Books in Order: A Comprehensive Guide To Ken Follett's Novels

Ken Follett's career started with a car repair he couldn't afford: while working at the London publisher Everest Books, he wrote a novel under the pseudonym Simon Myles to cover the bill, and The Big Needle appeared in 1974. More than 100 million copies sold later, the Cardiff-born author ranks among the world's most successful storytellers, equally at home in fast-moving thrillers and sweeping historical fiction built on deep research.

This guide charts all 31 of his novels in publication order, from that 1974 debut to Circle of Days in 2025 — a run of more than fifty years. Reading him chronologically has a particular pleasure: you can watch a working paperback writer grow, book by book, into the historical novelist millions now know him as.