Start with the Farseer Trilogy
Read Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest in numbered order. This is the first completed Robin Hobb trilogy currently indexed on the site.
Continue with Liveship Traders
Continue with Ship of Magic, Mad Ship, and Ship of Destiny. Penguin Random House lists those three titles as books one through three of the completed Liveship Traders Trilogy.
Scope of this guide
Robin Hobb has additional connected trilogies and series. This guide covers only the six Farseer and Liveship novels currently indexed and will expand with later clusters. Checked September 21, 2026.
Books and series in this guide
Assassin's Apprentice
Publication-order entry 1; Farseer volume 1.
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Royal Assassin
Publication-order entry 2; Farseer volume 2.
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Assassin's Quest
Publication-order entry 3; Farseer volume 3.
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Ship of Magic
Publication-order entry 4; Liveship Traders volume 1.
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Mad Ship
Publication-order entry 5; Liveship Traders volume 2.
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Ship of Destiny
Publication-order entry 6; Liveship Traders volume 3.
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The opening trilogy in this indexed publication-order sequence.
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The second trilogy in this indexed publication-order sequence.
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Robin Hobb's indexed books and series.
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