Best D&D Novels- Of All TIme

[The Soloist]

The one that stood out from all the D&D books I read in the 90s, is Weasel's Luck a Dragonlance novel, featuring Galen Pathwarden, 'third son of Sir Andrew Pathwarden. He is an undisciplined and cowardly teenager who gets involved in the greater quest of Sir Bayard Brightblade (class: teenager/rogue, alignment: chaotic-selfish)'.

'Weasel's Luck takes place in Solamnia about one century before the adventures of the original trilogy. The action starts in the western Solamnic province of Coastlund, continues to Castle di Caela in Central Solamnia and ends in the mountains on the far side of Central Estwilde.'

 

[Ulfgeir]

My vote(s) go for:

• The original Dragonlance trilogy by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman.
• Spellfire by Ed Greenwood
• The Moonshae trilogy by Douglas Niles
• Azure bonds by Kate Novak & Jeff Grubb
• The Crystal Shard by R.A. Salvatore

 

[SlyFlourish]

I really like the Crystal Shard. So much happens in that book! Two wars, a fight with a dragon, evil wizards. There's just a lot going on in that little 300 page book. I read it when I was 14 and loved it and then read it maybe ten years or so ago and enjoyed it. I know parts of it don't hold up to modern sensibilities. I won't forgive it for that but I still think it's a good read. I have the same sort of thoughts with the Elric books which I'm reading for the first time now.

 

[TiQuinn]

As much as I like The Crystal Shard, The Dark Elf Trilogy, The Legacy and Streams of Silver stand out for me as the better early books from Salvatore. I think he found his footing with the first two, and Streams of Silver gets my vote too for introducing Artemis Entreri.

 

[sevenbastard]

I really like the Crystal Shard. So much happens in that book! Two wars, a fight with a dragon, evil wizards. There's just a lot going on in that little 300 page book. I read it when I was 14 and loved it and then read it maybe ten years or so ago and enjoyed it. I know parts of it don't hold up to modern sensibilities. I won't forgive it for that but I still think it's a good read. I have the same sort of thoughts with the Elric books which I'm reading for the first time now.

I als9 reread it ten years ago or so. I think what I liked best about Crystal Shard is that is at heart a Sword and Sorcery adventure. The only wizard is a bad guy and its a bunch of martial charachters trying to defeat the evil wizard.

But the whole defeat the demon because I know that guy from way back was just to much for me.

 

[Velderan]

The one that stood out from all the D&D books I read in the 90s, is Weasel's Luck a Dragonlance novel, featuring Galen Pathwarden, 'third son of Sir Andrew Pathwarden. He is an undisciplined and cowardly teenager who gets involved in the greater quest of Sir Bayard Brightblade (class: teenager/rogue, alignment: chaotic-selfish)'.

'Weasel's Luck takes place in Solamnia about one century before the adventures of the original trilogy. The action starts in the western Solamnic province of Coastlund, continues to Castle di Caela in Central Solamnia and ends in the mountains on the far side of Central Estwilde.'

The entire Heroes trilogy had some good books in it. Legend of Huma and Stormblade were also pretty good books I remember enjoying quite a bit.

 

[Kaodi]

The one that stood out from all the D&D books I read in the 90s, is Weasel's Luck a Dragonlance novel, featuring Galen Pathwarden, 'third son of Sir Andrew Pathwarden. He is an undisciplined and cowardly teenager who gets involved in the greater quest of Sir Bayard Brightblade (class: teenager/rogue, alignment: chaotic-selfish)'.

'Weasel's Luck takes place in Solamnia about one century before the adventures of the original trilogy. The action starts in the western Solamnic province of Coastlund, continues to Castle di Caela in Central Solamnia and ends in the mountains on the far side of Central Estwilde.'

I do not remember the details much but I think Weasel's Luck may have been the very first D&D novel I read. I think my rural public school had it, along with Kaz the Minotaur.

 

[cbwjm]

I still love the dragonlance books (autumn twilight, winter night, spring dawning), I remember also enjoying the twin series. Dragons of a summer flame was my reading material during a flight. I have a large collection of dragonlance books, I enjoyed most (all?) of them.

I also remember enjoying the series of books about Drizzt leaving the underdark and the war of the spider queen books.

Quite like a few of the elminster books as well, making of a mage and elminster in hell I thought were good.

 

[GreyLord]

I do not remember the details much but I think Weasel's Luck may have been the very first D&D novel I read. I think my rural public school had it, along with Kaz the Minotaur.

People hate Weasel's Luck, but that is actually one of my favorite Dragonlance Books. It rightly mocks some of the more ironic status quo's of Dragonlance and Fantasy, whilst at the same time somehow being a decent adventure in it's own right.

 

[Pale Violet Light]

I also remember enjoying the series of books about Drizzt leaving the underdark and the war of the spider queen books.

I rather liked the former, but the latter less so. I think it was all a bit much - call me a traditionalist but I love the classic trilogy and start spacing out once it gets longer than that.