Reading order
What should I read next?
Every David Gemmell novel, with the book that follows it in its series, the other books it makes ready and the ones that should still wait.
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Drenai
Stones of Power
Hawk Queen
Rigante
Troy
Macedon
Standalone novels
Outside the fantasy
Every book and what comes next
Each row starts from a book you have finished. Next in series is the following book in the same series, when it needs nothing else first; Also ready for lists other books that build on it and need nothing else first; Wait before lists the books it leads to, and a next in series, that still need another book first. The reading-order page explains the orders in full.
| If you have read | Next in series | Also ready for | Wait before |
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| Drenai | |||
| Legend (1984) |
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| The King Beyond the Gate (1985)Spoiler warning: Its back-story gives away, in passing, part of how Legend ends. |
| None | |
| Waylander (1986) |
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| Quest for Lost Heroes (1990)Spoiler warning: Its opening reveals what became of the Drenai after The King Beyond the Gate. | None | None |
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| Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf (1992)Spoiler warning: It mentions what became of some of the first book's characters. |
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| None |
| The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (1993) | None | None |
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| The Legend of Deathwalker (1996)Spoiler warning: The framing story gives away how Legend ends for Druss. | None | None | |
| Winter Warriors (1997) | None | None |
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| Hero in the Shadows (2000)Spoiler warning: Its opening shows where Waylander's life has ended up since the first two books. |
| None | None |
| White Wolf (2003) |
| None | None |
| The Swords of Night and Day (2004)Spoiler warning: Its set-up gives away what became of Skilgannon after White Wolf. | None | None | None |
| Stones of Power | |||
| Wolf in Shadow (1987) |
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| Ghost King (1988) |
| None | None |
| Last Sword of Power (1988)Spoiler warning: It assumes you have read Ghost King, including which of its characters survive it. | None | None |
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| The Last Guardian (1989) |
| None | None |
| Bloodstone (1994) | None | None | None |
| Hawk Queen | |||
| Ironhand's Daughter (1995) |
| None | None |
| The Hawk Eternal (1995) | None | None | None |
| Rigante | |||
| Sword in the Storm (1998) |
| None | None |
| Midnight Falcon (1999) | None | None | |
| Ravenheart (2001) |
| None | None |
| Stormrider (2002)Spoiler warning: Its set-up reveals where Ravenheart leaves Kaelin. | None | None | None |
| Troy | |||
| Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow (2005) |
| None |
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| Troy: Shield of Thunder (2006)Spoiler warning: Its opening situation reveals some of how Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow ends. |
| None | None |
| Troy: Fall of Kings (2007)Spoiler warning: It resolves the first two books' threads, and its set-up reveals how Troy: Shield of Thunder ends. | None | None | None |
| Macedon | |||
| Lion of Macedon (1990) |
| None | None |
| Dark Prince (1991)Spoiler warning: Its set-up gives away how Lion of Macedon ends. | None | None | None |
| Standalone novels | |||
| Knights of Dark Renown (1989) | None | None | None |
| Morningstar (1992) | None | None | None |
| Dark Moon (1996) | None | None | None |
| Echoes of the Great Song (1997) | None | None | None |
| Outside the fantasy | |||
| White Knight, Black Swan (1993)Best read: after any three of the fantasy novels. | None | None | None |
| Rhyming Rings (2017)Best read: after any three of the fantasy novels. | None | None | None |