R.A. Salvatore Books in Order

R.A. Salvatore is a highly acclaimed fantasy author with a devoted and ever-expanding fan base. His novels consistently rank on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Salvatore's work debuted at #1 on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and #4 on The New York Times list with The Two Swords, the third installment of The Hunter's Blade Trilogy. His books have been translated into multiple languages, including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, and French. Salvatore's writing career began with The Crystal Shard, published by TSR in 1988, introducing the beloved character Drizzt Do'Urden and launching the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy. Since then, he has written numerous novels for signature series such as The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet. Salvatore's passion for fantasy and literature was sparked during his college years, when he read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, leading him to switch his major from computer science to journalism. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Fitchburg State College in 1981, marking the beginning of his distinguished writing career.