Malazan

Ten books by one author, six by another, and a famous argument about whether to interleave them.

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Where to start with Malazan

There are two real orders and neither is wrong. The default here is the simple one: Erikson's ten straight through, then everything else. The interleaved order is named below because it is the better order for a second read and because the argument about it is the most-asked question in this series.

  1. 1
    Gardens of the Moon Gardens of the Moon

    It drops you in the middle of a world with no exposition and it was written years before the rest. Push through it. This is the single biggest attrition point in epic fantasy.

  2. 2
    Deadhouse Gates and Memories of Ice Deadhouse Gates

    The two books that make the case for the whole thing.

  3. 3
    House of Chains through The Crippled God House of Chains

    Seven more. Midnight Tides throws out the cast at book five and starts again on a new continent, which is deliberate and which loses people.

  4. 4
    Esslemont's six, starting with Night of Knives Night of Knives

    A different writer at a different level, which is exactly why they sit after Erikson's ten rather than inside them. Return of the Crimson Guard follows The Bonehunters directly and is the one whose position is worth arguing about.

  5. 5
    The Tales of Witness The God Is Not Willing

    Erikson's sequels. Two published, a third due October 2026, and a fourth confirmed with no date.

Then what? Path to Ascendancy is four prequels with two more referenced, and works better as a return visit than as a way in. Kharkanas is two of three and the third is unwritten, so starting it is a choice rather than a step. The Bauchelain novellas go anywhere after Memories of Ice.

A suggested way in, not an official one. The full list is below: tick anything off in either place.

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Malazan Book of the Fallen

  • Gardens of the Moon 1999
  • Deadhouse Gates 2000
  • Memories of Ice 2001
  • House of Chains 2002
  • Midnight Tides 2004
  • The Bonehunters 2006
  • Reaper's Gale 2007
  • Toll the Hounds 2008
  • Dust of Dreams 2009
  • The Crippled God 2011

Novels of the Malazan Empire

  • Night of Knives 2004
  • Return of the Crimson Guard 2008
  • Stonewielder 2010
  • Orb Sceptre Throne 2012
  • Blood and Bone 2012
  • Assail 2014

The Tales of Witness

  • The God Is Not Willing 2021
  • No Life Forsaken 2025
  • Legacies of Betrayal 2026, not out yet
  • The fourth Tale of Witness not out yet

Path to Ascendancy

  • Dancer's Lament 2016
  • Deadhouse Landing 2017
  • Kellanved's Reach 2019
  • Forge of the High Mage 2023

The Kharkanas Trilogy

  • Forge of Darkness 2012
  • Fall of Light 2016
  • Walk in Shadow not out yet

Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

  • Blood Follows 2002
  • The Fiends of Nightmaria 2016

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