Richard Baker Books in Order
Richard Baker has written 41 books, published between 1995 and 2019. The first book is Player's Secrets of Roesone (Short Story) (1995) and the newest is Scornful Stars (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 41
- Published
- 1995–2019
- Confirmed
- 17 of 41 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,909 in 31 of 41 books
- Reading time
- 132–198 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,909 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 41 titles with a page count on record.
L. Richard Baker III, published as Richard Baker, is an American game designer and author whose design work spans numerous campaign settings for Dungeons & Dragons. The catalogue lists 41 books from 1995 to 2019, including game titles such as Spells and Magic (1995), Naval Battle Rules (1996) and the Alternity Gamemaster Guide (1998). Subjects include Dungeons and Dragons, the Forgotten Realms, elves and game handbooks. Series include Forgotten Realms: The Last Mythal, Forgotten Realms: Blades of the Moonsea, Breaker of Empires and Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies. Scornful Stars (2019) is the latest title.
How many Richard Baker books are there?
Richard Baker has 41 books, released between 1995 and 2019. They include 7 separate series.
Richard Baker Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 41 Richard Baker 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.
- 1Player's Secrets of Roesone (Short Story)AD&D 2nd Edition Birthright Campaign Setting #11995 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/41995322/4
- 219951921/4
- 31996–1/4
- 419962001/4
- 519973151/4
- 61998–1/4
- 719982561/4
- 819982561/4
- 919983203/4
- 101998601/4
- 111998963/4
- 1219993123/4
- 1320033753/4
- 1420031921/4
- 1520043383/4
- 1620041923/4
- 1720041923/4
- 18Dungeons & Dragons for DummiesDungeons & Dragons For Dummies Series #12005 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/420054101/4
- 1920053393/4
- 2020052243/4
- 2120052243/4
- 2220063861/4
- 2320063523/4
- 2420061283/4
- 2520061603/4
- 262007–3/4
- 2720083523/4
- 282008961/4
- 292008–1/4
- 302009–3/4
- 312009–1/4
- 3220092231/4
- 3320103433/4
- 342010–1/4
- 352010–1/4
- 362010–1/4
- 372011–1/4
- 382013961/4
- 3920173521/4
- 4020184321/4
- 4120194641/4
Richard Baker series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Richard Baker 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.
Dungeons & Dragons in order
7 books- 10. Player's Guide to Faerûn
- 17. Complete Arcane
- 23. Stormwrack
- 24. Magic of Incarnum
- 28. The Red Hand of Doom
- 33. Tome of Battle
- 37. Cormyr
Fantasy Gaming in order
4 booksAlternity RPG in order
4 booksForgotten Realms: The Last Mythal in order
3 booksForgotten Realms: Blades of the Moonsea in order
3 booksBreaker of Empires in order
3 booksDungeons & Dragons For Dummies Series in order
2 booksAD&D 2nd Edition Birthright Campaign Setting in order
1 bookRichard Baker Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Star Drive in order
1 book- 3. Zero Point
Forgotten Realms: The War of the Spider Queen in order
1 book- 3. Condemnation
Forgotten Realms Stand-Alone in order
1 bookForgotten Realms: Double Diamond Triangle Saga in order
1 bookDo you have to read Richard Baker books in order?
You only need to read Richard Baker books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Richard Baker
Start with Spells and Magic (1995), the first Dungeons & Dragons Adventures book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Player's Secrets of Roesone (Short Story) (1995).
What is the newest Richard Baker book?
Scornful Stars (2019) is the newest Richard Baker book released so far.
Is there a new Richard Baker book coming?
No next Richard Baker book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Richard Baker at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Richard Baker title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Richard Baker books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,909 pages across the 31 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Richard Baker books, 20 of 41, were published in the 2000s.
What the Richard Baker books are about
25 of the 41 Richard Baker books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy games is tagged on 6 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy games 6 of 25 books
- Dungeons and dragons (Game) 4 of 25 books
- Fantasy 4 of 25 books
- Rules 4 of 25 books
- Alternity (Pen-&-Paper-RPG) 3 of 25 books
- Forgotten realms (Imaginary place) 3 of 25 books
- Handbooks, manuals 3 of 25 books
- Collection:Forgotten Realms 2 of 25 books
- Dungeons & Dragons (Pen-&-Paper-RPG) 2 of 25 books
- Elves 2 of 25 books
- Games 2 of 25 books
- Nonfiction 2 of 25 books