Reading order
Legends of the Riftwar reading order
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- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2001–2003
- Published
- about 19 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2001–2003Completed
- Three standalone novels from Raymond E. Feist’s Riftwar world, each written with a different co-author and set during or just after the war of Magician.
- Honoured Enemy, with William R. Forstchen, forces a Kingdom company and a Tsurani patrol to cooperate against a common foe; Murder in LaMut, with Joel Rosenberg, is a winter murder mystery solved by three mercenaries; Jimmy the Hand, with S. M. Stirling and the one with enough ratings, follows the young thief from Krondor.
- For Riftwar fans; read after Magician.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,056 pages, about 19 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 24, 2026.
- Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026
- The end of the series
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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
Frequently asked questions
Which Legends of the Riftwar book is the longest?
“Jimmy the Hand” is the longest at 384 pages; the shortest is “Honoured Enemy” with 336 pages.
What should I read after Legends of the Riftwar?
Other series by Raymond E. Feist: The Firemane Saga, The Chaoswar Saga, The Riftwar Saga.
