Most Popular Forgotten Realms Books

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Legacy of the Drow #1

The Legacy

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1992

6.7/10 169 ratings

Paths of Darkness #1

The Silent Blade

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1998

6.6/10 130 ratings

Starlight & Shadows #1

Daughter of the Drow

Elaine Cunningham

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1995

6.6/10 94 ratings

Counselors & Kings #1

The Magehound

Elaine Cunningham

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2000

6.5/10 68 ratings

The Elminster Series #2

Elminster in Myth Drannor

Ed Greenwood

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1997

6.4/10 57 ratings

Legacy of the Drow #4

Passage to Dawn

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1996

6.6/10 143 ratings

Counselors & Kings #3

The Wizardwar

Elaine Cunningham

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2002

6.4/10 30 ratings

The Cleric Quintet #1

Canticle

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1991

6.4/10 103 ratings

Songs & Swords #4

Thornhold

Elaine Cunningham

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1998

6.4/10 73 ratings

The Elminster Series #1

Elminster: The Making of a Mage

Ed Greenwood

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1994

6.2/10 69 ratings

Starlight & Shadows #2

Tangled Webs

Elaine Cunningham

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1996

6.2/10 85 ratings

The Elminster Series #3

The Temptation of Elminster

Ed Greenwood

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1998

6.1/10 40 ratings

Paths of Darkness #2

The Spine of the World

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1999

6.0/10 123 ratings

Stone of Tymora #1

The Stowaway

R. A. Salvatore, Geno Salvatore

Fantasy · Young Adult · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

September 5, 2008

5.8/10 32 ratings

The Elminster Series #4

Elminster in Hell

Ed Greenwood

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2001

5.7/10 33 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Cities #1

The City of Ravens

Richard Baker

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2000

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Twilight War #2

Shadowstorm

Paul S. Kemp

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

August 2007

9.5/10 2 ratings

The Twilight War #3

Shadowrealm

Paul S. Kemp

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

December 2008

9.3/10 3 ratings

The Way of the Drow #1

Starlight Enclave

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

August 3, 2021

8.2/10 6 ratings

The Twilight War #1

Shadowbred

Paul S. Kemp

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

November 2006

9.0/10 3 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Last Mythal

Realms of the Elves

Philip Athans

Fantasy · Anthology · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2006

9.0/10 2 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Pools Trilogy #1

Pool of Radiance

James M. Ward, Jane Cooper Hong

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1989

9.0/10 2 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Finder's Stone Trilogy #1

Azure Bonds

Kate Novak, Jeff Grubb

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1988

9.0/10 2 ratings

Homecoming #2

Maestro

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

April 1, 2016

9.0/10 1 ratings

The Erevis Cale Trilogy #3

Midnight's Mask

Paul S. Kemp

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2005

8.8/10 6 ratings

Forgotten Realms

Realms of Magic

J. Robert King, Brian M. Thomsen

Fantasy · Anthology · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1995

9.0/10 2 ratings

The Erevis Cale Trilogy #2

Dawn of Night

Paul S. Kemp

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2004

8.5/10 6 ratings

The Erevis Cale Trilogy #1

Twilight Falling

Paul S. Kemp

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2003

8.5/10 6 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Fighters #2

Ghostwalker

Erik Scott de Bie

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2005

8.5/10 2 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Rogues #1

The Alabaster Staff

Edward Bolme

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2003

8.5/10 2 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Cormyr Saga #1

Cormyr

Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1996

8.5/10 2 ratings

The Way of the Drow #2

Glacier's Edge

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

August 9, 2022

7.8/10 4 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Threat from the Sea #3

The Sea Devil's Eye

Mel Odom

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

2000

8.0/10 3 ratings

Forgotten Realms: The Druidhome Trilogy #3

The Druid Queen

Douglas Niles

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1993

8.0/10 3 ratings

Sage of Shadowdale #2

Bury Elminster Deep

Ed Greenwood

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

August 1, 2011

8.0/10 2 ratings

The Erevis Cale Trilogy

The Erevis Cale Trilogy

Paul S. Kemp

Fantasy · Collection · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

May 30, 2010

8.0/10 2 ratings