Order of Ed Greenwood Books

Ed Greenwood is a Canadian author of fantasy novels. He is best known for creating the Forgotten Realms world, but has also written other series such as the Band of Four series. Greenwood had conceived of Forgotten Realms when he was young and when he got into Dungeons & Dragons, he used it as a campaign setting. When game company TSR was looking for a new setting, they found Greenwood and were impressed with his campaign world and decided to use it for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Ed Greenwood lives in Ontario, Canada.

Ed Greenwood became a published author in 1988 with multiple game books as well as the Forgotten Realms novel Spellfire. Below is a list of Ed Greenwood’s books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Shandril’s Saga Books

Spellfire	(1988)
Clown of Fire	(1994)
Hand of Fire	(2002)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Elminster Books

Elminster: The Making of a Mage	(1994)
Elminster in Myth Drannor	(1997)
The Temptation of Elminster	(1998)
Elminster in Hell	(2001)
Elminster's Daughter	(2004)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Shadow Of The Avatar Books

Shadows of Doom	(1995)
Cloak of Shadows	(1995)
All Shadows Fled	(1995)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Cormyr Saga Books

Cormyr	(1996)
Death of the Dragon	(2000)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Harpers Books

Crown of Fire	(1994)
Stormlight	(1996)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Double Diamond Triangle Saga Books

The Mercenaries	(1998)
The Diamond	(1998)

Publication Order of Band Of Four Books

The Kingless Land	(2000)
The Vacant Throne	(2001)
A Dragon Ascension	(2002)
The Dragon's Doom	(2003)
The Silent House: A Chronicle of Aglirta	(2004)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Cities Books

The City of Splendors

(2005)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Knights Of Myth Drannor Books

Swords of Eveningstar	(2006)
Swords of Dragonfire	(2007)
The Sword Never Sleeps	(2008)

Publication Order of Falconfar Saga Books

Dark Lord	(2007)
Arch Wizard	(2008)
Falconfar	(2010)

Publication Order of Niflheim Books

Dark Warrior Rising	(2007)
Dark Vengeance	(2008)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Sage Of Shadowdale Books

Elminster Must Die	(2010)
Bury Elminster Deep	(2011)
Elminster Enraged	(2012)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Pathfinder Tales Books

The Wizard's Mask

(2013)

Publication Order of Platter Of Surprises Short Stories

The Ostrond File	(2013)
A Nice Silky Merlot	(2014)

Publication Order of Platter Of Surprises Collections

Walking the Kings Skull

(2014)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms: Sundering Books

The Herald

(2014)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms Collections

Silverfall	(1999)
The Best of the Realms, Vol. 2: The Stories of Ed Greenwood	(2005)
We Three Dragons: A Trio of Dragon Tales for the Holiday Season	(2005)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Iron Assassin

(2015)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

A Modest Gallimaufry of Brief Tales

(2013)

Publication Order of Anthologies

When the Hero Comes Home	(2011)
When the Villain Comes Home	(2012)
When the Hero Comes Home 2	(2013)

Publication Order of Short Stories

Shadowsfall Legends: The Gem That Caught Fire - Kurdag's Tale

(2012)

Publication Order of Game Books

Five Shires

(1988)

Publication Order of Forgotten Realms Game Books

Waterdeep and the North	(1988)
The Magister	(1988)
Lords of Darkness	(1989)
Halls of the High King	(1991)
Ruins of UnderMountain	(1991)
Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast	(1994)
Volo's Guide to the Dalelands	(1996)
Volo's Guide to All Things Magical	(1996)
Prayers from the Faithful	(1997)
Secrets of the Magister	(2000)
Silver Marches	(2002)
Serpent Kingdoms	(2004)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting	(1993)
Castlemorn Players Guide	(2004)
Grand History of the Realms	(2007)
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide: 4th Edition	(2008)

Notes: We Three Dragons: A Trio of Dragon Tales for the Holiday Season also has stories by Jeff Grubb and James M. Ward. When the Hero Comes Home 1 & 2 and When the Villain Comes Home were edited with Gabrielle Harbowy. Forgotten Realms: Campaign Setting was written with Bruce R. Cordell and Chris Sims.

Silver Marches was co-authored by Jason Carl. Serpent Kingdoms was written with Eric Boyd and Darrin Drader. Grand History of the Realms was co-authored with Brian R. James. Cormyr was written with Jeff Grubb. Death of the Dragon was written with Troy Denning. The Diamond was co-authored with J. Robert King. The City of Splendors was co-authored by Elaine Cunningham. The Magister was written with Steve Perrin.

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Ed Greenwood Synopsis: The anthology We Three Dragons contains the story Wrathclaw’s Wyrmtide, Or, The Secret of Treasure-Unlooked-For by Ed Greenwood. An old greedy dragon finds a treasure that causes him to reflect on his past. Thinking about it, he regrets some of the decisions he’s made and finds a treasure worth more than gold – the legendary Treasure-Unlooked-For.

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