Author guide
Michael Moorcock Books in Order
Michael John Moorcock (born 1939) is an English author whose fiction ranges from sword-and-sorcery and science fiction to experimental literary novels, historical fiction, graphic works, memoir, and criticism. His interconnected Multiverse features recurring incarnations of the Eternal Champion, including Elric, Corum, Erekosë, Hawkmoon, and Jerry Cornelius. Moorcock edited New Worlds during its influential New Wave period and has also written nonfiction, collaborated on comics and novels, and performed music with the Deep Fix.
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Elric of Melniboné
The canonical entry point to Moorcock's most famous saga and a concise introduction to his Eternal Champion mythology.
The Final Programme
The first full Jerry Cornelius novel and a strong introduction to Moorcock's experimental, multiversal fiction.
The Warlord of the Air
An accessible alternate-history adventure that introduces Moorcock's political and anti-imperialist concerns.
Behold the Man
A short, self-contained, award-winning novel that showcases Moorcock's science-fictional and literary ambitions.
Mother London
A major standalone literary novel and a good starting point for Moorcock's non-genre fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
- 1
The Stealer of SoulsAmazon ↗Book supplementary · collection · 1963 Optional
- 2 The Singing CitadelAmazon ↗
Book supplementary · collection · 1970 Optional
- 3 Elric of MelnibonéAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1972
- 4
StormbringerAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1965
- 5
The Sailor on the Seas of FateAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 1976
- 6
The Weird of the White WolfAmazon ↗Book 3 · collection · 1977
- 7
The Sleeping SorceressAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 1971
- 8
The Bane of the Black SwordAmazon ↗Book 8 · collection · 1977
- 9
The Fortress of the PearlAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 1989
- 10
Elric at the End of TimeAmazon ↗Book supplementary · collection · 1984 Optional
- 11 The Revenge of the RoseAmazon ↗
Book 11 · novel · 1991
- 12 The Jade Man's EyesAmazon ↗
Book supplementary · collection · 1973
- 12
The Dreamthief's DaughterAmazon ↗Book 12 · novel · 2001
- 13
The Skrayling TreeAmazon ↗Book 13 · novel · 2003
- 14 The White Wolf's SonAmazon ↗
Book 14 · novel · 2005
- 16 Elric: The Return to MelnibonéAmazon ↗
Book supplementary · graphic-novel · 1973
- 17
ElricAmazon ↗Book supplementary · graphic-novel · 1979
- 18 Elric: The Making of a SorcererAmazon ↗
Book supplementary · graphic-novel · 2007
- 19
Elric: To Rescue TanelornAmazon ↗Book supplementary · collection · 2008
- 20
Les Buveurs d'ÂmesAmazon ↗Book supplementary · novel · 2011
- 15
The Citadel of Forgotten MythsAmazon ↗Book 14 · collection · 2022
series · ongoing
Jerry Cornelius
The adventures and lives of the multiversal adventurer Jerry Cornelius.
- 1 The Final ProgrammeAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1969
- 2
A Cure for CancerAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1971
- 3
The English AssassinAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1972
- 5 The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth CenturyAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novella · 1976 Optional
- 4 The Condition of MuzakAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 1977
- 6
The Lives and Times of Jerry CorneliusAmazon ↗Book 5 · collection · 1976
- 7
The Great Rock 'n' Roll SwindleAmazon ↗Book 7 · novella · 1980 Optional
- 6
The Entropy TangoAmazon ↗Book 6 · collection · 1981 Optional
- 8 The Alchemist's QuestionAmazon ↗
Book 9 · novella · 1984 Optional
- 9
Firing the CathedralAmazon ↗Book 10 · novella · 2002 Optional
- 10 Cheering for the RocketsAmazon ↗
Book 11 · novella · 2007 Optional
- 11
Modem Times 2.0Amazon ↗Book 12 · novella · 2008 Optional
- 12
Pegging the President: A New Jerry Cornelius AdventureAmazon ↗Book 13 · novella · 2018 Optional
- 13 The Fracking FactoryAmazon ↗
Book 14 · novella · 2018 Optional
- 14 The Wokingham AgreementAmazon ↗
Book 15 · novella · 2022 Optional
series · ongoing
Von Bek
A family saga connecting the von Bek family with the Multiverse, the Grail, and Lucifer.
- 1 The War Hound and the World's PainAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1981
- 2
The Brothel in RosenstrasseAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1982
- 3
The City in the Autumn StarsAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1986
- 4 Lunching with the AntichristAmazon ↗
Book supplementary · collection · 1995
- 7
The Metatemporal DetectiveAmazon ↗Book supplementary · collection · 2007 Optional
- 4 The Dreamthief's DaughterAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 2001 Optional
- 5 The Skrayling TreeAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2003 Optional
- 6 The White Wolf's SonAmazon ↗
Book 6 · novel · 2005 Optional
- 8
The Albino's SecretAmazon ↗Book supplementary · novel · 2025 Optional
- 1 Sojan the SwordsmanAmazon ↗
Book 1 · collection · 1984
trilogy · completed
Kane of Old Mars
The Kane trilogy, originally published under the pseudonym Edward P. Bradbury.
series · completed
The Dancers at the End of Time
Far-future novels and stories about Jherek Carnelian and the decadent inhabitants of the End of Time.
- 1
An Alien HeatAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1972
- 2
The Hollow LandsAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1974
- 3
The End of All SongsAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1976
- 4 The Transformation of Miss Mavis MingAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 1977 Optional
- 5
Legends from the End of TimeAmazon ↗Book supplementary · collection · 1976 Optional
- 6
Tales from the End of TimeAmazon ↗Book supplementary · collection · 1989 Optional
- 7 Elric at the End of TimeAmazon ↗
Book supplementary · collection · 1984 Optional
trilogy · completed
The Multiverse
A science-fiction trilogy exploring Moorcock's interconnected worlds.
series · completed
Travelling to Utopia
Science-fiction novels concerning alternative worlds and futures.
series · completed
Colonel Pyat
The Colonel Pyat historical novel sequence, set between the World Wars.
series · completed
The Hawklords
A collaborative science-fiction series begun with Michael Butterworth.
- 1
The Time of the HawklordsAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1976
series · completed
Nick Allard / Jerry Cornell
Early crime and espionage novels, including pseudonymous works later associated with Jerry Cornelius.
series · ongoing
The Metatemporal Detectives
Detective fiction involving Seaton Begg, Monsieur Zenith, the von Bek family, and the wider Multiverse.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (19)
- Caribbean CrisisAmazon ↗
novel · 1962
- The Distant SunsAmazon ↗
novel · 1975
- The Golden BargeAmazon ↗
novel · 1979
- The Retreat from LibertyAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1983
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Letters from HollywoodAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1986
- Epic PoohAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1978
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Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic FantasyAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1987
- Mother LondonAmazon ↗
novel · 1988
- Fantasy: The 100 Best BooksAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1988
- The Cairene PurseAmazon ↗
novella · 1990
- Death Is No ObstacleAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1992
- Michael Moorcock's MultiverseAmazon ↗
graphic-novel · 1999
- SilverheartAmazon ↗
novel · 2000
- RavenbrandAmazon ↗
novella · 2000
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King of the CityAmazon ↗novel · 2000
- Into the Media Web: Selected Short Non-Fiction, 1956–2006Amazon ↗
nonfiction · 2010
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Doctor Who: The Coming of the TerraphilesAmazon ↗novel · 2010
- The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of HellAmazon ↗
graphic-novel · 2012
- Dancing in RomeAmazon ↗
novella · 2018
Other (14)
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The Deep FixAmazon ↗collection · 1966
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The Time DwellerAmazon ↗collection · 1969
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Moorcock's Book of MartyrsAmazon ↗collection · 1976
- The Real Life Mr NewmanAmazon ↗
chapbook · 1979
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My Experiences in the Third World WarAmazon ↗collection · 1980
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The Opium General and Other StoriesAmazon ↗collection · 1984
- CasablancaAmazon ↗
collection · 1989
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Earl Aubec and Other StoriesAmazon ↗collection · 1993
- Behold the Man and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
collection · 1994
- The Birds of the Moon: A Traveller's TaleAmazon ↗
chapbook · 1995
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Tales from the Texas WoodsAmazon ↗collection · 1997
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London BoneAmazon ↗collection · 2001
- The Sunday BooksAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 2010
- KaboulAmazon ↗
collection · 2018