Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Books in Order
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons contains 15 books, published between 1978 and 2000. The first book is Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (1978) and the newest is Rise of the Titans (2000). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1978–2000
- Pages on record
- 3,118 in 13 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 52–78 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,118 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, as catalogued here, holds 15 items published between 1978 and 2000, among them the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (1978), the Dungeon Masters Guide (1979), Monster Manual II (1983) and Encyclopedia Magica, Vol. 2: D-P (1995). Recorded subjects are the tabletop role-playing game itself, rulebooks and monsters. Bruce R. Cordell is credited on three entries and Gary Gygax on two, with Skip Williams, David C. Sutherland III, D.A. Trampier, Erol Otus and Mike Carr also named.
How many Advanced Dungeons & Dragons books are there?
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons has 15 books, released between 1978 and 2000.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 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.
- 1Thief's Screen/Screens and Reference Material– · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4–2101/4
- 2Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook1978 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/419781261/4
- 3Dungeon Masters Guide1979 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/419792381/4
- 4Monster Manual II1983 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419831601/4
- 5Baltron's Beacon1985 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41985321/4
- 7Monstrous Compendium: Kara-Tur Appendix1990 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/419902101/4
- 8Fantasy Collector Cards1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 9The Marklands1993 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/41993961/4
- 10Encyclopedia Magica , Vol. 2: D-P1995 · 1664 pages · confirmed 1/4199516641/4
- 11Eye of Pain1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 12College of Wizardry1998 · 94 pages · confirmed 1/41998941/4
- 13The Shattered Circle1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41999321/4
- 14Dungeons of Despair1999 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41999641/4
- 15Bastion of Faith1999 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/41999961/4
- 16Rise of the Titans2000 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42000961/4
Where to start with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Start with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (1978), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Advanced Dungeons & Dragons book?
Rise of the Titans (2000) is the newest Advanced Dungeons & Dragons book released so far.
Is there a new Advanced Dungeons & Dragons book coming?
No next Advanced Dungeons & Dragons book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Advanced Dungeons & Dragons title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,118 pages across the 13 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 96 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Advanced Dungeons & Dragons books, 9 of 15, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 15 titles, 3 are credited to Bruce R. Cordell, 2 to Gary Gygax, 1 to Skip Williams and 1 to David C. Sutherland III. A further 12 writers are credited. 3 titles carry no credit.
What the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons books are about
9 of the 15 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dungeons and dragons (game) is tagged on 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Dungeons and dragons (Game) 3 of 9 books