2026 Reading Challenge

Riyria Series

8 primary works • 13 total works


These are the debut books of New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today best-sellling author Michael J. Sullivan. While it starts out as a simple tale of the rogues-for-hire enterprise known as Riyria, the tale turns epic and could result in the destruction of the world of Elan. In the first book Hadrian Blackwater, an mercenary and Royce Melbo…

Book 1

The Crown Tower
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4.33 · 43030 Ratings · 2654 Reviews · published 2013 · 39 editions
TWO MEN WHO HATE EACH OTHER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE MISSIO…

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    Book 1.5

    The Viscount and the Witch
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    4.23     · 6403 Ratings · 408 Reviews · published 2011 · 13 editions
    Eleven years before they were framed for the murde…

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    Book 2

    The Rose and the Thorn
    by
    4.40     · 30645 Ratings · 1631 Reviews · published 2013 · 18 editions
    TWO THIEVES WANT ANSWERS. RIYRIA IS BORN.

    For more …

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    Book 1-2

    Blood of Thieves
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    4.69     · 1469 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    Discover how the Riyria Revelations began! BLOOD O…

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    Book 2.5

    The Jester
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    3.94     · 6657 Ratings · 523 Reviews · published 2014 · 9 editions
    WHO WILL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH?
    Stop me if you’ve hea…

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    Book 2.6

    Professional Integrity
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    4.19     · 4270 Ratings · 369 Reviews · published 2015 · 8 editions
    One of the genre's favorite pairs returns in a cla…

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    Book 3

    The Death of Dulgath
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    4.38     · 20972 Ratings · 1575 Reviews · published 2015 · 28 editions
    Three times they tried to kill her. Then a profess…

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    Book 4

    The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
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    4.40     · 13331 Ratings · 1061 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    A daughter vanishes. Two rogues are paid a fortune…

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    Book 5

    Drumindor
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    4.38     · 3734 Ratings · 364 Reviews · published 2024 · 10 editions
     
    HE PLANNED TO OBLITERATE AN ENTIRE CITY. HE THOUG…

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    Book 5.5

    The Thieves
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    4.54     · 553 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition
    THEY ATTACKED TWO RIDERS. THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE…

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    Book 6-7

    Theft of Swords
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    4.23     · 76964 Ratings · 5726 Reviews · published 2011 · 11 editions
    Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary …

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    Book 8-9

    Rise of Empire
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    4.36     · 56995 Ratings · 2638 Reviews · published 2010 · 44 editions
    A PUPPET IS CROWNED. THE TRUE HEIR REMAINS HIDDEN.…

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    Book 10-11

    Heir of Novron
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    4.51     · 54967 Ratings · 3288 Reviews · published 2012 · 38 editions
    An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found he…

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