Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires
#6783.82 adjusted 3.93 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 7 books Status Ongoing 1995–present Reading commitment High Mathieu Gaborit Last reviewed 2026-11-04
Overview
Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires is a French fantasy cycle by Mathieu Gaborit, begun in 1995 with Souffre-Jour. Agone, a young aristocrat, refuses his inheritance and is drawn into the plots of the Collège du Souffre-Jour in a world of farfadets, fairies, ogres and mages. The trilogy was followed by the Abyme novels, set in the city of Abyme, where the retired thief Maspalio investigates an escaped demon. Both are set in the same world, called the Harmonde in the related role-playing games. A new pair of Abyme novels began in 2018 with Les Nouveaux Mystères d'Abyme and continued in 2022 with Flamboyance.
Epic fantasy, Urban fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (7 works) counts toward ranking
Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires Mathieu Gaborit
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Souffre-Jour | 1995 | 1 | core | 3.44 (39 ratings) |
 | Les Danseurs de Lorgol | 1996 | 2 | core | 3.93 (27 ratings) |
 | Agone | 1996 | 3 | core | 3.59 (17 ratings) |
Agone's trilogy of intrigue, exile and war in a world of farfadets, mages and fairies.
Abyme Mathieu Gaborit
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aux ombres d'Abyme; Later reissued under the short title Abyme. | 1996 | 1 | core | 4.08 (13 ratings) |
 | La Romance du démiurge | 1997 | 2 | core | 3.96 (24 ratings) |
Maspalio's adventures in the city of Abyme, set in the same world as the Crépusculaires.
La Cité exsangue Mathieu Gaborit
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Les Nouveaux Mystères d'Abyme; Also numbered as La Cité exsangue, volume 1. | 2018 | 1 | core | 4.03 (31 ratings) |
 | Flamboyance; Numbered as La Cité exsangue, volume 2. | 2022 | 2 | core | 4.00 (11 ratings) |
A later pair of Abyme novels published by Mnémos from 2018.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires? Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires's Core Canon is 7 books.
- What is the reading order for Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires? Publication order, starting with Souffre-Jour. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires finished? Ongoing (1995–present).
- How much reading does Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires take? High reading commitment (estimated from 7 Core Canon books).
- How is Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires ranked? #678 in this site's official ranking, based on 162 reader ratings across 7 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #678?
Ranked #678 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.82 across 7 core books.
- A smaller readership (162 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Uneven reception: its books range from 3.44 to 4.08.
- 0.11 behind #677, Witchlands.
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Rated · 7 books · Ongoing · 162 ratings · Ranks #678 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running epic fantasy universe that's still ongoing, with new books still coming.
Reading order
Publication order (7 Core Canon books)
- Souffre-Jour (1995)
- Agone (1996)
- Aux ombres d'Abyme (1996)
- Les Danseurs de Lorgol (1996)
- La Romance du démiurge (1997)
- Les Nouveaux Mystères d'Abyme (2018)
- Flamboyance (2022)
Documented internal/story order
- Souffre-Jour (1995)
- Aux ombres d'Abyme (1996)
- Les Nouveaux Mystères d'Abyme (2018)
- Les Danseurs de Lorgol (1996)
- La Romance du démiurge (1997)
- Flamboyance (2022)
- Agone (1996)
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.82 across 162 ratings on 7 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: 28 universes; Greyhawk gains three novels; 2 candidates ruled out accepted 2026-11-02
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Mathieu Gaborit (French Wikipedia) Tier 2
- Critiques Libres - Les chroniques des Crépusculaires Tier 2
- Critiques Libres - Abyme Tier 2
- ActuaLitté Tier 2
- ISFDB mirror - Souffre-jour Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-02
Rule: Core Canon = Souffre-Jour (1995) to Flamboyance (2022): the Crépusculaires trilogy, the Abyme novels and the La Cité exsangue novels set in the same world. Excluded are the role-playing games and the omnibus editions.