Author · updated 2026
K.J. Parker Books in Order
Every K.J. Parker book in publication order — 29 in total, spanning 1998–2021.
Publication Order of Fencer Trilogy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colours in the Steel | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Belly of the Bow | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Proof House | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Scavenger Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Pattern | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Memory | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Engineer Trilogy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devices and Desires | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Evil for Evil | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Escapement | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Two of Swords Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Two of Swords, Volume One | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Two of Swords, Volume Two | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Two of Swords, Volume Three | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Saloninus Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and Gold | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Devil You Know | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Siege Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Company | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Folding Knife | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Hammer | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Sharps | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Savages | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Prosper's Demon | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Inside Man | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purple and Black | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Academic Exercises | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Last Witness | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Downfall of the Gods | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Mightier than the Sword | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | My Beautiful Life | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 29, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colours in the Steel | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Belly of the Bow | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Proof House | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Shadow | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Pattern | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Memory | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Devices and Desires | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Evil for Evil | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Escapement | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Company | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Purple and Black | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Blue and Gold | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Folding Knife | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Hammer | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Sharps | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Academic Exercises | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Savages | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Last Witness | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Devil You Know | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Downfall of the Gods | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Two of Swords, Volume One | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Two of Swords, Volume Two | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Two of Swords, Volume Three | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Mightier than the Sword | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | My Beautiful Life | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Prosper's Demon | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Inside Man | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
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