R.A. Salvatore Books in Order

Below is the complete list of R.A. Salvatore books in order of publication. This is the recommended reading sequence for the series.

Finest Edge of Twilight Series

1. The Finest Edge of Twilight (2025)

Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale Series

1. The Crystal Shard (1988)
2. Streams of Silver (1989)
3. The Halfling’s Gem (1990)

Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy Series

1. Homeland (1990)
2. Exile (1990)
3. Sojourn (1991)

Forgotten Realms: Cleric Quintet Series

1. Canticle (1991)
2. In Sylvan Shadows (1992)
3. Night Masks (1992)
4. The Fallen Fortress (1993)
5. The Chaos Curse (1994)

Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow Series

1. The Legacy (1992)
2. Starless Night (1992)
3. Siege of Darkness (1993)
4. Passage to Dawn (1993)

Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness Series

1. The Silent Blade (1998)
2. The Spine of the World (1999)
3. Sea of Swords (2001)

Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords Series

1. Servant of the Shard (2001)
2. Promise of the Witch King (2005)
3. Road of the Patriarch (2006)

Forgotten Realms: Hunter’s Blades Series

1. The Thousand Orcs (2002)
2. The Lone Drow (2003)
3. The Two Swords (2004)

Forgotten Realms: Transitions Series

1. The Orc King (2007)
2. The Pirate King (2008)
3. The Ghost King (2009)

Forgotten Realms: The Sundering Adventure Modules Series

1. Murder in Baldur’s Gate (2013)
   (By Ed Greenwood)
2. Legacy of the Crystal Shard (2013)

Forgotten Realms: Anthologies Series

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

The Best of the Realms Series
with Ed Greenwood, Elaine Cunningham, J. Robert King

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

Chronicles Of Ynis Aielle Series

1. Echoes of the Fourth Magic (1990)
2. The Witch’s Daughter (1991)
3. Bastion of Darkness (2000)

Forgotten Realms: Companions Codex Series

1. Night of the Hunter (2014)
2. Rise of the King (2014)
3. Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf (2015)

Crimson Shadow Series

1. The Sword of Bedwyr (1994)
2. Luthien’s Gamble (1994)
3. The Dragon King (1996)

DemonWars Saga Series

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

Coven Series

1. Child of a Mad God (2018)
2. Reckoning of Fallen Gods (2019)
3. Song of the Risen God (2020)

DemonWars: The Buccaneers Series

1. Pinquickle’s Folly (2024)
2. Witch of Whispervale (2025)

Drizzt Trilogy: Generations Series

1. Timeless (2018)
2. Boundless (2019)
3. Relentless (2020)

Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter Comic Series
with Geno Salvatore, Steve Ellis

1. Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter 1 (2013)
2. Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #2 (2013)
3. Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #3 (2013)
4. Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #4 (2013)
5. Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #5 (2013)

Forgotten Realms: Homecoming Series

1. Archmage (2015)
2. Maestro (2016)
3. Hero (2016)

The Legend of Drizzt Series

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

Neverwinter Series

1. Gauntlgrym (2010)
2. Neverwinter (2011)
3. Charon’s Claw (2012)
4. The Last Threshold (2013)

Saga of the First King Series

1. The Highwayman (2004)
2. The Ancient (2004)
3. The Dame (2009)
4. The Bear (2010)

Spearwielder’s Tale Series

1. The Woods Out Back (1993)
2. The Dragon’s Dagger (1994)
3. Dragonslayer’s Return/The Haggis Hunters (1995)

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order Series

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

Stone of Tymora Series
with Geno Salvatore

1. The Stowaway (2008)
   (With Geno Salvatore)
2. The Shadowmask (2009)
   (With Geno Salvatore)
3. The Sentinels (2010)
   (With Geno Salvatore)

Way Of The Drow Series

1. Starlight Enclave (2021)
2. Glacier’s Edge (2022)
3. Lolth’s Warrior (2023)

The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Series

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

Standalone Novels Series

1. Tarzan (1996)
2. The Color of Dragons (2021)

Graphic Novels Series

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

Collections Series

1. The Dao of Drizzt (2022)

Game Series

1. The Accursed Tower (1999)

Non-Fiction Series

1. The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction (2010)

Star Wars: Movie Novelizations Series

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

The Legend of Drizzt: The Graphic Novel Series

1. Homeland (2005)
2. Exile (2005)
3. Sojourn (2006)
4. The Crystal Shard (2007)
5. Streams of Silver (2007)
6. The Legacy (2008)
7. The Halfling’s Gem (2008)
8. Starless Night (2009)

Spooks Series

1. Spooks – Vol.1 (2011)
   (With Larry Hama)
2. Spooks, Volume 2 (2012)
   (By Larry Hama)

About R.A. Salvatore

R.A. Salvatore is one of the most commercially successful and influential writers in modern fantasy, but reducing his career to Drizzt alone misses how much range sits underneath that success. He is unquestionably best known for The Legend of Drizzt, the long-running Forgotten Realms saga that began with The Crystal Shard in 1988 and helped define tie-in fantasy for generations of readers. Even so, his official biography and bibliography make clear that his work extends well beyond one drow ranger or even one shared world. He is a Massachusetts-born author, born in 1959, educated at Fitchburg State, and his career has stretched across original epic fantasy, media tie-ins, comics, and game-related storytelling.

The obvious center of gravity in his bibliography is Drizzt. That series became so large, and so widely read, that it effectively turned Salvatore into one of the defining voices of Dungeons & Dragons fiction. What makes those books endure is not only action, though he is exceptionally good at action. It is the moral structure underneath them. Drizzt is a fantasy hero built around conscience, alienation, loyalty, and the refusal to let birth determine identity. Salvatore gave commercial fantasy readers battles, monsters, and momentum, but he also gave them a protagonist whose inner life mattered. That combination is a large part of why the books lasted far beyond their original publishing moment. Official material still foregrounds Drizzt as the signature creation, and with good reason.

But his bibliography makes more sense when seen in three broad streams rather than one. First is the Forgotten Realms and Drizzt work, which includes not only the main Legend of Drizzt line but other connected phases and related books. Second is his original fantasy, especially the DemonWars universe, which his official site continues to feature prominently, including recent entries such as The Witch of Whispervale. Third is the wider body of franchise and media work that shows how adaptable he has been: Vector Prime for Star Wars, writing tied to video games, comics work, and major creative involvement in projects such as Kingdoms of Amalur. Taken together, those strands show a writer who was never merely servicing one brand. He built one of the biggest fantasy careers of his era while moving comfortably between shared-world storytelling and original mythmaking.

His style is also more distinctive than the tie-in label sometimes suggests. Salvatore writes with speed and clarity, but what really marks his fiction is rhythm in combat, emotional directness, and a strong instinct for fellowship. His best books understand that fantasy adventure needs more than worldbuilding. It needs trust between characters, grief that carries forward, and a moral center strong enough to survive repeated war and loss. That is true in the Drizzt books, but it is just as visible in DemonWars, where he works on a more openly original epic-fantasy canvas. His fiction is often kinetic, but it is not empty movement. He returns again and again to belonging, honor, faith, exile, and the burden of choosing decency inside violent worlds. That thematic consistency is one of the reasons his bibliography feels coherent even when it crosses settings and franchises.

His career is also notable for scale. Official and reference biographies credit him with more than fifteen million books sold in the United States and more than twenty New York Times bestsellers, which places him in rare company among fantasy writers whose careers began in shared-world fiction. That success matters because it changed how fantasy publishing viewed this kind of work. Salvatore proved that books connected to gaming worlds could develop real long-form character loyalty and major mainstream readership. He helped make fantasy series branding larger, but he also helped make character continuity more central to that branding. Drizzt became an icon, yet the career around Drizzt kept expanding rather than collapsing into repetition.

The best way to understand R.A. Salvatore’s bibliography, then, is as the work of a writer who brought unusual emotional conviction to highly commercial fantasy. He is a franchise giant, certainly, but also a genuine career novelist with a durable set of preoccupations: outsiderhood, friendship, sacrifice, and the search for an ethical life in brutal worlds. Whether writing Drizzt, DemonWars, or work tied to larger universes, he has always written as someone who believes adventure fiction should move hard and feel deeply. That is why his shelf is so large, and why so much of it still holds together as more than nostalgia.