'The Witcher' books

If you like heroic fantasy literature, you're probably familiar with The Witcher books, either because you've read them or because you've seen the Netflix series. If you're a fan of literature, you might be interested in reading these books, but you'll know that there's a lot of controversy over their order.

And, Its author, Andrzej Sapkowski, never conceived the adventures of The Witcher, also known for the saga of Geralt of Rivia or the saga of the witcher, as a series of books that were supposed to be consecutiveBut due to the success it has had, it has had to change its plans. We tell you more.

How many Witcher books are there?

According to Wikipedia, right now The Witcher consists of ten books, although only nine of those ten have been published in Spanish.

The main plot of the books is the adventures of a witcher, Geralt of Rivia, one of the last on earth, and how he interacts with other characters.

The author He provided Geralt with a number of unique characteristics. For starters, Witchers in their universe are monster hunters. They are people who were genetically modified in their youth to gain supernatural abilities and special combat capabilities.

In other words, we could say that they are supermen.

Throughout the books you can follow the story of Geralt of Rivia and everything that happens to him. Specifically, the titles are:

• Wiedźmin, without translation in Spain (although in Polish that word would be The Witcher).
• The Last Wish (The Last Wish), published in Spanish in 2002.
• Miecz przeznaczenia (The Sword of Destiny), also published in 2002.
• Krew elfów (The blood of the elves), published in Spain in 2003.
• Czas pogardy (Time of Hate), which was published a year later.
• Chrzest ognia (Baptism of Fire), was released in Spain in 2005.
• Wieża Jaskółki (The Swallow's Tower), published in Spanish in 2006.
• Pani Jeziora (The Lady of the Lake), published in Spain 3 years later.
• Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna (Road of No Return), published in 2001.
• Sezon burz (Storm Season), the latest, published in 2015.

Originally, the author has not published anything further on this book series since 2013.

Now, the truth is that the order of the books is a bit chaotic. The author, when he came up with the story, did not think it would be a saga, And so he simply sat down to write, letting the characters take the reins of the story.

The problem? That throughout the books, he had to adjust his creation with prequels and books that, although they were published later, should really be read before others.

What is the best order to read The Witcher books?

If you want to read all of The Witcher books, but would like to do so in the best possible order, then The first one you should read is the last one published, Storm Season, because it is a prequel to the entire saga. It delves into many of the characters that appear, as well as the different scenarios that will appear later in the story.

El The second book would be The Last Wish. This one is recommended because it's where Geralt of Rivia is introduced, as well as the bard Jaskier. It's also the one they used to create the Netflix series. Of course, you can also alternate them, i.e. read this first and then the Season of Storms.

El The third book to read would be The Sword of Destiny. They are a collection of stories, but they are important for the following books.

The fourth book would be the pentalogy of the story of Geralt and Ciri, which is composed of: The Blood of Elves, Time of Hate, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of the Swallow and The Lady of the Lake.

This makes a total of 8 books, so it would only be missing the last of them, which is Road of no return. Like The Sword of Destiny, this is also a collection of stories where you will learn more about Geralt of Rivia, other characters and also the continuation of The Lady of the Lake.

Other Witcher books

When we listed all the Witcher books we mentioned Wiedźmin, The Witcher. This would actually be the true origin of The Witcher, which was published from 1993 to 1995 in comic book format.

Specifically, there are six fascicles that faithfully adapt the books of the saga. Their titles are the following:

• Road of no return.
• Geralt.
• The lesser evil.
• The last wish.
• The boundaries of what is possible.
• Treason.

In addition to these comics, there are others that are related to the main plot of the novels and to the video games of the saga. And, in regards to The Witcher, we have several video games created by CD Projekt RED. The publisher Dark Horse released a series of comics that were inspired by the story of Andrzej Sapkowski, but combining them and expanding the plot seen in the video games.

That is, they are part of The Witcher universe, but in reality they are annexes because they go beyond the author's story.

Still, if you want to read them, the titles are as follows:

• Related to The Witcher game:
  • Reasons of State (published by Egmont Publishing House and separate from the previous ones).
• Related to the game The Witcher 2 – Assassins of kings:
  • Matters of conscience.
• Related to The Witcher 3 – Wild Hunt game:
  • The house of stained glass.
  • Daughters of the fox.
• Related to The Witcher 3 – DLCs game:
  • Killing monsters.
  • The Curse of the Crows.
  • Blood and fire.
  • Evanescent memories.
  • The Witch's Lament.
  • The ballad of the two wolves.
  • Wild animals.

You can find most of these comics, although some will only be in English. For example, Matters of conscience is only a digital comic, it is not in paper. Also, These comics are still being published. The latest of these, Wild Animals, will be released in Spanish on February 25, 2025.

Now that you have a better overview of all of The Witcher books and also the author's comics, would you be willing to read the entire series?