Which to Read First Iceland Trilogy or Dark Elf

R.A. Salvatore is my favorite author of all time, and Drizzt Practice'Urden is my favorite book character ever. In fact, Salvatore'due south The Thou Orcs was the start fantasy book that I always read. I honey to tell people nigh my favorite series, merely with 30+ novels, it's understandly difficult to tell where to start. So with that in mind, I've put all the Drizzt books in guild just for you.

The Legend of Drizzt reading order

Most of the books are pretty obvious in their society. If yous do any bit of enquiry, y'all'll run into that the newest version of the books are actually labeled Legend of Drizzt Book 1 all the way to book 38, Glacier'south Edge, which is due for publication on August 9, 2022.

But that doesn't take into account that some readers prefer to read by order of publication rather than in Chronological order, so we'll talk about both.

If you want to skip the discussion, you tin go straight for all 30+ Drizzt books in order at the end of this post.

The Dark Elf Trilogy

The offset gild of business is discussing when to read The Dark Elf Trilogy?

In chronological society, these books come first. Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn tell the story of Drizzt Do'Urden's upbringing. The series starts with Drizzt Exercise'Urden every bit a newborn babe all the style until he becomes the skilful swordsman that he is in the rest of the 30+ books.

So it makes sense to start with these right? Aye, if yous want to read in chronological lodge.

Just The Crystal Shard, Book iv in the Legend of Drizzt serial, was actually the first volume written. And the subsequent books in the series, Streams of Silvery and the Halfling'south Gem, were all written before Homeland, Book ane in the Legend of Drizzt Series.

Then if you'd adopt, instead, to read the books in club of publication, showtime with The Crystal Shard, read the whole trilogy, and so go back to The Dark Elf Trilogy earlier continuing on with the rest of the series.

The Cleric Quintet

Oddly enough (or maybe not?), The Cleric Quintet was not included in the Legend of Drizzt series lodge when Wizards of the Coast (or Penguin, or whoever owns these books now) re-covered all of Salvatore'southward books and relisted the series.

Strictly speaking, The Cleric Quintet aren't Drizzt books, and that's probably why. However, Cadderly makes a cameo in the Drizzt series, so, to me, these books are essential reading for the Drizzt series.

But when to read them?

Publication lodge dictates that you read them immediately after finishing both The Night Elf Trilogy and the Icewind Dale Trilogy just before yous start The Legacy (Book 7 in its self-titled series The Legacy of the Drow Quartet).

That will help you understand Drizzt Do'Urden & Cadderly better when the characters crossover.

All the same, yous could reasonably hold this series off until Passage to Dawn (Volume 10) which is when Cadderly makes his appearance into Drizzt Do'Urden'southward timeline.

But I strongly recommend you read information technology at least earlier The Thousand Orcs (Volume 17) as a few of the supporting characters in the Cleric Quintet make their appearance into the Drizzt timeline.

Want my advice?

Read them in publication order, even if it causes you to break from the world of Drizzt Do'Urden for a little while.

The Sundering

The Companions RA Salvatore What well-nigh The Sundering books? Where do they fit into the Fable of Drizzt timeline?

The Companions takes place immediately later on The Last Threshold and so there's little uncertainty to its location in the cord of events.

But you might find that the club below only lists a unmarried book for The Sundering series. That's because R.A. Salvatore only wrote the first book.

The remaining 5 books in the series were written by the other authors of the Forgotten Realms.

It is my understanding that information technology is not necessary to read all half-dozen books. Instead, each book highlights the events of The Sundering from a different character's point of view.

Meaning if y'all're only interested in Drizzt Practise'Urden, the but book in the series y'all demand to read is The Companions.

If, however, yous want the full lore of the world, so by all ways read them all.