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The Sword of Truth books in order

Terry Goodkind

The Sword of Truth is a series of 17 books by Terry Goodkind: 9,316 pages in the 15 with a known length, about 171 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

17
books
9,316
pages in 15 of them
171 hours
to read those 15
342 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 Wizard's First Rule 1994 10.9 h 2 Stone of Tears 1995 14.1 h 3 Blood of the Fold 1996 11.0 h 4 Temple of the Winds 1997 14.7 h 5 Soul of the Fire 1999 11.6 h 6 Faith of the Fallen 2000 12.9 h 7 The Pillars of Creation 2001 10.9 h
Debt of Bones 2001 length not known
8 Naked Empire 2003 12.3 h 9 Chainfire 2005 12.3 h 10 Phantom 2006 10.8 h 11 Confessor 2007 11.2 h 12 The Omen Machine 2011 9.4 h The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus 2012 11.1 h
13 The Third Kingdom 2013 length not known
14 Severed Souls 2014 9.2 h 15 Warheart 2015 8.5 h

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. 1

    Wizard's First Rule 1994 10.9 h

    Richard Cypher's father was brutally murdered a month ago, in his home with his guts ripped out of his stomach.

  2. 2

    Stone of Tears 1995 14.1 h

    Stone of Tears stato pubblicato in lingua italiana per la prima volta da Fanucci suddiviso in due volumi, Il guardiano delle tenebre (1999) e La pietra delle lacrime (2000).

  3. 3

    Blood of the Fold 1996 11.0 h

    The third book in the sword of truth series The Blood of the Fold continue to hunt down those with the gift, unwittingly being used by the Emperor Jagang, aka the Dream Walker…

  4. 4

    Temple of the Winds 1997 14.7 h

    Temple of the Winds (1997) stato pubblicato in lingua italiana per la prima volta da Fanucci suddiviso in due volumi, La profezia della luna rossa (2001) e Il tempio dei venti…

  5. 5

    Soul of the Fire 1999 11.6 h

    The fifth book in the series "The sword of truth"d of truth_

  6. 6

    Faith of the Fallen 2000 12.9 h

    As his beloved Kahlan lies near death, Richard Rahl is confronted by a vision that bears a terrible price.

  7. 7

    The Pillars of Creation 2001 10.9 h

    Jennsen, the illegitimate daughter of Darken Rahl, flees her home into the shadows of Lord Richard Rahl's domain with a spy sent by Emperor Jagang, the enemy of D'Hara.

  8. Debt of Bones 2001 length not known

  9. 8

    Naked Empire 2003 12.3 h

    Richard has been poisoned and the price of the antidote is saving of an empire from annihiliation.

  10. 9

    Chainfire 2005 12.3 h

    Los libros de los que consta la serie original en inglés tal como fueron publicados son 11, pero la editorial Timunmas decidió que, en España, cada volumen sería dividido en dos y…

  11. 10

    Phantom 2006 10.8 h

    Richard desperately searches for his long-lost, amnesiac beloved, Kahlan Amnell, racing against time to find her before she can uncover the secrets of her lost identity, thereby…

  12. 11

    Confessor 2007 11.2 h

    Brilliant Terry Goodkind Has us rushing through the pages to see what happens next as Kaylan is stolen away and her memory wiped, and Richard is lost right under the evil…

  13. 12

    The Omen Machine 2011 9.4 h

    From the beginning, with Wizard's First Rule, Terry Goodkind set a new standard for epic storytelling.

  14. The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus 2012 11.1 h

    A prequel to the Sword of Truth series follows the experiences of Magda Searus, who is shunned by her community members when she makes unsettling discoveries about her powerful…

  15. 13

    The Third Kingdom 2013 length not known

  16. 14

    Severed Souls 2014 9.2 h

    From the far reaches of the D'Haran Empire, Bishop Hannis Arc and the ancient Emperor Sulachan lead a vast horde of Shun-Tuk and other depraved "half-people" into the Empire's…

  17. 15

    Warheart 2015 8.5 h

How much is left

After book 1, Wizard's First Rule about 160 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 2, Stone of Tears about 146 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 3, Blood of the Fold about 135 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 4, Temple of the Winds about 120 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 5, Soul of the Fire about 109 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 6, Faith of the Fallen about 96 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 7, The Pillars of Creation about 85 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Debt of Bones about 85 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 8, Naked Empire about 72 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 9, Chainfire about 60 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 10, Phantom about 49 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 11, Confessor about 38 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 12, The Omen Machine about 29 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus about 18 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 13, The Third Kingdom about 18 hours left
After book 14, Severed Souls about 9 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 170 hours 48 minutes

15 of 17 books, 9,316 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

342 days (about 49 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.