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What series are the books from
Wilbur Smith’s works can be divided into four series: The Standalone Novels, the Courtney Novels, the Ballantyne Novels, and the Egypytian Novels. In the latter three series the individual books follow different genrations of the same family group often spanning several centuries. Wilbur recommends reading the different series in the order in whiich they were written therefore we have a chronoligal listing of all the books showing what series they belong to.
Stand alone Novels
The Dark of the Sun
Shout at the Devil
Gold Mine
The Diamond Hunters
The Sunbird
Eagle in the Sky
Cry Wolf
The Eye of the Tiger
Hungry as the Sea
Wild Justice
Elephant Song
Courtney Novels
First Series
When the Lion Feeds
The Sound of Thunder
A Sparrow Falls
The Burning Shore
Power of the Sword
Rage
Second Series
A Time to Die
Golden Fox
Birds of Prey
Monsoon
Blue Horizon
The Triumph of the Sun (Both a Courtney and a Ballantyne novel)
Assegai
Ballantyne Novels
A Falcon Flies
Men of Men
The Angels Weep
The Leopard Hunts in Darkness.
The Triumph of the Sun (Both a Courtney and a Ballantyne novel)
Egyptian Novels
River God
The Seventh Scroll
Warlock
The Quest
TITLE | Year | Part of a series |
When the Lion Feeds | 1964 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Dark of the Sun, The | 1965 | No |
Sound of Thunder, The | 1966 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Shout at the Devil | 1968 | No |
Gold Mine | 1970 | No |
Diamond Hunters, The | 1971 | No |
Sunbird, The | 1972 | No |
Eagle in the Sky | 1974 | No |
Eye of the Tiger, The | 1975 | No |
Cry Wolf | 1976 | No |
A Sparrow Falls | 1977 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Hungry As the Sea | 1978 | No |
Wild Justice | 1979 | No |
A Falcon Flies | 1980 | A ‘Ballantyne’ novel |
Men of Men | 1981 | A ‘Ballantyne’ novel |
Angels Weep, The | 1982 | A ‘Ballantyne’ novel |
Leopard Hunts in Darkness, The | 1984 | A ‘Ballantyne’ novel |
Burning Shore, The | 1985 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Power of the Sword | 1986 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Rage | 1987 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
A Time To Die | 1989 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Golden Fox | 1990 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Elephant Song | 1991 | No |
River God | 1993 | An ‘Egyptian’ novel |
Seventh Scroll | 1995 | An ‘Egyptian’ novel |
Birds of Prey | 1997 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Monsoon | 1999 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Warlock | 2001 | An ‘Egyptian’ novel |
Blue Horizon | 2003 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |
Triumph of the Sun, The | 2005 | Both a ‘Courtney’ and a ‘Ballantyne’ novel |
Quest, The | 2007 | An ‘Egyptian’ novel |
Assegai | 2009 | A ‘Courtney’ novel |