Dragonlance Books in Order

How many Dragonlance books are there?

Dragonlance has 196 books, released between 1984 and 2024. 192 of them belong to the 51 main-line series (Dragonlance Modules, Dragonlance: The New Adventures, Dragonlance: Classics and others), and 4 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels, other titles and companion books.

Dragonlance Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 196 Dragonlance books in the order they were released, 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.

Dragonlance Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the books of the 51 main-line series run from Dragons of Despair (1984) to Dragons of Eternity (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Dragonlance in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

What order should you read Dragonlance books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Dragons of Despair (1984), the earliest published book in the 51 main-line series.

What is the newest Dragonlance book?

Dragons of Eternity (2024) is the newest book in the 51 main-line series.

Is there a new Dragonlance book coming?

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

Dragonlance at a glance

Still running

Dragonlance is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2024.

Release pace

Dragonlance books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

47,620 pages across the 145 of 196 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Dragonlance books, 91 of 196, were published in the 2000s.

Attribution

Of the 196 titles, 48 are credited to Margaret Weis, 19 to Douglas Niles, 11 to Jean Rabe and 11 to Richard A. Knaak. A further 35 writers are credited. 29 titles carry no credit.

What the Dragonlance books are about

132 of the 196 Dragonlance books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dungeons & dragons novel is tagged on 56 of 132. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Dungeons & Dragons Novel 56 of 132 books
• Krynn (Imaginary place) 45 of 132 books
• Fantasy 43 of 132 books
• Dragons 29 of 132 books
• Magic 22 of 132 books
• Wizards 13 of 132 books
• Children's fiction 12 of 132 books
• Elves 8 of 132 books
• Knights and knighthood 8 of 132 books
• Adventure stories 7 of 132 books

Series that include Dragonlance books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

• Dragonlance Modules books in order 13 books