Ed Greenwood Books in Order

Shandril, a young woman of no great standing, discovers the raw magical force called spellfire. Suddenly everyone powerful wants her, use her, or kill her.

A mystery adventure that begins with rumors around a wizard's tomb and a doorway that should not exist. Climbing the stair means walking into the unknown.

A gazetteer for the halfling homeland of the Five Shires, rich in local culture, politics, and adventuring potential. It gives a smaller people a big, textured home.

A Forgotten Realms sourcebook centered on the Magister and the uneasy policing of arcane power. It blends setting lore with the dangers of wizard politics.

An undead-themed Realms supplement with villains, lore, and short adventures built around the walking dead. It is a strong grab bag for darker campaigns.

The first Avatar adventure drops characters into Shadowdale during the Time of Troubles, when gods walk the world and chaos follows. It is a setting-shaking starting point.

The middle Avatar adventure moves the crisis to Tantras, where armies, prophecies, and divine conflict turn a city into a war zone.

The Avatar adventure trilogy concludes in Waterdeep, where the fallout of divine upheaval reaches one of Faerun's greatest cities. Politics and apocalypse collide.

What starts as a simple delivery turns into a dangerous Moonshae adventure involving old powers, treachery, and magical gates. The stakes rise well beyond the original job.

A sprawling mega-dungeon guide to the mad depths beneath Waterdeep. It is packed with maps, monsters, hooks, and room to make the dungeon your own.

A young outlaw with royal blood is pushed toward magic, survival, and destiny. This is the origin story of how Elminster begins.

A classic dungeon adventure beneath a quiet Cormyr settlement. Hidden passages, old magic, and dangerous ruins make trouble close to home.

A guide to one of Faerun's most haunted ruins, where elven grandeur and deadly wreckage sit side by side. It is built for exploration, treasure-hunting, and hard lessons.

A lorebook on the Harpers, covering their history, ideals, signs, allies, magic, and enemies. It is essential reading if you like the Realms' quieter do-gooders.

Volo wanders the North and reports on its settlements, routes, risks, and oddities. The result is part gazetteer, part gossip column, part trap for the unwary traveler.

Shandril's spellfire makes her a target again as the Zhentarim and the Cult of the Dragon close in. Friends, enemies, and magic all burn hotter in this sequel.

A wide-ranging travel guide to the Sword Coast, full of inns, ports, ruins, and warnings. It is one of Greenwood's best books for the feel of day-to-day Faerun.

The struggle with the Malaugrym reaches its breaking point as Shadowdale's defenders strike back. Magic, nerve, and sheer stubbornness carry the final push.

The fight for Shadowdale deepens as hidden enemies, unstable magic, and infiltration make every gain feel shaky. This middle volume keeps the pressure on and the danger close.

A collection of spellbooks, arcane notes, and mage lore that turns famous wizards into something more personal. It is half reference book, half magical rummage drawer.

As the gods walk Faerun during the Time of Troubles, Shadowdale becomes a battlefield for darker powers. Elminster's allies have to hold the line when the world itself feels off balance.

A sourcebook about Mystra's seven famed daughters, with background, personalities, allies, and plot hooks. It opens up some of the Realms' most influential figures.

A travel guide to Cormyr's roads, taverns, courtly customs, and trouble spots. It is full of local texture and the sort of details that make a kingdom feel lived in.

A plot against King Azoun IV frames a sweeping look back at Cormyr's royal history. The novel mixes present danger with the making of a kingdom.

Killer magic stalks Cormyr, baffling the War Wizards and threatening Harpers and nobles alike. Storm Silverhand steps in to uncover the source before the realm breaks.

A magic-heavy Volo guide packed with spells, magical items, arcane sites, and lore. It is one of the handiest books for the everyday feel of wizardry in the Realms.

A lively guide to the Dalelands, presented as travel writing with gossip, landmarks, and danger tucked between the lines. It makes a settled region feel full of stories.

Elminster enters the legendary elven city and finds that wonder does not come with easy acceptance. The novel is about apprenticeship, pride, and learning a harder kind of magic.

A Realms lorebook focused on worship, prayers, and the lived side of religion. It is especially useful if you want temples and priests to feel like part of everyday Faerun.

A city sourcebook for Ravens Bluff, covering its streets, factions, daily life, and criminal undercurrents. It is built to make the place feel busy, political, and playable.

The long chase for a priceless gem comes to a head in this closing piece of the Double Diamond Triangle saga. Plots converge, masks slip, and the treasure proves worth killing for.

A pair of wanderers gets swept into the dangerous orbit of hired swords and larger schemes. As part of the Double Diamond Triangle saga, it moves fast and keeps trust in short supply.

Long before he becomes the Old Mage of legend, Elminster faces power, desire, and dangerous choices. This is a younger, more vulnerable Elminster under heavy pressure.

Seven linked novellas follow the Seven Sisters as drow-backed danger spreads across Faerun. Each tale shifts the point of view, but the larger threat keeps tightening.

Cormyr faces invasion, succession trouble, and dragonfire in a crisis that could end an age. It is a big, state-level fantasy story with war and court stakes.

A lorebook about the Magister, the roaming magical office that judges misuse of arcane power in the Realms. It adds history, spells, and a strong dose of Realms color.

Aglirta has no king, only feuding barons, old fear, and a fading prophecy. Four unlikely allies set out to find the Dwaerindim stones and give the realm one last chance.

A travel-style guide to Baldur's Gate, full of streets, taverns, local hazards, and colorful lore. It is useful both as setting flavor and as an adventure springboard.

Stripped of safety and dropped into Hell, Elminster has to rely on wit, nerve, and stubbornness more than raw power. The book throws him into one of his harshest tests.

The sleeping king has returned, but reclaiming a kingdom is harder than waking one. As rival barons circle, the Band of Four must keep Aglirta from falling apart again.

The struggle for Aglirta widens as power shifts, enemies gather, and dragons loom over the fate of the realm. The Band of Four faces a fight larger than any single throne.

A detailed city guide to Geanavue, covering guilds, noble houses, neighborhoods, and the hidden life below the streets. It is built for intrigue-heavy campaigns.

Shandril and those closest to her are pulled back into danger as the legacy of spellfire refuses to stay quiet. Old foes and unstable power make every choice risky.

A regional guide to the North's loose alliance of cities and strongholds. It covers settlements, threats, politics, and adventure hooks across one of the Realms' most active frontiers.

A harbor sourcebook full of traders, sailors, smugglers, and trouble. Loona works best if you want a bustling port where politics and crime meet every ship.

Aglirta's fragile hopes crack as dragons, ambition, and old magic collide. The Band of Four must keep the realm from sliding back into ruin.

One of Elminster's daughters, Narnra Shalace, moves through Waterdeep's intrigues while her famous father casts a long shadow. It is smaller in scale than some Elminster books, but no less tangled.

A sourcebook on the reptilian powers of Faerun, from yuan-ti and nagas to the ancient sarrukh. It mixes monster lore, lost empires, and campaign hooks.

In Aglirta, the ancient Silvertree stronghold begins to wake into something uncanny and alive. Old power, family legacy, and buried history turn a house into the center of a kingdom's danger.

An anthology of Forgotten Realms short fiction, including rare Greenwood material alongside stories from other Realms writers. It is a good sampler of the setting's range.

In Waterdeep, city politics, crime, and buried secrets pull several lives together in dangerous ways. The real draw is the city itself, crowded, layered, and always hiding something.

A trio of dragon-centered tales with a playful holiday frame. Greenwood and company mix old-fashioned storytelling, wyrm trouble, and a touch of seasonal warmth.

A player-facing introduction to Castlemourn, sketching its regions, faiths, dangers, and everyday feel. It is meant to get newcomers adventuring fast.

A shorter entry guide to Castlemourn, outlining the land's past, key realms, and the sort of characters and adventures the setting encourages.

A sourcebook about rule, politics, temples, noble power, and running organizations in the Realms. It is especially useful for campaigns that care about who governs and why.

A band of eager young adventurers leaves Eveningstar looking for glory and finds the real costs of heroism. This is the start of the Knights of Myth Drannor story.

A struggling fantasy writer discovers that the world in his head is real, and that he has been cast in it as a Dark Lord. It is part portal fantasy, part sly riff on genre itself.

Kidnapped as a child by dark elves, Orivon Firefist grows into a scarred slave who refuses to break. His fight to reach the surface could bring an empire down with him.

A full setting guide to Castlemourn, a fractured fantasy world of ruined history, rival realms, ancient evil, and adventure in the ruins left by the Fall.

A later return to Waterdeep's most famous dungeon, mixing sourcebook material with a full adventure path through selected depths. It keeps the focus on discovery and survival.

Cormyr needs heroes, and the young Knights of Myth Drannor answer the call. Greenwood balances court trouble, battlefield danger, and the messy fun of an adventuring company growing up.

A sweeping timeline and history guide to Forgotten Realms, from ancient empires to later upheavals. It is made for readers who want the long view of Faerun.

Rod Evelar is deeper inside Falconfar now, where political schemes and magical threats keep proving he no longer controls the world linked to him. The series leans stranger and darker here.

Orivon Firefist is still trapped in the brutal underworld of the dark elves, where every alliance is shaky and every move can be fatal. Escape and revenge both come at a price.

A broad 4th edition overview of Faerun, with regions, starting points, plot hooks, monsters, and maps. It is built to help DMs launch adventures quickly in a changed Realms.

A broad guide to Golarion, outlining nations, history, cultures, and major adventure regions. It is the kind of book that gives a whole game world its shape.

The Knights of Myth Drannor have grown into proven heroes, but Cormyr still keeps finding new ways to test them. This final volume mixes camaraderie, duty, and hard-won battles.

A comic anthology that visits different corners of Dungeons & Dragons fantasy. It offers shorter, visually driven adventures rather than one long quest.

An omnibus collecting Elminster's early adventures, from uncertain youth to rising mage. It is the long road toward the legend readers later meet in the Realms.

After the Spellplague, Elminster is wounded, hunted, and cut off from easy power. To survive, he must steal magic where he can and outlast foes who want him finished.

Rod Evelar is still trapped in the fantasy world tied to his own imagination, and the land is no gentler for it. Meta-fantasy turns into a straight fight for survival and control.

Weakened but dangerous, Elminster works from the shadows while enemies close in from every side. The novel leans into secret war, survival, and slow vengeance.

This comic throws an unlikely band of rogues into trouble in Waterdeep and beyond. It plays as a brisk city adventure full of crooked deals, kidnappings, and cursed secrets.

A lore-rich guide to everyday life in the Realms, from money and inns to religion, law, and magic. It feels less like a rulebook and more like a tour from the setting's creator.

Still hunted and far from peace, Elminster moves against a deepening threat to Cormyr. Manshoon and other old enemies make this a story of fury, survival, and counterstrike.

A short fantasy tale set in the Shadowsfall world, where a strange magical gem sparks trouble faster than anyone expects. It has the quick, conversational feel of a gaming yarn.

A small collection of short Greenwood tales, mixing horror, mystery, and light fantasy. The stories shift tone quickly but all carry his love of strange turns and lurking trouble.

A city on edge tips toward chaos as murders, cult plots, and political rivalry spread through Baldur's Gate. This adventure blends investigation, faction play, and street-level danger.

Captain Austin Greylake thinks he is facing one more bad day at the police station. Then the Ostrond case arrives, complete with stolen severed heads and something far worse.

In war-torn lands, a cursed masked fugitive and an escaped halfling slave are forced into an uneasy alliance. Their search for a powerful artifact could change the balance of the war.

A return to an old hometown uncorks menace instead of comfort. This short tale starts small, then slides into something nastier and stranger.

As the Sundering nears its climax, Storm Silverhand and Elminster are drawn toward war around Myth Drannor. Gods, magic, and the fate of Faerun are all in motion.

Summoned to the palace at once, a royal investigator is pulled into another messy case. Greenwood plays this fantasy mystery with a lighter hand and plenty of sideways trouble.

A deadly magical storm traps Storm Silverhand, Elminster, and other powerful figures together under one roof. Old secrets, rivalries, and shifting loyalties do as much damage as the storm itself.

In an alternate Victorian London, inventor Jack Straker unveils a terrifying clockwork corpse-weapon. When it slips beyond control, spies, secret orders, and the Crown collide in the hunt.

Waterdeep is rocked by murders of nobles just as hidden heirs and old enemies surface. Laeral Silverhand and Elminster race to stop a plot that could tear the city apart.

This anthology imagines a modern world changed overnight when a second moon awakens hidden powers in humanity. The stories look at wonder, fear, and the chaos that follows.

A fantasy adventure entry in the Quests of Doom line, built for hard fights, strange threats, and old-school dungeon peril. It is aimed squarely at tables that like danger.