[ The Riftwar Cycle / Midkemia — Raymond E. Feist ]
edited 2026-05-21A complete reading order for Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Cycle — the epic fantasy saga set on the worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan, spanning 30 novels across ten sub-series from the original Riftwar Saga (1982) through the concluding Chaoswar Saga (2013). Includes the Firemane Saga and the Dragonwar Saga, plus the two canonical video games. Covers both publication order and in-universe chronological reading paths.
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01NOVEL
1986The first volume of Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga, split from the original 1982 single-volume novel Magician for the US market. Set in the…
485 pp›02NOVEL
2001The first Legends of the Riftwar novel, co-authored by Raymond E. Feist and William R. Forstchen, published in 2001. Set during the last yea…
352 pp›03NOVEL
2002The second Legends of the Riftwar novel, co-authored by Raymond E. Feist and Joel Rosenberg, published in 2002. Three veteran mercenaries —…
324 pp›04NOVEL
2003The third Legends of the Riftwar novel, co-authored by Raymond E. Feist and S.M. Stirling, published in 2003. An origins story for Jimmy the…
369 pp›05NOVEL
1986The second volume of the split US edition of Raymond E. Feist's Magician (1982). On Kelewan, Pug — now called Milamber — has completed his t…
499 pp›06NOVEL
1985The third book of the Riftwar Saga, published in 1985. Prince Arutha of Krondor is preparing to marry Princess Anita when Anita is struck by…
432 pp›07NOVEL
1986The fourth and concluding volume of the Riftwar Saga, published in 1986. A vast army of moredhel — dark elves — marches on the city of Setha…
527 pp›08NOVEL
1987The first book of the Empire Trilogy, co-authored by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, published in 1987. Set entirely on the Tsurani world…
432 pp›09NOVEL
1990The second Empire Trilogy novel, co-authored by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, published in 1990. Lady Mara's house has survived its firs…
902 pp›10NOVEL
1992The third and concluding volume of the Empire Trilogy, co-authored by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, published in 1992. Lady Mara of the…
507 pp›11NOVEL
1998The first book of the Riftwar Legacy, published in 1998 as a prose novelisation of the Betrayal at Krondor video game (1993). Set in the yea…
376 pp›12NOVEL
1999The second Riftwar Legacy novel, published in 1999. Squire James investigates a wave of brutal murders in Krondor that point to a resurgent…
374 pp›13NOVEL
2000The third Riftwar Legacy novel, published in 2000, based on the Return to Krondor game. A sacred Ishapian relic called the Tear of the Gods…
384 pp›14NOVELLA
2013A short eBook novella published by Feist in 2013, serving as a concluding episode for the Riftwar Legacy arc. Jimmy the Hand — now grown and…
80 pp›15NOVEL
1989The first book of the Krondor's Sons sequence, published in 1989 and set roughly twenty years after the events of A Darkness at Sethanon. Pr…
432 pp›16NOVEL
1992The second Krondor's Sons novel, published in 1992. Prince Nicholas — third son of Arutha and a sheltered young prince — is sent to Crydee t…
480 pp›17NOVEL
1994The first book of the Serpentwar Saga, published in 1994. A vast army of the Emerald Queen — a dark sorceress commanding a supernatural host…
497 pp›18NOVEL
1995The second Serpentwar Saga novel, published in 1995. With the Emerald Queen's army temporarily contained, Roo Avery returns to the Kingdom o…
432 pp›19NOVEL
1997The third Serpentwar Saga novel, published in 1997. The Emerald Queen's army has crossed the sea and the invasion of Midkemia begins in earn…
608 pp›20NOVEL
1998The fourth and concluding volume of the Serpentwar Saga, published in 1998. With the demon king slain and the Emerald Queen's army shattered…
512 pp›21NOVEL
2002The first book of the Conclave of Shadows trilogy, published in 2002. After his village is massacred by unknown mercenaries, a young man nam…
400 pp›22NOVEL
2003The second Conclave of Shadows novel, published in 2003. Talon, operating under a new identity as Tal Hawkins, has embedded himself in the c…
374 pp›23NOVEL
2004The third and concluding Conclave of Shadows novel, published in 2004. Talon's mission reaches its climax as he confronts the forces that de…
368 pp›24NOVEL
2005The first book of the Darkwar Saga, published in 2005. A new generation of villains — the Nighthawks assassin guild, now seemingly reborn —…
420 pp›25NOVEL
2006The second Darkwar Saga novel, published in 2006. Pug and his Conclave trace the Nighthawks' true masters to another plane of existence — a…
432 pp›26NOVEL
2008The third and concluding Darkwar Saga novel, published in 2008. The full scale of the dark realm threat is revealed as a god-like entity cal…
384 pp›27NOVEL
2009The first book of the Demonwar Saga, published in 2009. A vast army of demons is building on a world adjacent to Midkemia, organised and com…
384 pp›28NOVEL
2010The second and concluding Demonwar Saga novel, published in 2010. The demon army's advance accelerates and Pug's Conclave struggles to hold…
352 pp›29NOVEL
2011The first book of the Chaoswar Saga, published in 2011, and the penultimate arc of the Riftwar Cycle. A vast invasion — larger than anything…
432 pp›30NOVEL
2012The second Chaoswar Saga novel, published in 2012. The invasion intensifies across Midkemia as the Kingdom of the Isles fractures under simu…
368 pp›31NOVEL
2013The third and concluding Chaoswar Saga novel, published in 2013, bringing the Riftwar Cycle to its close after thirty years and thirty novel…
432 pp›32NOVEL
2018The first novel of The Firemane Saga, published in April 2018, and set approximately one hundred years after the events of the Riftwar Cycle…
545 pp›33NOVEL
2020The second Firemane Saga novel, published in July 2020. Hatu has settled in the town of Beran's Hill with Hava — his childhood companion and…
437 pp›34NOVEL
2022The third and concluding Firemane Saga novel, published in June 2022. Hatu, now aware of his heritage as the last Firemane, must confront th…
496 pp›35NOVEL
2024The first novel of The Dragonwar Saga, published in August 2024. Set immediately after the events of Master of Furies, the novel draws toget…
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