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Books in The Series

# Title Pages Chs. Words Audio 1st Publication Notes
0. New Spring 334 26 122,150 12h 31m 6 January 2004 Prequel set 20 years before the events of the first novel.
1. The Eye of the World 782 53 305,902 29h 32m 15 January 1990
2. The Great Hunt 681 50 267,078 26h 08m 15 November 1990
3. The Dragon Reborn 674 56 251,392 24h 31m 15 October 1991
4. The Shadow Rising 1001 58 393,823 40h 31m 15 September 1992
5. The Fires of Heaven 963 56 354,109 36h 34m 15 October 1993
6. Lord of Chaos 987 55 389,823 41h 37m 15 October 1994 Locus Award nominee, 1995.
7. A Crown of Swords 855 41 295,028 30h 31m 15 May 1996
8. The Path of Daggers 672 31 226,687 23h 31m 20 October 1998
9. Winter's Heart 766 35 238,789 24h 18m 7 November 2000 Prologue chapter was released as a promotional eBook in September 2000.
10. Crossroads of Twilight 822 30 271,632 26h 03m 7 January 2003 Prologue chapter was released as a promotional eBook on July 17, 2002.
11. Knife of Dreams 837 37 315,163 32h 24m 11 October 2005 Prologue chapter was released as a promotional eBook on July 22, 2005.
Final novel completed by Robert Jordan.
12. The Gathering Storm 766 50 297,502 33h 02m 27 October 2009 Completed by Brandon Sanderson.
13. Towers of Midnight 864 57 327,052 38h 17m 2 November 2010 Completed by Brandon Sanderson.
14. A Memory of Light 912 49 (est. around 360,000 words) 41h 55m 8 January 2013 Completed by Brandon Sanderson, epilogue by Robert Jordan.
Totals: 11,916 684 4,056,130 461h 25m 22 years, 11 months, 24 days (January 1990 - 2013)

All page totals given are for the most widely-available mass-market paperback editions.

There is also a companion book to the series, entitled The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, published by Tor Books in November 1997, which contains much hitherto unrevealed background information about the series, including the first maps of the entire world and the Seanchan home continent. The book was co-written with Teresa Patterson. Jordan ruled the book broadly canonical, but stated that the book was written from the perspective of a historian within The Wheel of Time universe, and was prone to errors of bias and guesswork.

There is also a prequel novella, New Spring in the Legends anthology edited by Robert Silverberg. Jordan expanded this into the standalone novel New Spring that was published in January 2004. Prior to his death, Jordan planned another two prequel novels and up to three "outrigger" novels taking place during or after the main series. He had only minimal notes prepared for these, and after the release of A Memory of Light it was ruled out that Brandon Sanderson or any other author will expand them into full novels.

In 2002 the first book, The Eye of the World, was repackaged as two volumes with new illustrations for younger readers: From the Two Rivers, including an extra chapter (Ravens) before the existing prologue, and To the Blight with an expanded glossary. In 2004 the same was done with The Great Hunt, with the two parts being The Hunt Begins and New Threads in the Pattern.

Jordan also wrote a short story, “The Strike at Shayol Ghul”, which pre-dates the main series by several thousand years. It was made available on the Internet and was later published in The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time.

Deleted portions for a specific character from Memory of Light will be published as a short story under the title “River of Souls” in Unfettered: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy in Spring 2013.

Brandon Sanderson stated on Twitter that Harriet McDougal, Jordan's wife and editor, is creating a comprehensive Wheel of Time encyclopedia, to be published after A Memory of Light.

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