Robert Jordan is the pen name of the American author James Rigney Jr. (1948–2007). He used several during his career, though Jordan was by far his most well known. To complicate matters, some reprints later used the more recognisable Jordan name alongside the original pen name in the format "Robert Jordan writing as…" This bibliography presents all works of Rigney's, sorted chronologically by their original pen name.

As Reagan O'Neal All O'Neal works were first published by Popham Press, Harriet McDougal's personal imprint.

Title Year Notes The Fallon Blood 1980 The Fallon Pride 1981 The Fallon Legacy 1982

As Jackson O'Reilly Title Year Notes Cheyenne Raiders 1982 Rigney's only book not to be edited by Harriet McDougal; published under Tor's Forge imprint.

As Robert Jordan All Jordan works were first published by Tor Books. Conan the Barbarian

Title Year Notes Conan the Invincible 1982 Conan the Defender Conan the Unconquered 1983 Conan the Triumphant Conan the Magnificent 1984 Conan the Destroyer Adaptation of the film. The ISBN application was filed before the film's title revision; some bibliographies incorrectly record King of Thieves as a distinct book. WOT Encyclopaedia Conan the Victorious

Jordan also compiled a well-known Conan chronology; this was printed in the 1987 book Conan the Defiant by Steve Perry.

All of Jordan's Conan books were repackaged into collected volumes in the 1990s:

Title Year Publisher Contents The Conan Chronicles 1995 Tor Conan the Invincible, the Defender and the Unconquered The Conan Chronicles II 1997 Legend (UK) Conan the Magnificent, the Triumphant, the Destroyer and the de Camp essay "Conan the Indestructible" The Further Chronicles of Conan 1999 Tor Conan the Magnificent, the Triumphant and the Victorious

The Wheel of Time

No. Title Year Notes 1 The Eye of the World 1990 Repackaged for younger readers as two volumes, From the Two Rivers (with a new prologue) and To the Blight 2 The Great Hunt Repackaged for younger readers as two volumes, The Hunt Begins and New Threads in the Pattern 3 The Dragon Reborn1991 4 The Shadow Rising1992 5 The Fires of Heaven1993 6 Lord of Chaos1994 Locus Award nominee, 1995 7 A Crown of Swords1996 8 The Path of Daggers1998 9 Winter's Heart2000 10 Crossroads of Twilight2003 0 New Spring2004 Prequel. Expanded version of a 1998 short story. 11 Knife of Dreams2005 12 The Gathering Storm 2009 Completed by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death 13 Towers of Midnight 2010 14 A Memory of Light 2013

Short stories Title Year Notes The Strike at Shayol Ghul 1996 Posted online, republished in The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, 1997 New Spring 1998 Published in Tor's Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg, later expanded into full novel River of Souls 2013 Cut segments from A Memory of Light, completed by Sanderson. Published in Unfettered volumes. A Fire in the Ways 2019

Encyclopedic works Title Year Notes The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time 1997 Written in collaboration with Teresa Patterson The Wheel of Time Companion 2015 Based on Jordan's series and notes. Edited by Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons

Jordan's work was also adapted into a graphic novel series by Dabel Brothers, beginning in 2005. Only the first five issues of New Spring were published in Jordan's lifetime.

Warrior of the Altaii

Title Year Notes Warrior of the Altaii 2019 Written in the late 1970s and published posthumously

Other works Jordan claimed to have written dance and theatrical criticism under the name Chang Lung in the 1980s. He indicated in 1997 that only he had copies of it. Jordan also claimed to have worked as a ghostwriter; specifically for an international intrigue or thriller. He mentioned the book in 1993. The work likely predated The Wheel of Time given that in 2005 he stated he had written nothing else since 1984.

Unpublished works In 2012, Harriet McDougal donated a large volume of Jordan's material to the special collections of the College of Charleston. The library is in possession of several early unpublished works entitled John One-Eye, Morgan, April the 15th and You're a Nice Man or What Did I Do to Deserve That. These works are accessible to researchers, though some documents in the collection are restricted and will not be available for viewing until thirty years after his death (September 2037). Among the restricted folders is one entitled "From the Tale of Five Sisters".

Jordan's proposed works In his lifetime, Jordan spoke about several other works he planned on writing after the completion of The Wheel of Times main sequence. As he died before its completion, these works were left unwritten.

The Wheel of Time side books

Jordan spoke several times about writing additional works in the setting of The Wheel of Time, but did not leave detailed notes. Brandon Sanderson, who completed the unfinished Wheel of Time conclusion, has ruled out writing these side books, noting it would have gone against Jordan's wishes.

Infinity of Heaven In the early 1990s Jordan began discussing his next fantasy trilogy, to follow the completion of The Wheel of Time. It was initially planned as a single book entitled Shipwreck but Jordan later described it as two trilogies, with the second book titled Shipwrecked and the series titled Infinity of Heaven. He said that it would be a Shōgun-esque series about a man in his 30s who is shipwrecked in an unknown culture, which would be similar to Seanchan culture.

Jordan stated in 2005 that he had many ideas in his head and a good deal of it planned out but nothing yet on paper. There is a section among Jordan's contract records held by Charleston College marked Infinity of Heaven, dated 2004 and 2009.

Vietnam book Jordan planned to write a book about his experiences in the Vietnam War as far back as the 1970s. He adopted various pen-names through his career; he planned to publish only this Vietnam text under his actual name. Jordan was concerned it was a difficult topic, stating that there were "…an awful lot of people who haven't come to grips with the war, what it did to them, how it changed them." By 2000 enough time had passed that he was doubtful about its cultural relevance, stating "If I wrote that Vietnam novel now, it would be a historical novel, and I'm not sure anybody's really interested anymore." He did however still intend to write it.

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