William Snee
William Snee asked Janny Wurts:

Due to confusing titles on purchased books, I had held off on reading them. I tried to figure out where the holes were and purchase the missing titles. I saw the goodreads page, https://www.goodreads.com/series/49113-wars-of-light-and-shadow, but the listings only confused me. I like to read books in order if I can. Can you please have someone either clarify that page? Or add a list here?

Janny Wurts There is a downloadable series navigation sheet in PDF on the Paravia website.

The series proper, in order:
Curse of the Mistwraith
Ships of Merior
Warhost of Vastmark (if you have the USA hardbound, ONLY, Ships/Warhost are under one cover)

Alliance of Light's five volumes come next:
Fugitive Prince
Grand Consparacy
Peril's Gate
Traitor's Knot
Stormed Fortress

Followed by Sword of the Canon's two volumes:
Initiate's Trial
Destiny's Conflict

Finale volume:
Song of the Mysteries

There are six short works of fiction that 'connect' to the back history. These can be read at your own timing, they are not necessary to comprehension of the series proper, but they will flesh out some critical backhistory.

Can be read as an OPENER before Curse of the Mistwraith/lending some deeper insight into the shape of the world's factions before society fractured:
The Gallant (six hundred years prior to opening of Mistwraith)
Child of Prophecy (set roughly five centuries earlier)

Reins of Destiny, The Decoy - can be read at any time at all without spoilers.

Sundering Star - suggested read after Fugitive Prince, takes place way, way earlier, and in the wider universe.

Black Bargain - do not read this one until AFTER arc III, Stormed Fortress, because it will spoil some reveals about one of the characters.

Hope this helps!

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