Series
The Once and Future King
T. H. White & uncredited · 5 novels · 4 short stories · 1938–1995
The Once and Future King is a collection of fantasy novels by T. H. White about the legend of King Arthur. It is loosely based upon the 1485 work Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. It was first published in 1958 as a collection of shorter novels that were published from 1938 to 1940, with some new or amended material. The title refers to a legend that Arthur will one day return as king.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
The Once and Future King at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1930s2
- 1940s1
- 1950s1
- 1960s1
- 1970s2
- 1980s1
- 1990s1
Shape
Mood
Grim and calm: 60% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 9 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Witch in the Wooddarkest
- The Sword in the Stonebrightest · most intense
- The Book of Merlyncalmest