Reading order
The Cleric Quintet reading order
1- 7.87.8 / 1061 ratings
- Score
- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 1991–1993
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
5 volumes1991–1993Completed
- R. A. Salvatore’s Forgotten Realms series about Cadderly Bonaduce, a young scholar-priest at a great library who would rather read than fight, until a mad wizard’s chaos curse turns the library’s own priests against each other and forces him to grow into a hero.
- Separate from the Drizzt books, so no prior reading is needed.
- Lighter and more bookish than Salvatore’s other work; ratings are good.
- Canticle is the one with enough ratings.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 1,610 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 11, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 211 h15 daysby December 11, 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 The Cleric Quintet book is the longest?
“Night Masks” is the longest at 353 pages; the shortest is “The Fallen Fortress” with 312 pages.
What should I read after The Cleric Quintet?
Other series by R. A. Salvatore: The Dark Elf Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, The Icewind Dale Trilogy.
