Where to Start with Michael J. Sullivan
- Best entry point → The Crown Tower
- Best standalone → When Swords Fall Silent: An Assassination Anthology
- Start the Riyria Revelations series → Theft of Swords
- Quick read, big payoff → The Rose and the Thorn
- What readers keep coming back to → Heir of Novron
- Highest rated by readers → Rise of Empire (The Riyria Revelations #3-4 #2)
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Heir of Novron
The Riyria Revelations #5-6 • Book 3
★ 4.69 BLT Score (55.5K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (55.5K) - 2
The Rose and the Thorn
The Riyria Chronicles • Book 2
★ 4.57 BLT Score (31.0K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (31.0K) - 3
Rise of Empire
The Riyria Revelations #3-4 • Book 2
★ 4.55 BLT Score (57.6K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (57.6K) - 4
Age of War
The Legends of the First Empire • Book 3
★ 4.54 BLT Score (21.3K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (21.3K) - 5
The Crown Tower
The Riyria Chronicles • Book 1
★ 4.53 BLT Score (43.5K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (43.5K) - 6
Age of Empyre
The Legends of the First Empire • Book 6
★ 4.48 BLT Score (12.8K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (12.8K) - 7
The Death of Dulgath
The Riyria Chronicles • Book 3
★ 4.48 BLT Score (21.3K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (21.3K) - 8
Age of Swords
The Legends of the First Empire • Book 2
by Michael J. Sullivan, Marc Simonetti
★ 4.47 BLT Score (26.6K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (26.6K) - 9
Age of Legend
The Legends of the First Empire • Book 4
by Michael J. Sullivan, Simonetti
★ 4.45 BLT Score (15.8K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (15.8K) - 10
Theft of Swords
Riyria Revelations • Book 1
★ 4.44 BLT Score (77.8K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (77.8K) - 11
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Age of Myth
The Legends of the First Empire • Book 1
★ 4.36 BLT Score (41.5K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (41.5K) - 13
The Crown Tower : The Riyria Chronicles 1 (Riyria Chronicles)
The Riyria Chronicles • Book 1
★ 4.28 BLT Score (43.5K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (43.5K) - 14
The Rose and the Thorn : The Riyria Chronicles 2 (Riyria Chronicles)
The Riyria Chronicles • Book 2
★ 4.27 BLT Score (31.0K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (31.0K) - 15
Professional Integrity
The Riyria Chronicles #2.6
★ 4.20 BLT Score (4.3K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (4.3K) - 16
Age of Legend (2 of 2)
The Legends of the First Empire • Book 4
★ 4.20 BLT Score (15.9K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (15.9K) - 17
Age of Death (1 of 2)
The Legends of the First Empire • Book 5
by Michael J. Sullivan, Amanda Forstrom, Terence Aselford, Todd Scofield, Nora Achrati, Bradley Smith, Nanette Savard, Yasmin Tuazon, Kimberly Gilbert, Colleen Delany, Tracy Olivera, Tia Shearer
★ 4.13 BLT Score (13.3K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (13.3K) - 18
Age of Empyre (Dramatized Adaptation)
Legends of the First Empire • Book 6
★ 4.07 BLT Score (0 ratings) - 19
Drumindor (Dramatized Adaptation): The Riyria Chronicles
The Riyria Chronicles • Book 5
by Michael J. Sullivan, Full Cast
★ 4.04 BLT Score (4.1K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (4.1K) - 20
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Unfettered II: New Tales
Gunnie Rose #0.0 - The Gunnie
by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Michael J. Sullivan, Janny Wurts, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Mark Lawrence, Seanan McGuire, Peter Orullian, Aidan Moher, Erin Lindsey, John A. Pitts, Anthony Ryan, Scott Sigler, Django Wexler, Rachel Caine, Sarah Beth Durst, David Farland, Terry Brooks
★ 3.78 BLT Score (1.1K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.1K) - 22
Unbound
Annwn Cycle #The Dead's Revenant • Book 1
by Shawn Speakman, Terry Brooks, Seanan McGuire, Mark Lawrence, Anthony Ryan, Tim Marquitz, Brian Staveley, Michael J. Sullivan, John Marco, Peter Orullian, Kat Richardson, Sam Sykes, Kristen Britain, Mazarkis Williams, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Harry Connolly, Delilah S. Dawson, David Anthony Durham, Jason M. Hough, Mary Robinette Kowal, Joe Abercrombie
★ 3.74 BLT Score (1.0K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.0K) - 23
When Swords Fall Silent: An Assassination Anthology
by Bryce O'Connor, Michael J. Sullivan, Jonathan French, M.L. Wang, Peter A. Flannery, Luke Chmilenko, R.J. Barker, Marie Brennan, Andrew Rowe, Philip C. Quaintrell, Jay Boyce, David Dalglish, J.A. Andrews, Terry Mancour
★ 3.68 BLT Score (218 ratings)★ 3.73 Goodreads (218)
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