Reading order
Legacy of the Drow reading order
Volumes 7–10 of 39 in The Legend of Drizzt
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2
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4- 4 volumes
- Volumes
- 1992–1996
- Published
- about 25 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
4 volumes1992–1996Completed
- Four Drizzt novels that follow the Icewind Dale and Dark Elf trilogies: Drizzt’s drow homeland comes after him and his friends in Mithral Hall.
- Read The Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness and Passage to Dawn in order; readers rate all four almost the same.
A plan for the whole series
4 volumes, 1,360 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: high
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 5, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 118 habout 4 weeksby November 23, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 26 h9 daysby December 5, 2026
- The end of the series
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Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.1 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.
Best volume: The Legacy (7.9, 174 ratings). Weakest: Passage to Dawn (7.8). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.8) scores close to the series average or above it.
How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Legacy of the Drow books ranked, best to worst
- 1.The LegacyBook 1 · 19927.9
- 1.Siege of DarknessBook 3 · 19947.9
- 3.Starless NightBook 2 · 19937.8
- 3.Passage to DawnBook 4 · 19967.8
Frequently asked questions
Which Legacy of the Drow book is the best?
By reader score, The Legacy (7.9/10). The lowest-rated is Passage to Dawn (7.8/10).
Which Legacy of the Drow book is the longest?
“Siege of Darkness” is the longest at 352 pages; the shortest is “The Legacy” with 320 pages.
What should I read after Legacy of the Drow?
Other series by R. A. Salvatore: The Cleric Quintet, The Dark Elf Trilogy, The Icewind Dale Trilogy.
