Order of Andrzej Sapkowski Books

Order of Andrzej Sapkowski Books


Andrzej Sapkowski is a Polish author of fantasy novels. He writes The Witcher series. Prior to becoming a writer, Andrzej studied economics and worked in sales for a foreign trade company. In 1986, his first short story (Wiedzmin) was published in Fantastyka (the number one fantasy magazine in Poland) to tremendously positive reviews. This is what became The Witcher. Due to the success of the story, he turned the story into larger saga. This helped make Andrzej one of the top Polish fantasy novelists of the 1990s.

Andrzej Sapkowski debuted in English with the 2007 short story collection The Last Wish. The first novel in the series was Blood of Elves, published in 2008. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of The Witcher Books

Blood of Elves

(2008)

The Time of Contempt

(2013)

Baptism of Fire

(2014)

The Tower of Swallows

(2016)

Lady of the Lake

(2016)

Season of Storms

(2018)

The Lady of the Lake

(2022)

Chronologically, it is advised to read The Last Wish then Sword of Destiny and finally Season of Storms prior to Blood of Elves then read in publication order.

Publication Order of Witcher Collections Books

Sword of Destiny

(1992)

The Last Wish

(1993)

Publication Order of Hussite Trilogy Books

The Tower of Fools

(2002)

Warriors of God

(2004)

Light Perpetual

(2006)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Malady and Other Stories

(2013)