Here is a list of The Novels of the Malazan Empire Books Ranked, According to Goodreads.
Assail
Goodreads Rating: 4.17
From the blurb:
To the North lies Assail. It is a land that has been impenetrable for centuries.
Now, as the ice begins to melt, it starts to yield its long-hidden secrets and the steady march through this hostile environment begins. Awaiting those brave enough to make the journey is the murmured promise of riches and reverence.…
Orb Sceptre Throne
Goodreads Rating: 4.16
From the blurb:
The tumult of great powers colliding has passed, and the city of Darujhistan and its citizens can at last get on with what matters: trading, bickering, politicking and enjoying all the good things in life. However, not all are ready to leave the past behind.…
Stonewielder
Goodreads Rating: 4.08
From the blurb:
Greymane believed he’d outrun his past. He was adjusting well to life outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it it is not so easy for an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire to disappear, especially one under sentence of death from that same Empire.…
Blood and Bone
Goodreads Rating: 4.03
From the blurb:
On the continent of Jacuruku, the Thaumaturgs have mounted another expedition into the neighbouring wild jungle. Yet this is no normal wilderness. It is called Himatan, half of the spirit-realm and half of the physical, ruled by a powerful entity who some name the Queen of Witches and some a goddess: the ancient Ardata.…
Return of the Crimson Guard
Goodreads Rating: 4.04
From the blurb:
The return of the Crimson Guard could not have come at a worse time for an empire exhausted by warfare and weakened by betrayals and rivalries.…
Night of Knives
Goodreads Rating: 3.83
From the blurb:
Malaz gave a great empire its name, but now this island and its city amount to little more than a sleepy backwater.
Until this night.
Because this night there is to be a convergence, the once-in-a-generation appearance of a Shadow Moon – an occasion that threatens the good people of Malaz with demon hounds and other, darker things.…