Realm of the Elderlings

Sixteen books in five trilogies, and the seven people skip are the seven the ending is built on.

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Where to start with Realm of the Elderlings

Publication order, all sixteen, no exceptions and no chronological wrinkle. The argument here is not about order at all, it is about the seven books people drop, and both sets of people drop them for reasons that sound sensible.

  1. 1
    The Farseer Trilogy Assassin's Apprentice

    Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest. First person, one narrator, and the most miserable protagonist in fantasy.

  2. 2
    The Liveship Traders Ship of Magic

    Do not skip this because Fitz is not in it. It introduces Amber, who is the Fool, and it builds the dragon and Elderling cosmology the last seven books run on.

  3. 3
    The Tawny Man Fool's Errand

    Fitz again, fifteen years older. Fool's Fate feels like the end of everything, and there are seven books left.

  4. 4
    The Rain Wild Chronicles The Dragon Keeper

    Slower and looser than the rest, and Assassin's Fate takes its setting, its dragons and several of its viewpoint characters from here. Skip it and the finale is full of strangers.

  5. 5
    Fitz and the Fool Fool's Assassin

    Fool's Assassin, Fool's Quest, Assassin's Fate. The last three, and they collect on all four earlier sub-series at once.

Then what? A nine book Fitz only route through Farseer, Tawny Man and Fitz and the Fool circulates widely. It is readable and it costs you most of what the ending is doing.

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The Farseer Trilogy

  • Assassin's Apprentice 1995
  • Royal Assassin 1996
  • Assassin's Quest 1997

The Liveship Traders

  • Ship of Magic 1998
  • The Mad Ship 1998
  • Ship of Destiny 2000

The Tawny Man

  • Fool's Errand 2001
  • The Golden Fool 2002
  • Fool's Fate 2003

The Rain Wild Chronicles

  • The Dragon Keeper 2009
  • Dragon Haven 2010
  • City of Dragons 2012
  • Blood of Dragons 2013

Fitz and the Fool

  • Fool's Assassin 2014
  • Fool's Quest 2015
  • Assassin's Fate 2017

The Side Stories

  • Homecoming 2003
  • The Inheritance 2000
  • The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince 2013

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