Pathfinder Books in Order
Pathfinder contains 18 books, published between 2008 and 2019. The first book is Guide to Korvosa (2008) and the newest is Spiral of Bones (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 2008–2019
- Confirmed
- 3 of 18 titles
- Pages on record
- 880 in 6 of 18 books
Pathfinder collects several unrelated runs under one slug. The Pathfinder 1e roleplaying game supplies Guide to Korvosa (2008) and the Pathfinder Chronicles material, with Erik Mona credited on 5 books, James L. Sutter on 4, F. Wesley Schneider on 3 and Jim Zub on 3. Orson Scott Card carries 3 titles and Lauren Landish 4, the Stepbrother Soldier books of 2015 among them. Recorded subjects range across fantasy comics, science fiction, time travel, space colonies, psychic ability and interplanetary voyages. Eighteen books are listed, dated 2008 to 2019.
How many Pathfinder books are there?
Pathfinder has 18 books, released between 2008 and 2019.
Pathfinder Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Pathfinder 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.
- 1Guide to Korvosa2008 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42008641/4
- 1Pathfinder2010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 1Stepbrother Soldier2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 2Ruins2012 · confirmed 3/42012–3/4
- 2Dark Waters Rising2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 2Stepbrother Soldier 22015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 3Of Tooth and Claw2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 3Visitors2014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 3Stepbrother Soldier 32015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 4Goblins!2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 4Stepbrother Soldier 42015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 5City of Secrets2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 6Origins2015 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420151921/4
- 7Hollow Mountain2016 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420161921/4
- 8Worldscape Volume 12017 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420171921/4
- 9Worldscape Volume 22017 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/420171041/4
- 10Runescars2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 11Spiral of Bones2019 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/420191361/4
Where to start with Pathfinder
Start with Guide to Korvosa (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Pathfinder book?
Spiral of Bones (2019) is the newest Pathfinder book released so far.
Is there a new Pathfinder book coming?
No next Pathfinder book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Pathfinder
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Pathfinder. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2011Shortlistedfor Pathfinder
Pathfinder at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Pathfinder title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Pathfinder books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 880 pages across the 6 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 164 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Pathfinder books, 17 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 18 titles, 5 are credited to Erik Mona, 4 to James L. Sutter, 4 to Lauren Landish and 3 to F. Wesley Schneider. A further 14 writers are credited.
What the Pathfinder books are about
9 of the 18 Pathfinder books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels, fantasy is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Comics & graphic novels, fantasy 5 of 9 books
- Computer games 3 of 9 books
- Science fiction 3 of 9 books
- Space colonies 3 of 9 books
- Time travel 3 of 9 books
- Psychics 2 of 9 books