Saga of Recluce Chronological Reading Order (22 books)

L.E. Modesitt Jr prefers that his Recluce series be read in published order since he develops the world & themes in that manner. I heartily agree for a first read, but subsequent reads in chronological order are also fantastic.

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1	Magi'i of Cyador (The Saga of Recluce, #10) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 5,012 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	The Mongrel Mage (The Saga of Recluce, #19) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,664 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Scion of Cyador (The Saga of Recluce, #11) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 4,367 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Outcasts of Order (The Saga of Recluce, #20) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,515 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Fall of Angels (The Saga of Recluce, #6) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 7,259 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Mage-Fire War (The Saga of Recluce, #21) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 1,292 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Chaos Balance (The Saga of Recluce, #7) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,657 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Arms-Commander (The Saga of Recluce, #16) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 2,676 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Cyador's Heirs (The Saga of Recluce, #17) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 2,005 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Heritage of Cyador (The Saga of Recluce, #18) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 1,909 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Towers of the Sunset (The Saga of Recluce, #2) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 10,517 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The White Order (The Saga of Recluce, #8) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 6,066 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Magic Engineer (The Saga of Recluce, #3) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 10,485 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Colors of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #9) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 5,725 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Natural Ordermage (The Saga of Recluce, #14) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 3,566 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Mage-Guard of Hamor (The Saga of Recluce #15) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 3,356 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Order War (The Saga of Recluce, #4) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 8,790 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Wellspring of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #12) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 4,708 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Ordermaster (The Saga of Recluce, #13) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 4,268 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce, #1) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 25,769 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Death of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #5) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 9,132 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Recluce Tales: Stories from the World of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 693 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

22 books · 2 voters · list created July 14th, 2017 by Jim (votes) .

Tags: chaos, fantasy, fiction, magic, modesitt, order, recluce, saga

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message 1: by Karen (new)

Nov 09, 2020 08:15AM

What fun!
Thank you for this new path through Modesitte's Recluse series.

At first my brain resisted but soon I found it was like reading a new series. Cheers.

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message 2: by Jim (new)

Nov 09, 2020 11:10AM

Karen wrote: "What fun!
Thank you for this new path through Modesitte's Recluse series.

At first my brain resisted but soon I found it was like reading a new series. Cheers."

You're welcome. In my review of the first book, Lee gave me the chronology for where each short story fit, too. You can find it here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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message 3: by Steve (new)

Feb 14, 2021 06:37AM

Thank you for this chronological reading order for the Saga of Recluce. When do the stories in Recluce Tales take place?

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message 4: by Jim (new)

Feb 14, 2021 11:11AM

Steve wrote: "Thank you for this chronological reading order for the Saga of Recluce. When do the stories in Recluce Tales take place?"

Read comment #2. It has a link to my review with all the short stories in the order.

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message 5: by Steve (new)

Feb 15, 2021 07:22AM

Jim wrote: "Steve wrote: "Thank you for this chronological reading order for the Saga of Recluce. When do the stories in Recluce Tales take place?"

Read comment #2. It has a link to my review with all the sho..."

Thank you Jim.

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message 6: by Steve (new)

Mar 30, 2021 07:31AM

When does Fairhaven rising take place?

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message 7: by Jim (new)

Mar 30, 2021 11:15AM

Steve wrote: "When does Fairhaven rising take place?"

Thank you. I hadn't realized it was out & just ordered it.

It's supposed to take place 16 years after The Mage-Fire War, but I don't know a date for sure. I'm guessing 704 for the year. I've updated the chronology in my review which contains all the short stories, too. You can find it here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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message 8: by Steve (new)

Mar 31, 2021 07:26AM

Jim wrote: "Steve wrote: "When does Fairhaven rising take place?"

Thank you. I hadn't realized it was out & just ordered it.

It's supposed to take place 16 years after The Mage-Fire War, but..."

Thank you Jim.

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message 9: by Brandon (new)

Aug 03, 2021 01:42PM

This list is not the same as https://www.goodreads.com/series/2161...

which is right? Is there one that has the years between?

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message 10: by Jim (new)

Aug 03, 2021 02:35PM

Brandon wrote: "This list is not the same as ..."

Msg 2 has the link to my review which has the correct chronological order including the short stories & dates. Modesitt vetted that himself. Here's the link again.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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message 11: by Brandon (new)

Aug 03, 2021 08:06PM

Thank you! I've read all of them through last year, and want now to read them in chronological order.

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message 12: by Jim (new)

Aug 04, 2021 02:37AM

Brandon wrote: "Thank you! I've read all of them through last year, and want now to read them in chronological order."

You're welcome. It is a neat way to experience them again & makes more sense of some things. He's done a great job keeping the details straight in such a long, complex series.

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