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L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Complete Bibliography

Browse books by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 100 books / 16 series

L.E. Modesitt, Jr. is an American author best known for the epic fantasy Saga of Recluce. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide, celebrated for their intricate magic systems and ethical depth. This page provides the L.E. Modesitt, Jr. books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

Books by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. in Publication Order

1982 The Timegod / The Fires of Paratime POoTWB / 1 Buy
1985 The Hammer of Darkness POoSN / 1 Buy
1986 The Ecologic Envoy POoEMB / 1 Buy
1987 Dawn for a Distant Earth POoFHB / 1 Buy
1987 The Silent Warrior POoFHB / 2 Buy
1988 In Endless Twilight POoFHB / 3 Buy
1989 The Ecolitan Operation POoEMB / 2 Buy
1990 The Ecologic Secession POoEMB / 3 Buy
1991 The Magic of Recluce POoSORB / 1 Buy
1992 The Towers of the Sunset POoSORB / 2 Buy
1992 The Green Progression POoSN / 2 Buy
1992 Timediver's Dawn POoTWB / 2 Buy
1994 Of Tangible Ghosts POoJEB / 1 Buy
1994 The Magic Engineer POoSORB / 3 Buy
1995 The Order War POoSORB / 4 Buy
1995 The Death of Chaos POoSORB / 5 Buy
1996 The Parafaith War POoPB / 1 Buy
1996 Adiamante POoSN / 3 Buy
1996 Fall of Angels POoSORB / 6 Buy
1997 The Soprano Sorceress POoSCB / 1 Buy
1997 The Ecolitan Enigma POoEMB / 4 Buy
1997 The Chaos Balance POoSORB / 7 Buy
1998 The Ghost of the Revelator POoJEB / 2 Buy
1998 The Spellsong War POoSCB / 2 Buy
1998 The White Order POoSORB / 8 Buy
1998 Colors of Chaos POoSORB / 9 Buy
1999 Darksong Rising POoSCB / 3 Buy
1999 Gravity Dreams POoSN / 4 Buy
2000 Magi'i of Cyador POoSORB / 10 Buy
2000 Scion of Cyador POoSORB / 11 Buy
2001 Year's Best Fantasy POoYBFB / 1 Buy
2001 Ghost of the White Nights POoJEB / 3 Buy
2001 The Shadow Sorceress POoSCB / 4 Buy
2001 The Octagonal Raven POoSN / 5 Buy
2002 Archform POoABB / 1 Buy
2002 Legacies POoCCB / 1 Buy
2002 Year's Best Fantasy 2 POoYBFB / 2 Buy
2002 Shadowsinger POoSCB / 5 Buy
2003 Darknesses POoCCB / 2 Buy
2003 The Ethos Effect POoPB / 2 Buy
2003 Year's Best Fantasy 3 POoYBFB / 3 Buy
2004 Flash POoABB / 2 Buy
2004 Scepters POoCCB / 3 Buy
2004 Year's Best Fantasy 4 POoYBFB / 4 Buy
2004 Wellspring of Chaos POoSORB / 12 Buy
2005 Alector's Choice POoCCB / 4 Buy
2005 Ghosts of Columbia POoJEB / 4 Buy
2005 Year's Best Fantasy 5 POoYBFB / 5 Buy
2005 The Eternity Artifact POoSN / 6 Buy
2005 Ordermaster POoSORB / 13 Buy
2006 Cadmian's Choice POoCCB / 5 Buy
2006 Soarer's Choice POoCCB / 6 Buy
2006 Year's Best Fantasy 6 POoYBFB / 6 Buy
2007 Year's Best Fantasy 7 POoYBFB / 7 Buy
2007 The Elysium Commission POoSN / 7 Buy
2007 Natural Ordermage POoSORB / 14 Buy
2008 Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories POoSSC / 1 Buy
2008 The Lord-Protector's Daughter POoCCB / 7 Buy
2008 Year's Best Fantasy 8 POoYBFB / 8 Buy
2008 Mage-Guard of Hamor POoSORB / 15 Buy
2009 Imager POoIPB / 1 Buy
2009 Imager's Challenge POoIPB / 2 Buy
2009 Haze POoSN / 8 Buy
2009 Year's Best Fantasy 9 POoYBFB / 9 Buy
2009 Arms-Commander POoSORB / 16 Buy
2010 Imager's Intrigue POoIPB / 3 Buy
2010 Empress of Eternity POoSN / 9 Buy
2011 Scholar POoIPB / 4 Buy
2011 Lady-Protector POoCCB / 8 Buy
2012 New World Blues POoTPPB / 1 Buy
2012 Dormanna(By: Gene Wolfe) POoTPPB / 2 Buy
2012 Thanatos Beach(By: James K. Morrow) POoTPPB / 3 Buy
2012 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree(By: Michael Swanwick) POoTPPB / 4 Buy
2012 Princeps POoIPB / 5 Buy
2012 The Sigma Structure Symphony(By: Gregory Benford) POoTPPB / 5 Buy
2013 Imager's Battalion POoIPB / 6 Buy
2013 Antiagon Fire POoIPB / 7 Buy
2013 The One-Eyed Man POoSN / 10 Buy
2014 Rex Regis POoIPB / 8 Buy
2014 Cyador's Heirs POoSORB / 17 Buy
2014 Heritage of Cyador POoSORB / 18 Buy
2015 Madness in Solidar POoIPB / 9 Buy
2015 Solar Express POoSN / 11 Buy
2016 Treachery's Tools POoIPB / 10 Buy
2017 Recluce Tales POoSORC / 1 Buy
2017 Assassin's Price POoIPB / 11 Buy
2017 The Mongrel Mage POoSORB / 19 Buy
2018 Outcasts of Order POoSORB / 20 Buy
2019 Endgames POoIPB / 12 Buy
2019 The Mage-Fire War POoSORB / 21 Buy
2020 Quantum Shadows POoSN / 12 Buy
2021 Isolate POoGIB / 1 Buy
2021 Fairhaven Rising POoSORB / 22 Buy
2022 Councilor POoGIB / 2 Buy
2023 Contrarian POoGIB / 3 Buy
2024 From the Forest POoSORB / 23 Buy
2024 Overcaptain POoSORB / 24 Buy
2025 Legalist POoGIB / 4 Buy
2025 Sub-Majer's Challenge POoSORB / 25 Buy
2026 Last of the First POoSORB / 26 Buy

Complete L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Forever Hero Reading Order 3 books / 1987-1988
01 Dawn for a Distant Earth 1987 Buy
02 The Silent Warrior 1987 Buy
03 In Endless Twilight 1988 Buy
Saga Of Recluce Reading Order 26 books / 1991-2026
01 The Magic of Recluce 1991 Buy
02 The Towers of the Sunset 1992 Buy
03 The Magic Engineer 1994 Buy
04 The Order War 1995 Buy
05 The Death of Chaos 1995 Buy
06 Fall of Angels 1996 Buy
07 The Chaos Balance 1997 Buy
08 The White Order 1998 Buy
09 Colors of Chaos 1998 Buy
10 Magi'i of Cyador 2000 Buy
11 Scion of Cyador 2000 Buy
12 Wellspring of Chaos 2004 Buy
13 Ordermaster 2005 Buy
14 Natural Ordermage 2007 Buy
15 Mage-Guard of Hamor 2008 Buy
16 Arms-Commander 2009 Buy
17 Cyador's Heirs 2014 Buy
18 Heritage of Cyador 2014 Buy
19 The Mongrel Mage 2017 Buy
20 Outcasts of Order 2018 Buy
21 The Mage-Fire War 2019 Buy
22 Fairhaven Rising 2021 Buy
23 From the Forest 2024 Buy
24 Overcaptain 2024 Buy
25 Sub-Majer's Challenge 2025 Buy
26 Last of the First 2026 Buy
01 New World Blues 2012 Buy
02 Dormanna(By: Gene Wolfe) 2012 Buy
03 Thanatos Beach(By: James K. Morrow) 2012 Buy
04 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree(By: Michael Swanwick) 2012 Buy
05 The Sigma Structure Symphony(By: Gregory Benford) 2012 Buy
Spellsong Cycle Reading Order 5 books / 1997-2002
01 The Soprano Sorceress 1997 Buy
02 The Spellsong War 1998 Buy
03 Darksong Rising 1999 Buy
04 The Shadow Sorceress 2001 Buy
05 Shadowsinger 2002 Buy
Timegods' World Reading Order 2 books / 1982-1992
01 The Timegod / The Fires of Paratime 1982 Buy
02 Timediver's Dawn 1992 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 12 books / 1985-2020
01 The Hammer of Darkness 1985 Buy
02 The Green Progression 1992 Buy
03 Adiamante 1996 Buy
04 Gravity Dreams 1999 Buy
05 The Octagonal Raven 2001 Buy
06 The Eternity Artifact 2005 Buy
07 The Elysium Commission 2007 Buy
08 Haze 2009 Buy
09 Empress of Eternity 2010 Buy
10 The One-Eyed Man 2013 Buy
11 Solar Express 2015 Buy
12 Quantum Shadows 2020 Buy
Archform: Beauty Reading Order 2 books / 2002-2004
01 Archform 2002 Buy
02 Flash 2004 Buy
Ecolitan Matter Reading Order 4 books / 1986-1997
01 The Ecologic Envoy 1986 Buy
02 The Ecolitan Operation 1989 Buy
03 The Ecologic Secession 1990 Buy
04 The Ecolitan Enigma 1997 Buy
01 Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories 2008 Buy
Grand Illusion Reading Order 4 books / 2021-2025
01 Isolate 2021 Buy
02 Councilor 2022 Buy
03 Contrarian 2023 Buy
04 Legalist 2025 Buy
Parafaith Reading Order 2 books / 1996-2003
01 The Parafaith War 1996 Buy
02 The Ethos Effect 2003 Buy
Johan Eschbach Reading Order 4 books / 1994-2005
01 Of Tangible Ghosts 1994 Buy
02 The Ghost of the Revelator 1998 Buy
03 Ghost of the White Nights 2001 Buy
04 Ghosts of Columbia 2005 Buy
Imager Portfolio Reading Order 12 books / 2009-2019
01 Imager 2009 Buy
02 Imager's Challenge 2009 Buy
03 Imager's Intrigue 2010 Buy
04 Scholar 2011 Buy
05 Princeps 2012 Buy
06 Imager's Battalion 2013 Buy
07 Antiagon Fire 2013 Buy
08 Rex Regis 2014 Buy
09 Madness in Solidar 2015 Buy
10 Treachery's Tools 2016 Buy
11 Assassin's Price 2017 Buy
12 Endgames 2019 Buy
Year's Best Fantasy Reading Order 9 books / 2001-2009
01 Year's Best Fantasy 2001 Buy
02 Year's Best Fantasy 2 2002 Buy
03 Year's Best Fantasy 3 2003 Buy
04 Year's Best Fantasy 4 2004 Buy
05 Year's Best Fantasy 5 2005 Buy
06 Year's Best Fantasy 6 2006 Buy
07 Year's Best Fantasy 7 2007 Buy
08 Year's Best Fantasy 8 2008 Buy
09 Year's Best Fantasy 9 2009 Buy
Corean Chronicles Reading Order 8 books / 2002-2011
01 Legacies 2002 Buy
02 Darknesses 2003 Buy
03 Scepters 2004 Buy
04 Alector's Choice 2005 Buy
05 Cadmian's Choice 2006 Buy
06 Soarer's Choice 2006 Buy
07 The Lord-Protector's Daughter 2008 Buy
08 Lady-Protector 2011 Buy
01 Recluce Tales 2017 Buy

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