Douglas Niles Books in Order
Douglas Niles has written 60 books, published between 1982 and 2015. The first book is Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1982) and the newest is A Noble Cause (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 60
- Published
- 1982–2015
- Pages on record
- 15,557 in 46 of 60 books
- Reading time
- 259–389 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 15,557 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 46 of 60 titles with a page count on record.
Douglas Niles, born December 1, 1954 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles helped create the Dragonlance world, wrote the first three Forgotten Realms novels, and designed the Star Frontiers space opera setting and the Top Secret S/I espionage role-playing game. The catalogue holds 60 books from Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1982) to A Noble Cause (2015), taking in the Forgotten Realms Moonshae, Maztica and Druidhome trilogies and the Dragonlance Icewall, Dwarf Home and Rise of Solamnia sequences. The Fox on the Rhine series and the subject heading World War, 1939-1945 mark a strand outside fantasy. The listing is marked likely complete.
How many Douglas Niles books are there?
Douglas Niles has 60 books, released between 1982 and 2015. They include 17 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Douglas Niles Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 60 Douglas Niles 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.
- 11982–1/4
- 21982–1/4
- 31983–1/4
- 41984–2/4
- 51985–1/4
- 6Escape from Castle QuarrasSuper Endless Quest / Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebook #31985 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/419851891/4
- 71985–2/4
- 8Lords of DoomSuper Endless Quest / Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebook #91986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 91986–2/4
- 1019873652/4
- 1119883442/4
- 121988321/4
- 1319882102/4
- 141989–1/4
- 1519893352/4
- 1619903142/4
- 171990–2/4
- 1819903082/4
- 1919917602/4
- 201991–2/4
- 2119923102/4
- 2219923122/4
- 2319923102/4
- 2419933081/4
- 2519933122/4
- 2619954471/4
- 271995311/4
- 281995–2/4
- 2919952821/4
- 30The Rod of Seven Parts1996 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/419963481/4
- 3119964081/4
- 3219962821/4
- 331996–2/4
- 3419973202/4
- 3519974321/4
- 3619983132/4
- 371998642/4
- 3819993162/4
- 3919993162/4
- 4020003901/4
- 4120005601/4
- 4220013591/4
- 4320023102/4
- 4420036721/4
- 452003–1/4
- 4620043092/4
- 4720053922/4
- 48War of the Worlds2005 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420053841/4
- 4920063852/4
- 5020073041/4
- 51MacArthur's War2007 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/420074961/4
- 5220073882/4
- 5320083921/4
- 5420083041/4
- 5520104001/4
- 56Final Failure:Eyeball to EyeballAn Alternate Cuban Missile Crisis #12012 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/420122641/4
- 5720123202/4
- 5820124001/4
- 59Dragons: The Myths, Legends, and Lore2013 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420132241/4
- 60A Noble Cause2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420153361/4
Douglas Niles 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.
Forgotten Realms: The Moonshae Trilogy in order
3 booksForgotten Realms: Maztica in order
3 books- 1. Ironhelm
- 2. Viperhand
- 3. Feathered Dragon
Forgotten Realms: Druidhome in order
3 booksDragonlance: Icewall in order
3 booksWatershed in order
3 booksQuest Triad in order
3 booksDragonlance: Chaos War in order
3 booksSeven Circles in order
3 booksDragonlance: Rise of Solamnia in order
3 booksDragonlance: Dwarf Home in order
3 booksDragonlance Modules in order
3 booksHigh in order
2 booksDragonlance: Lost Histories in order
2 books- 1. The Kagonesti
- 6. The Dragons
Fox on the Rhine in order
2 booksStarstrike in order
2 booksSuper Endless Quest / Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebook in order
2 booksNovice in order
1 bookExpert in order
1 bookBasic in order
1 bookGammarauders in order
1 bookDragonlance: Elven Nations in order
1 book- 1. Firstborn
Dragonlance Reader's Companion in order
1 bookAn Alternate Cuban Missile Crisis in order
1 bookForgotten Realms: The Lost Gods in order
1 bookDragonlance: Villains in order
1 bookDragonlance: Preludes in order
1 bookDragonlance: The Age of Mortals in order
1 bookDungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest in order
1 bookStandalone books
5 books5 Douglas Niles titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Douglas Niles books in order?
You only need to read Douglas Niles books in order within each series: the books listed here span 17 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Douglas Niles
Start with Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Douglas Niles book?
A Noble Cause (2015) is the newest Douglas Niles book released so far.
Is there a new Douglas Niles book coming?
No next Douglas Niles book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Douglas Niles at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Douglas Niles title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Douglas Niles books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 15,557 pages across the 46 of 60 books with a recorded length, a median of 318 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Douglas Niles books, 24 of 60, were published in the 1990s.
What the Douglas Niles books are about
46 of the 60 Douglas Niles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: krynn (imaginary place) is tagged on 9 of 46. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Krynn (Imaginary place) 9 of 46 books
- Fantasy 7 of 46 books
- Collection:DragonLance 6 of 46 books
- Dragonlance saga 5 of 46 books
- Dungeons & Dragons Novel 5 of 46 books
- Science fiction 5 of 46 books
- Elves 4 of 46 books
- Forgotten realms (Imaginary place) 4 of 46 books
- Magic 3 of 46 books
- World War, 1939-1945 3 of 46 books