| Title | Places | Girl | Villian | Villian's Project | Villian's Employer | Minor Villians | Sharpe's Friends | Highlights | Remarks |
| Sharpe's Rifles | Portugal 1809 | Teresa Moreno | Colonel de l'Eclin | Stop Blas Vivar inciting resistance | The Emperor Napoleon | Man In Black. Major Dunnet | Patrick Harper & Chosen Men. Blas Vivar | The battle of Torrecastro | A combination of the books Rifles and Gold that actually works. |
| Sharpe's Eagle | Spain 1809 | Josefina | Sir Henry Simmerson | Self Glory and poltical power | Self Employed | Lt. Christian Gibbons & Lt. Berry | Hogan. Chosen Men. Leroy. Lawford | Sharpe taking the Eagle at Talavera | Balances Teresa and Josefina. |
| Sharpe's Company | Spain 1812 | Teresa Moreno | Obidiah Hakeswill | to make Sharpe's life hell, then kill him | British Army | Capt. Rymer. Col. Windham. | Chosen Men. Lt. Harry Price. Maj. Nairn. | The siege of Badajoz | Hakeswill unspeakably evil. Sharpe nearly loses everything. |
| Sharpe's Enemy | Portugal 1813 | Isabella | Obidiah Hakeswill | Raping and pillaging | Self Employed | Pot Au feu. Ducos. Sir Augustus. | Chosen Men. Frederickson. Kelly. Dubreton. | Sharpe's reunion with Teresa. Sharpe's bluff. | Genuine anguish over Teresa's death. T&A. Sweet William. |
| Sharpe's Honour | Spain 1813 | Helene | Ducos | Get the Brits out of Spain | The Emperor Napoleon | Father Hacha. El Matarife. | Chosen Men. Nairn. Wellington. | Duel. Courtmartial. Reunion with Pat. Rescue of Helene. | No previous adultery. |
| Sharpe's Gold | Spain 1813 | Ellie Nugent | El Casco | Human sacrifice | Self Employed | Ayres | Chosen Men | Camp life. | Implausible. Out of step with series. |
| Sharpe's Battle | Spain 1813 | Lady Kiely | Loup | Revenge on Sharpe | French Army | O'Rourke. Juanita. Kiely. | Chosen Men | Rejection of Lady Kiely. Duel. | Munro ruthless with Sharpe. |
| Sharpe's Sword | Spain 1813 | Lass | Leroux | Death of El Mirador | French Army | Sir Henry Simmerson. Jack Spears. | Chosen Men. Father Curtis. Jack Spears. | Sharpe's wounds. Harper's sword. Harris' translation. Jack's confession. | Lots of angst. Insipid heroine. |
| Sharpe's Regiment | England 1813 | Jane Gibbons | Fenner | Selling recruits | MOD | Simmerson. Girdwood. Lynch. Lawford. | Lady Anne. Harper. Maggie. Prinny. Rosssendale. | Chase across inlet. March on London. | Lady Anne fantastic. Allies change sides. |
| Sharpe's Siege | France 1813 | Catherine | Maquerre | Defeat of Brits | France | Ducos.Calvet. Bampfylde. | Chosen Men. Frederickson. | Bickering with Harper. Standing and fighting. | No pirates! |
| Sharpe's Mission | France 1813 | Jane | Brand | Capture of Ross | France | Pope. Calvet. | Chosen Men. Pycroft. Ross. | Harris' poetry recitals. | Good villian. |
| Sharpe's Revenge | France April 1814 | Lucille | Ducos | Theft of Napoleon's Treasure | Self Employed | Jane. Rossendale. Challon. Wigram. | Harper. Frederickson. Calvet. | Duel. Leg wound. Breaking the door down. | Death of Ducos. Betrayal by Jane. |
| Sharpe's Justice | Yorkshire 1814 | Lady Anne | Parfitt | Ruin of business rivals | Self Employed | Wickham. Jane. Rossendale. | Harper. Hagman. Sally. Truman. Stanwyck. | Duel with Wickham. Jane's cruelty. | Revelation of half brother. Jane a complete bitch. |
| Sharpe's Waterloo | Brussels June 1815 | Lucille | Jane | Death of Sharpe | Self Employed | Rossendale. Napoleon. Prince of Orange. | Harper. Harris. Hagman. Harry. Doggett. | Reunion with Harper. | Death of Harris and Hagman. Confusing narrative. |
| Title | Places | Girl | Villian | Villian's Project | Villian's Employer | Minor Villians | Sharpe's Friends | Highlights | Remarks |
| Sharpe's Tiger | India 1799 | Mary Bickerstaff | Obidiah Hakeswill | Make Sharpe's life Hell. | British Army | Tippo. Shee. Morris. | Lawford. Garrard. | Flogging scene. | Not as deep or driven as in later books. |
| Sharpe's Rifles | Portugal 1809 | Louisa Parker | Colonel de l'Eclin | Stop Blas Vivar inciting resistance | The Emperor Napoleon | Count Mouromorto. Major Dunnet | Patrick Harper. Blas Vivar | Taking of Santiago. | Sharpe's fumbling of command and love well handled. |
| Sharpe's Eagle | Talavera 1809 | Josefina Lacosta | Sir Henry Simmerson | Self glory | Self Employed/TD> | Gibbons. Berry. | Harper. Hogan. Lawford. | Sharpe taking the Eagle. | Sharpe loses the girl again. |
| Sharpe's Gold | Almeida 1809 | Teresa Moreno | El Catalico | Keep the Spanish gold. | Self Employed Partisan | Ayres. Kearsey. French troops. | Harper. Knowles. Lawford. Garrard. Hogan. | Teresa's diversion. Duel. Destruction of Almeida. | Ingenius use of historical fact. |
| Sharpe's Battle | Fuentes de Onoro 1811 | Juanita de Elia | Loup | Revenge on Sharpe | French Army | Sarsfield. Kiely. | Harper. Chosen Men. Garrard. Donaju. | Drowning Loup. | Sharpe now 100% Bean. Good battle scenes. |
| Sharpe's
Company | Badajoz 1812 | Teresa Moreno | Obidiah Hakeswill | Raping and thieving. | British Army | Rymer. Windham. | Chosen Men. Knowles. | Sharpe's insane rage. | Sharpe's distress acutely written. |
| Sharpe's Sword | Salamanca 1812 | La Marquesa Helene Mendora | Leroux | Death of El Mirador | French Army | Jack Spears | Jack Spears. Harper. Lossow. | Helen's seduction of Sharpe. KGL breaking French square. Harper finding Sharpe. | Wonderful use of Arturian themes. |
| Sharpe's Enemy | Portugal 1812 | Josefina | Obidiah Hakeswill | Revenge on Sharpe | Self Employed | Pot Au Feu. Sir Augustus. | Harper. Frederickson. Dubreton. | Sharpe's Christmases past. Flirtation with Josefina. Grief over Teresa. | A violent and bloody Xmas tale. |
| Sharpe's Honour | Vitoria 1813 | Helene | Ducos | Get Brits out of Spain | The Emperor Napoleon | Father Hacha. El Matarife. | Frederickson. Hogan. Dally. | Sharpe bluffing French. Toasting the Kings. | Sharpe's most romantic interlude. |
| Sharpe's Regiment | England 1813 | Lady Anne | Lord Fenner | Lucrative fake regiment scheme | British Government | Simmerson. Girdwood. Lynch. Lawford. | Harper. Dally. Harry. Prinny. | Seduction of alley cat. Sharpe's revenge on officers. | Contrast of court and slums. |
| Sharpe's Siege | France 1814 | Jane Gibbons | Ducos | Defeat of British invasion | French Army | Maquerre. Calvet. Bampfylde. Ford. | Harper. Frederickson. Killick. Palmer. | Pulling Pat's tooth. Holding the fort. | Sharpe frets too much over Jane. |
| Sharpe's Revenge | France 1814 | Lucille | Ducos | Theft of Emperor's treasure | Self Employed | Challon. Bampfylde. Jane. Rossendale. | Harper. Frederickson. Dally. Calvet. | Sharpe's shell shock. Harper getting the guards drunk. | Ducos' death an anti-climax. |
| Sharpe's Waterloo | Waterloo 1815 | Lucille | Jane | Death of Sharpe | Funded by Sharpe | Rossendale. Prince of Orange. Napoleon. | Harper. Dally. Harry. Nosey. | Sharpe chasing Rossendale across tables. | Equal parts soap and battle. |
| Sharpe's Ransom | Normandy 1816 | Lucille | Challon | Theft of stolen treasure | Self Employed | Malon. Lebecque. | Malan. | Sharpe naked. Not wanting son to be Calvary Officer. | Short story. Deals with Sharpe settling in Normandy. |
| Sharpe's Devil | Chile 1820 | Louisa Vivar | Bautista | Profit skimming | Spanish Government | Marquinez. Cochrane. Napoleon. | Harper. | Storming of the forts. | A charming reunion of two old rogues. |
