Legend of Drizzt Books in Order
There are 40 Legend of Drizzt books, published between 1988 and 2020: 37 in the 11 main-line series and 3 related titles. The first book is The Crystal Shard (1988) and the newest main-line book is Relentless (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 1988–2020
- Confirmed
- 5 of 40 titles
- Pages on record
- 11,878 in 32 of 40 books
- Reading time
- 198–297 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,878 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 40 titles with a page count on record.
Legend of Drizzt gathers Forgotten Realms novels featuring Drizzt Do'Urden, with 40 books from 1988 to 2020, 35 of them credited to R.A. Salvatore. The Crystal Shard (1988), Streams of Silver (1989) and The Halfling's Gem (1990) come first, and Homeland (1990), Exile (1990) and Sojourn (1991) follow. Sub-series include The Icewind Dale, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, Paths of Darkness, Hunter's Blades and Transitions. Subjects include elves, dwarfs and wizards. Relentless (2020) is the newest.
How many Legend of Drizzt books are there?
Legend of Drizzt has 40 books, released between 1988 and 2020. 37 of them belong to the 11 main-line series (Forgotten Realms: Sundering, Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow, Neverwinter and others), and 3 related titles sit outside it: companion books.
Legend of Drizzt Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 Legend of Drizzt 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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- 319903432/4
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- 519903842/4
- 619913842/4
- 719923522/4
- 819923312/4
- 919933462/4
- 1019933472/4
- 1119983942/4
- 1219993812/4
- 132001–2/4
- 1420014162/4
- 1520023672/4
- 1620034472/4
- 1720043762/4
- 1820053842/4
- 1920063842/4
- 2020074162/4
- 2120083472/4
- 2220093422/4
- 2320103452/4
- 2420113462/4
- 2520123482/4
- 262013–3/4
- 272013–3/4
- 2820133842/4
- 2920143802/4
- 3020143682/4
- 312014–3/4
- 322014–3/4
- 332014–3/4
- 3420153682/4
- 3520153522/4
- 3620163362/4
- 3720163762/4
- 3820183822/4
- 392019–2/4
- 402020–2/4
Legend of Drizzt Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the 11 main-line series run from The Crystal Shard (1988) to Relentless (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Legend of Drizzt in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Legend of Drizzt books in order?
You should read the 11 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 3 related titles (companion books) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Legend of Drizzt book also stands alone.
Where to start with Legend of Drizzt
Start with The Crystal Shard (1988), the earliest published book in the 11 main-line series.
What is the newest Legend of Drizzt book?
Relentless (2020) is the newest book in the 11 main-line series.
Is there a new Legend of Drizzt book coming?
No next Legend of Drizzt book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Legend of Drizzt at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Legend of Drizzt title on record is Relentless (2020), 6 years ago.
- Release pace
- Legend of Drizzt books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,878 pages across the 32 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Legend of Drizzt books, 17 of 40, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 40 titles, 35 are credited to R.A. Salvatore, 1 to Erin M. Evans, 1 to Paul S. Kemp and 1 to Ed Greenwood. A further 2 writers are credited.
What the Legend of Drizzt books are about
33 of the 40 Legend of Drizzt 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 23 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 23 of 33 books
- Elves 13 of 33 books
- Fantasy, epic 13 of 33 books
- Forgotten realms (Imaginary place) 12 of 33 books
- Drizzt Do'Urden (Fictitious character) 11 of 33 books
- Dungeons & Dragons Novel 10 of 33 books
- Dwarfs 9 of 33 books
- Collection:Forgotten Realms 6 of 33 books
- Wizards 6 of 33 books
- Epic 4 of 33 books
- American fantasy 3 of 33 books