The Eye of the World
Follow the fourteen numbered novels and place New Spring later.
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The Wheel turnsThe whole age is here.
The Dragon Reborn’s complete journey sits beside an earlier prequel, a reshaped screen turning and one unusual adventure from the age of licensed games.
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Every turning remembers the age differently.
The quick answer
Read The Eye of the World first. Do not start with New Spring; place the prequel later once the world and its mysteries are established.
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The Wheel of Time universe, story by story
Every mapped story, with adaptations and editions grouped together.
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Story chronology · Full mapped list
The list follows in-universe chronology. Era and continuity remain visible on each record.
Showing 19 of 19 released stories.
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New Spring
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonA prequel novel. Read after several main books—publication-era placement is safer than starting here.
- GameCanon unclear
The Wheel of Time
A licensed shooter based on the novels. Included in the universe, but not treated as main-book canon.
- BookCanon
The Eye of the World
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 1 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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The Great Hunt
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 2 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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The Dragon Reborn
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 3 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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The Shadow Rising
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 4 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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The Fires of Heaven
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 5 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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Lord of Chaos
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 6 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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A Crown of Swords
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 7 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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The Path of Daggers
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 8 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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Winter’s Heart
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 9 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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Crossroads of Twilight
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 10 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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Knife of Dreams
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 11 of the fourteen-volume main sequence.
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The Gathering Storm
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 12 of the main sequence, completed from Robert Jordan’s material by Brandon Sanderson.
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Towers of Midnight
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 13 of the main sequence, completed from Robert Jordan’s material by Brandon Sanderson.
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A Memory of Light
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanonBook 14 of the main sequence, completed from Robert Jordan’s material by Brandon Sanderson.
- TV season / seriesAdaptation continuity
The Wheel of Time — Season 1
The beginning of a separate screen adaptation that remixes the books.
- TV season / seriesAdaptation continuity
The Wheel of Time — Season 2
Continues the Prime Video adaptation.
- TV season / seriesAdaptation continuity
The Wheel of Time — Season 3
The third released season of the screen adaptation.
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