Where to Read The Twelve Kingdoms

For those of us who don’t read Japanese, finding and reading all the Twelve Kingdoms novels is something of a challenge, but, fortunately, not impossible. Here’s a list of the books published to date (in order of publication), and where you can read them.

魔性の子 | Demon Child (1991)

Official translation (French) by Éditions Milan: L’être d’autre monde

Fantranslation by Aili: Demon Child

月の影 影の海 | Shadow of the Moon (1992)

Official translation by Tokyopop: Shadow of the Moon

Official translation (French) by Éditions Milan: La mer de l’ombre

Fantranslation by Eugene Woodbury: Shadow of the Moon, a Sea of Shadows

風の海 迷宮の岸 | Sea of Wind (1993)

Official translation by Tokyopop: Sea of Wind

Official translation (French) by Éditions Milan: Le rivage du labyrinthe

Fantranslation by Aili: Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Maze

東の海神 西の滄海 | The Vast Spread of the Seas (1994)

Official translation by Tokyopop: The Vast Spread of the Seas

Official translation (French) by Éditions Milan: Le maître des mers

Fantranslation: The Sea God in the East, the Vast Sea in the West (INCOMPLETE)

風の万里 黎明の空 | Skies of Dawn (1994)

Official translation by Tokyopop: Skies of Dawn

Official translation (French) by Éditions Milan: Le vent de l’infini

Fantranslation by Eugene Woodbury: A Thousand Leagues of Wind, the Sky at Dawn

図南の翼 | The Wings of Dreams (1996)

Official translation (French) by Éditions Milan: Les ailes du destin

Fantranslation: The Wings of Aspiration (INCOMPLETE)

黄昏の岸 暁の天 | The Shore in Twilight, The Sky at Daybreak (2001)

Official translation (French) by Éditions Milan: Les rives du crépuscule

Fantranslation by Eugene Woodbury: The Shore in Twilight, the Sky at Daybreak

華胥の幽夢 | Dreaming of Paradise (2001)

Official translation (French) by Éditions Milan: Le royaume de l’idéal

Fantranslation by Eugene Woodbury: Dreaming of Paradise