I'm sure this gets asked a lot on other locations but I'm admittedly lazy and was hoping someone here could assist.

I recently picked up a used copy of the Paths of Darkness collection.

Could I start with this and not feel lost or would I need to go all the way back to the Dark Elf Trilogy?

Much appreciated!

I am big fan of salvatore i started to read him when i was a kid. The dark elf triology and i love it how the author describes the fight scenes. Then i bought king of orcs and realized that there was a huge gap between this books. So suddenly i decided i want to start read again and bought many of his book (forgotten realms only). Which was very hard because i live in germany. The old books are hard to get and are expensive. Moreover the germans had the bullshit idea to splitt many books. So the dark elf triology are 6 books now. And from the forgotten realm there 16 books which i had to gather. I nearly finished and so hyped to read them. At this moment i read the second cadderly book :) I hope i could animate somebody to start reading again, because it becomes more difficult to start reading with all the work you have to do and all the Technology nowday. :) Deneir be with you :)

I'll definitely read the Dark Elf Trilogy but I wanted anyones opinion on Drizzt as a character.

Does R.A. Salvatore do him justice? Or is he more a Mary Sue type that allows us to go from one threat to another? I've seen a fair amount of criticism because of how powerful he seems at times.

Thanks to anyone who answers.

in the AMA for R.A. Salvatore someone mentioned 34 drizzt books... I however can not find 34... does anyone have a list of all the books.. and their reading order. I really don't want to skip a beat! Thank you so much in advance for taking time to read this!

EDIT: This in particular because it's what got me started and hooked on the series.

I just finished Homeland of The Dark Elf Trilogy and I am loving Drizzt, but wondering which books to read when I finish the trilogy? Does the story of Drizzt continue beyond the trilogy?

My only exposure to the Drizzt, and other, novels has been by audio book. Does anyone think I'm missing out on anything this way? If so, what should I read?

Be there!

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