Die Chroniken von Azuhr
#6573.93 adjusted 3.94 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 3 books Status Complete 2017–2019 Reading commitment Medium Bernhard Hennen Last reviewed 2026-10-29
Overview
Bernhard Hennen’s trilogy (2017 to 2019) is set on Cilia, an island of the world of Azuhr, a world said to be without magic, in a story of old prophecies and figures out of folk tales. Caught first in the conflict between the League of city-states and the dukes, and then between two great empires at war, the islanders’ fate becomes bound up with Milan and his father Nandus, an archpriest. The first volume won the 2019 Seraph for best book. It is a separate world from Hennen’s elf novels.
Epic fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (3 works) counts toward ranking
Die Chroniken von Azuhr Bernhard Hennen
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Der Verfluchte | 2017 | 1 | core | 3.95 (426 ratings) |
 | Die Weiße Königin; First published September 2018; reference ISBN is the 2022 paperback reissue. | 2018 | 2 | core | 3.91 (234 ratings) |
 | Der träumende Krieger | 2019 | 3 | core | 3.89 (172 ratings) |
Trilogy, Fischer Tor, 2017 to 2019.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Die Chroniken von Azuhr? Die Chroniken von Azuhr's Core Canon is 3 books.
- What is the reading order for Die Chroniken von Azuhr? Publication order, starting with Der Verfluchte. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Die Chroniken von Azuhr finished? Complete (2017–2019).
- How much reading does Die Chroniken von Azuhr take? Medium reading commitment (estimated from 3 Core Canon books).
- How is Die Chroniken von Azuhr ranked? #657 in this site's official ranking, based on 832 reader ratings across 3 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #657?
Ranked #657 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.93 across 3 core books.
- A smaller readership (832 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Remarkably consistent across the whole series: all 3 rated core books rate within 0.06 of each other.
- 0.01 behind #656, Children of the Red King.
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 3 books · Complete · 832 ratings · Ranks #657 overall
Good choice if you want a moderate-length epic fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (3 Core Canon books)
- Der Verfluchte (2017)
- Die Weiße Königin (2018)
- Der träumende Krieger (2019)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- Seraph (Bestes Buch), 2019: won: Der Verfluchte
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.93 across 832 ratings on 3 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: Land of Unreason (de Camp and Pratt), Crave (Wolff, with The Calder Academy), Die Chroniken von Azuhr (Hennen) accepted 2026-10-29
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Fischer Verlage: Die Chroniken von Azuhr – Der Verfluchte Tier 2
- Büchertreff: Azuhr-Chroniken reading order Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Rule: Core Canon = the three novels: Der Verfluchte (2017), Die Weiße Königin (2018) and Der träumende Krieger (2019).