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Overview
Track your journey through the Nine Worlds! This challenge includes all published material in this universe, in the reading order on the author's website. Novels and novellas are added as main books, short stories and novelettes are marked as bonus. Book and story descriptions courtesy of the Nine Worlds wiki.
From the author: My Nine Worlds stories are set in various parts of the universe on both sides of the dividing line of the Fall of the Empire of Astandalas. They interweave and interconnect, so while you may certainly follow the internal chronology of the stories (see below), the suggested reading order begins with The Hands of the Emperor. Please note that you do not need to read each series in order! The Lays of the Hearth-Fire and the Red Company Reformed series, in particular, are thoroughly interleaved.
From the author: My Nine Worlds stories are set in various parts of the universe on both sides of the dividing line of the Fall of the Empire of Astandalas. They interweave and interconnect, so while you may certainly follow the internal chronology of the stories (see below), the suggested reading order begins with The Hands of the Emperor. Please note that you do not need to read each series in order! The Lays of the Hearth-Fire and the Red Company Reformed series, in particular, are thoroughly interleaved.
You can also get a crowd-sourced opinion at the Nine Worlds wiki page! Please note that due to the nature of an encyclopedia, spoilers abound elsewhere in the wiki. (The reading order page is safe, however.)
The Nine Worlds by Victoria Goddard
26 participants (16 books)
Overview
Track your journey through the Nine Worlds! This challenge includes all published material in this universe, in the reading order on the author's website. Novels and novellas are added as main books, short stories and novelettes are marked as bonus. Book and story descriptions courtesy of the Nine Worlds wiki.
From the author: My Nine Worlds stories are set in various parts of the universe on both sides of the dividing line of the Fall of the Empire of Astandalas. They interweave and interconnect, so while you may certainly follow the internal chronology of the stories (see below), the suggested reading order begins with The Hands of the Emperor. Please note that you do not need to read each series in order! The Lays of the Hearth-Fire and the Red Company Reformed series, in particular, are thoroughly interleaved.
From the author: My Nine Worlds stories are set in various parts of the universe on both sides of the dividing line of the Fall of the Empire of Astandalas. They interweave and interconnect, so while you may certainly follow the internal chronology of the stories (see below), the suggested reading order begins with The Hands of the Emperor. Please note that you do not need to read each series in order! The Lays of the Hearth-Fire and the Red Company Reformed series, in particular, are thoroughly interleaved.
You can also get a crowd-sourced opinion at the Nine Worlds wiki page! Please note that due to the nature of an encyclopedia, spoilers abound elsewhere in the wiki. (The reading order page is safe, however.)
Challenge Books
25
(bonus)
In the Company of Gentlemen: A Tale of the Nine Worlds
Victoria Goddard
A standalone novelette set on Alinor, where an old soldier recounts one of the legendary stories of the Red Company.
26
Derring-Do for Beginners
Victoria Goddard
The first in a planned series about the beginnings of the Red Company, featuring the first meetings of Jullanar, Damien, and Fitzroy.
27
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Victoria Goddard
A novel about the Lord of Ysthar pretending to his friends that everything is fine, while finishing a magical challenge that could threaten the entire world.
28
(bonus)
In the Realms of Gold: Five Tales of Ysthar
Victoria Goddard
A short story collection set on Ysthar.
29
(bonus)
The Glassblower
Victoria Goddard
A novelette about Scheherezade, set on Ysthar.
30
(bonus)
Aurelius (to be called) Magnus
Victoria Goddard
A standalone story about Aurelius Magnus as a young man.
31
(bonus)
Terec and the Wild
Victoria Goddard
A novelette about that wild mage Conju knew in his youth.