David Farland

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  • Bibliography:
    56 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1998
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Ravenspell

2 - The Wizard of Ooze (Jan-2007)
3 - Freaky Fly Day (Jan-2009)

The Runelords

1 - The Runelords: Sum of All Men (Sep-1998)
2 - Brotherhood of the Wolf (May-1999)
3 - Wizardborn (Mar-2001)
4 - Lair of Bones (Nov-2003)
5 - Sons of the Oak (Nov-2006)
6 - Worldbinder (Sep-2007)
7 - The Wyrmling Horde (Sep-2008)
8 - Berserker Lord (Oct-2009)
9 - Chaosbound (Oct-2009)

Book List in Order: 56 titles

  • The Runelords: Sum of All Men

    The Runelords - 1

    The very Earth is in pain. Its wounds must be healed. There must arise a new king: the Earth King must be reborn. Only then will humanity have a chance to survive....

  • The Runelords

    The first book of the saga of The Runelords

    Young Prince Gaborn Val Orden of Mystarria is traveling in disguise on a journey to ask for the hand of the lovely Princess Iome of Sylvarresta. Armed with his gifts of strength and perception, Pr...

  • Brotherhood of the Wolf

    The Runelords - 2

    THE EPIC OF THE RUNELORDS Raj Ahtan, ruler of Indhopal, sought to bring all of humanity under his rule--destroying anything and anyone that stood in his path, including many friends and allies of young Prince Gaborn Val Orden. But Gaborn has fulfi...

  • Wizardborn

    The Runelords - 3

    Wizardborn continues the story of the struggle of Gaborn, now the Earth King, who has lost his powers but continues to lead his people. He must contend with the threat of the huge, inhuman Reavers, whose myriads Gaborn and his forces must now pursue ...

  • Lair of Bones

    The Runelords - 4

    Certain works of fantasy are immediately recognizable as monuments, towering above the rest of the category. They have been written by the likes of Stephen R. Donaldson, Robert Jordan, and Terry Goodkind. Now add to that list David Farland, whose ep...

  • Worlds of the Golden Queen

    Originally published as two books, Worlds of the Golden Queen is a stellar tale of love, adventure, sacrifice, and war set in a fantastic future.

    In the first novel, The Golden Queen, the insectoid Dronons have slain the human queen Semarritt...

  • Sons of the Oak

    The Runelords - 5

    Certain works of fantasy are immediately recognizable as monuments, towering above the rest of the category. Authors of those works, such as Stephen R. Donaldson, Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind, come immediately to mind. Add to that list David Farl...

  • The Wizard of Ooze

    Ravenspell - 2

    When the evil worm lord Sebaceous Ooze uses his magical song to enslave mice to dig a volcano that will help him and his slobber goblin armies take over the world, it's up to Amber, a mouse with magical powers, to stop him. With her devoted friends b...

  • Worldbinder

    The Runelords - 6

    Certain works of fantasy are immediately recognizable as monuments, towering above the rest of the category. Authors of those works, such as George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, and Terry Goodkind, come immediately to mind. Add to that list David Farla...



  • The Wyrmling Horde

    The Runelords - 7

    The Saga of the Runelords is written in the finest tradition of Tolkien and other works that rise above the fantasy genre to special and individual heights. Now the epic story continues: at the end of Worldbinder, Fallion Orden, son of Gaborn, was im...

  • Freaky Fly Day

    Ravenspell - 3

    After saving Oregon from a nuclear crisis and revealing the plight of enslaved micedom to the human population, Amber, the valiant mouse wizard, and her partner Ben, the once-human mouse, head to Disneyland for a much-deserved vacation. But greater t...

  • In the Company of Angels

    Best-seller and Winner of the Whitney Award for Best Book of the Year!"Reading Farland's book is not just an engrossing exposition. It is like being a member of the 1856 Willie Handcart Company…. Farland's novel takes the reader into the c...

  • Berserker Lord

    The Runelords - 8

    The world of the Runelords has been combined by magic with another parallel world to form a new one, the beginning of a process that may unify all worlds into the one true world. This story picks up after the events of The Wyrmling Horde and follo...

  • Chaosbound

    The Runelords - 9

    Borenson is set on a quest to save the devastated world from certain destruction. But the land has been altered forever: in the change, Borenson has merged with a mighty and monstrous creature from the other world, Aaath Ulber, and he begins to be a...

  • After a Lean Winter

    In 1898, Martians attacked Earth, according to H.G. Wells in his classic War of the Worlds. He tells the story of what happened in England, but what of the rest of the world? In “After a Lean Winter,” David Farland reimagines the invasion from t...

  • Beyond The Gate

    Book 2 of the Golden Queen Series Here is the text for book two, Beyond the Gate: In The Golden Queen, Gallen O'Day was able to fight off the alien dronons and their golden queen, but now he discovers that he can no longer hide on his home world. Bet...

  • The Mooncalfe

  • A Rarefied View At Dawn

  • Siren Song At Midnight

    Beware of strangers, yes. But also beware of friends. Sometimes, it is the ones we love most who call us to our doom.[Special Feature: Includes author notes on the origins of the short story.]...



  • We Blazed

    Alexander Dane wakes 100,000 years in the future and begins an eerie quest for the only thing that matters--the woman who promised to love him forever.[Special Feature: Includes author notes on the origin of this short story.]...

  • Wheatfields Beyond

  • Wheat Fields Beyond

  • Nightingale

    Grand Prize Winner of the Hollywood Book Festival, placed first in all genres, all categories.

    Winner of the 2012 International Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel of the Year!

    Finalist in the Global Ebook Awards.
              ...

  • Feeding the Feral Children

    In 235 BC, a young man in China falls in love, but needs money to buy land in order to convince a young woman’s father that he is a worthy suitor. Taking the dangerous new Silk Road into Persia, he must face giant pink-tusked elephants, desert san...

  • My Favorite Christmas

    At age 16, Dale Fawkes is about to have his favorite Christmas -- one that features a man who claims to be an uncle. But when the truth comes out, it is both stranger and more wondrous than Dale could ever imagine.For mature audiences only....

  • The Stone Mother' Curse

    When the princess Teneriel is kidnapped, her mother fears that her own beauty will be her end, so she curses Teneriel with a face that no man can love.Except . . . for a prince who can see into her heart....

  • Sweetly the Dragon Dreams

    On a world in the distant future, where the very name of Earth has been forgotten, a race of technological monsters is hunting down the last “biological infestations” in the galaxy. As doomsday approaches, a young girl and her friend discover a k...

  • At The Virgin's Doorstep

    Warning! Some people consider this story to be morally repugnant.In “At the Virgin’s Doorstep,” the first fantasy short story that New York Times Bestselling author David Farland ever wrote -- and which some people insist should be burned -- a ...

  • Charley in the Wind

    David Farland's first short story, written as a student while attending BYU. Written about the emotional emasculation of young boys, the story is strongly rooted in Farland's childhood, and carries a strong emotional journey....



  • No Bird

  • Parables for Today

    This intriguing collection of short stories from master storytellers shares the wealth of lessons available all around us---if we know how to look. Powerfully written and filled with precious insights, these stories teach timeless messages in a moder...

  • Skyfish

    Henretta Bloom hates everyone. If she doesn't hate you now, she soon will.This award-winning story is one of David Farland's early works, when he first began blurring the lines between literary mainstream and fantasy realism. Set in his hometown in...

  • Twenty-Two Tall Tales

  • Golden Queen

    The Golden Queen, Book 1 When GallenO’Day is hired as a bodyguard to escort a young woman through the woods to the forbidden ruins at Geata Na Chruinn, it seems like an ordinary job -- but all too soon, he finds himself fleeing for his life from cr...

  • Barbarians

  • Lords of the Seventh Swarm

  • Serpent Catch

    Book 2 of the Serpent Catch series In Spirit Walker, Tull learned that he has a powerful gift that has never been seen before except among full-blooded Neanderthals. But learning to use the gift can be deadly. Worst of all, as he struggles to sneak i...

  • Spirit Walker

    Long ago Earth's paleobiologists established the planet Anee as a vast storehouse of extinct species, each continent home to life forms of a different era. For a thousand years the starfarers' great sea serpents formed a wall of teeth and flesh that ...

  • Blade Kin

    Book Three of the Serpent Catch Series. Tull has caught the sea serpents that he needs to protect the oceans near his home, but he faces dangers greater than any he had ever imagined, for the slavers of Craal descend upon his town and capture everyon...



  • Path of the Crushed Heart

    The last installment of the Serpent Catch Series Catching the serpents was only the beginning. Before Tull can lead his people to freedom, Tull must first free himself from the beast within. He must break the fiery chains of Adjonai as he leads an up...

  • On My Way to Paradise

    Winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award The powerful first novel by New York Times bestselling author David Farland, at once disturbing and compelling. On My Way to Paradise is the chronicle of one man's odyssey of self-discovery within a world a...

  • The Stone Mother's Curse

    When the princess Teneriel is kidnapped, her mother fears that her own beauty will be her end, so she curses Teneriel with a face that no man can love.Except . . . for a prince who can see into her heart....

  • Wonder Tales

  • Ship of Fools

    When a run in with highwaymen leave them poor, Erstwhyle, a satyr, and his “fool” companions travel to Castle Crydon to entertain an evil prince. If they succeed, they’ll win The Dark Prince’s purse, but as the last of the satyrs, Erstwhyle h...

  • Ashes and Starlight

    Young Dval managed to save young Averan, along with his own life, but there are far more dangerous creatures in the world: the fearsome toth, and Mad King Harrill. This is the second tale in the new saga of the Runelords....

  • L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol 33

    The Best New Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: 28 Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators Accompanied by Anne McCaffrey, Robert J. Sawyer, Larry Elmore, Todd McCaffrey, Bob Eggleton Find out what's next… What if there was a single contest to ...

  • River of Stars

  • Tales of Ruma

    Welcome to a world where magic and mythology are real. A world where brave men and women fight alongside majestic unicorns. Where massive kaiju struggle for supremacy. Where elite soldiers strive to bring civilization to the savages. Tales of Ruma is...

  • Familiar



  • Guilds & Glaives

    Stop right there! If you like your fantasy filled with fellowships and noble quests, this anthology is not for you. And if you love lengthy tales of politics and power, then it won’t be to your taste either. But if you like a little intimacy with y...

  • Hellfire on the High Frontier

  • Woven of Shadow

  • The Sum Of All Men

  • Hidden Villains

    The heroines, heroes, and the secrets exposing villains, or the darkness and mysteries hiding our own disquieting nature. Will the hero be us, or them? Imaginative Fantasy and Sci-Fi driven to entertain you by bold authors who dare to tempt you with ...

  • Of Wizards and Wolves

    A memorial anthology for fantasy master David Farland A good story can entertain us. A great story can transform us. Two iconic archetypes in fantasy and fairy tales are wizards and wolves, and both are known for their ability to transform. Wizards c...

  • A Tale of Tales

    The great war with the Wyrmling Hordes is over, and mankind has lost. Lord Despair has gathered an army of fell creatures, planning to unleash them like a wildfire across the stars.Those who oppose him know that the battle is all but lost. Though the...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Farland has published 56 books.

The next book by David Farland, A Tale of Tales, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by David Farland, The Runelords: Sum of All Men, was published in September 1998.

Yes. David Farland has 2 series.
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