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The Sword of Truth books in order

The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind has 17 books, published 1994–2015. Reading all of them takes about 172 hours (9,354 pages). 10 can be borrowed free from Open Library.

-2The First Confessor… -1Debt of Bones 1Wizard's First Rule 2Stone of Tears 3Blood of the Fold 4Temple of the Winds 5Soul of the Fire 6Faith of the Fallen 7The Pillars of Crea… 8Naked Empire 9Chainfire 10Phantom 11Confessor 12The Omen Machine 13The Third Kingdom 14Severed Souls 15Warheart
Spines are sized by page count. The orange dot marks a free ebook.

Reading order

  1. Book -2 · 2012

    The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus

    604 pages, about 11 hours 3.5★ (2)

  2. Book -1 · 2001

    Debt of Bones

    128 pages, about 2.4 hours 4.2★ (16)

  3. Book 1 · 1994

    Wizard's First Rule

    595 pages, about 11 hours 4.2★ (67)

    BORROW FREE

  4. Book 2 · 1995

    Stone of Tears

    768 pages, about 14 hours 4.1★ (30)

    BORROW FREE

  5. Book 3 · 1996

    Blood of the Fold

    576 pages, about 11 hours 3.9★ (25)

    BORROW FREE

  6. Book 4 · 1997

    Temple of the Winds

    800 pages, about 15 hours 4.5★ (6)

    BORROW FREE

  7. Book 5 · 1999

    Soul of the Fire

    634 pages, about 12 hours 3.5★ (24)

  8. Book 6 · 2000

    Faith of the Fallen

    704 pages, about 13 hours 3.9★ (25)

    BORROW FREE

  9. Book 7 · 2001

    The Pillars of Creation

    Terry Goodkind

  10. Book 8 · 2003

    Naked Empire

    670 pages, about 12 hours 3.9★ (17)

    BORROW FREE

  11. Book 9 · 2005

    Chainfire

    672 pages, about 12 hours 3.9★ (15)

  12. Book 10 · 2006

    Phantom

    589 pages, about 11 hours 3.9★ (16)

    BORROW FREE

  13. Book 11 · 2007

    Confessor

    608 pages, about 11 hours 3.9★ (18)

    BORROW FREE

  14. Book 12 · 2011

    The Omen Machine

    512 pages, about 9.4 hours 3.8★ (5)

    BORROW FREE

  15. Book 13 · 2013

    The Third Kingdom

    528 pages, about 9.7 hours 4.0★ (4)

  16. Book 14 · 2014

    Severed Souls

    502 pages, about 9.2 hours 3.3★ (3)

    BORROW FREE

  17. Book 15 · 2015

    Warheart

    464 pages, about 8.5 hours 4.3★ (4)

Questions people ask

How many The Sword of Truth books are there?

There are 17 books in the series, published 1994–2015.

Which The Sword of Truth book should I read first?

Start with The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus (2012), book -2. The list above is the reading order.

How long does it take to read the whole series?

About 172 hours at an average pace of 250 words a minute, or 9,354 pages in total. The longest book is Temple of the Winds at 800 pages.

Can I read The Sword of Truth for free?

10 books can be borrowed free from Open Library with a free account. The book pages have the links.