Greyhawk Books in Order
Greyhawk contains 12 books, published between 1985 and 2002. The first book is Saga of Old City (1985) and the newest is The Tomb of Horrors (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1985–2002
- Pages on record
- 1,883 in 6 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 31–47 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,883 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Greyhawk is a fantasy fiction series with six credited authors: Rose Estes on 5 of the 12 catalogued books, Gary Gygax and Ru Emerson on 2 each, and Paul Kidd, Thomas M. Reid and Keith Francis Strohm on 1 apiece. The books appeared between 1985 and 2002. Saga of Old City (1985) is the earliest title and The Tomb of Horrors (2002) the last, with Artifact of Evil (1986), Against the Giants (1999) and The Temple of Elemental Evil (2001) between them. Subject headings cover epic fantasy, plot-your-own stories and the Greyhawk Classics line.
How many Greyhawk books are there?
Greyhawk has 12 books, released between 1985 and 2002.
Greyhawk Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Greyhawk 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.
- 1Saga of Old City1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 2Artifact of Evil1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 3Master Wolf1987 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/419873141/4
- 4The Price of Power1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 5The Demon Hand1988 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/419883141/4
- 6The Name of the Game1988 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/419883111/4
- 7The Eyes Have It1989 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/419893141/4
- 8Against the Giants1999 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/419993101/4
- 9Descent into the Depths of the Earth2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 10The Temple of Elemental Evil2001 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420013201/4
- 11Keep on the Borderlands2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 12The Tomb of Horrors2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
Where to start with Greyhawk
Start with Saga of Old City (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Greyhawk book?
The Tomb of Horrors (2002) is the newest Greyhawk book released so far.
Is there a new Greyhawk book coming?
No next Greyhawk book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Greyhawk at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Greyhawk title on record dates from 2002, 24 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Greyhawk books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,883 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Greyhawk books, 7 of 12, were published in the 1980s.
- Attribution
- Of the 12 titles, 5 are credited to Rose Estes, 2 to Gary Gygax, 2 to Ru Emerson and 1 to Paul Kidd. A further 2 writers are credited.
What the Greyhawk books are about
4 of the 12 Greyhawk 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 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 2 of 4 books
- Fantasy, epic 1 of 4 books
- Plot-your-own stories 1 of 4 books







