Fantasy series book orders.
Where to start in Cosmere, Discworld, Mistborn, ACOTAR, and the rest people keep arguing about. Which traps to skip.
Pick a series
The Cosmere
, UniverseBrandon Sanderson
22 books · Ongoing
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
5 books · Ongoing
A Song of Ice and Fire
George R.R. Martin
7 books · Ongoing
Discworld
Terry Pratchett
41 books · Complete
Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
6 books · Complete
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling
11 books · Complete
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman
8 books · Complete
Malazan Book of the Fallen
Steven Erikson
10 books · Complete
Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
9 books · Complete
Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson
8 books · Ongoing
Realm of the Elderlings
Robin Hobb
16 books · Complete
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
6 books · Ongoing
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
7 books · Complete
The Dresden Files
Jim Butcher
18 books · Ongoing
The Empyrean
Rebecca Yarros
4 books · Ongoing
The First Law
Joe Abercrombie
10 books · Complete
The Inheritance Cycle
Christopher Paolini
6 books · Ongoing
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Patrick Rothfuss
4 books · Ongoing
The Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson
7 books · Ongoing
The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan
15 books · Complete
The Witcher
Andrzej Sapkowski
9 books · Ongoing
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
8 books · Complete
Before you open book one
- The best first book, not always the one numbered one.
- Publication order as the default, plus the alternate paths fans actually debate when a series has more than one sensible door.
- The order traps that matter (Secret History, novella slots, prequels) without spoiling the books themselves.