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Deltora Quest Books in Order

Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda contains 13 books, published between 2000 and 2008. The first book is The Forests of Silence (2000) and the newest is Secrets of Deltora (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2000–2008
Pages on record
1,463 in 12 of 13 books
Reading time
24–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,463 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Deltora Quest is a children's fantasy series by Emily Rodda, set in the imaginary land of Deltora and built on a quest. Five titles dated 2000 open the run: The Forests of Silence, The Lake of Tears, City of the Rats, The Shifting Sands and Dread Mountain. Thirteen entries are catalogued to 2008, companion volumes included: The Deltora Book of Monsters (2001), How to Draw Deltora Monsters (2004), the Ultimate Deltora Quiz Book (2004), Tales of Deltora (2005) and Secrets of Deltora (2008). Monsters, heroes, and good and evil are the recurring subjects.

How many Deltora Quest books are there?

Deltora Quest has 13 books, released between 2000 and 2008.

Deltora Quest Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Deltora Quest 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.

  1. Cover of The Forests of Silence by Emily Rodda, book 1 of the Deltora Quest series (2000)
  2. Cover of The Deltora Book of Monsters by Emily Rodda, book 1 of the Deltora Quest series (2001)
  3. Cover of The Lake of Tears by Emily Rodda, book 2 of the Deltora Quest series (2000)
  4. Cover of Ultimate Deltora Quiz Book by Emily Rodda, book 2 of the Deltora Quest series (2004)
  5. Cover of City of the Rats by Emily Rodda, book 3 of the Deltora Quest series (2000)
  6. Cover of How to Draw Deltora Monsters by Emily Rodda, book 3 of the Deltora Quest series (2004)
  7. Cover of The Shifting Sands by Emily Rodda, book 4 of the Deltora Quest series (2000)
  8. Cover of Tales of Deltora by Emily Rodda, book 4 of the Deltora Quest series (2005)
  9. Cover of Dread Mountain by Emily Rodda, book 5 of the Deltora Quest series (2000)
  10. Cover of Secrets of Deltora by Emily Rodda, book 5 of the Deltora Quest series (2008)
  11. Cover of The Maze of the Beast by Emily Rodda, book 6 of the Deltora Quest series (2000)
  12. Cover of The Valley of the Lost by Emily Rodda, book 7 of the Deltora Quest series (2000)
  13. Cover of Return to Del by Emily Rodda, book 8 of the Deltora Quest series (2000)
  1. 1
    The Forests of Silence2000 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000144
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  2. 1
    The Deltora Book of Monsters2001 · 47 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200147
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  3. 2
    The Lake of Tears2000 · 129 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000129
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  4. 2
    Ultimate Deltora Quiz Book2004 · 136 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004136
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  5. 3
    City of the Rats2000 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000132
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  6. 3
    How to Draw Deltora Monsters2004 · 46 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200446
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  7. 4
    The Shifting Sands2000 · 131 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000131
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  8. 4
    Tales of Deltora2005 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005176
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  9. 5
    Dread Mountain2000 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000128
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  10. 5
    Secrets of Deltora2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  11. 6
    The Maze of the Beast2000 · 129 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000129
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  12. 7
    The Valley of the Lost2000 · 129 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000129
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  13. 8
    Return to Del2000 · 136 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000136
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Is there a chronological order for Deltora Quest?

No separate chronological order is on record for Deltora Quest, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Deltora Quest books in order?

You should read the Deltora Quest books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Deltora Quest book also stands alone.

Where to start with Deltora Quest

Start with The Forests of Silence (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Deltora Quest book?

Secrets of Deltora (2008) is the newest Deltora Quest book released so far.

Is there a new Deltora Quest book coming?

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

Deltora Quest at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Deltora Quest title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Deltora Quest books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,463 pages across the 12 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 130 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Deltora Quest books, 13 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Deltora Quest books are about

12 of the 13 Deltora Quest books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magic is tagged on 11 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Emily Rodda

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Emily Rodda

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