Matthew Mercer Books in Order

Matthew Mercer has written 12 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting (2017) and the newest is Prom Night for Slasher Victims (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2017–2025
Pages on record
448 in 2 of 12 books

Matthew Mercer, born Matthew Christopher Miller, is an American voice actor, game designer and gamemaster, working in video games and animation since 2002. Mercer's animation roles include Levi Ackerman in Attack on Titan, Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Trafalgar Law in One Piece and Leorio in Hunter x Hunter. Twelve books are catalogued from the Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting (2017) to Prom Night for Slasher Victims (2025), including Explorer's Guide to Wildemount (2020), the Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins volumes and the It Came From series. Recorded subjects are fantasy games and Dungeons & Dragons 5e.

How many Matthew Mercer books are there?

Matthew Mercer has 12 books, released between 2017 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.

Matthew Mercer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Matthew Mercer 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. 1
    Tal’Dorei Campaign SettingCritical Role #12017 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017144
  2. 2
    Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume ICritical Role #12018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  3. 3
    The Chronicles of Exandria - The Mighty NeinCritical Role #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  4. 4
    Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume IICritical Role #22020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  5. 5
    Explorer's Guide to WildemountDungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition #222020 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020304
  6. 6
    It Came From AboveIt Came From #12022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  7. 7
    The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb WidogastCritical Role #62022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  8. 8
    The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha NydoorinCritical Role #82022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  9. 9
    It Came From the WoodsIt Came From #22023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  10. 10
    It Came From the LochIt Came From #32023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  11. 11
    Summer Camp for Slasher VictimsSlasher Victims #12024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024
  12. 12
    Prom Night for Slasher VictimsSlasher Victims #22025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Matthew Mercer 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.

Do you have to read Matthew Mercer books in order?

You only need to read Matthew Mercer 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 Matthew Mercer

Start with Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Matthew Mercer book?

Prom Night for Slasher Victims (2025) is the newest Matthew Mercer book released so far.

Is there a new Matthew Mercer book coming?

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

Matthew Mercer at a glance

Still publishing
Matthew Mercer published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Matthew Mercer books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
448 pages across the 2 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Matthew Mercer books, 9 of 12, were published in the 2020s.

What the Matthew Mercer books are about

2 of the 12 Matthew Mercer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Dungeons & Dragons 5e (Pen-&-Paper-RPG) 1 of 2 books
  • Fantasy games 1 of 2 books