Author · updated 2026
Tad Williams Books in Order
Every Tad Williams book in publication order — 36 in total, spanning 1985–2019.
Publication Order of Osten Ard Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Heart of What Was Lost | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Last King of Osten Ard Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Witchwood Crown | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Empire of Grass | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Bobby Dollar Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Dirty Streets of Heaven | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Happy Hour in Hell | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Sleeping Late on Judgement Day | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlepig | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Legends Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legends | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Legends II | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Legends 3 | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Dragonbone Chair | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Stone of Farewell | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  To Green Angel Tower | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ordinary Farm Adventures Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Dragons of Ordinary Farm | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Secrets of Ordinary Farm | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Otherland Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  City of Golden Shadow | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  River of Blue Fire | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Mountain of Black Glass | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Sea of Silver Light | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Shadowmarch Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shadowmarch | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Shadowplay | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Shadowrise | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Shadowheart | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tailchaser's Song | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Child of an Ancient City | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Caliban's Hour | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Tad Williams' Mirror World | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The War of the Flowers | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Diary of a Dragon | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  War of the Flowers | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rite: Short Work | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | A Stark and Wormy Knight | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Very Best of Tad Williams | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Wood Boy / The Burning Man | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 36, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tailchaser's Song | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Dragonbone Chair | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Stone of Farewell | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Child of an Ancient City | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | To Green Angel Tower | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Caliban's Hour | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | City of Golden Shadow | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Legends | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Legends II | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | River of Blue Fire | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Tad Williams' Mirror World | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Legends 3 | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Mountain of Black Glass | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Sea of Silver Light | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The War of the Flowers | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Shadowmarch | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Wood Boy / The Burning Man | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Rite: Short Work | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Shadowplay | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Dragons of Ordinary Farm | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Shadowrise | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Shadowheart | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Secrets of Ordinary Farm | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | A Stark and Wormy Knight | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Dirty Streets of Heaven | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Diary of a Dragon | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Happy Hour in Hell | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Sleeping Late on Judgement Day | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlepig | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Very Best of Tad Williams | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Heart of What Was Lost | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Witchwood Crown | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Empire of Grass | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | War of the Flowers | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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