Kenneth Martin Follett (born 5 June 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works.
Many of his books have achieved high ranking on bestseller lists. For example, in the US, many reached the number-one position on the New York Times Best Seller list, including Triple (1979), The Key to Rebecca (1980), Lie Down with Lions (1985), A Dangerous Fortune (1993), World Without End (2007), Fall of Giants (2010), Winter of the World (2012), and Edge of Eternity (2014).
Bibliography
Apples Carstairs series (as Simon Myles)
The Big Needle (1974) (a.k.a. The Big Apple – U.S.)
The Big Black (1974)
The Big Hit (1975)
Piers Roper series
The Shakeout (1975)
The Bear Raid (1976)
Kingsbridge series
The Evening and the Morning (prequel, 2020)
The Pillars of the Earth (1989)
World Without End (2007)
A Column of Fire (2017)[36]
The Armour of Light (2023)
The Century Trilogy
Fall of Giants (2010)
Winter of the World (2012)
Edge of Eternity (2014)
Standalone novels
Amok: King of Legend (1976) (as Bernard L. Ross)
The Modigliani Scandal (1976) (as Zachary Stone)
The Mystery Hideout (1976) (as Martin Martinsen) (a.k.a. The Secret of Kellerman's Studio)
The Power Twins (1976) (as Martin Martinsen)
Paper Money (1977) (as Zachary Stone)
Capricorn One (1978) (as Bernard L. Ross) (based on screenplay by Peter Hyams)
Eye of the Needle (1978) (a.k.a. Storm Island) (Edgar Award, 1979, Best Novel)
Triple (1979)
The Key to Rebecca (1980)
The Man from St. Petersburg (1982)
Lie Down with Lions (1985)
Night Over Water (1991)
A Dangerous Fortune (1993)
A Place Called Freedom (1995)
The Third Twin (1996)
The Hammer of Eden (1998)
Code to Zero (2000)
Jackdaws (2001)
Hornet Flight (2002)
The Ninety-Ninth Wife (written in 2003, then translated and published in France as La Belle et L'Oiseau in 2019)
Whiteout (2004)
Never (2021)
Non-fiction
The Heist of the Century (1978) (with René Louis Maurice, others) (a.k.a. The Gentleman of 16 July (U.S.), Under the Stars of Nice, Robbery Under the Streets of Nice, and Cinq Milliards au bout de l'égout (1977)
On Wings of Eagles (1983)