Raymond E. Feist Books in Order
Raymond E. Feist has written 35 books, published between 1982 and 2024. The first book is Magician: Apprentice (1982) and the newest is A Darkness Returns (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 1982–2024
- Confirmed
- 1 of 35 titles
- Pages on record
- 14,409 in 34 of 35 books
- Reading time
- 240–360 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,409 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 34 of 35 titles with a page count on record.
Midkemia is the world Raymond E. Feist writes: epic fantasy of magicians, wizards and long imaginary wars, with Pug and Mara among its figures. The Riftwar opens the sequence in Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master (1982), and the Serpentwar, Demonwar, Darkwar, Chaoswar, Dragonwar and Firemane sagas follow, with the Riftwar Legacy and the Conclave of Shadows between them. Thirty-four catalogued books reach A Darkness Returns in 2024.
Midkemia is home to Pug, an apprentice, and his friend Tomas as the Riftwar Saga opens. War breaks out between their world and another dimension once a rift appears, and the story follows their friendship amid fantasy, adventure and detailed world-building.
How many Raymond E. Feist books are there?
Raymond E. Feist has 35 books, released between 1982 and 2024. They include 10 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Raymond E. Feist Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Raymond E. Feist 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.
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- 219824992/4
- 319853432/4
- 419864302/4
- 519873942/4
- 6Faerie Tale1988 · 490 pages · confirmed 2/419884902/4
- 719894292/4
- 819905802/4
- 919926132/4
- 1019925232/4
- 1119944972/4
- 1219954362/4
- 1319975882/4
- 1419984152/4
- 1519984982/4
- 1619993502/4
- 1720003652/4
- 1820013233/4
- 1920023782/4
- 2020033652/4
- 2120043682/4
- 2220043432/4
- 2320063352/4
- 2420084802/4
- 2520093842/4
- 2620093202/4
- 2720113632/4
- 2820124072/4
- 2920135762/4
- 3020131442/4
- 3120132562/4
- 3220184992/4
- 3320204372/4
- 3420224962/4
- 352024–2/4
Raymond E. Feist series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Riftwar Saga books in order 32 books
Raymond E. Feist books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Riftwar Saga books in order
7 books by Raymond E. FeistSerpentwar Saga in order
4 booksRiftwar Legacy in order
4 booksRiftwar: The World On The Other Side in order
3 booksConclave Of Shadows in order
3 booksDarkwar Saga in order
3 booksChaoswar Saga in order
3 booksFiremane Saga in order
3 booksDemonwar Saga in order
2 booksLegends Of The Riftwar in order
1 bookDragonwar Saga in order
1 bookStandalone books
1 book1 Raymond E. Feist title here is not listed as part of any series.
Raymond E. Feist Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Raymond E. Feist books run from Magician: Apprentice (1982) to A Darkness Returns (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Raymond E. Feist in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Raymond E. Feist books in order?
You only need to read Raymond E. Feist books in order within each series: the books listed here span 10 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Raymond E. Feist books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Magician: Apprentice (1982), the first Riftwar Saga book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Raymond E. Feist book?
A Darkness Returns (2024) is the newest Raymond E. Feist book released so far.
Is there a new Raymond E. Feist book coming?
No next Raymond E. Feist book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Raymond E. Feist at a glance
- Still publishing
- Raymond E. Feist published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Raymond E. Feist books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 14,409 pages across the 34 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 422 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Raymond E. Feist books, 10 of 35, were published in the 2000s.
What the Raymond E. Feist books are about
33 of the 35 Raymond E. Feist 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 27 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 27 of 33 books
- Midkemia (Imaginary place) 26 of 33 books
- Pug (Fictitious character) 11 of 33 books
- Fantasy, epic 10 of 33 books
- Magic 8 of 33 books
- Magicians 7 of 33 books
- Jimmy the Hand (Fictitious character) 6 of 33 books
- Wizards 6 of 33 books
- Imaginary wars and battles 5 of 33 books
- Science fiction 3 of 33 books
- Science fiction & fantasy 3 of 33 books
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