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The Demon Cycle Books in Order

by Peter V. BrettLiterature & Fiction

5 books and 2 novellas from The Warded Man (2009) to The Core (2017). Rated 4.6 across 40,080 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Warded Man

    Book 1 2009 4.5 (12.4k)

    Peter V. Brett has won accolades from critics, fans and fellow authors alike for this riveting debut novel. The Warded Man features a world where demons stalk the night, hunting humans who have long forgotten the magic of their ancestors.

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  2. The Desert Spear

    Book 2 2010 4.6 (8.5k)

    Peter Brett’s The Desert Spear continues the post-apocalyptic adventure he began in his highly acclaimed debut, The Warded Man. The world remains under siege by demonkind stalking the land when the sun goes down.

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  3. The Daylight War

    Book 3 2013 4.6 (7k)

    Peter V. Brett has won rave reviews for his internationally best-selling novels, including his stunning debut, The Warded Man.

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  4. Messenger’s Legacy

    Novella 3.5 2014 4.7 (18)

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  5. The Skull Throne

    Book 4 2015 4.5 (6.2k)

    The first three novels in New York Times best-selling author Peter V. Brett's groundbreaking Demon Cycle series - The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, and The Daylight War - set a new standard for heroic fantasy.

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  6. The Core

    Book 5 2017 4.6 (5.8k)

    New York Times best-selling author Peter V. Brett brings one of the most imaginative fantasy sagas of the 21st century to an epic close.

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  7. Barren

    Novella 5.5 2018 4.3 (148)

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Demon Cycle is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (3.5 comes after book 3). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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