Reading order
Transitions reading order
Volumes 20–22 of 39 in The Legend of Drizzt
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- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2007–2009
- Published
- about 20 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes2007–2009Completed
- R. A. Salvatore’s Forgotten Realms trilogy that closes an era for Drizzt Do’Urden and his friends: in The Orc King, the dark elf and the dwarf king Bruenor must decide whether to go to war against, or make peace with, an orc kingdom that wants to be a real nation, and later books take the companions into a changing world.
- Thoughtful by the standards of the series.
- Best read after the earlier Drizzt books.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,087 pages, about 20 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 25, 2026.
- Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 25, 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 Transitions book is the longest?
“The Orc King” is the longest at 398 pages; the shortest is “The Ghost King” with 342 pages.
What should I read after Transitions?
Other series by R. A. Salvatore: The Cleric Quintet, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow.
