I’ve included the prerequisites, so you know when to read the book. This way, you’ll be on track and can better enjoy the novel and their respective series.

Of course this is just a recommended order, and you can read the books however you want – whether in written (published) order or chronologically; or some other method that may take your fancy, it’s all up to you.

Without further ado, here is the list:

Riftwar Saga:

Magician

Silverthorn

A Darkness at Sethanon

Prerequisite – Read this series first.

Empire Trilogy:

Daughter of the Empire

Servant of the Empire

Mistress of the Empire

Prerequisite – Read Riftwar Saga first. Empire Trilogy not essential to main storyline.

Krondor’s Sons:

Prince of the Blood

The King’s Buccaneer

prerequisite – Read Riftwar Saga first.

Serpentwar Saga:

Shadow of a Dark Queen

Rise of a Merchant Prince

Rage of a Demon King

Shards of  a Broken Crown

prerequisite – Read Krondor’s Sons first.

Riftwar Legacy:

Krondor the Betrayal

Krondor the Assassins

Krondor Tear of the Gods

prerequisite – To have read Riftwar Saga. Not essential to main storyline.

Legends of the Riftwar:

Honored Enemy

Murder in LaMut

Jimmy the Hand

prerequisite – For Honored Enemy and Murder in LaMut: Read Riftwar Saga first. For Jimmy the Hand, read Magician first. All three books are not essential to the main storyline – they are just tasty side trips into the world of Midkemia.

Conclave of Shadows:

Talon of the Silverhawk

King of Foxes

Exiles Return

prerequisite – Read Serpentwar Saga first.

The Darkwar Saga:

Flight of the Nighthawks

Into a Dark Real

Wrath of a Mad God

prerequisite – Read Conclave of Shadows first.

The Demonwar Saga:

Rides a Dread Legion

Return of the Demon King

prerequisite – Read Darkwar Saga first. Rides a Dread Legion release date: 03-31-2009. Return of the Demon King release date (approx.): 2010.

The Chaoswar Saga:

A Kingdom Besieged

A Crown Imperiled

prerequisite – Read Demonwar Saga first. As of the writing no release dates have been announced for A Kingdom Besieged and A Crown Imperiled.

That’s it! As far as I know this is the complete list of novels for the universe of Midkemia. Special thanks are in order to crydee.com for hosting an incredible wealth of knowledge to do with Raymnd Feist and the wonderful universe of Midkemia!

As Mr. Feist is always busy writing, I’m sure there will be more books added to an already incredible list! If you haven’t read any of Raymond E. Feist’s books, I definitely recommend picking up Magician and going from there. You won’t be sorry!

The order of reviewing them will not be precisely chronological, but rather in the order one should read them.

Speaking of reading order – the order in which I will review is called the “alternate order” for reading them. The recommended reading order is to read them as they were written (published), according to Feist’s official web site.

I don’t like the written order because you end up reading novels from an unrelated series before you finish up the series you are currently on. It really is just personal preference when you get down to it; as long as you read the prerequisites before moving on to the next series, there really is no right or wrong.

One example of this jumping between two series is reading the novel Prince of the Blood (published 1989), then the next novel, according to the published order, is Servant of the Empire (published 1990), which is not even part of the  Krondor Sons trilogy (Prince of the Blood), but part of the collaborative Empire trilogy between Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts.

So, there you have my reasoning for reviewing (and reading) in the so-called “alternate order,” which I will post before beginning my reviews.