10 Best Fantasy Book Series Based On Dungeons & Dragons (Including Drizzt)
The various worlds making up have both inspired and been inspired by a massive library of excellent book series, with the best of them leaving an inarguable legacy on the franchise. Part of the joy of the world's most popular tabletop roleplaying game is the ability to forge uniqueunofficial settings in , creating a new story from scratch. But for many, staying within the familiar territory of pre-established lore is a much more comfortable prospect, and plenty of book series delve into these fantasy worlds.
The best series take place across a wide variety of official settings that all carry the same familiar tropes of, using the same magic systems, fantasy races, and mythical creatures. But other than these surface level similarities, the worlds of the Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, and Eberron couldn't be more different, with unique characters inhabiting the lore of each continuity. In many cases, the literary series based off of end up being some of the best fantasy books around.
Needing little introduction, R.A. Salvatore's series is perhaps the single most iconic story set in the Forgotten Realms world. The novels follow the winding journey of one of the most famous adventurers of all time, Drizzt Do'Urden, a dark elf that rejects his evil upbringing in order to travel the continent of Faerûn as a ranger, fighting to uphold the tenets of justice. Though he may be something of an edgy protagonist, Drizzt is truly commendable for his willingness to break free of his roots and do good in the face of discrimination.
The scale of is truly staggering, consisting of 39 books subdivided into 13 individual series, each depicting a different chapter in Drizzt's long Elven life. While every R.A. Salvatore fan has their own favorite, the trilogy that started it all,, is a great place to start, exploring the wind-swept icy tundra of the continent of Faerûn's frozen north. Do'Urden's legacy has also been further expanded with a litany of short stories supplementing his major
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