Richard Sharpe Books in Order
Bernard Cornwell has been writing these books for over 25 years. The first three were first written in order, but since then Bernard has been adding books into the gaps in Sharpe's life.
At the time of writing the full chronologically ordered list of complete novels is below. I have included the short stories in from Sharpe's Christmas as two separate stories in the list.
| Sharpe's Tiger | 1799 | Siege of Seringapatam | |
| Sharpe's Triumph | 1803 | Battle of Assaye | |
| Sharpe's Fortress | 1803 | Siege of Gawilghur | |
| Sharpe's Trafalgar | 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar | |
| Sharpe's Prey | 1807 | Siege of Copenhagen | |
| Sharpe's Rifles | 1808 | Retreat to Corunna | |
| Sharpe's Havoc | 1809 | French Invasion of Portugal | |
| Sharpe's Eagle | 1809 | Battle of Talavera | ![]() |
| Sharpe's Gold | 1810 | Destruction of Almeida | |
| Sharpe's Escape | 1811 | Bussaco Campaign | |
| Sharpe's Fury | 1811 | Victory of Barossa | |
| Sharpe's Battle | 1811 | Battle of Fuentes de Onoro | |
| Sharpe's Company | 1812 | Siege of Badajoz | |
| Sharpe's Sword | 1812 | Salamanca Campaign | ![]() |
| Sharpe's Enemy | 1812 | Defence of Portugal | ![]() |
| Sharpe's Honour | 1813 | Vitoria Campaign | |
| Sharpe's Regiment | 1813 | Invasion of France | ![]() |
| Sharpe's Christmas | 1813 | French Border | |
| Sharpe's Siege | 1814 | Winter Campaign | |
| Sharpe's Revenge | 1814 | Peace of 1814 | |
| Sharpe's Waterloo | 1815 | Waterloo Campaign | ![]() |
| Sharpe's Ransom | 1815 | Post Waterloo | |
| Sharpe's Devil | 1820 -1821 | The Emperor |


