Elves On The Road Books in Order
There are 30 Elves On The Road books, published between 1989 and 2020. The first book is Burning Water (1989) and the newest is Breaking Silence (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1989–2020
- Confirmed
- 30 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,038 in 24 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 167–251 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,038 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Elves On The Road collects 30 catalogued books published between 1989 and 2020, credited to Mercedes Lackey on 27 and to Mark Shepherd on 3. Four series sit under the heading: Diana Tregarde, Bedlam's Bard, SERRAted Edge and Doubled Edge. Subjects name fantasy, bards and bardism, wizards, witches and musicians, along with the fictitious characters Eric Banyon and Diana Tregarde. Burning Water (1989) opens the listing, Children of the Night and Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (1990) and Born to Run (1992) follow, and Breaking Silence (2020) is the newest. The catalogue marks the run likely complete.
How many Elves On The Road books are there?
Elves On The Road has 30 books, released between 1989 and 2020.
Elves On The Road Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Elves On The Road 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.
- 119893303/4
- 219903453/4
- 319903173/4
- 419913363/4
- 519923173/4
- 61992–3/4
- 719923893/4
- 819925363/4
- 919932793/4
- 1019943683/4
- 111994–3/4
- 1219943203/4
- 1319973203/4
- 1419992883/4
- 1519996403/4
- 162000–3/4
- 1720014163/4
- 1820015123/4
- 1920035383/4
- 2020046723/4
- 2120057683/4
- 2220053843/4
- 2320054643/4
- 2420075333/4
- 2520084003/4
- 262012–3/4
- 272014–3/4
- 2820163363/4
- 2920192303/4
- 302020–3/4
Do you have to read Elves On The Road books in order?
You should read the Elves On The Road books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Elves On The Road book also stands alone.
Where to start with Elves On The Road
Start with Burning Water (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Elves On The Road book?
Breaking Silence (2020) is the newest Elves On The Road book released so far.
Is there a new Elves On The Road book coming?
No next Elves On The Road book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Elves On The Road at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Elves On The Road title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Elves On The Road books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,038 pages across the 24 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Elves On The Road books, 14 of 30, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 30 titles, 27 are credited to Mercedes Lackey, 3 to Mark Shepherd, 2 to Cody Martin and 1 to Rosemary Edghill.
What the Elves On The Road books are about
24 of the 30 Elves On The Road 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 8 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 8 of 24 books
- Eric Banyon (Fictitious character) 4 of 24 books
- Bards and bardism 3 of 24 books
- Diana Tregarde 3 of 24 books
- History 3 of 24 books
- Kings and rulers 3 of 24 books
- Musicians 3 of 24 books
- Succession 3 of 24 books
- Wizards 3 of 24 books
- American literature 2 of 24 books
- Brothers 2 of 24 books