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A Short Guide to the "Core" Dragonlance Novels In part one , I looked at the some of the earliest "core" Dragonlance novels, up to the Chaos War . Now, I'll look at some more recent books that many consider core books, set after that world altering event. Chaos War The Last Thane , Tears of the Night Sky , The Puppet King , Reavers of the Blood Sea , The Siege of Mt. Nevermind In addition to Dragons of Summer Flame, these other books are set during that same time, and in some cases feature scenes from Summer Flame told from a different point of view. Like many of the books related to major Dragonlance events, I pick and choose only the ones that really interest me. In this series I only read Tears of the Night Sky (because I intrigued by Crysania's tiger companion) and Reavers of the Blood Sea (I'm a big fan of Richard Knaak's minotaur-themed books). Final Recommendation: Once again, read what you want to fill in some of the gaps hinted at in Summer ...

A Short Guide to the "Core" Dragonlance Novels As of 2008, Dragonlance novel series (or more accurately "series-es") now numbers close to 100 books, so for the new reader the confusion of what to read is a genuine concern. Consider this... if you pick up the wrong book you could find yourself at the dawn of the world, in the middle of the reign of the Kingpriests, in the time just before the War of the Lance, decades after the "last war" (be it the War of the Lance, the Chaos War, or the War of Souls), or even on a totally different continent! If you survey a bunch of fans, you'll come up with a lot of variation on what to read and what not to read, but there are a few consistent responses, most of which I agree with, so here's a chronological list of a portion of the Dragonlance saga: The Meetings Sextet and The Preludes Sextet These books detail the early stories of characters that appear in the Chronicles trilogy. While set before Chronicles, a...