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The Witcher Books in Order

by Andrzej SapkowskiScience Fiction & Fantasy

7 books and 2 novellas from Blood of Elves (2014) to Crossroads of Ravens (2025). Rated 4.7 across 198,316 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Last Wish

    Novella 0.1 2014 4.7 (50.7k)

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  2. Sword of Destiny

    Novella 0.2 2015 4.8 (27.7k)

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  3. Blood of Elves

    Book 1 2014 4.6 (34.5k)

    Andrzej Sapkowski’s New York Times bestselling Witcher series has inspired the hit Netflix show and multiple blockbuster video games, and has transported millions of fans around the globe to an epic, unforgettable world of magic and…

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  4. The Time of Contempt

    Book 2 2014 4.7 (23.4k)

    To protect his ward Ciri, Geralt of Rivia sends her to train with the sorceress Yennefer. But all is not well within the Wizard's Guild in the second novel of the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that…

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  5. Baptism of Fire

    Book 3 2014 4.8 (19.7k)

    A deadly coup within the Wizard's Guild leaves the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, gravely injured, and his ward Ciri missing in the third novel of Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the…

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  6. The Tower of Swallows

    Book 4 2016 4.8 (16.5k)

    The world is at war and the prophesied savior is nowhere to be found. The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, races to find her in the fourth novel of Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the…

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  7. The Lady of the Lake

    Book 5 2017 4.7 (14.4k)

    Trapped in a world ruled by the Elves, separated from Geralt and her destiny, Ciri will need all her training as a fighter and sorceress to survive in the fifth novel of the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series…

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  8. Season of Storms

    Book 6 2018 4.7 (10.8k)

    Before he was the guardian of Ciri, the child of destiny, Geralt of Rivia was a legendary swordsman. Join the Witcher as he undertakes a deadly mission in this stand-alone adventure set in the Andrzej Sapkowki’s groundbreaking epic fantasy…

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  9. Crossroads of Ravens

    Book 7 2025 4.6 (528)

    Crossroads of Ravens is the instant New York Times bestselling novel that every Witcher fan has been waiting for. Follow fantasy's most beloved monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, on his first steps towards becoming a legend.

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Adapted for screen

  • The Witcher TV series · Netflix · 2019– · 4 seasons

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Witcher is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (0.1 comes after book 0). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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