Xanth

This is a collection of my notes about the Xanth series I have gathered. There are many major families, kings, locations, and species. This section also covers The Apprentice Adept and Incarnations of Immortality series, since they have become tangentially connected to Xanth.

If some of this looks familiar, I started a lot of Xanth related articles on Wikipedia. Several of them have now been deleted, but I was able to save my work here. This section is very incomplete; there is a lot that is covered in the forty-two novels.

Novels

The novels begin in the Xanthian year of 1042 and are currently in the year 1118. Many novels cover events that happened before 1042. You can read the timeline to get a brief overview of the history of Xanth.

1. A Spell for Chameleon (1977)
2. The Source of Magic (1979)
3. Castle Roogna (1979)
4. Centaur Aisle (1982)
5. Ogre, Ogre (1982)
6. Night Mare (1983)
7. Dragon on a Pedestal (1983)
8. Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn (1984)
9. Golem in the Gears (1986)
10. Vale of the Vole (1987)
11. Heaven Cent (1988)
12. Man from Mundania (1989)
13. Isle of View (1990)
14. Question Quest (1991)
15. The Color of Her Panties (1992)
16. Demons Don't Dream (1992)
17. Harpy Thyme (1993)
18. Geis of the Gargoyle (1994)
19. Roc and a Hard Place (1995)
20. Yon Ill Wind (1996)
21. Faun and Games (1997)
22. Zombie Lover (1998)
23. Xone of Contention (1999)
24. The Dastard (2000)
25. Swell Foop (2001)
26. Up in a Heaval (2002)
27. Cube Route (2003)
28. Currant Events (2004)
29. Pet Peeve (2005)
30. Stork Naked (2006)
31. Air Apparent (2007)
32. Two to the Fifth (2008)
33. Jumper Cable (2009)
34. Knot Gneiss (2010)
35. Well-Tempered Clavicle (2011)
36. Luck of the Draw (2012)
37. Esrever Doom (2013)
38. Board Stiff (2013)
39. Five Portraits (2014)
40. Isis Orb (2016)
41. Ghost Writer in the Sky (2017)
42. Fire Sail (2019)
43. Jest Right (2020)

The events in the following series probably happened sometime before Question Quest in Xanthian year 1090.

The Apprentice Adept

Stile, the main character of the first three novels, was mentioned by Humfrey in Question Quest. There was also a visit to Phaze in Cube Route, one of the worlds in this series, by several characters from Xanth. Drek, a dragon from Phaze, came to Xanth.

1. Split Infinity (1980)
2. Blue Adept (1981)
3. Juxtaposition (1982)
4. Out of Phaze (1987)
5. Robot Adept (1988)
6. Unicorn Point (1989)
7. Phaze Doubt (1990)

The Incarnations of Immortality

Zane, the main character from the first novel, was mentioned by Humfrey in Question Quest.

1. On a Pale Horse (1983)
2. Bearing an Hourglass (1984)
3. With a Tangled Skein (1985)
4. Weilding a Red Sword (1986)
5. Being a Green Mother (1987)
6. For Love of Evil (1988)
7. And Eternity (1990)
8. Under a Velvet Cloak (2007)

The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud

with Robert E. Margroff

Kelvin, the main character from the series, was mentioned by Humfrey in Question Quest.

1. Dragon's Gold (1987)
2. Serpent's Silver (1988)
3. Chimaera's Copper (1990)
4. Orc's Opal (1990)
5. Mouvar's Magic (1992)

Mode

Darius, the main character from this series, was mentioned by Humfrey in Question Quest.

1. Virtual Mode (1991)
2. Fractal Mode (1992)
3. Chaos Mode (1993)
4. DoOon Mode (2001) has a scene in Xanth, and Metria appears.

Acknowledgment

I want to thank Douglas Harter for all of his work putting together the list of characters on HiPiers. I could not have completed the family trees without him.