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Joe Abercrombie — The First Law

edited 2026-05-22

A complete reading order for Joe Abercrombie's First Law universe — the grimdark fantasy series spanning the original First Law Trilogy, three standalone novels, the Age of Madness trilogy, and the Sharp Ends short story collection. Covers all nine novels and both short fiction volumes, with publication order and an in-universe chronological path for the short stories.

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01NOVEL
2006The first novel in The First Law Trilogy, published in May 2006 by Gollancz. In a world on the edge of war, three narratives converge: Logen…
529 pp
02NOVEL
2007The second First Law novel, published in March 2007 by Gollancz. Three storylines unfold simultaneously: the wizard Bayaz leads Logen, Jezal…
539 pp
03NOVEL
2008The concluding volume of The First Law Trilogy, published in March 2008 by Gollancz. The war against the Gurkish reaches the walls of Adua i…
603 pp
04NOVEL
2009The first First Law standalone novel, published in June 2009 by Gollancz. Set in the Italian-inspired nation of Styria, Monzcarro Murcatto —…
534 pp
05NOVEL
2011The second First Law standalone novel, published in January 2011 by Gollancz. The entire novel takes place over three days around a group of…
506 pp
06NOVEL
2012The third First Law standalone novel, published in October 2012 by Gollancz. Shy South returns to her family's farm to find it burned and he…
451 pp
07NOVEL
2019The first novel in The Age of Madness trilogy, published in September 2019 by Gollancz. Set approximately thirty years after the events of t…
471 pp
08NOVEL
2020The second Age of Madness novel, published in September 2020 by Gollancz. Following the revolutionary events set in motion in A Little Hatre…
506 pp
09NOVEL
2021The concluding volume of The Age of Madness trilogy, published in September 2021 by Gollancz. The revolution has consumed the Union: the Gre…
560 pp