The witcher books in order series#

The events of The Witcher Of Flesh and Flame takes place.

The events of the game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt takes place.

The events of the game, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings takes place.

The events of the game, The Witcher takes place.

The Wild Hunt track down Geralt and Yennefer and abduct her, to draw Ciri out of hiding.

The events of The Lady of the Lake begin.

The events of Time of Contempt and Baptism of Fire take place.

The events of Blood of Elves takes place.

Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon of Cintra is born.

The events of Seasons of Storms take place according to the letters mentioned inside the novel.

Vesemir is documented fulfilling the duties of his profession.

The first Witchers are created by fallen mages.

Known as the ‘First Landing’, this is the time when humans first discovered and started to use the Force.

Nordling people arrive in the northern kingdoms.

Dwarves arrive in the lands of ‘Continent’, where gnomes already have small colonies established.

To the best of my ability, here’s a quick overview of the main events in the Witcher Universe: Figuring out what happens when is important to make sense of all the complex and detail relationships. When looking at books, games, comics, and every kind of media in The Witcher universe, it’s sometimes difficult to put together the entire timeline. If you wanted to start from the absolute beginning, these short stories (published in Polish) would be the ideal place to start.

The witcher books in order series#

It featured the first four stories in the Witcher universe.Įven though the books have been published out of chronological order, the entire series is based in a world that was settled by elves many years ago. When talking about the publication order of the books, a collection of short stories by the name ‘ Wiedźmin’ was published in 1990. Sword of Destiny (2015) Collection of short stories.The Last Wish (2007) Collection of short stories.Here are the orders of the Witcher novels in both chronological order and publication order: In chronological order: While it might be placed toward the middle of the Witcher timeline, starting here means that you’ll read the books in the order that Andrzej Sapkowsk intended. While it’s a short story collection, it’s still the first published book in the Witcher universe. The first book published – Blood of Elves is the first Witcher book that was written.From here, you can read the books as they take place in the Witcher universe, as well as the games and comics. The Last Wish takes place at the beginning of the Witcher universe. The start of the universe – ie, Chronologically.

This means that the Witcher novels order can start in two places: However, in 2015, he turned back and wrote Sword of Destiny, that in the overall timeline, takes place between The Last Wish and Blood of Elves. In 2008 he published the next book, Blood of Elves. The first book, or collection, was published in 2007. Elements of Polish culture present in The Witcher universeĪndrzej Sapkowski didn’t publish the Witcher novels in chronological order.

The differences between Sapkowski’s books and the games.

Well, that’s exactly what you’re going to see in this article. Similarly, if you’ve read the books, does the game stay true to the book series? The Witcher books play an incredibly large role in modern Polish culture.Īfter the roaring success of “ The Witcher 3 – The Wild Hunt”, and the Wticher series on Netflix, more fantasy fans have been swept up into the dark escapades of Geralt of Rivia.īut it’s the series of the Witcher publications written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski that the incredibly successful video games come from.īut if you’re a fan of the video game series, is it worth reading the books?