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Exalted Books in Order

Exalted contains 9 books, published between 2004 and 2023. The first book is A Day Dark as Night (2004) and the newest is Facets of Truth: An Exalted Lunars Novella (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2004–2023
Pages on record
1,688 in 6 of 9 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,688 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

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Exalted is a fantasy fiction line of 9 books published between 2004 and 2023. Credits divide across five writers: Aaron Rosenberg on 3 titles, Carl Bowen on 2, and David Niall Wilson, Jess Hartley and Tim Waggoner on one each. A Day Dark as Night (2004) is the earliest catalogued entry, six titles are dated 2004 or 2005, and the line then resumes with Return of the Scarlet Empress (2009), False Images (2019) and Facets of Truth: An Exalted Lunars Novella (2023). Measured volumes run to about 288 pages.

How many Exalted books are there?

Exalted has 9 books, released between 2004 and 2023.

Exalted Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Exalted 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 A Day Dark as Night by Carl Bowen, book 1 of the Exalted series (2004)
  2. Cover of Relic of the Dawn by David Niall Wilson, book 2 of the Exalted series (2004)
  3. Cover of In Northern Twilight by Jess Hartley, book 3 of the Exalted series (2004)
  4. Cover of Pillar of the Sun by Carl Bowen, book 4 of the Exalted series (2005)
  5. Cover of A Shadow Over Heaven's Eye by Tim Waggoner, book 5 of the Exalted series (2005)
  6. Cover of The Carnelian Flame by Aaron Rosenberg, book 6 of the Exalted series (2005)
  7. Cover of Return of the Scarlet Empress, book 7 of the Exalted series (2009)
  1. 1
    A Day Dark as Night2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004288
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  2. 2
    Relic of the Dawn2004 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004250
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  3. 3
    In Northern Twilight2004 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004286
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  4. 4
    Pillar of the Sun2005 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005288
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  5. 5
    A Shadow Over Heaven's Eye2005 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005288
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  6. 6
    The Carnelian Flame2005 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005288
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  7. 7
    Return of the Scarlet Empress2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    False Images2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  9. 9
    Facets of Truth: An Exalted Lunars Novella2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Where to start with Exalted

Start with A Day Dark as Night (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Exalted book?

Facets of Truth: An Exalted Lunars Novella (2023) is the newest Exalted book released so far.

Is there a new Exalted book coming?

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

Exalted at a glance

Paused
No new Exalted title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Exalted books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,688 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Exalted books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 9 titles, 3 are credited to Aaron Rosenberg, 2 to Carl Bowen, 1 to Jess Hartley and 1 to David Niall Wilson. One further writer is credited. One title carries no credit.

What the Exalted books are about

2 of the 9 Exalted books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.