24 books in series

Malazan Authors’ Suggested Reading Order

Malazan Authors’ Suggested Reading Order is a 22-book series with 22 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Steven Erikson, Ian Cameron Esslemont, and 2 others.

Forge of Darkness
#1

2012 • 86 Readers • 662 pages 4.2

Fall of Light
#2

2016 • 32 Readers • 837 pages 4.1

Dancer's Lament
#4

2016 • 47 Readers • 700 pages 4.1

Deadhouse Landing
#5

2017 • 28 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

Night of Knives
#7

2004 • 78 Readers • 306 pages 3.4

Blood Follows : A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
#8

2002 • 23 Readers • 121 pages 3.8

The Lees of Laughter's End
#9

2007 • 23 Readers • 96 pages 3.8

The Wurms of Blearmouth
#10

2014 • 25 Readers • 208 pages 3.9

The Healthy Dead
#14

2004 • 20 Readers • 128 pages 4.3

The Fiends of Nightmaria
#16

2016 • 16 Readers • 99 pages 3.8

Reaper's Gale
#21Popular

2007 • 202 Readers • 910 pages 4.4

Stonewielder
#22

2010 • 41 Readers • 634 pages 3.7

Orb Sceptre Throne
#25

2012 • 43 Readers • 604 pages 3.8

Blood and Bone
#26

2012 • 33 Readers • 592 pages 3.7

Assail
#27

2013 • 36 Readers • 544 pages 3.9

Dust of Dreams
#28

2009 • 151 Readers • 816 pages 4.3

The Crippled God
#29

2011 • 174 Readers • 941 pages 4.6

The God is Not Willing
#30

2021 • 46 Readers • 574 pages 4.4