 | Magic: The Gathering Recommended Reading Order - 68 Entries |
As a companion to the popular collectible card game, the Magic: The Gathering novels might be overlooked as cheap tie ins. However, many of them are well written (if escapist) stories – good to read even if you don’t play the game! The original four novels (starting with Arena) were among my favorite childhood books. I re-read them recently and happily found they were still quite enjoyable.
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 |  Arena | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Non-Cycle. Should be read before Greensleeves Trilogy. Great starting place! | September 1994 By William R. Forstchen | |
 | Whispering Woods | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Greensleeves Trilogy | January 1995 By Clayton Emery | |
 | Shattered Chains | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Greensleeves Trilogy | March 1995 By Clayton Emery | |
 | Final Sacrifice | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Greensleeves Trilogy | May 1995 By Clayton Emery | |
| | Tapestries | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Short Story Anthology | July 1995 By Kathy Ice | |
| | The Cursed Land | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Non-Cycle | June 1095 By Teri McLaren | |
 | The Prodigal Sorcerer | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Non-Cycle | September 1995 By Mark C. Sumner | |
 | And Peace Shall Sleep | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Non-Cycle | May 1996 By Sonia Orin Lyris | |
 | Distant Planes | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Short Story Anthology | January 1996 By Kathy Ice | |
 | Ashes of the Sun | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Non-Cycle | January 1996 By Hanovi Braddock | |
 | Song of Time | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Non-Cycle | April 1996 By Teri McLaren | |
 | Dark Legacy | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Non-Cycle | October 1996 By Robert E. Vardeman | |
 | The Thran | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Non-Cycle (Artifacts Cycle Prequel) | December 1999 By J. Robert King | |
 | The Brothers’ War | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Artifacts Cycle Book 1 | June 1998 By Jeff Grubb | |
 | Planeswalker | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Artifacts Cycle Book 2 | September 1998 By Lynn Abbey | |
 | Time Streams | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Artifacts Cycle Book 3 | March 1999 By J. Robert King | |
 | Bloodlines: The Story of Urza’s Destiny | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Artifacts Cycle Book 4 | August 1999 By Loren L. Coleman | |
 | Artifacts Cycle Vol. 1 | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Magic: The Gathering Omnibus (Collects The Thran and The Brother’s War) | June 1998, December 1999 By Jeff Grubb, J. Robert King | |
 | Artifacts Cycle Vol. 2 | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Magic: The Gathering Omnibus (Collects Planeswalker, Time Streams, and Bloodlines: The Story of Urza’s Destiny) | September 1998 – August 1999 By Lynn Abbey, J. Robert King, Loren L. Coleman | |
 | The Colors of Magic | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Short Story Anthology (In some ways an epilogue to Artifacts Cycle) | February 1999 By Jess Lebow | |
 | Rath and Storm | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Linked Short Story Anthology (Weatherlight, Tempest, Stronghold, and Exodus story – Necessary prelude to Masquerade Cycle) | July 1998 By Peter Archer | |
 | Mercadian Masques | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Masquerade Cycle Book 1 | September 1999 By Francis Lebaron | |
 | Nemesis | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Masquerade Cycle Book 2 | February 2000 By Paul B. Thompson | |
 | Prophecy | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Masquerade Cycle Book 3 | June 2000 By Vance Moore | |
 | Myths of Magic | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Short Story Anthology | June 2000 By Jess Lebow | |
 | Invasion | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Invasion Cycle Book 1 | October 2000 By J. Robert King | |
 | Planeshift | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Invasion Cycle Book 2 | February 2001 By J. Robert King | |
 | Apocalypse | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Invasion Cycle Book 3 | June 2001 By J. Robert King | |
 | The Dragons of Magic | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Short Story Anthology | August 2001 By J. Robert King | |
 | The Gathering Dark | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Ice Age Cycle Book 1 | June 1999 By Jeff Grubb | |
 | The Eternal Ice | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Ice Age Cycle Book 2 | May 2000 By Jeff Grubb | |
 | The Shattered Alliance | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Ice Age Cycle Book 3 | December 2000 By Jeff Grubb | |
 | Johan | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Legends Cycle Book 1 | April 2001 By Clayton Emery | |
 | Jedit | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Legends Cycle Book 2 | December 2001 By Clayton Emery | |
 | Hazezon | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Legends Cycle Book 3 | August 2002 By Clayton Emery | |
 | Assassin’s Blade | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Legends Cycle II Book 1 | December 2002 By Scott McGough | |
 | Emperor’s Fist | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Legends Cycle II Book 2 | March 2003 By Scott McGough | |
 | Champion’s Trial | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Legends Cycle II Book 3 | November 2003 By Scott McGough | |
 | The Secrets of Magic | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Short Story Anthology | March 2002 By J. Robert King | |
 | Odyssey | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Odyssey Cycle Book 1 | September 2000 By Vance Moore | |
 | Chainer’s Torment | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Odyssey Cycle Book 2 | January 2001 By Scott McGough | |
| | Judgement | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Odyssey Cycle Book 3 | May 2002 By Will McDermott | |
 | Onslaught | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Onslaught Cycle Book 1 | September 2002 By J. Robert King | |
 | Legions | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Onslaught Cycle Book 2 | January 2003 By J. Robert King | |
 | Scourge | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Onslaught Cycle Book 3 | May 2003 By J. Robert King | |
 | The Monsters of Magic | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Short Story Anthology | August 2003 By J. Robert King | |
 | The Moons of Mirrodin | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Mirrodin Cycle Book 1 | September 2003 By Will McDermott | |
 | The Darksteel Eye | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Mirrodin Cycle Book 2 | December 2003 By Jess Lebow | |
 | The Fifth Dawn | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Mirrodin Cycle Book 3 | May 2004 By Cory Herndon | |
 | Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Kamigawa Cycle Book 1 | August 2004 By Scott McGough | |
 | Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Kamigawa Cycle Book 2 | December 2004 By Scott McGough | |
 | Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Kamigawa Cycle Book 3 | May 2005 By Scott McGough | |
| | Ravnica: City of Guilds | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Ravnica Cycle Book 1 | August 2005 By Cory J. Herndon | |
 | Guildpact | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Ravnica Cycle Book 2 | January 2006 By Cory J. Herndon | |
 | Dissension | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Ravnica Cycle Book 3 | May 2006 By Cory J. Herndon | |
 | Time Spiral | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Time Spiral Cycle Book 1 | September 2006 By Scott McGough | |
 | Planar Chaos | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Time Spiral Cycle Book 2 | January 2007 By Scott McGough, Timothy Sanders | |
 | Future Sight | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Time Spiral Cycle Book 3 | April 2007 By Scott McGough, John Delaney | |
 | Lorwyn | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Lorwyn Cycle Book 1 | August 2007 By Cory J. Herndon, Scott McGough | |
 | Morningtide | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Lorwyn Cycle Book 2 | January 2008 By Cory J. Herndon, Scott McGough | |
 | Shadowmoor | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Lorwyn Cycle Part II: Shadowmoor Cycle Book 1 | April 2008 By Philip Athans, Susan J. Morris | |
 | Eventide | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Lorwyn Cycle Part II: Shadowmoor Cycle Book 2 | June 2008 By Scott McGough, Cory J. Herndon | |
 | Agents of Artifice | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Amazon (HC) Half.com (SC) Half.com (HC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (HC) Ebay (Search) | Planeswalker Novel | January 2009 By Ari Marmell | |
 | Alara Unbroken | ||||
| More Info 1 Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Block Novel | May 2009 By Doug Beyer | |
 | The Purifying Fire | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Planeswalker Novel | July 2009 By Laura Resnick | |
 | Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Block Novel | April 2010 By Robert B. Wintermute | |
 | Test of Metal | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Planeswalker Novel | October 2010 By Matthew Stover | |
| | Scars of Mirrodin: The Quest for Karn | ||||
| More Info Comment | Amazon (SC) Half.com (SC) | Ebay (SC) Ebay (Search) | Block Novel | April 2011 By Robert B. Wintermute | |
