Monday, March 31, 2008

Conan Book List

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Author: sQren | Filed Under: , |




I'm sure we will see some requests for Info on Conan books. Therfor I've put together this list, mostly it's cut and past from Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_%28books%29

If you are interested in reading the unedited Conan stories by Robert E. Howard, I would suggest you purchase The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian as this book provides a better introduction to the Hyborian Age. For me, the following three volumes by Del Rey are my Conan Bible --

  1. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
  2. The Bloody Crown of Conan
  3. The Conquering Sword of Conan

THE 'CONAN' STORIES By Robert E. Howard:

Now to the list, Note not all books are written by REH but based upon his manuscripts. Even tough REH was a productive writer while he lived. He died young (30 years old) and only wrote Conan stories the few last years, most published in Wierd tales. But he also left a lot of unfinished material which other authors have worked on. Some would recomend u only read the "True" RHE stories, But the fact is a lot of good Conan stories have come from other writers too, how true too the REH Lore they are can be discussed. Some books have been censored (thanks America the free), and some edited and so forth.For my own part I found books written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter some of the most entertaining Conan Stories.

Gnome Press editions, 1950-1957:

  1. The Coming of Conan (1953)
  2. Conan the Barbarian (1954)
  3. The Sword of Conan (1952)
  4. King Conan (1953)
  5. Conan the Conqueror (AKA The Hour of the Dragon) (1950)
  6. The Return of Conan (1957) (by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp)
  7. Tales of Conan (1955) (originally non-Conan Howard stories rewritten as Conan stories by L. Sprague de Camp)

Lancer/Ace paperback editions, 1966-1977:

  1. The cover of Conan the Usurper (1967) by Frank Frazetta (artist).
  2. Conan (1968) (by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Lin Carter)
  3. Conan of Cimmeria (1969) (by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Lin Carter)
  4. Conan the Freebooter (1968) (by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
  5. Conan the Wanderer (1968) (by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
  6. Conan the Adventurer (1966) (by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
  7. Conan the Buccaneer (1971) (by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
  8. Conan the Warrior (1967) (by Robert E. Howard)
  9. Conan the Usurper (1967) (by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
  10. Conan the Conqueror (AKA The Hour of the Dragon) (1967) (by Robert E. Howard)
  11. Conan the Avenger (AKA The Return of Conan) (1968) (by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp)
  12. Conan of Aquilonia (1977) (by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
  13. Conan of the Isles (1968) (by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)

Donald M. Grant editions, 1974-1989

A series of illustrated limited editions of the Howard Conan stories only, containing one or two stories per volume. The series ran out of steam before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments.

  1. The People of the Black Circle (1974)
  2. The Tower of the Elephant (1975) (also includes The God in the Bowl)
  3. A Witch Shall Be Born (1975)* Red Nails (1975)
  4. The Devil in Iron (1976) (also includes Shadows in Zamboula)
  5. Rogues in the House (1976) (also includes The Frost Giant's Daughter)
  6. Queen of the Black Coast (1978) (also includes The Vale of Lost Women)
  7. Jewels of Gwahlur (1979) (also includes The Snout in the Dark fragment)
  8. Black Colossus (1979) (also includes Shadows in the Moonlight)
  9. Pool of the Black One (1986) (also includes Drums of Tombalku fragment)
  10. The Hour of the Dragon (1989)

Berkley editions, 1977

Edited by Karl Edward Wagner, this series, like the Grant edition, included only the Howard Conan stories in their original published form, and included only the Conan stories known at the time to be in the public domain. Wagner's introductions are openly dismissive of the editorial revisions done by de Camp and Carter on the Lancer/Ace editions.

  • The Hour of the Dragon (Aug. 1977)
  • The People of the Black Circle (Sep. 1977)
  • Red Nails (Oct. 1977)

Bantam editions, 1978-1982

A series of non-Howard material continuing and supplementing the Lancer/Ace series.


  • Conan the Swordsman (Aug. 1978) (by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, and Bjorn Nyberg)
  • Conan the Liberator (Feb. 1979) (by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
  • Conan: The Sword of Skelos (May 1979) (by Andrew J. Offutt)
  • Conan: The Road of Kings (Oct. 1979) (by Karl Edward Wagner)
  • Conan and the Spider God (Dec. 1980) (by L. Sprague de Camp)
  • Conan the Rebel (Jul. 1980) (by Poul Anderson)
  • Conan the Barbarian (May 1982) (adaptation by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter of the movie of the same title)

Ace Maroto editions, 1978-1981

A series of new material by Andrew J. Offutt and old Howard/de Camp collaborations, all illustrated by Esteban Maroto. The Offutt stories, in combination with his Conan: The Sword of Skelos from the Bantam series, form a linked trilogy.

  • Conan and the Sorcerer (Oct. 1978) (by Andrew J. Offutt)
  • The Treasure of Tranicos (Jul. 1980) (by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
  • Conan the Mercenary (Jan. 1981) (by Andrew J. Offutt)
  • The Flame Knife (Jul. 1981) by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)

Happy Reading



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