Order of John Jakes Books

John Jakes is an American writer known for his historical fiction, which includes historical romance and westerns, as well as science fiction and fantasy. He began his career after graduating by selling stories to pulp magazines. He then worked in advertising while writing on the side, transitioning to full-time writing in 1971. Jakes first gained significant recognition with his Kent Family Chronicles, which sold 55 million copies during the 1970s. He is also famous for his North and South Trilogy, focused on the Civil War, which was adapted into a television mini-series that aired on ABC. Jakes made his debut as a published novelist in 1952 with the western novel The Texans Ride North. Below is a list of John Jakes’ books in the order of their original publication.

John Jakes became a published novelist in 1952 with the novel The Texans Ride North. Below is a list of John Jakes's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Johnny Havoc Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Johnny Havoc	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Havoc for Sale / Havoc Meets Zelda	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Holiday for Havoc / And The Doll Who Had 'It'	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Johnny Havoc and the Siren in Red / Making It Big	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Lou Largo Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Make Mine Mavis	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And So to Bed	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Give Me This Woman	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of II Galaxy Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Planet Wizard	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tonight We Steal the Stars	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wagered World	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Brak the Barbarian Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Brak the Barbarian	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brak vs. The Sorceress / Witch of the Four Winds	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brak vs. the Mark of the Demons	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When the Idols Walked	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fortunes of Brak	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Gavin Black Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Witch of the Dark Gate	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Kent Family Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Bastard	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rebels	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Seekers	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Furies	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Titans	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Warriors	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lawless	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Americans	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Planet of the Apes Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Planet of the Apes (By: Pierre Boulle,Xan Fielding)	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beneath The Planet of The Apes (By: Michael Avallone)	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (By: Jerry Pournelle)	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Planet of the Apes Movie Novelization (By: William T. Quick)	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of North and South Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
North and South	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Love and War	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Heaven and Hell	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Crown Family Saga Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Homeland	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
American Dreams	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Texans Ride North	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wear a Fast Gun	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Devil Has Four Faces	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Seventh Man	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I, Barbarian	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Imposter	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strike the Black Flag	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Veils of Salome	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sir Scoundrel	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man from Cannae	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
G. I. Girls	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Traitors' Legion	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Arena	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Secrets of Stardeep	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Asylum World	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Magicians	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hybrid	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Six-Gun Planet	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black in Time	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Monte Cristo #99	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star Virus/Mask of Chaos	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Time Gate	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mention My Name in Atlantis	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On Wheels	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fortune's Whirlwind	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
To an Unknown Shore	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
King's Crusader	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Night for Treason	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Excalibur! (With: Gil Kane)	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
California Gold	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On Secret Service	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bold Frontier	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Charleston	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Savannah, or A Gift for Mr. Lincoln / Savannah Christmas	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gods of Newport	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Ghoul's Garden	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Best of John Jakes	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best Western Stories of John Jakes	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Plays Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Famous Firsts in Sports	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Women Reporters	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mohawk: The Life of Joseph Brant	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Swords Against Tomorrow	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flashing Swords! #2	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Six Science Fiction Plays	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deadly Arts	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Mystery	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of the American West II	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Century of Great Western Stories	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Spider Chronicles	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Law of the Gun	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Fiction Gems, Vol. One	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Fiction Gems, Volume 9	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Silent Night, Deadly Night	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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