Diablo Books in Order
Diablo contains 8 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is Legacy of Blood (2001) and the newest is Shadows of Sanctuary (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2001–2025
- Confirmed
- 8 of 8 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,174 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 36–54 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,174 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Diablo is a fantasy tie-in series linked in the subject tags to the Diablo computer game, with 8 books from 2001 to 2025. Legacy of Blood (2001) opens the list, followed by The Black Road and The Kingdom of Shadow (both 2002), Moon of the Spider (2005) and Diablo Archive (2006). Book of Cain (2011) and Book of Tyrael (2013) come next, and Shadows of Sanctuary (2025) is the newest. Credited names include Richard A. Knaak, Jonathan Maberry and Blizzard Entertainment. Epic fantasy, horror, adventure and games feature in the subject tags, and the series is listed as ongoing.
How many Diablo books are there?
Diablo has 8 books, released between 2001 and 2025.
Diablo Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Diablo 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.
- 1Legacy of Blood2001 · 355 pages · confirmed 3/420013553/4
- 2The Black Road2002 · 360 pages · confirmed 3/420023603/4
- 3The Kingdom of Shadow2002 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/420023393/4
- 4Moon of the Spider2005 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/420053363/4
- 5Diablo Archive2006 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/420065123/4
- 6Book of Cain2011 · confirmed 3/42011–3/4
- 7Book of Tyrael2013 · confirmed 3/42013–3/4
- 8Shadows of Sanctuary2025 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/420252723/4
Diablo Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Diablo books run from Legacy of Blood (2001) to Shadows of Sanctuary (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Diablo in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Where to start with Diablo
Start with Legacy of Blood (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Diablo book?
Shadows of Sanctuary (2025) is the newest Diablo book released so far.
Is there a new Diablo book coming?
No next Diablo book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Diablo at a glance
- Still running
- Diablo is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Diablo books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,174 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 347 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Diablo books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 8 titles, 3 are credited to Richard A. Knaak, 3 to Jonathan Maberry and 2 to Blizzard Entertainment.
What the Diablo books are about
5 of the 8 Diablo 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 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 3 of 5 books
- American Adventure stories 1 of 5 books
- Science fiction 1 of 5 books
- Fantasy, epic 1 of 5 books
- Games 1 of 5 books
- Horror 1 of 5 books