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ⓘ About Mark Lawrence
A man born on 1st January 1968, Mark Lawrence is known as a novelist who has dual nationality. The forty-seven years old author has both American and British citizenship and gets best recognized for the famous book The Broken Empire trilogy of books. Mark Lawrence has won a few awards and in 2014, his novel Emperor of Thorns won the David Gemmell Legend Awards in the best novel category. Mark Lawrence is already married and has been blessed with four children, and one of his children is severely disabled. His main job is being a research scientist and focuses on various but rather intractable problems in his field of artificial intelligence. Mark Lawrence has held secret level clearance with the US and UK governments.
All Book Series by Mark Lawrence
Road Brothers, Tales from the Broken Empire
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2017
Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction
Book 5 of 6 · published 2018
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2019
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mark Lawrence?
A man born on 1st January 1968, Mark Lawrence is known as a novelist who has dual nationality. The forty-seven years old author has both American and British citizenship and gets best recognized for the famous book The Broken Empire trilogy of books. Mark Lawrence has won a few awards and in 2014, his novel Emperor of Thorns won the David Gemmell Legend Awards in the best novel category.
Which Mark Lawrence series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Broken Empire series, the earliest of Mark Lawrence's multi-book series: it opens with Prince of Thorns (2011) and runs to 5 books across 2011–2014, ending with Select Mode (2014). Mark Lawrence's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Mark Lawrence written?
Mark Lawrence has 46 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2004 and 2026. 34 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being The Library Trilogy series with 8 books — and 12 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Mark Lawrence's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mark Lawrence's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Broken Empire (2011–2014, 5 books), Dark Tide (2012–2013, 2 books) and Red Queen's War (2014–2023, 4 books), plus 6 more.
How are Mark Lawrence's books organised into series?
This guide splits Mark Lawrence's 46 books into 9 named series and 12 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Library Trilogy (8 books, 2023–2026); Book Of The Ancestor (6 books, 2017–2024); Broken Empire (5 books, 2011–2014); Red Queen's War (4 books, 2014–2023); Impossible Times (3 books, 2019), plus 4 further series.