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The Last Kingdom: where to start reading

Adapts The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.

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You watched through

After Season 1, in the books you are

at The Pale Horseman.

through the end of the second book.

The first season adapts the first two novels, The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman.

Start reading at The Lords of the North (book three)

Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.

The full map

The Last Kingdom + The Pale Horseman

The Lords of the North + Sword Song

The Burning Land + Death of Kings

The Pagan Lord + The Empty Throne

Warriors of the Storm + The Flame Bearer + War of the Wolf

Sword of Kings + War Lord

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The books, in order

1The Last Kingdom2004
2The Pale Horseman2005
3The Lords of the North2006
4Sword Song2007
5The Burning Land2009
6Death of Kings2011
7The Pagan Lord2013
8The Empty Throne2014
9Warriors of the Storm2015
10The Flame Bearer2016
11War of the Wolf2018
12Sword of Kings2019
13War Lord2020

The series adapts Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories about two novels per season, and reworks the plots increasingly in later seasons; the film Seven Kings Must Die concludes the saga.

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