Hey there, Greyhawkers! Curious about Greyhawk books?!
We’re boosting the signal, so to speak, for a rather good article written by Ollie Delano on dungeonsanddragonsfan.com about the various books and novels set in the World of Greyhawk!
The Greyhawk Novels: A Reader’s Guide
The guide to Greyhawk novels is very well-written, and explores the original novels by Gary Gygax, as well as the “Classics” series, the Mika Oba novels, and the murder mystery Night Watch by Robin Wayne Bailey. Even the Quag Keep and Return to Quag Keep are covered!
Take a look and read about all the novels and books you may not have read, or those you haven’t heard of!
The Greyhawk Novels: A Reader’s Guide
All the novels are great, all for various reasons. Delano does a great job reviewing the novels while remaining positive about them each, and not falling into debating anything like what might be wrong with any of them or being derogatory or negative about any of them.
The novels each reflect Greyhawk in a different way. Most especially the Greyhawk Classics series (by various authors). The characters are all beloved, and everyone has favorites! “Justicar” is often a favorite of readers discovering the books for the first time.
A very minor detail: the author says Night Watch takes place “several hundred years after the previous Greyhawk novels.” However, the only date or timeline reference we have in the novel indicate that it is much earlier than that.
From the Great Library of Greyhawk wiki:
Night Watch is set in a possible future of Greyhawk. In it, “no one has heard from the Circle [of Eight] in over 50 years, Mordenkainen more than that.”[2]. Also, the members of the Directing Oligarchy are all different, but Nerof Gasgal had only died months before,[3] and “no one had been too upset when Nerof died suddenly under questionable circumstances.”[4] It is assumed from other material published at the time this would place Night Watch at least in 630 CY or later if it is considered part of the same timeline.
Let us know below in the comments what you think, or what your favorite novels are!!
— ‘Til the Starbreak!
