Tuesday, October 19, 2010

R.A. Salvatore has published 53 novels since 1988

Robert A. Salvatore’s new book, “Gauntlgrym,” appeared this week on Publishers Weekly’s hardcover fiction best-seller list, and this got me to thinking about how many books Salvatore has written over the years.

I knew that Salvatore, who is enormously popular among fantasy and science fiction fans, was a prolific writer, but I was very surprised by the number of novels he's published over the years. By my count, he’s published 53 novels since 1988.

I’ve had the chance to read six of Salvatore’s early novels – The Icewind Dale Trilogy and The Dark Elf Trilogy – and they are excellent. Without further ado, here’s a complete list of all of Salvatore’s books:

1988 – The Crystal Shard
1989 – Streams of Silver
1990 – The Halfling’s Gem
1990 – Homeland
1990 – Exile
1990 – Echoes of the Fourth Magic
1991 – Sojourn
1991 – Canticle
1991 – The Witch’s Daughter
1992 – The Legacy

1992 – In Sylvan Shadows
1992 – Night Masks
1993 – Starless Night
1993 – The Fallen Fortress
1993 – The Woods Out Back
1994 – Siege of Darkness
1994 – The Dragon’s Dagger
1994 – The Chaos Curse
1994 – The Sword of Bedwyr
1995 – Dragonslayer’s Return

1996 – Passage of Dawn
1996 – Luthien’s Gamble
1996 – The Dragon King
1997 – The Demon Awakens
1998 – The Silent Blade
1998 – The Demon Spirit
1999 – The Spine of the World
1999 – The Demon Apostle
2000 – Servant of the Shard
2000 – Mortalis

2000 – Bastion of Darkness
2000 – Vector Prime
2001 – Sea of Swords
2001 - Ascendance
2002 – The Thousand Orcs
2002 – Transcendence
2002 – Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
2003 – The Lone Drow
2003 - Immortalis
2004 – The Two Swords

2004 – The Highwayman
2005 – The Promise of the Witch King
2006 – Road of the Patriarch
2007 – The Orc King
2008 – The Pirate King
2008 – Stowaway (written with his son, Geno Salvatore)
2008 – The Ancient
2009 – The Ghost King
2009 – The Shadowmask (written with his son, Geno Salvatore)
2009 – The Dame

2010 – The Bear
2010 – The Sentinels (written with his son, Geno Salvatore)
2010 – Gauntlegrym

In the end, let me know if you’ve had a chance to read any of these books. What did you think about them? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.

2 comments:

  1. I have read, and in most cases own all just about everyone of these books up to The Highwayman. Except for the Starwars books (vector prime) and I have never read the Cleric Books.

    I really liked the War of the Spider Queen series that is written under his name..It is interesting reading a long story line with each book written by a different author in their style.

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  2. He's produced an impressive volume of books. Undoubtedly, it would take me longer to read all of his books than the time it took him to write them all. LOL...

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