The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 8 books · 1953 to 1995

Leon Uris

Leon Uris wrote big, passionate novels of modern history. Exodus follows the founding of Israel through Ari Ben Canaan and an American nurse, Kitty Fremont; Trinity follows Conor Larkin and the Irish struggle for independence.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Redemption continues the story of Trinity.

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Leon Uris books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Ireland

2 books · Set in BelfastFamily sagaWartime and twentieth century
  1. 1Trinity1976With Conor LarkinBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Redemption1995With Rory LarkinBuy on Amazon

Standalone

6 booksWartime and twentieth centuryFamily saga
  1. 1Battle Cry1953Set in the PacificBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Exodus1958With Ari Ben Canaan and Kitty Fremont · Set in Cyprus and PalestineBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Mila 181961With Andrei Androfski · Set in WarsawBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Topaz1967Set in Washington and ParisBuy on Amazon
  5. 5QB VII1970With Adam Kelno · Set in LondonBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Haj1984With Ishmael · Set in PalestineBuy on Amazon

Characters

9 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Larkins

Standalone leads