Bradley P Beaulieu (Mark Lawrence) Books in Order

This page is for Mark Lawrence readers curious about Bradley P. Beaulieu. If you like Lawrence’s tight focus on flawed characters caught inside large, often uncaring systems, Beaulieu’s work offers a similar mix in a very different landscape.

The obvious starting point is The Song of the Shattered Sands, beginning with Twelve Kings in Sharakhai. The desert city of Sharakhai is ruled by twelve near immortal kings who rely on forbidden bargains with desert gods and a cadre of Blade Maidens to keep their grip on power. Çeda, a pit fighter who becomes known as the White Wolf, starts with personal reasons to hate the kings and slowly uncovers how her own history is knotted around theirs.

Across the series she moves between fighting pits, palace intrigue and rebel camps, learning that every side of the conflict has its own stories and wounds. Readers who enjoyed the way Lawrence lets you see both the horror and the allure of rule in the Broken Empire will recognise that same interest here, just filtered through sandstorms, moonlit rituals and bustling bazaars instead of ruined castles.

Beaulieu’s earlier trilogy, The Lays of Anuskaya, offers a different flavour: windships, icy seas and political marriages in a world where religion and magic are tightly bound. It shares with Lawrence an attention to how empires justify themselves and how ordinary families get pulled into high stakes games.

On this page you will find Beaulieu’s series laid out in order, short notes on what kind of story each tells and a few suggestions on where to go first depending on which Mark Lawrence books you loved. If you want more dangerous cities and conspiracies, start in Sharakhai. If you are more drawn to the sense of history and shifting alliances in Red Queen’s War or the Library Trilogy, the wider canvas of the Shattered Sands and Anuskaya cycles will feel like a natural next step.