A Projected REH Reading Schedule
It's time I read some of these
I’ve decided it is high past time to actually read the rest of the books about Robert E. Howard that I’ve been accumulating. I’ve read some not listed here and bits of some of these, but I have not read these 20 in their entireties and so I’ve decided to jump into them all. I’ll start with the man himself, now that I have the Grant version of Howard’s Post Oaks & Sand Roughs, then I’m going to just read these in publication year order. I’ve no deadlines and I’ll be reading other, unrelated things as well, so don’t hold your breath. However, I will post thoughts after completing each one, so we all can keep a running eye on things.
Post Oaks & Sand Roughs (REH)
The Annotated Guide to Robert E. Howard's Sword & Sorcery (Weinberg, 1976)
The Book of Robert E. Howard (Lord, 1976)
The Second Book of Robert E. Howard (Lord, 1976)
The Last Celt (Lord, 1977)
The Howard Collector (Lord, 1979)
The Fantastic Worlds of Robert E. Howard (Van Hise, 1997)
Blood & Thunder: The Life & Art of Robert E. Howard (Finn, 2006)
Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert E. Howard (Szumskyj, 2006)
Cross Plains Universe - Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard (Cupp & Lansdale, 2006)
The Guide to REH (Louinet, 2015)
Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography (Smith, 2018)
Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian Vol 1-2-3 (Thomas, 2018-2021)
Exploring the Worlds of Robert E. Howard Omnibus Edition (Blosser, 2020-2022)
Robert E. Howard: A Closer Look (Hoffman & Cerasini, 2020)
Renegades & Rogues: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard (Vick, 2021)
Robert E. Howard's Favorite Yarns and Rimes (Oliver, 2021)
Cross Plains Pilgrimage (Derie, 2022)
The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936 (Bullard, 2022)
The Selected Letters of Novalyne Price Ellis (Derie, 2024)
P.S. I know there are other books out there about the man, the myth, the legend. Those I own, I’ve read. These are the ones I own that I have not.



I have "A Means to Freedom" coming in from Hippocampus Press, which compiles all of REH's Correspondence with Lovecraft. Definitely one of my reads for 2025 along with the re-issue of "Swords of the North."