Terry Brooks Reading Order

8 books (1991–2025)

Start with Once Upon a Time, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Once Upon a Time 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Unfettered 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Multiverse 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Unbound 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy 2019Buy 🇺🇸
8	Grimoire 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2013)

Start with Bloodfire Quest. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	Bloodfire Quest 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Wards of Faerie 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Witch Wraith 2013Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2014–2016)

Start with The High Druid's Blade. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	The High Druid's Blade 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Darkling Child 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Sorcerer's Daughter 2016Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2017–2020)

Start with The Black Elfstone. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	The Black Elfstone 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Skaar Invasion 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Stiehl Assassin 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Last Druid 2020Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2006–2008)

Start with Armageddon's Children. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	Armageddon's Children 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Elves of Cintra 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Gypsy Morph 2008Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1990–1993)

Start with The Scions of Shannara. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	The Scions of Shannara 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Druid of Shannara 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Elf Queen of Shannara 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Talismans of Shannara 1993Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2003–2005)

Start with Jarka Ruus. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	Jarka Ruus 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Tanequil 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	Straken 2005Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1998–1999)

Start with Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King(With: Diana Gabaldon,George R.R. Martin,Orson Scott Card,Robert Silverberg,Neil Gaiman,Elizabeth Haydon) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King(With: Diana Gabaldon,George R.R. Martin,Orson Scott Card,Robert Silverberg,Neil Gaiman,Elizabeth Haydon) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Legends(By: Stephen King,Anne McCaffrey,Robert Silverberg) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Legends 3(By: Terry Pratchett,Tad Williams,Robert Jordan,Robert Silverberg,Ursula K. Le Guin) 1999Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2010–2011)

Start with Bearers of the Black Staff. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	Bearers of the Black Staff 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Measure of the Magic 2011Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1986–2009)

Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!, the first of 6 books in the Magic Kingdom Of Landover series.

#	Title
1	Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Black Unicorn 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	Wizard at Large 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Tangle Box 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Witches' Brew 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Princess of Landover 2009Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1999–2003)

Start with Myths & Magic and read in order.

#	Title
1	Myths & Magic 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sometimes the Magic Works 2003Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1977–2003)

Start with The Sword of Shannara. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	The Sword of Shannara 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Elfstones of Shannara 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Wishsong of Shannara 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	First King of Shannara 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	Indomitable 2003Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2013)

Start with Allanon's Quest. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

1 book (2011–2011)

1 book (2008–2008)

#	Title
1	Dark Wraith of Shannara 2008Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2021–2021)

#	Title
1	Small Magic 2021Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1987–2018)

Start with Revelation and read in order.

#	Title
1	Revelation 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hook 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Street Freaks 2018Buy 🇺🇸

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(With: George Lucas) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
5	Attack of the Clones(By: R.A. Salvatore) 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 🇺🇸

2 books (2025–2026)

Start with Galaphile. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

3 books (2021–2023)

Start with Child of Light and read in order.

#	Title
1	Child of Light 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	Daughter of Darkness 2022Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sister of Starlit Seas 2023Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2000–2002)

Start with Ilse Witch. Publication and chronological order differ — publication order is recommended for first-time readers.

#	Title
1	Ilse Witch 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Antrax 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Morgawr 2002Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1997–2018)

Start with Running with the Demon, the first of 5 books in the Word & Void series.

#	Title
1	Running with the Demon 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Knight of the Word 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Angel Fire East 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	Imaginary Friends 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	Warrior 2018Buy 🇺🇸