberick) 2001 Buy

The Cingulum Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1985-1988

01 The Cingulum 1985 Buy

02 Cloak of Illusion 1985 Buy

03 The Sword, the Jewel and the Mirror 1988 Buy

Gabe Treloar Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1994-1997

01 Typical American Town 1994 Buy

02 The Ghosts of Saigon 1996 Buy

03 Desperate Highways 1997 Buy

Adventures of Conan Books in Reading Order 45 books / 1982-2003

01 Conan the Invincible(By: Robert Jordan) 1982 Buy

02 Conan The Defender(By: Robert Jordan) 1982 Buy

03 Conan the Triumphant(By: Robert Jordan) 1983 Buy

04 Conan the Unconquered(By: Robert Jordan) 1983 Buy

05 Conan the Victorious(By: Robert Jordan) 1984 Buy

06 Conan the Magnificent(By: Robert Jordan) 1984 Buy

07 Conan the Destroyer(By: Robert Jordan) 1984 Buy

08 Conan the Valorous 1985 Buy

09 The New Adventures of Conan 1985 Buy

10 Conan The Raider(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1986 Buy

11 Conan the Fearless(By: Steve Perry) 1986 Buy

12 Conan The Renegade(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1986 Buy

13 Conan the Champion 1987 Buy

14 Conan the Defiant(By: Steve Perry) 1987 Buy

15 Conan, The Marauder 1988 Buy

16 Conan the Warlord(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1988 Buy

17 Conan the Valiant(By: Roland J. Green) 1988 Buy

18 Conan the Great(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1989 Buy

19 Conan The Hero(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1989 Buy

20 Conan the Bold 1989 Buy

21 Conan the Indomitable(By: Steve Perry) 1989 Buy

22 Conan The Free Lance(By: Steve Perry) 1990 Buy

23 Conan the Formidable(By: Steve Perry) 1990 Buy

24 Conan the Guardian(By: Roland J. Green) 1991 Buy

25 Conan the Outcast(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1991 Buy

26 Conan the Rogue 1991 Buy

27 Conan the Relentless(By: Roland J. Green) 1992 Buy

28 Conan The Savage(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1992 Buy

29 Conan and the Treasure of Python 1993 Buy

30 Conan of the Red Brotherhood(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1993 Buy

31 Conan and the Gods of the Mountain(By: Roland J. Green) 1993 Buy

32 Conan and the Manhunters 1994 Buy

33 Conan The Hunter(By: Sean A. Moore) 1994 Buy

34 Conan Scourge of Bloody Coast(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1994 Buy

35 Conan at the Demon's Gate(By: Roland J. Green) 1994 Buy

36 The Conan Chronicles(By: Robert Jordan) 1995 Buy

37 Conan and the Amazon 1995 Buy

38 Conan The Gladiator(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1995 Buy

39 Conan and the Mists of Doom(By: Roland J. Green) 1995 Buy

40 Conan and the Emerald Lotus(By: John C. Hocking) 1995 Buy

41 Conan and the Shaman's Curse(By: Sean A. Moore) 1996 Buy

42 Conan Lord of the Black River(By: Leonard Carpenter) 1996 Buy

43 Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza(By: Roland J. Green) 1997 Buy

44 Conan and the Grim Grey God(By: Sean A. Moore) 1997 Buy

45 Conan of Venarium(By: Harry Turtledove) 2003 Buy

Act Of God Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1985-1990

01 Act of God 1985 Buy

02 The Island Worlds 1987 Buy

03 Between the Stars 1988 Buy

04 Delta Pavonis 1990 Buy

Where to start with John Maddox Roberts

What is the best order to read John Maddox Roberts 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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