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The Witcher: where to start reading

Adapts The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.

Fantasy
You watched through
After Season 1, in the books you are
at Sword of Destiny.
through the two short-story collections.
Show and books diverge here

The first season draws on the two short-story collections and tells its threads out of order before they converge.

Start reading at The Last Wish, then Sword of Destiny (the short-story collections)
Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.
The full map
The Last Wish + Sword of Destiny
Blood of Elves + Time of Contempt
Time of Contempt + Baptism of Fire
Baptism of Fire + The Tower of the Swallow
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The books, in order
  1. 1The Last Wish1993
  2. 2Sword of Destiny1992
  3. 3Blood of Elves1994
  4. 4Time of Contempt1995
  5. 5Baptism of Fire1996
  6. 6The Tower of the Swallow1997

Netflix begins with Andrzej Sapkowski's short-story collections and then moves into the main saga novels, blending material across seasons.

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