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Summoner Books in Order

Summoner contains 29 books, published between 2015 and 2021. The first book is Origins (2015) and the newest is Summoner 22 (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
2015–2021
Pages on record
1,331 in 4 of 29 books
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The Summoner listing merges two separate runs. A fantasy sequence credited to Taran Matharu supplies Origins and The Novice (2015), A Fine Welcome and The Inquisition (2016) and The Battlemage (2017); a numbered run titled Summoner, credited to Eric Vall, covers Summoner through Summoner 22 between 2018 and 2021. The combined record holds 29 books at a median of 362 pages. Magic, monsters, apprentices and imaginary wars fill the subject list, and the listing is marked dormant.

How many Summoner books are there?

Summoner has 29 books, released between 2015 and 2021.

Summoner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Summoner 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 Novice by Taran Matharu, book 2 of the Summoner series (2015)
  2. Cover of The Inquisition by Taran Matharu, book 4 of the Summoner series (2016)
  3. Cover of The Battlemage by Taran Matharu, book 5 of the Summoner series (2017)
  4. Cover of The Summoner's Handbook by Taran Matharu, book 7 of the Summoner series (2018)
  1. 1
    Origins2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  2. 1
    Summoner2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  3. 2
    The Novice2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  4. 2
    Summoner 22018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  5. 3
    A Fine Welcome2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  6. 3
    Summoner 32019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  7. 4
    The Inquisition2016 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016358
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  8. 4
    Summoner 42019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  9. 5
    The Battlemage2017 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017384
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  10. 5
    Summoner 52019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  11. 6
    The Outcast2018 · 365 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018365
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  12. 6
    Summoner 62019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  13. 7
    The Summoner's Handbook2018 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018224
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  14. 7
    Summoner 72019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  15. 8
    Summoner 82019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  16. 9
    Summoner 92019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  17. 10
    Summoner 102019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  18. 11
    Summoner 112019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  19. 12
    Summoner 122020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  20. 13
    Summoner 132020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  21. 14
    Summoner 142020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  22. 15
    Summoner 152020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  23. 16
    Summoner 162020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  24. 17
    Summoner 172020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  25. 18
    Summoner 182020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  26. 19
    Summoner 192020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  27. 20
    Summoner 202021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  28. 21
    Summoner 212021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  29. 22
    Summoner 222021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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Do you have to read Summoner books in order?

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

Where to start with Summoner

Start with Origins (2015), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Summoner book?

Summoner 22 (2021) is the newest Summoner book released so far.

Is there a new Summoner book coming?

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

Summoner at a glance

Paused
No new Summoner title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Summoner books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,331 pages across the 4 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Summoner books, 18 of 29, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 29 titles, 22 are credited to Eric Vall and 7 to Taran Matharu.

What the Summoner books are about

5 of the 29 Summoner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the Summoner books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Other series by Eric Vall

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