R.A. Salvatore Reading Order

6 books (1993–2013)

Start with Realms of Valor, the first of 6 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Realms of Valor 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Realms of Infamy 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Realms of Magic 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Realms of Shadow 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dragons: Worlds Afire 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	Unfettered 2013Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1990–2000)

Start with Echoes of the Fourth Magic and read in order.

#	Title
1	Echoes of the Fourth Magic 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Witch's Daughter 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bastion of Darkness 2000Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2022–2022)

3 books (2018–2020)

Start with Child of a Mad God and read in order.

#	Title
1	Child of a Mad God 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Reckoning of Fallen Gods 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Song of the Risen God 2020Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1994–1996)

Start with Luthien's Gamble and read in order.

#	Title
1	Luthien's Gamble 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Sword of Bedwyr 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Dragon King 1996Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1996–2014)

Start with The Demon Awakens, the first of 9 books in the DemonWars Saga series.

#	Title
1	The Demon Awakens 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Demon Spirit 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Demon Apostle 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mortalis 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	Ascendance 2001Buy 🇺🇸
6	Transcendence 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	Immortalis 2003Buy 🇺🇸
8	Trial by Fire 2003Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Education of Brother Thaddius and Other Tales of DemonWars 2014Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2024–2025)

Start with Pinquickle's Folly and read in order.

3 books (2018–2020)

Start with Timeless and read in order.

#	Title
1	Timeless 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Boundless 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Relentless 2020Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2013–2013)

Start with Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #2, the first of 5 books in the Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter Comic series.

#	Title
1	Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #2 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #3 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #4 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #5 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter 1 2013Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2025–2025)

10 books (1993–2010)

Start with Realms of Valor, the first of 10 books in the Forgotten Realms: Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Realms of Valor 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Realms of Magic 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Realms of the Underdark(By: Brian Thomsen,Ed Greenwood,Elaine Cunningham,J. Robert King,Roger E. Moore,Mark Anthony) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Realms of the Arcane(By: J. Robert King) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Realms of Mystery(By: J. Robert King) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Realms of the Dragons(By: Ed Greenwood) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
7	Realms of the Dragons II(By: Erin Tettensor) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
8	Realms of the Elves(By: Philip Athans) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
9	Realms of War(By: Philip Athans) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
10	Realms of the Dead 2010Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1991–1994)

Start with Canticle, the first of 5 books in the Forgotten Realms: Cleric Quintet series.

#	Title
1	Canticle 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	In Sylvan Shadows 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Night Masks 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Fallen Fortress 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Chaos Curse 1994Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2014–2015)

Start with Night of the Hunter and read in order.

#	Title
1	Night of the Hunter 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Rise of the King 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf 2015Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2015–2016)

Start with Archmage and read in order.

#	Title
1	Archmage 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hero 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Maestro 2016Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2002–2004)

Start with The Thousand Orcs and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Thousand Orcs 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Lone Drow 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Two Swords 2004Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1992–1993)

Start with Starless Night, the first of 4 books in the Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow series.

#	Title
1	Starless Night 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Legacy 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Passage to Dawn 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Siege of Darkness 1993Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1998–2001)

Start with The Silent Blade and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Silent Blade 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Spine of the World 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sea of Swords 2001Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1990–1991)

Start with Exile and read in order.

#	Title
1	Exile 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Homeland 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sojourn 1991Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1988–1990)

Start with The Crystal Shard and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Crystal Shard 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Streams of Silver 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Halfling's Gem 1990Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2001–2006)

Start with Servant of the Shard and read in order.

#	Title
1	Servant of the Shard 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Promise of the Witch King 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Road of the Patriarch 2006Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2013–2013)

Start with Legacy of the Crystal Shard and read in order.

#	Title
1	Legacy of the Crystal Shard 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Murder in Baldur's Gate(By: Ed Greenwood) 2013Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2007–2009)

Start with The Orc King and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Orc King 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Pirate King 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Ghost King 2009Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2008–2022)

Start with Spooks, Volume 1(With: Larry Hama,Adam Archer,Ryan Schifrin) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Spooks, Volume 1(With: Larry Hama,Adam Archer,Ryan Schifrin) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dungeons & Dragons: Drizzt 100-Page Giant 2022Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2010–2013)

Start with Gauntlgrym, the first of 4 books in the Neverwinter series.

#	Title
1	Gauntlgrym 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Neverwinter 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Charon's Claw 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Last Threshold 2013Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2010–2010)

#	Title
1	The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction 2010Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1999–1999)

#	Title
1	The Accursed Tower 1999Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2004–2010)

Start with The Ancient, the first of 4 books in the Saga of the First King series.

#	Title
1	The Ancient 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Highwayman 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Dame 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Bear 2010Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1993–1995)

Start with The Woods Out Back and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Woods Out Back 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Dragon's Dagger 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dragonslayer's Return/The Haggis Hunters 1995Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2011–2012)

Start with Spooks - Vol.1(With: Larry Hama) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Spooks - Vol.1(With: Larry Hama) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Spooks, Volume 2(By: Larry Hama) 2012Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1996–2021)

Start with Tarzan and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tarzan 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Color of Dragons 2021Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1976–2020)

Start with A New Hope(By: Alan Dean Foster,George Lucas), the first of 11 books in the Star Wars: Movie Novelizations series.

#	Title
1	A New Hope(By: Alan Dean Foster,George Lucas) 1976Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Empire Strikes Back(By: Donald F. Glut) 1980Buy 🇺🇸
3	Return of the Jedi(By: James Kahn) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Phantom Menace(By: Terry Brooks,George Lucas) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
5	Attack of the Clones 2002Buy 🇺🇸
6	Revenge of the Sith(By: Matthew Woodring Stover) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Force Awakens(By: Alan Dean Foster) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Rogue One(By: Alexander Freed) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	Solo(By: Mur Lafferty) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Last Jedi(By: Jason Fry) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Rise of Skywalker(By: Rae Carson) 2020Buy 🇺🇸

26 books (1999–2006)

Start with Dark Tide, Book I: Onslaught(By: Michael A. Stackpole), the first of 26 books in the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series.

#	Title
1	Dark Tide, Book I: Onslaught(By: Michael A. Stackpole) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Vector Prime 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse(By: James Luceno) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	Agents of Chaos, Book I: Hero's Trial(By: James Luceno) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	Balance Point(By: Kathy Tyers,Michael Cumpsty) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
6	Dark Tide Onslaught(By: Michael A. Stackpole) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dark Tide, Book II: Ruin(By: Michael A. Stackpole) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
8	Edge of Victory, Book I : Conquest(By: Greg Keyes) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
9	Edge of Victory, Book II: Rebirth(By: Greg Keyes) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
10	Recovery - Short Story(By: Troy Denning) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
11	Star by Star(By: Troy Denning) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
12	Dark Journey(By: Elaine Cunningham) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
13	Destiny's Way(By: Walter Jon Williams) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
14	Emissary of the Void(By: Greg Keyes) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
15	Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream(By: Aaron Allston) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
16	Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand(By: Aaron Allston) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Apprentice(By: Elaine Cunningham) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
18	Traitor(By: Matthew Woodring Stover) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
19	Ylesia(By: Walter Jon Williams) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
20	Force Heretic, Book I: Remnant(By: Sean Williams,Shane Dix) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
21	Force Heretic, Book II: Refugee(By: Sean Williams,Shane Dix) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
22	Force Heretic, Book III: Reunion(By: Sean Williams,Shane Dix) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
23	Star Wars: The New Jedi Order - The Final Prophecy(By: Greg Keyes) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Final Prophecy(By: Greg Keyes) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Unifying Force(By: James Luceno) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
26	Boba Fett: A Practical Man(By: Karen Traviss) 2006Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2008–2010)

Start with The Stowaway(With: Geno Salvatore) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Stowaway(With: Geno Salvatore) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Shadowmask(With: Geno Salvatore) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Sentinels(With: Geno Salvatore) 2010Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2003–2007)

Start with The Best of the Realms(With: J. Robert King) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Best of the Realms(With: J. Robert King) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Best of the Realms 2(By: Ed Greenwood) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Best Of The Realms Book III(By: Elaine Cunningham) 2007Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2011–2021)

Start with The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories, the first of 8 books in the The Legend of Drizzt series.

#	Title
1	The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Companions 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Guenhwyvar 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	That Curious Sword 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Third Level 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	Wickless in the Nether 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	One-Eyed Jax 2021Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2005–2009)

Start with Exile, the first of 8 books in the The Legend of Drizzt: The Graphic Novel series.

#	Title
1	Exile 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Homeland 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sojourn 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Streams of Silver 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Crystal Shard 2007Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Halfling's Gem 2008Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Legacy 2008Buy 🇺🇸
8	Starless Night 2009Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2008–2009)

Start with The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 1 and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 1 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 2(By: Ed Greenwood,James Lowder) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 3(By: Richard A. Knaak) 2009Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2021–2023)

Start with Starlight Enclave and read in order.

#	Title
1	Starlight Enclave 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	Glacier's Edge 2022Buy 🇺🇸
3	Lolth's Warrior 2023Buy 🇺🇸