[ The Legend of Drizzt (Forgotten Realms) ]
edited 2026-05-21A complete reading order for R.A. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt — all 37 novels following the dark elf ranger Drizzt Do'Urden across the Forgotten Realms, from the original Icewind Dale Trilogy (1988) through The Finest Edge of Twilight (2025). Covers both publication order and the in-universe chronological order, plus the Artemis Entreri–Jarlaxle Sellswords spinoff trilogy.
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01NOVEL
1990The first volume of the Dark Elf Trilogy, published in September 1990, written as a prequel to the Icewind Dale books. The novel is set in M…
314 pp›02NOVEL
1990The second Dark Elf Trilogy novel, published in 1990. Having fled Menzoberranzan, Drizzt spends ten years wandering the Underdark — the vast…
333 pp›03NOVEL
1991The concluding volume of the Dark Elf Trilogy, published in 1991. Drizzt finally reaches the surface world of Faerûn after twenty years unde…
352 pp›04NOVEL
1988The first novel in the Drizzt Do'Urden saga, published in 1988 by TSR as part of the Forgotten Realms setting. Set in the frozen tundra of I…
384 pp›05NOVEL
1989The second Icewind Dale Trilogy novel, published in 1989. Bruenor Battlehammer sets out to reclaim Mithral Hall — the ancestral dwarven stro…
342 pp›06NOVEL
1990The concluding volume of the Icewind Dale Trilogy, published in 1990. Artemis Entreri has captured Regis and is taking him south to his crim…
352 pp›07NOVEL
1992The first novel in the Legacy of the Drow series, published in 1992. The Companions of the Hall — Drizzt, Bruenor, Catti-brie, Wulfgar, and…
352 pp›08NOVEL
1993The second Legacy of the Drow novel, published in 1993. Following the drow incursion against Mithral Hall, Drizzt makes the decision to retu…
331 pp›09NOVEL
1994The third Legacy of the Drow novel, published in 1994, set against the backdrop of the Time of Troubles — a D&D-wide event in which the gods…
352 pp›10NOVEL
1996The concluding Legacy of the Drow novel, published in 1996. Six years after the Siege of Darkness, Drizzt and Catti-brie are working as priv…
313 pp›11NOVEL
1998The first Paths of Darkness novel, published in 1998, which also began as Paths of Darkness book 3 before Servant of the Shard was separated…
416 pp›12NOVEL
1999The second Paths of Darkness novel, published in 1999, and the most Wulfgar-focused entry in the series. Having separated himself from his c…
381 pp›13NOVEL
2001The concluding Paths of Darkness novel, published in 2001. The Companions are reunited and learn that Wulfgar's legendary hammer Aegis-fang…
348 pp›14NOVEL
2002The first Hunter's Blades Trilogy novel, published in 2002. A massive orc army has united in the mountains north of Mithral Hall under King…
384 pp›15NOVEL
2003The second Hunter's Blades Trilogy novel, published in 2003. Believing his friends are dead, Drizzt reverts to a feral, solitary fighting st…
384 pp›16NOVEL
2004The concluding Hunter's Blades Trilogy novel, published in 2004. The Companions are reunited and the orc war reaches a climax, but Obould Ma…
352 pp›17NOVEL
2007The first Transitions novel, published in 2007, picking up several years after The Two Swords. The fragile peace between the dwarves of Mith…
346 pp›18NOVEL
2008The second Transitions novel, published in 2008. Drizzt and Regis travel to the port city of Luskan to investigate the growing power of the…
352 pp›19NOVEL
2009The concluding Transitions novel, published in 2009. The Spellplague — a catastrophic magical convulsion triggered by the death of the god M…
352 pp›20NOVEL
2010The first Neverwinter Saga novel, published in 2010, set roughly one hundred years after The Ghost King. The long-lived Drizzt and Bruenor h…
352 pp›21NOVEL
2011The second Neverwinter Saga novel, published in 2011. In the shattered city of Neverwinter, Drizzt forms an uneasy alliance — and eventually…
352 pp›22NOVEL
2013The third Neverwinter Saga novel, published in 2013. Dahlia is obsessed with confronting and killing the Netherese lord Herzgo Alegni, who c…
352 pp›23NOVEL
2013The concluding Neverwinter Saga novel, published in 2013. Drizzt grapples with existential despair as his relationships fracture and the pat…
384 pp›24NOVEL
2013The first book in the multi-author Sundering series and R.A. Salvatore's entry in the event, published in 2013. The god Mielikki, patron dei…
384 pp›25NOVEL
2014The first Companions Codex novel, published in 2014, reuniting the full Companions of the Hall after the events of The Companions. Drizzt is…
384 pp›26NOVEL
2014The second Companions Codex novel, published in 2014. A massive invasion of orcs, drow, and other forces threatens the Silver Marches — the…
368 pp›27NOVEL
2015The concluding Companions Codex novel, published in 2015. The war in the Silver Marches reaches its crisis point as the drow, orc, and giant…
352 pp›28NOVEL
2015The first Homecoming novel, published in 2015, marks a decisive shift as the threat comes not from the north but from below — from Menzoberr…
386 pp›29NOVEL
2016The second Homecoming novel, published in 2016. The demon lords released into the Underdark have thrown Menzoberranzan into unprecedented ch…
330 pp›30NOVEL
2016The concluding Homecoming novel, published in 2016. The demon-lord crisis in the Underdark reaches its resolution as Drizzt and his allies w…
384 pp›31NOVEL
2018The first Generations novel, published in 2018, structured across two parallel timelines. The present-day storyline follows Drizzt and Catti…
432 pp›32NOVEL
2019The second Generations novel, published in 2019. The dual-timeline structure continues: the present follows Drizzt, Catti-brie, and their fr…
400 pp›33NOVEL
2020The concluding Generations novel, published in July 2020, which brings the dual timelines together. Zaknafein is resurrected — placed into a…
464 pp›34NOVEL
2021The first Way of the Drow novel, published in August 2021. Drizzt, Catti-brie, Zaknafein, and Jarlaxle travel far to the north — beyond the…
464 pp›35NOVEL
2022The second Way of the Drow novel, published in September 2022. The companions and the Aevendrow face an escalating threat from deep within t…
448 pp›36NOVEL
2023The concluding Way of the Drow novel, published in September 2023. The Spider Queen's long-planned move against the Aevendrow and against Dr…
400 pp›37NOVEL
2025Published October 7, 2025, this novel launches a new chapter in the Legend of Drizzt following the conclusion of Way of the Drow. The protag…
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