Janny Wurts Books in Order
Janny Wurts has written 22 books, published between 1982 and 2024. The first book is Sorcerer's Legacy (1982) and the newest is Song of the Mysteries (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1982–2024
- Confirmed
- 1 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,678 in 16 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 145–217 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,678 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Janny Wurts is an American fantasy novelist and illustrator who often paints her own covers and has won Chesley Awards for that artwork. The Wars of Light and Shadow, her longest sequence, turns on the half-brothers Arithon s'Ffalenn and Lysaer s'Ilessid and opens with The Curse of the Mistwraith (1993). Wurts also wrote the Cycle of Fire trilogy and, with Raymond E. Feist, the Empire trilogy. Her collection That Way Lies Camelot was nominated for the 1995 British Fantasy Award. Twenty-six titles reach Song of the Mysteries (2024).
How many Janny Wurts books are there?
Janny Wurts has 22 books, released between 1982 and 2024. They include 4 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Janny Wurts Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Janny Wurts 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.
- 1Sorcerer's Legacy1982 · confirmed 2/41982–2/4
- 219843842/4
- 319883042/4
- 419883202/4
- 5The Master of Whitestorm1992 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/419924002/4
- 619936112/4
- 719949162/4
- 819953702/4
- 91997–2/4
- 1019996262/4
- 1120017212/4
- 12Peril’s Gate2001 · 784 pages · confirmed 1/420017841/4
- 13To Ride Hell's Chasm2002 · 678 pages · confirmed 2/420026782/4
- 14Traitor’s Knot2002 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420024641/4
- 152004–2/4
- 1620055742/4
- 1720077032/4
- 1820073112/4
- 192011–2/4
- 2020175122/4
- 21Destiny's Conflict2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 222024–3/4
Janny Wurts 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.
Wars of Light and Shadow in order
6 booksWars of Light and Shadow: Alliance of Light in order
5 booksCycle Of Fire in order
3 booksWars of Light and Shadow: Sword of the Canon in order
2 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Janny Wurts titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Janny Wurts books in order?
You only need to read Janny Wurts books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Janny Wurts
Start with Sorcerer's Legacy (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Janny Wurts book?
Song of the Mysteries (2024) is the newest Janny Wurts book released so far.
Is there a new Janny Wurts book coming?
No next Janny Wurts book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Janny Wurts
Wikidata records 4 nominations for Janny Wurts. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology or Collection1995Shortlistedfor That Way Lies Camelot
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1991Shortlistedfor Servant of the Empire
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1988Shortlistedfor Daughter of the Empire
- Locus Award for Best First Novel1983Shortlistedfor Sorcerer's Legacy
Janny Wurts at a glance
- Still publishing
- Janny Wurts published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Janny Wurts books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 8,678 pages across the 16 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 543 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Janny Wurts books, 8 of 22, were published in the 2000s.
What the Janny Wurts books are about
19 of the 22 Janny Wurts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 17 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 17 of 19 books
- Lysaer s'Ilessid (Fictitious character) 9 of 19 books
- Arithon s'Ffalenn (Fictitious character) 5 of 19 books
- Science fiction 5 of 19 books
- Arithon s'Flalenn (Fictitious character) 4 of 19 books
- American fiction 2 of 19 books
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