Reading order

Ballantine Adult Fantasy series reading order

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

  1. Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley1922
  2. Dragons, Elves, and Heroes1969
  3. The Blue Star1969
  4. The Sorcerer's Ship1969
  5. The Young Magicians1969
  6. At the Edge of the World1970
  7. Beyond the Golden Stair1970
  8. Golden Cities, Far1970
  9. Double Phoenix1971
  10. New Worlds for Old1971
  11. The Doom that Came to Sarnath and Other Stories1971
  12. The Spawn of Cthulhu1971
  13. Every volume in order (21) ↓
21 volumes
Volumes
1922–1974
Published
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Publication order

21 volumes1922–1974Completed

Volume numbering in the sources is incomplete — the order below follows publication years.

Every volume in order

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  1. Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley
    1922
  2. Dragons, Elves, and Heroes
    1969
  3. The Blue Star
    1969
  4. The Sorcerer's Ship
    1969
  5. The Young Magicians
    1969
  6. At the Edge of the World
    1970
  7. Beyond the Golden Stair
    1970
  8. Golden Cities, Far
    1970
  9. Double Phoenix
    1971
  10. New Worlds for Old
    1971
  11. The Doom that Came to Sarnath and Other Stories
    1971
  12. The Spawn of Cthulhu
    1971
  13. Hyperborea
    1971
  14. Beyond the Fields We Know
    1972
  15. Discoveries in Fantasy
    1972
  16. Evenor
    1972
  17. Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I
    1972
  18. Xiccarph
    1972
  19. Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II
    1973
  20. Imaginary Worlds – the Art of Fantasy
    1973
  21. Over the Hills and Far Away
    1974
21 volumes on a timeline, 1922 to 1974

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Frequently asked questions

Which Ballantine Adult Fantasy series book is the longest?

“New Worlds for Old” is the longest at 326 pages; the shortest is “Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley” with 154 pages.