Robin Hobb

This is the most recent work of Robin Hobb and first published by Dragon Keeper in 2009. It is a setting from The Liveship Traders trilogy that picks up the tale of the denizens of that toxic and wild region, and the dragons’ fate hatched there. The story moves between the tale of a genteel Bingtown woman and dragon scholar determined to visit the Rain Wilds and see the dragons.

The best place to start is the Farseer series, the earliest of Robin Hobb's multi-book series: it opens with Assassin's Apprentice (1995) and runs to 6 books across 1995–2013, ending with The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince (2013). Robin Hobb's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Robin Hobb has 41 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1986 and 2026. 27 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Farseer series with 6 books — and 14 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. Robin Hobb's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Farseer (1995–2013, 6 books), Liveship Traders (1998–2000, 3 books) and Tawny Man (2001–2003, 3 books), plus 4 more.

This guide splits Robin Hobb's 41 books into 7 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Farseer (6 books, 1995–2013); Rain Wild Chronicles (5 books, 2009–2013); Assassin's Apprentice Graphic Novel (4 books, 2023–2026); Fitz and The Fool Trilogy (3 books, 2014–2017); Liveship Traders (3 books, 1998–2000), plus 2 further series.