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Andrzej Sapkowski Books in Order

Andrzej Sapkowski has written 17 books, published between 1988 and 2025. The first book is Something Ends, Something Begins / Etwas endet, etwas beginnt (1988) and the newest is Crossroads of Ravens (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1988–2025
Confirmed
16 of 17 titles
Pages on record
3,066 in 7 of 17 books
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Photo of Andrzej Sapkowski, author

Andrzej Sapkowski is a Polish fantasy writer, born 21 June 1948, best known for The Witcher, the saga of the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia. The Witcher has reached video games, television, the stage and comics, and appears in 37 languages; only Stanisław Lem is translated more among Polish science fiction and fantasy writers. Sapkowski's books have sold over 30 million copies and draw on Slavic mythology. The 17 catalogued titles run from Something Ends, Something Begins (1988) through The Last Wish (1993) and Blood of Elves (1994) to Crossroads of Ravens (2025), with the Hussite Trilogy as a second series.

How many Andrzej Sapkowski books are there?

Andrzej Sapkowski has 17 books, released between 1988 and 2025. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Andrzej Sapkowski Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Andrzej Sapkowski books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 2 of the Witcher Saga (1992)
  2. Cover of The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 1 of the Witcher Saga (1993)
  3. Cover of The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 3 of the Witcher Collections series (1993)
  4. Cover of Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 3 of the Witcher Saga (1994)
  5. Cover of The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 4 of the Witcher Saga (1995)
  6. Cover of Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 5 of the Witcher Saga (1996)
  7. Cover of The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 6 of the Witcher Saga (1997)
  8. Cover of The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski (1999)
  9. Cover of The Tower of Fools by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 1 of the Hussite Trilogy (2002)
  10. Cover of Warriors of God by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 2 of the Hussite Trilogy (2004)
  11. Cover of Light Perpetual by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 3 of the Hussite Trilogy (2006)
  12. Cover of Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 7 of the Witcher Saga (2013)
  13. Cover of Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski, book 8 of the Witcher Saga (2016)
  1. 1
    Something Ends, Something Begins / Etwas endet, etwas beginntWitcher Collections #11988 · confirmed 3/4
    1988–
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  2. 2
    Sword of DestinyWitcher Saga #21992 · confirmed 3/4
    1992–
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  3. 3
    The Last WishWitcher Saga #11993 · confirmed 3/4
    1993–
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  4. 4
    The Last WishWitcher Collections #31993 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993384
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  5. 5
    Blood of ElvesWitcher Saga #31994 · confirmed 3/4
    1994–
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  6. 6
    The Time of ContemptWitcher Saga #41995 · 347 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995347
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  7. 7
    Baptism of FireWitcher Saga #51996 · 389 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996389
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  8. 8
    The Tower of SwallowsWitcher Saga #61997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997–
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  9. 9
    The Lady of the Lake1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  10. 10
    The Tower of FoolsHussite Trilogy #12002 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002464
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  11. 11
    Warriors of GodHussite Trilogy #22004 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004464
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  12. 12
    Light PerpetualHussite Trilogy #32006 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006464
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  13. 14
    Season of StormsWitcher Saga #72013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  14. 15
    Lady of the LakeWitcher Saga #82016 · 554 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016554
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  15. 16
    The Lesser EvilWitcher #102023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  16. 17
    Crossroads of RavensWitcher Saga #92025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Andrzej Sapkowski characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Andrzej Sapkowski books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Witcher Saga in order

9 books
  1. 1. The Last Wish
  2. 2. Sword of Destiny
  3. 3. Blood of Elves
  4. 4. The Time of Contempt
  5. 5. Baptism of Fire
  6. 6. The Tower of Swallows
  7. 7. Season of Storms
  8. 8. Lady of the Lake
  9. 9. Crossroads of Ravens

Hussite Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Tower of Fools
  2. 2. Warriors of God
  3. 3. Light Perpetual

Witcher Collections

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Andrzej Sapkowski Short Story

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Witcher in order

1 book
  1. 10. The Lesser Evil

Standalone books

1 book

1 Andrzej Sapkowski title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Andrzej Sapkowski books in order?

You only need to read Andrzej Sapkowski books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Andrzej Sapkowski

Start with Something Ends, Something Begins / Etwas endet, etwas beginnt (1988), the first The Witcher book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Andrzej Sapkowski book?

Crossroads of Ravens (2025) is the newest Andrzej Sapkowski book released so far.

Is there a new Andrzej Sapkowski book coming?

No next Andrzej Sapkowski book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Andrzej Sapkowski has won

Wikidata records 17 awards and 1 nomination for Andrzej Sapkowski. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • World Fantasy Awards2016Won
  • Tähtifantasia Award2012Won
  • FantLab's Book of the Year Award2011Won
  • David Gemmell Legend Awards2009Won
  • Sphinx Award2007Won
  • Sphinx Award2005Won
  • Ignotus Award for Best Anthology2003Wonfor The Last Wish
  • Ignotus Awards2003Won
  • Janusz A. Zajdel Award2002Won
  • Sphinx Award2000Won
  • Sphinx Award1998Won
  • Sphinx Award1997Won

Andrzej Sapkowski at a glance

Still publishing
Andrzej Sapkowski published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Andrzej Sapkowski books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,066 pages across the 7 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 464 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Andrzej Sapkowski books, 8 of 17, were published in the 1990s.

What the Andrzej Sapkowski books are about

10 of the 17 Andrzej Sapkowski books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magic is tagged on 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Magic 8 of 10 books
  • Fantasy 7 of 10 books
  • Heiresses 4 of 10 books
  • Monsters 3 of 10 books
  • Assassins 2 of 10 books
  • Dissenters 2 of 10 books
  • Elves 2 of 10 books
  • Fantasy, epic 2 of 10 books
  • Inquisition 2 of 10 books
  • Polish Fantasy fiction 2 of 10 books
  • Polish literature 2 of 10 books
  • Slavic philology 2 of 10 books

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