24 books in series

Malazan Authors’ Suggested Reading Order

Malazan Authors’ Suggested Reading Order is a 22-book series with 24 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Steven Erikson, Ian Cameron Esslemont, and Ian C. Esslemont.

#1
Forge of Darkness

2012 • 86 Readers • 662 pages 4.2

#2
Fall of Light

2016 • 32 Readers • 837 pages 4.1

#4
Dancer's Lament

2016 • 47 Readers • 700 pages 4.1

#5
Deadhouse Landing

2017 • 28 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

#7
Night of Knives

2004 • 85 Readers • 306 pages 3.5

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

2002 • 23 Readers • 121 pages 3.8

#9
The Lees of Laughter's End

2007 • 23 Readers • 96 pages 3.8

#10
The Wurms of Blearmouth

2014 • 25 Readers • 208 pages 3.9

#14
The Healthy Dead

2004 • 20 Readers • 128 pages 4.3

#16
The Fiends of Nightmaria

2016 • 16 Readers • 99 pages 3.8

#21
Reaper's Gale

2007 • 209 Readers • 910 pages 4.4

#22
Stonewielder

2010 • 41 Readers • 634 pages 3.7

#25
Orb Sceptre Throne

2012 • 43 Readers • 604 pages 3.8

#26
Blood and Bone

2012 • 33 Readers • 592 pages 3.7

#27
Assail

2013 • 36 Readers • 544 pages 3.9

#28
Dust of Dreams

2009 • 163 Readers • 816 pages 4.3

#29
The Crippled God

2011 • 189 Readers • 941 pages 4.6

#30
The God is Not Willing

2021 • 51 Readers • 574 pages 4.5