These are the publication eras of Dragonlance fiction:
- Historical
- Preludes
- Classic ← start here!
- Chaos War
- Fifth Age
- War of Souls
- Age of Mortals
Generally speaking, within each era there are Core novels, which progress the main saga and establish the basics of the timeline, and Supplemental novels and stories, which explore and flesh out the various peoples and events of the era. Therefore, we recommend you progress era by era, beginning with the Classics and branching out, unlocking the era by reading its Core books and reading whatever Supplemental books interest you.
You may also be interested in a list of just the Core books.
Or, you may wish to browse all the books in publication order, below.
The Dragon Well
The Dragon Well continues a new series of Dragonlance adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit young readers, the series features a new group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.
More info →Return of the Sorceress
Return of the Sorceress continues a new series of Dragonlance adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit young readers, the series features a new group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world. Author Tim Waggoner, who wrote the first title in this series, Temple of the Dragonslayer, has written frequently for young readers, and his novels and short stories have been nominated for numerous writing awards.
More info →Dragon Sword
Dragon Sword continues a new series of Dragonlance adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a new group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.
More info →Dragon Day
From Wizards.com: Dragon Day continues a new series of Dragonlance adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a new group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.
More info →Dragon Knight
From Amazon.com: The seventh title in the new Dragonlance adventure series for young readers. Dragon Knights continues a new series of Dragonlance fantasy adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.
More info →Dragon Spell
Dragon Spell continues a new series of Dragonlance fantasy adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit young readers, the series features a group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.
More info →Covenant of the Forge
Colin Stonetooth, one of the dwarven chieftains of old, leads a group of Hylar dwarves from their old delvings across Ansalon to the Kharolis Mountains - to Kal Thax, where they meet the other dwarven clans. Together they will build the mountain fortress of Thorbardin, but not before a civil war erupts between them, threatening to destroy the new nation.
More info →Hammer and Axe
A new generation of dwarves, a hundreds of years later faces challenges as yet unknown to Krynn: the Ergoth Empire is encroaching on their borders, while Thorbardin is attacked by a strange wizard, thousands of mercenaries and a strange beast from within the mountain itself...
More info →The Swordsheath Scroll
Yet more turmoil in Thorbardin. Years after the "Wizard's War," chaos reigns. The old thanes of the tribes have all died or passed their thrones on to younger dwarves. A new king, Lawgiver, emerges from the chains of the mines near Pax Tharkas, and commands an army of dwarves which attacks Thorbardin itself...
More info →Crown of Thieves
From Wizards.com: After battling an ancient sorceress, Elidor's friends were heartbroken, convinced he was dead. They were wrong. One year later, Elidor awakens deep in the bowels of Maddoc's keep. A slender crown sits upon his head. Its magic keeps his body among the living, but its salvation comes at a price. As Elidor struggles to keep the crown out of the hands of an evil wizard, he finds himself drawn back to the one place that frightens him the most: his own past.
More info →The Crystal Chalice
From Wizards.com: As the Defiler's curse holds Vael's health hostage, Elidor searches for a way to rescue her without succumbing to the evil wizard's demands. Somewhere within the lost city of Taeloc, a crystal chalice may hold the answers to his prayers. A group of shady mercenaries offers to protect Elidor on the journey and give him the chalice, in exchange for his help in locating the city. Desperate to save his love, Elidor reluctantly agrees. But nothing goes exactly as planned...
More info →City of Fortune
From Wizards.com: In the ancient lost city of Taeloc, Elidor's hopes of renewing Vael's health have been betrayed. Unwilling to give up on her, Elidor tracks the Chalice to Gwynned, where danger awaits those with wishes and the Defiler still lurks in the shadows.Loyalties must be questioned at every turn. Who can Elidor trust?
More info →Conundrum
From Amazon.com: On a dark spring night, nine weeks behind schedule, the MNS Indestructible, a Class C Submersible Deepswimmer, departs Sancrist Isle with a crew of twenty and a callous disregard for the inevitable. Armed with top secret devices, a band of intrepid gnome explorers sets out on a legendary journey to sub-navigate the continent of Ansalon and discover why very large rocks float. Although the fate of the world does not hang in the balance, theirs certainly does. This is the tale of that ship, and of Conundrum, the heroic gnome from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's best-selling War of Souls trilogy.
More info →The Lioness
From Wizards.com: One of the prominent female characters from the best-selling War of Souls trilogy is the central character in this book. It tells the story of how she became the character fans and readers have come to know.
More info →Dark Thane
The latest title in a series based on characters from the bestselling War of Souls trilogy.
This title is next in the series that explores the lives of key characters from Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman's current Dragonlance trilogy. Dark Thane describes events that directly overlap the War of Souls timeline. Author Jeff Crook also wrote the kickoff title for this series, Conundrum.
More info →Prisoner of Haven
From Wizards.com: Prisoner of Haven describes events that directly overlap events during the War of Souls, and it features a character originally introduced in Dragons of Summer Flame. Berberick also wrote The Lioness, a previous title in this same series
More info →Wizards’ Conclave
This title is the next in a series that explores the lives of key characters from Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman's New York Times best-selling War of Souls trilogy. Wizards' Conclave describes events that directly overlap events during the War of Souls, and it features two lead characters familiar to any fan of the Dragonlance world.
More info →The Lake of Death
This title is the next in a series that explores the lives of key characters from Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman's New York Times best-selling War of Souls trilogy. The Lake of Death describes events that directly overlap events during the War of Souls and is an unofficial sequel to Rabe's Dhamon Saga trilogy.
More info →Legacy of Steel
The Legacy of Steel tells the story of Sara Dunstan, Steel Brightblade's adopted mother, three years after his death in the Chaos war. Sara and the blue dragon Cobalt investigate rumors that the knights of Tahkisis have been building up forces around Neraka. She searches for a way to stop the knights from gaining enough strength to conquer Ansalon, and in doing so finds the inner peace she has sought since Steel's death, and founds a new order of knights dedicated to justice.
More info →The Silver Stair
For Goldmoon, Jasper Fireforge, and the rest of her followers, Schallsea Island is a place for hope and bight beginnings. They journey to the Silver Stair, a tower that gives revalations of the heart, and have started construction on the Citidel of Light. The future is starting to look bright for the first time since the Chaos War. But two forces try to halt her dream, one clad in the armour of a Knight of Solamnia, the other a trusted friend clad in dark shadows.
More info →The Rose and the Skull
Jeff Crook writes: Lord Gunthar uth Wistan, the elderly Grandmaster of the Knights of Solamnia, proposes a bold plan which could make the Knighthood the most powerful force on Krynn. But before he can fully set his schemes in motion, tragedy strikes, leaving the ancient order of knighthood vulnerable to destruction without even the fall of a single swordstroke. The fate of the Knights, perhaps the fate of Krynn, hinges on a dread secret known only by a frightened gully dwarf.
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