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Richard Sharpe Books in Order

by Bernard CornwellLiterature & Fiction

24 books from Sharpe’s Tiger (1997) to Sharpe’s Storm (2024). Rated 4.7 across 35,427 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Sharpe’s Tiger

    Book 1 1997 4.5 (4k)

    In 1799, the British Army is fighting its way through India in an attempt to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive his French allies out.

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  2. Sharpe’s Triumph

    Book 2 1998 4.7 (2.8k)

    Since earning his sergeant’s stripes at the bloody siege of Seringapatam, Richard Sharpe has led a peaceful existence. But his easy life meets a brutal end when he is the sole survivor of a murderous attack by a cold-blooded English…

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  3. Sharpe's Fortress

    Book 3 1999 4.8 (873)

    Praised as ""the direct heir...

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  4. Sharpe's Trafalgar

    Book 4 2000 4.6 (1.9k)

    Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series has consistently ridden the top of international best-seller lists since the first book appeared 18 years ago.

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  5. Sharpe's Prey: Denmark, 1807

    Book 5 2011 4.6 (1.5k)

    Critically acclaimed, best-selling novelist Bernard Cornwell takes listeners back to 1807 for an exciting tale of the Napoleonic Wars. Cornwell’s beloved hero, Richard Sharpe, is sent from England to Denmark on a secret mission.

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  6. Sharpe's Rifles

    Book 6 1988 4.7 (2.1k)

    It's 1809 and the powerful French juggernaut is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men...

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  7. Sharpe’s Havoc

    Book 7 2003 4.6 (1.4k)

    Best-selling novelist Bernard Cornwell crafts a thrilling tale from his immensely popular Richard Sharpe series. In 1809 Lieutenant Sharpe and his riflemen are in Portugal, preparing for Napoleon’s next strike.

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  8. Sharpe's Eagle

    Book 8 1981 4.8 (2.1k)

    Here is one of those rare novels, the first in an epic series, that completely transports the listener to an unforgettable time and place in history...

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  9. Sharpe's Gold

    Book 9 1981 4.7 (1.6k)

    Only a year after its stunning victory at Talavera in July of 1809, Wellington's Peninsular Army, vastly outnumbered and its coffers empty, was on the brink of collapse...

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  10. Sharpe's Escape

    Book 10 2004 4.7 (1.4k)

    From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tenth installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam.

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  11. Sharpe’s Fury

    Book 11 2006 4.7 (1.3k)

    Richard Sharpe, the former private in His Majesty’s army who now commands a company of riflemen, finds himself fighting his old enemies, the French, in 1811.

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  12. Sharpe’s Battle

    Book 12 1995 4.7 (1.5k)

    In the spring of 1811, as one of the most bitter battles of the Peninsular War is about to commence, the hopes of all of Britain are turned toward Spain, where victory will be won or lost.

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  13. Sharpe's Company

    Book 13 1982 4.7 (1.5k)

    January, 1812. Looming on the border of Portugal and Spain is the fortress of Badajoz...

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  14. Sharpe's Command

    Book 14 2023 4.7 (307)

    SHARPE IS BACK. The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .

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  15. Sharpe's Sword

    Book 15 1983 4.8 (1.3k)

    Colonel Leroux is killing Britain's most valuable spies, and it's up to Richard Sharpe to stop him...

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  16. Sharpe's Enemy

    Book 16 1984 4.8 (1.3k)

    A band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious mortal enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British...

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  17. Sharpe's Honor

    Book 17 2003 4.8 (1.3k)

    Alas, a perfect plot for Napoleon: Stop Wellington's forces in Spain and destroy Major Richard Sharpe...

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  18. Sharpe's Regiment

    Book 18 1986 4.8 (1.2k)

    Subtitled Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1913...

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  19. Sharpe's Siege

    Book 19 1987 4.8 (1.1k)

    Sharpe's mission had seemed simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's supply lines, and retreat across the sea...

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  20. Sharpe's Revenge

    Book 20 1989 4.7 (1.1k)

    Sharpe is on the move again, but this time he's running from his own army....

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  21. Waterloo

    Book 21 1990 4.7 (1.6k)

    With the emperor Napoleon at its head, an enormous French army is marching toward Brussels. The British and their allies are also converging on Brussels - in preparation for a grand society ball....

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  22. Sharpe's Assassin

    Book 22 2021 4.9 (1.1k)

    New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe. SHARPE IS BACK. Outsider. Hero. Rogue. And the one man you want on your side.

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  23. Sharpe’s Devil

    Book 23 1992 4.7 (1.1k)

    An honored veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe has become a peaceful farmer following Waterloo.

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  24. Sharpe’s Storm

    Book 24 2024 4.5 (11)

    The gripping new novel from internationally bestselling master of historical fiction Bernard Cornwell. ‘There is everything here that Sharpe fans will love.

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Adapted for screen

  • Sharpe Films · 1993–2008 · 16 films

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Richard Sharpe is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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