<P> Before this novel was published , Follett was known for writing in the thriller genre . The Pillars of the Earth became his best - selling work which was later made into an 8 - part miniseries in 2010 . The book was listed at no . 33 on the BBC 's Big Read , a 2003 survey with the goal of finding the `` nation 's best - loved book '' . The book was selected in the United States for Oprah 's Book Club in 2007 . It is the first book in the Kingsbridge Series - the others being a sequel , set 150 years later , entitled World Without End ( 2007 ) , and A Column of Fire ( 2017 ) set in Elizabethan England . </P>
<P> Before this novel was published , Follett was known for writing in the thriller genre . The Pillars of the Earth became his best - selling work which was later made into an 8 - part miniseries in 2010 . The book was listed at no . 33 on the BBC 's Big Read , a 2003 survey with the goal of finding the `` nation 's best - loved book '' . The book was selected in the United States for Oprah 's Book Club in 2007 . It is the first book in the Kingsbridge Series - the others being a sequel , set 150 years later , entitled World Without End ( 2007 ) , and A Column of Fire ( 2017 ) set in Elizabethan England . </P>
ken follett sequel to pillars of the earth
ken follett sequel to pillars of the earth
World Without End
World Without End