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[@ladyfibonaccii]

The Last Wish(.50) - Short Stories -Must read to understand the final plot Sword of Destiny(.75) - Short Stories -Must read to understand the final plot Blood of Elves - Book 1 Time of Contempt -Book 2 Baptism of Fire -Book 3 The Tower of the Swallow -Book 4 The Lady of the Lake -Book 5 Season of Storms(6) - Short Stories -Save for Last

[@awesomeart3275]

What short stories?

[@GurgelKoff]

​@@awesomeart3275I think The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny (and perhaps even Season of Storms) are the books that are often referred as short stories.

[@killcounter1587]

​@@awesomeart3275 well. They have a banch of different stories and adventures. For example, the netflix season 1. They have different episodes. And remind you only Geralt on that season. That's what he means short stories

[@BlazingFire9]

@@killcounter1587 Witcher Netflix Season 1 was so good, Season 2 was mediocre, and I heard they were deviating from the source material. Season 3 is even worse, and I expect Season 4 to be horrific, especially since Henry Cavill will not be reprising his role. I hope they change their mind and start following the source material again.

[@exboyfriend8232]

That Netflix sticker on the book is keeping me from buying this series

[@Bot-do5hd]

They have hardcover illustrated editions with no sticker

[@dagger3716]

It's not a sticker. I have this exact set. I tried to peal the sticker off and realized it was the cover.

[@davidjohn6323]

Use a permanent marker on it

[@jocelyn_thomas]

@@davidjohn6323 *gasp!!! Bro what?!

[@jaredmarshall9439]

The show is horrible minus henry cavill

[@hddhubya]

I finished reading all the books a month ago, sticking with a publication order. So, I totally agree with your opinion. Greetings from Warsaw, Poland.

[@MrMKA2012]

Have you felt sadness and empyienss after u finished reading ? :(

[@hddhubya]

@@MrMKA2012 Of course

[@miguelpereirasilva7662]

@@MrMKA2012 always do every seriws, because you know that you will never hear from those characters again

[@Barnes-ml9wg]

@@hddhubya read Malazan book of the fallen

[@hddhubya]

@@Barnes-ml9wg thanks, i will

[@mediawarhead6124]

I am currently reading it in publication order as well. I just finished Sword of Destiny and I look forward to starting blood of elves. I found reading the short stories beneficial and necessary as it adds world building elements such as characters and lore. And I have no regrets at all ♥

[@malahamavet]

I just finished blood of elves and it was so satisfying to me after knowing the characters in the first two books, now they just did stuff whith them and man, now I don't want this to end, and I'm tecnicaly at the beginning of the big story.

[@adamnelson1839]

You’re so right. Listening to the audio books, I tried starting with blood of elves and after a while I just dropped it. Fast forward a year or so, and I’ve just finished the last wish. I cannot wait for the other short stories, and I feel like it will set me up perfectly to go back to BOE

[@reginaregina276]

This is really helpful! Thank you for the guide, I'm a new player of the game and really looking to read the book.

[@miguesama8824]

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

[@Vidrel01]

Thanks for the quick summary. It was super helpful :D

[@cristianmorgan2012]

Thanks so much!! You made it so clear and to the point!! Plus, you're super cute. Thanks again

[@omgisthatvik]

Thanks dude, this was helpful... Especially why to read the short stories, great tips :)

[@yuliakostina2930]

Thank you for the video! I actually didn’t know the last wish was a short stories book, just assumed it’s written in such way you jump backwards and forwards in time on purpose. It kind of made sense to me more, as I understood why they made season 1 in such a confusing timeline. Now I know I’ll just keep following the publication timeline. However, I didn’t get why series creators add events of future books. I feel like series timeline could spoil book reading now as they are out of control with their timeline, more over not giving us any indication where we are at.

[@nodrarb140]

Definitely want to jump into this series. This helps a lot

[@nanne1200]

I really want to read the witcher because of you!

[@writersblock9995]

I'm glad I could help :) I hope you enjoy it!

[@pinkcrystal7250]

Not because you enjoy The Witcher?

[@authoranulal]

Thank you for sharing. I am new to the Witcher world. Thank you. Your video was very helpful.

[@inzayn]

thanks for the advice , i'm planning to order the books within' few days & glad that you share your thoughts about it, and where should start .

[@escoverlife7148]

Thank you I have been struggling with where to start.

[@anoeskabulthuis9400]

Thank you! This really helped me :)

[@katarinaprokopova3465]

I am one of those people who are actually not happy with numbers on the spine being used only for the main story. but it is what it is and I cant change it. My friend did not read short stories and his experience was close to nonexisting in the matter of twists, deeper character relationships... ya know. Publication order all the way.

[@annipsen4104]

Thanks for the info, it is so helpful.👍

[@Kvh47]

you got good taste! Tower of the Swallow is indeed the best book in the serie.

[@davidsbookreviews4983]

Really pleased I came across this one. At the start of the year, I read The Last Wish, and hopefully next month, i can read Sword of Destiny, as I want to continue with the series.

[@writersblock9995]

I would definitely recommend the series and the writing just get's better with each book, I hope you enjoy :) thanks for watching!

[@morganlinklater4517]

Me too! I've been getting through the series too slowly!

[@davidsbookreviews4983]

@@morganlinklater4517I will try my best to read Sword of Destiny, in June.

[@Nimrod336]

THANK YOU! I bought last wish then i saw some youtube videos saying don't read last wish first then others do...I was so confused I'm just sticking to your order. Thanks

[@isaiahcolesanti275]

I’m about to re-read it. I’m very dissatisfied with the direction of Season 2 that I want to read the books again and admire the pacing/storytelling of the Witcher

[@jakeryan2805]

Ya what is the deal? Why on earth would they screw themselves over like this. The entire series is already written and done. All they had to do was adapt it faithfully! No need to make up villains or add shit that doesnt happen in the books!

[@agahustle]

@@jakeryan2805 what did you expect from Shitflix

[@xXNeoNashXx]

@@jakeryan2805 was so upset with how they trested yens and ciris relationship

[@swastika6817]

Mine is... Hmm The last wish Season of storm Sword of destiny Blood of elves The time of contempt Baptism of fire The tower of swallow And the lady of the lake.... This is the right reading for those who are like me who wants the story going straight until the end...🤔

[@abdullahalsharif4579]

Are you sure?if I read season of storm in the end after the lady of the lake what will happen?

[@Belligerennt]

@@abdullahalsharif4579 You'll explode

[@redacted9912]

The short stories in Season of storms happens before the Last Wish

[@GeraltORivia]

​​​@@redacted9912No it didn't geralt meets Yennefer in the last wish. There's a time skip between wish and destiny and in Destiny yennefer meets up with Geralt on the dragon hunt and it's the first time they meet since he left her with a note after the first book so she wouldn't have helped him like she did in storms. I think the order is Wish Destiny Storms Blood Contempt Baptism Tower Lake

[@redacted9912]

@@GeraltORivia true,but season of storms still comes last in order since it has stuff from after the ending

[@manal_nizam]

I bought The Last Wish because of a previous video of yours! I can't wait to get started (I'm trudging through the way too long "Anna Karenina" lol). Also, did you hear that Season 2 of The Witcher has wrapped up filming? I'm so excited!

[@writersblock9995]

Thanks for watching :) I'm glad I could help you find your next read! haha I haven't read anna karenina before but I did just google it and there are a few different articles talking about how hard it is and how long it is so I'll take your word for it :P no I didn't hear the witcher has wrapped up yet but I am so excited to see what they do with their higher budget this time around!

[@yogurt7111]

@@writersblock9995 shit was dope

[@EuphoricLabyrinth]

Thanks! 👍🏽

[@boguslawpiskorz2208]

Little spoiler from Polish :) : Andrzej Sapkowski wrote an anthology of funny stories named in Polish " Something ends, something begins". Only one of them is about the Witcher. It is about Geralt and Yennefer's WEDDING. I'm not sure if this has yet been translated into English. It was great fun to read what happened before, during and after the ceremony. Enjoy if you have the book in your hands. And, Merry Christmas. From Poland 🇵🇱 .

[@KabooM1067]

I was looking for a quick spoiler free review but your video caught my attention when I saw "reading order". I thought, "oh no not another monogatari series situation" (the Japanese light novel series with the fucked up timeline). But this is nothing like that thankfully lol. Simple enough to follow, and I'm glad I saw your video before jumping into the first book. I'll be sure to read the short stories first.

[@dimitris_glx5832]

Thank you very much bro I go to buy all the books 💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@yachtgamer2101]

You jst helped me so much. For some mnths i m confused with the books & their timeline

[@malahamavet]

should you read the short stories? YES! obligatory, the characters meet each other in them. you won't get the beautiful callbacks and emotive moment of the blood of elves if you don't read the short stories. 100% recommended for better overall experience

[@roninblitz2159]

You definately have to include the games as well, because even though the author does not consider them cannon it just perfectley caps off the story

[@teddy-jameslambert1514]

Good to know others find the blood of elves boring. I read the first two and was so excited to get started on the main saga but it is such a slog to get through. Worth it though.

[@katinkaszabo6575]

In Hungary the Witcher books were actually published in this very order because they are supposed to be read in the way you mentioned. So this video seemed a little dumb to me because the Hungarian witcher books ive read had the volume numbers written on them :D but its important that youve told the readers to read the short stories!!:) So the Last Wish was actually no.1, Sword of Destiny no.2😄 and in the Sword of Destiny, the Ciri storyline actually starts so it can't be left out imo😄

[@DM-pm8hr]

So is Seasons of storms in Hungary also intended to be read as the last book?

[@LegitBabySnuts]

Wish I watched this before borrowing The Sword of Destiny and Blood of Elves from the library ... Now I need to read the Last Wish before books 2-5 plus Season of Storms.

[@ericc.petrie7572]

Nice sweatshirt.

[@devanvieira9174]

Love the hoodie, whats the brand?

[@thepacksurvives71]

Thanks for this video! I was about half way through Blood of Elves when I found out I shouldn't be reading it first LOL

[@mstefaniek.491]

Me rn :D

[@Kal_Al_Thor]

You r underrated man

[@codsamanta]

I had no clue when to read Season of Storms and nobody seemed to agree on it when I looked it up. I think I actually ended up reading it after Blood of Elves, purely because that's when I came across someone who said that, timeline-wise, Season of Storms is supposed to happen before Sword of Destiny (but I had already read both short stories books as well as Blood of Elves). If I had to recommend someone else a good order to read the books in, it would definitely be: The Last Wish, Season of Storms, Sword of Destiny and then the rest.

[@Komix777]

That's wrong. SoS rellies on you knowing the ending for its epilogue.

[@codsamanta]

@@Komix777 I had played the games before reading the books so I kinda had some idea about the ending already. I don't think there's a right or wrong way. This is what worked for me.

[@jedmagat737]

Where did you buy all the books?

[@amirahmadi3963]

I’m about to start this series I’m afraid I’ll give up since I’m a beginner to reading books...

[@weirdokris]

May I know where you bought this edition of The Witcher series? Thanks!

[@benjaminput5306]

thx mate

[@DreamofAnything]

Couldn't agree more that baptism of fire is the best book in the series

[@wooshmeifurgay7452]

I came just to look at the books.😄😄😄

[@abhishekmaharjan8368]

I have finished season 2 so what book should I read for season 3

[@hassaanazim31]

I have started to listen this series on audiobook. I'm 1 short story in and I'm already forgetting the names of characters. Do you think it will affect my experience going further into the series? Is it better to read it physically than audiobook, or should i listen to the first story again?

[@lostwanderingprince]

Hello! Is the english translations good? I've heard many buzz about the issues of the translations in english. It's making me hesistant tho I have a strong interest in it. They said danusia stok translations were inferior compare to david french and even david french translation has some issues. Is it a big problem? I'm dying for an answer. Thank you.

[@shooteroffuture]

I read the books without reading the short stories. It is a lil bit like jumping into season 2 of game of thrones. Still great experience tho

[@funky-monk5626]

I know I’m late but where do the comics fit in with these?

[@jakejoyride]

you should read short stories - Sapkowski first wrote 2 short stories books then he written rest

[@IMPASHAEV]

Good I got blood elf's 😂

[@ana2369]

I disagree with the opinion on " blood of elves ", as I personally started reading the series from this book and it is what made my love for the Witcher series grow. Love your content tho 👌🏻☺️

[@Mopsirlabakie]

Well blood of elves doesn't introduce geralt, the last wish does, sword of destiny introduces ciri, blood of elves doesnt.

[@distortion3586]

So I had watched 2 seasons now I need to go ahead with books. So recommend me the books from this point 😒

[@dontmeidgaf2888]

❤🎉🎉

[@darrenpsaila4245]

Good video ghe

[@smailmetovic7915]

What about reading Sword of Destiny before The Last Wish, if it's mostly short stories, or is there basically some fundamental story/character introductions that were laid out in The Last Wish that Sword of Destiny presumes you have knowledge of? For context, I just finished The Last Wish, but am trying to get my brother into the books.

[@jankrizkovsky9446]

The order is necessary.

[@joshridinger3407]

the stories in the last wish all happen chronologically before those in the sword of destiny and some of them set up a bit of history and context for the sword of destiny. it's definitely better to read it first. (technically, sword of destiny was published before the last wish, but all of the short stories in the last wish had been published earlier in a fantasy short story magazine)

[@jankrizkovsky9446]

@@joshridinger3407 Oh gosh! You are right! I always assumed Last Wish was first but it came a year later of Sword of Destiny! And here I always advocated the publishing order... (I only ever checked the particular magazine pub. dates. Must have mixed Last Wish the short story collection book with Last Wish the particular short story in careless search, heh.)

[@vlogverse6900]

I hoped that Netflix would adapt Witcher like GOT in the first 5 seasons.

[@my_angel_forever]

How are the books.. worth a read ?

[@Cat_is_dead888]

watching it just as i finished Lady of the Lake, to see if i placed Season of Stormes in the correct place and that saving it to the end didn't fuck everything up for me. glad to see i did good, scared to finish it though (':

[@jankrizkovsky9446]

I honestly don't get why English/American publishers don't just number them 1-7/8 starting with the Last Wish, the intended/optimal enjoyment order is pretty clear to anyone who's read it so why the mystifying of potentiall readers? Yes, LW and SoD should absolutely be read first and in that order. Also who the heck could stop after Sword of Destiny to read some random else thing? It's not random short stories and BAM! a pentalogy of novels saga! There's clearly something going on by the end of SoD that slowly got momentum throughout the seemingly disparate sses that finally started rolling and without that fake happy ending one would not be able to satisfyingly jump off the reading at that point... Did they even like the books these soulless... ehm. Not to mention the epilogue puts it quite firmly to be read after the saga. Also the writing is two decades removed in this intermediary placing and it would be noticed. It would seem overall out of place. Anyone who suggests alternative reading order to the original Polish publication one (the english one is just inexplicable) must have either not read or forgot or not liked the books or not though much about it or something, I don't know nor get it. This is not the kind of series where the order can be debatable and/or optional. The short stories do build to and eventually tell an overarching story and flow right into the novels, they are vital part of the saga itself, not some electable miscellanea (that is SoS though).

[@valliyarnl]

YES THE TOWER OF THE SWALLOW IS THE BEST THAT IS THE CORRECT OPINION

[@lostinabookcase3796]

I need this because they're are just so many, and there's prequels too, so I'm just confused 🤣

[@writersblock9995]

I know what you mean, and the fact that the 8th book that was published was a prequel didn't help either :P I'm glad I could help, thanks for watching!

[@morganlinklater4517]

Me too! it all just felt so random!

[@basvanteylingen_]

Hi! I have a question. I've watched the first 2 seasons of The Witcher on Netflix and am hungry for more. Where can I continue reading? I don't want to read things I've already seen in the series. I like to hear from you!

[@chrisfox880]

Strongly recommend starting from the beginning. The show barely follows the book, especially the second season. If you read it you’ll realize how terrible the Netflix adaptation is. Made many unnecessary changes that ruined much of the story telling and character development so far

[@PinkCow0]

The season was really good independently but didn’t follow the books (but did have some scenes that were similar) :)

[@kartiky5765]

I have played the games witcher 1 and witcher 3. And I heard that this big plot twist was already revealed in the games, is it true?

[@jankrizkovsky9446]

Yes.

[@hooman8009]

Could you tell me which book should I pick up after finishing the season 2 of witcher?

[@boguslawpiskorz2208]

Abandom your hope all who watched season 2. This is not Sapkowski's work anymore. Or at least skip "finale" episode 8.

[@jaydenramirez4422]

Are there any of the Witcher books without the “Now on Netflix”? I hate that every time I try to find the series at Barnes and noble, every book I see has that printed on the cover it’s really unattractive and a turnoff

[@puce_4280]

Just got my set

[@joshchacko7729]

"... cool 'Witcher' stuff." 😂

[@vikinginger1889]

Dude, you need to justify your recommendations, not just give them. Give us reasons why. I feel like I got nothing for this. Is this chronological order? Is it different from print order? Why specifically did you recommend to wait to read that one book until last?

[@claydice1315]

It’s not Netflix’s Witcher. Almost every new Witcher video I see says something along the lines of “let’s read the Netflix’s Witcher books” or “let’s play Netflix’s Witcher 3 on PC”. not to nitpick and sound shitty, but please, Netflix has no credit in the books or the games. And if we’re all being honest, they ruined it.

[@writersblock9995]

Lol we all have to say netflix the witcher to please the algorithm

[@TheCreator919]

Is the “now on Netflix” sticker removable?

[@mail_boi_5046]

No it’s not

[@TheCreator919]

@@mail_boi_5046 wack

[@berto7739]

So there are 8 books total but 5 are main stories & 3 are short stories? Asking because I don’t know

[@cormey8772]

3 are collections of short stories that introduce characters and the world itself

[@TheJoker-bz3ms]

2:06 is it okay to read just those or should I read all of what he said

[@olafmikoaj3121]

You can read only witcher saga books so these 1-5 in this video but it isn't recomended. Last Wish and Sword of Destiny introduce many important characters like Geralt, Ciri, Jaskier/Dandelion, Yennefer and they give more information about world building. For example If you start with Blood of Elves you May me confused where is Geralt, why is Ciri so important and other things. But if you know witcher world and characters enough then yes you can read it that way.

[@gjori4704]

I need to get on with this so that I can watch the show hahah

[@morganlinklater4517]

Haha me too!

[@wn6694]

Just play the games

[@EmeraldaKasim]

@@wn6694 The games aren’t based on the books

[@cormey8772]

eva one piece monster kingdom PEAK FICTION from what I’ve heard the show practically has nothing to do with the books now

[@dixingxu]

you look like a character from the movie

[@Jooooooeeeeh]

its really angering me that the order in the thumbnail is almost right exceot you swapped the first 2 books.

[@calisto9856]

You mean disoriented , disorientated is not a word lol

[@Sparkball]

The order isn’t really that simple. The canonical chronological order is the following: 1. A Grain of Truth (The Last Wish) 2. The Lesser Evil (The Last Wish) 3. The Edge Of the World (The Last Wish) 4. The Last Wish (The Last Wish) 5. Season of Storms (Full book) 6. A Question of Price (The Last Wish) 7. The Witcher (The Last Wish) 8. The Voice of Reason (The Last Wish) 9. The Bounds of Reason (Sword of Destiny) 10. A Shard of Ice (Sword of Destiny) 11. Eternal Flame (Sword of Destiny) 12. A little Sacrifice (Sword of Destiny) 13. The Sword of Destiny (Sword of Destiny) 14. Something More (Sword of Destiny) 15. Blood of Elves (Full Book) 16. The Time of Contempt (Full Book) 17. Baptism of Fire (Full Book) 18. The Tower of Swallows (Full Book) 19. The Lady of the Lake (Full Book)

[@Cha0ticNeutral]

Why are you calling the books on the title "Netflix The Witcher" lol, netflix isnt even following the books, theyre called "The Witcher" and written by Andrzej Sapkowski

[@nunyanunya4147]

i prefer the first two books where its just short stories and windows ov his life... once andrew sat down and flushed out his idea it became politics and plots and the witcher became a background character to that asshole fate.

[@91Awatson1]

The books pre-date the netflix series, and the early/mid 2000 polish tv series as yhey were written in the 90's. They are not The Witcher netflix novels as your uninformed title claims.

[@tywright765]

It’s that title so it picks up every search of the Witcher on KZbin, not to miss inform people, it’s so it reaches a wider range of search on the platform. people looking for either the games, the books, or the show all can find the video instead of having to search specifically each of them

[@goninja2162]

Where can i buy the books? If anyone knows

[@flashread]

Amazon or book depository. They both have the boxed set with all the books in it

[@goninja2162]

@@flashread thx

[@MrBensella]

Or just skip season of the storm …

[@MrGylanThomas]

Seems pretty obvious to be fair

[@steveg8102]

Listen strange women lying around in ponds distributing swords is no bases for a government....

[@IMPASHAEV]

Should of open this video when was next to book shelter not when paying for book

[@IMPASHAEV]

It's okay, I found "the last wish"

[@JoseMora-wc5zz]

Netflix sticker, I REFUSE to buy these books for that. They’ve already committed atrocious sacrilege.

[@XtoInf]

Same, coming from Netflix Series watching the 3rd season I realized there is more to this story that was never said and I looked online and found myself in a rabbit hole of Witcher lore. Now I want to start reading the books but hate how Netflix has put these obnoxious circles on them, any advice on where to find good original book series or should I just have to deal with it?

[@DarkestSoul1990]

There is no such thing as "netflix witcher books" these are books written by Sabkowski netfliks couldn't even respect the source.

[@NarutoSSj6]

I hate that peter Kenny does thr voice in the audio books. Some of his voice are downright unbearable. I hate the overly British accent he uses sometimes. Gave up after a couple of min on the sword of destiny