Robert Jordan bibliography


Robert Jordan is the pen name of the American author James Rigney Jr.. He used several during his career, though Jordan was by far his most well known. To complicate matters, some reprints later used the more recognisable Jordan name alongside the original pen name in the format "Robert Jordan writing as…" This bibliography presents all works of Rigney's, sorted chronologically by their original pen name.

As Reagan O'Neal

All O'Neal works were first published by Popham Press, Harriet McDougal's personal imprint.
TitleYearNotes
The Fallon Blood1980
The Fallon Pride1981
The Fallon Legacy1982

As Robert Jordan

All Jordan works were first published by Tor Books.

Conan the Barbarian

TitleYearNotes
Conan the Invincible1982
Conan the Defender1982
Conan the Unconquered1983
Conan the Triumphant1983
Conan the Magnificent1984
Conan the Destroyer1984Adaptation of the second film
Conan the Victorious1984

Some bibliographies incorrectly include Conan: King of Thieves; this was a working title of the second film and therefore also of the novel. The ISBN application was filed before the title revision. Jordan also compiled a well-known Conan chronology; this was printed in the 1987 book Conan the Defiant by Steve Perry.
All of Jordan's Conan books were repackaged into collected volumes in the 1990s:
TitleYearPublisherContents
The Conan Chronicles1995TorConan the Invincible, the Defender and the Unconquered
The Conan Chronicles II1997Legend Conan the Magnificent, the Triumphant, the Destroyer and the de Camp essay "Conan the Indestructible"
The Further Chronicles of Conan1999TorConan the Magnificent, the Triumphant and the Victorious

The Wheel of Time

No.TitleYearNotes
1The Eye of the World1990Repackaged for younger readers as two volumes, From the Two Rivers and To the Blight
2The Great Hunt1990Repackaged for younger readers as two volumes, The Hunt Begins and New Threads in the Pattern
3The Dragon Reborn1991
4The Shadow Rising1992
5The Fires of Heaven1993
6Lord of Chaos1994Locus Award nominee, 1995
7A Crown of Swords1996
8The Path of Daggers1998
9Winter's Heart2000
10Crossroads of Twilight2003
0New Spring2004Prequel. Expanded version of a 1998 short story.
11Knife of Dreams2005
12The Gathering Storm2009Completed by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death
13Towers of Midnight2010Completed by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death
14A Memory of Light2013Completed by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death

Short stories
TitleYearNotes
The Strike at Shayol Ghul1996Posted online, republished in The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, 1997
New Spring1998Published in Tor's Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg, later expanded into full novel
River of Souls2013Cut segments from A Memory of Light, completed by Sanderson. Published in Unfettered volumes.
A Fire in the Ways2019Cut segments from A Memory of Light, completed by Sanderson. Published in Unfettered volumes.

Encyclopedic works
TitleYearNotes
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time1997Written in collaboration with Teresa Patterson
The Wheel of Time Companion2015Based on Jordan's series and notes. Edited by Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons

Jordan's work was also adapted into a graphic novel series by Dabel Brothers, beginning in 2005. Only the first five issues of New Spring were published in Jordan's lifetime.

''Warrior of the Altaii''

TitleYearNotes
Warrior of the Altaii2019Written in the late 1970s and published posthumously

Other works

  • Jordan claimed to have written dance and theatrical criticism under the name Chang Lung in the 1980s. He indicated in 1997 that only he had copies of it.
  • Jordan also claimed to have worked as a ghostwriter; specifically for an international intrigue or thriller. He mentioned the book in 1993. The work likely predated The Wheel of Time given that in 2005 he stated he had written nothing else since 1984.

Unpublished works

In 2012, Harriet McDougal donated a large volume of Jordan's material to the special collections of the College of Charleston. The library is in possession of several early unpublished works entitled John One-Eye, Morgan, April the 15th and You're a Nice Man or What Did I Do to Deserve That. These works are accessible to researchers, though some documents in the collection are restricted and will not be available for viewing until thirty years after his death. Among the restricted folders is one entitled "From the Tale of Five Sisters".

Jordan's proposed works

In his lifetime, Jordan spoke about several other works he planned on writing after the completion of The Wheel of Times main sequence. As he died before its completion, these works were left unwritten.

''The Wheel of Time'' side books

Jordan spoke several times about writing additional works in the setting of The Wheel of Time, but did not leave detailed notes. Brandon Sanderson, who completed the unfinished Wheel of Time conclusion, has ruled out writing these side books, noting it would have gone against Jordan's wishes.

''Infinity of Heaven''

In the early 1990s Jordan began discussing his next fantasy trilogy, to follow the completion of The Wheel of Time. It was initially planned as a single book entitled Shipwreck but Jordan later described it as two trilogies, with the second book titled Shipwrecked and the series titled Infinity of Heaven. He said that it would be a Shōgun-esque series about a man in his 30s who is shipwrecked in an unknown culture, which would be similar to Seanchan culture.
Jordan stated in 2005 that he had many ideas in his head and a good deal of it planned out but nothing yet on paper. There is a section among Jordan's contract records held by Charleston College marked Infinity of Heaven, dated 2004 and 2009.

Vietnam book

Jordan planned to write a book about his experiences in the Vietnam War as far back as the 1970s. He adopted various pen-names through his career; he planned to publish only this Vietnam text under his actual name. Jordan was concerned it was a difficult topic, stating that there were "…an awful lot of people who haven't come to grips with the war, what it did to them, how it changed them." By 2000 enough time had passed that he was doubtful about its cultural relevance, stating "If I wrote that Vietnam novel now, it would be a historical novel, and I'm not sure anybody's really interested anymore." He did however still intend to write it.