Reading order
The War of Souls reading order
1- 7.87.8 / 1060 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2000–2002
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2000–2002Completed
- Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman’s return to Dragonlance, set in a darker Fifth Age after the gods have gone: a mysterious young woman called Mina appears out of a storm, leads the Knights of Neraka in the name of an unseen One God, and starts winning impossible victories, while the souls of the dead swarm across Krynn.
- Familiar heroes return.
- Best for readers who already know the Chronicles and Legends.
- Dragons of a Fallen Sun is the one with enough ratings.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,602 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 19 h13 daysby November 11, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby 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 War of Souls book is the longest?
“Dragons of a Vanished Moon” is the longest at 632 pages; the shortest is “Dragons of a Lost Star” with 458 pages.
What should I read after The War of Souls?
Other series by Margaret Weis: Dragonlance, The Death Gate Cycle, Dragonlance: Legends Trilogy.
