David Farland

David Farland is a bestselling historical, fantasy, young adult fantasy, children’s fiction, and science fiction author from St George Utah. The award-winning author whose real name is Dave Wolverton has more than fifty novels to his name and has won tons of awards over the years. Some of his awards include Best Novel of the Year Whitney Award and the Best Novel in the English Language Philip K.

The best place to start is the Serpent Catch series, the earliest of David Farland's multi-book series: it opens with Spirit Walker (1991) and runs to 4 books across 1991–1993, ending with Path of the Crushed Heart (1993). David Farland's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

David Farland has 176 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1985 and 2025. 128 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Million Dollar Writing series with 11 books — and 48 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. David Farland's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Serpent Catch (1991–1993, 4 books), The Golden Queen (1994–1997, 5 books) and The Golden Queen (1994–2012, 3 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits David Farland's 176 books into 12 named series and 48 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Million Dollar Writing (11 books, 2012–2025); The Runelords (10 books, 1998–2014); The Golden Queen (5 books, 1994–1997); Serpent Catch (4 books, 1991–1993); Ravenspell (3 books, 2005–2009), plus 7 further series.