The Squire's Tales
#1994.15 adjusted 4.14 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 10 books Status Complete 1998–2010 Reading commitment High Gerald Morris Last reviewed 2026-11-02
Overview
The Squire's Tales is a ten-novel Arthurian series by Gerald Morris, published by Houghton Mifflin between 1998 and 2010. It is aimed at preteen and teen readers and set in medieval England, mixing retellings of traditional legends such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Tristan and Iseult with original plots. The early books follow Terence, an orphan raised in the woods who becomes squire to Sir Gawain; later volumes centre on other characters, including Piers, Lynet, Dinadan, Luneta and Sarah, while Arthur, Gawain and Terence recur. Each novel can be read on its own, but the stories form one continuous world and the final book brings the Camelot story to its close.
Historical fantasy, Comic fantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (10 works) counts toward ranking
The Squire's Tales Gerald Morris
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Squire's Tale | 1998 | 1 | core | 4.01 (9,712 ratings) |
 | The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady | 1999 | 2 | core | 4.22 (5,381 ratings) |
 | The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf | 2000 | 3 | core | 4.26 (5,624 ratings) |
 | Parsifal's Page | 2001 | 4 | core | 4.07 (3,038 ratings) |
 | The Ballad of Sir Dinadan; The ISBN is the hardback ISBN listed by the publisher for the 2003 first edition. | 2003 | 5 | core | 4.13 (2,593 ratings) |
 | The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight | 2004 | 6 | core | 4.20 (2,827 ratings) |
 | The Lioness and Her Knight | 2005 | 7 | core | 4.27 (2,698 ratings) |
 | The Quest of the Fair Unknown | 2006 | 8 | core | 4.08 (1,862 ratings) |
 | The Squire's Quest | 2009 | 9 | core | 4.20 (1,481 ratings) |
 | The Legend of the King | 2010 | 10 | core | 4.27 (1,176 ratings) |
Ten humorous Arthurian novels for young readers, following Terence, Gawain and a changing cast at Camelot.
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Squire's Tales? The Squire's Tales's Core Canon is 10 books.
- What is the reading order for The Squire's Tales? Publication order, starting with The Squire's Tale. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is The Squire's Tales finished? Complete (1998–2010).
- How much reading does The Squire's Tales take? High reading commitment (estimated from 10 Core Canon books).
- How is The Squire's Tales ranked? #199 in this site's official ranking, based on 36,392 reader ratings across 10 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #199?
Ranked #199 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.15 across 10 core books.
- A smaller readership (36,392 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #198, Song of Albion (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Highly rated · 10 books · Complete · 36k ratings · Ranks #199 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running historical fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (10 Core Canon books)
- The Squire's Tale (1998)
- The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady (1999)
- The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf (2000)
- Parsifal's Page (2001)
- The Ballad of Sir Dinadan (2003)
- The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight (2004)
- The Lioness and Her Knight (2005)
- The Quest of the Fair Unknown (2006)
- The Squire's Quest (2009)
- The Legend of the King (2010)
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)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.15 across 36,392 ratings on 10 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: 31 universes; 3 candidates ruled out; open items closed accepted 2026-11-02
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia: Gerald Morris Tier 2
- Worlds Without End Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-02
Rule: Core Canon = The Squire's Tale (1998) through The Legend of the King (2010), the ten Squire's Tales novels.