Riftwar Saga Books in Order
Riftwar Saga contains 32 books, published between 1982 and 2013. The first book is Magician: Apprentice (1982) and the newest is Midkemia: The Chronicles of Pug (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.
Also searched as Riftwar.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1982–2013
- Confirmed
- 3 of 32 titles
- Total pages
- 13,179 across 32 books
- Reading time
- 220–329 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,179 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Riftwar Saga is Raymond E. Feist's epic fantasy cycle set in Midkemia, with 32 catalogued books from 1982 to 2013. Magician: Apprentice (1982) and Magician: Master (1982) come first, followed by Silverthorn (1985) and A Darkness at Sethanon (1986). Subjects name Pug, Jimmy the Hand and Mara. Related lines include Serpentwar Saga, Riftwar Legacy, Conclave Of Shadows, Darkwar Saga, Demonwar Saga and Chaoswar Saga. Joel Rosenberg, S.M. Stirling and William R. Forstchen are also credited on individual books, and Midkemia: The Chronicles of Pug (2013) is the newest.
How many Riftwar Saga books are there?
Riftwar Saga has 32 books, released between 1982 and 2013.
Riftwar Saga Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Riftwar Saga 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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- 1219975882/4
- 1319984152/4
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- 2520084802/4
- 2620093842/4
- 2720093202/4
- 2820113632/4
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- 3020135762/4
- 3120131442/4
- 3220132562/4
Do you have to read Riftwar Saga books in order?
You should read the Riftwar Saga books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Riftwar Saga book also stands alone.
Where to start with Riftwar Saga
Start with Magician: Apprentice (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Riftwar Saga book?
Midkemia: The Chronicles of Pug (2013) is the newest Riftwar Saga book released so far.
Is there a new Riftwar Saga book coming?
No next Riftwar Saga book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Riftwar Saga at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Riftwar Saga title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Riftwar Saga books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,179 pages across all 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 389 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Riftwar Saga books, 12 of 32, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 32 titles, 31 are credited to Raymond E. Feist, 1 to William R. Forstchen, 1 to Joel Rosenberg and 1 to S.M. Stirling.
What the Riftwar Saga books are about
All 32 Riftwar Saga 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 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 27 of 32 books
- Midkemia (Imaginary place) 26 of 32 books
- Pug (Fictitious character) 11 of 32 books
- Fantasy, epic 9 of 32 books
- Magic 8 of 32 books
- Jimmy the Hand (Fictitious character) 7 of 32 books
- Magicians 7 of 32 books
- Wizards 6 of 32 books
- Imaginary wars and battles 5 of 32 books
- Science fiction 3 of 32 books
- Science fiction & fantasy 3 of 32 books