Sources

Novels

World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred (2006) - Keith R.A. DeCandido
World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde (2006) - Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness (2007) - Aaron Rosenberg
World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal (2008) - Aaron Rosenberg & Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: Night of the Dragon (2008) - Richard A. Knaak
World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King (2009) - Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: Stormrage (2010) - Richard A. Knaak
World of Warcraft: The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm (2010) - Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects (2011) - Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: Wolfheart (2011) - Richard A. Knaak
World of Warcraft: Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War (2012) - Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde (2013) Michael A Stackpole
World of Warcraft: Dawn of the Aspects (2013) - Richard A Knaak
World of Warcraft: War Crimes (2014) Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: Illidan (2016) - William King
World of Warcraft: Before the Storm (2018) - Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: Shadows Rising (2020) - Madeleine Roux
World of Warcraft: Sylvanas (2022) - Christie Golden
World of Warcraft: War of the Scaleborn (2023) - Courtney Alameda

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume I (2016) - Matt Burns, Robert Brooks, Chelsea Monroe-Cassel
World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume II (2017) - Matt Burns, Robert Brooks
World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume III (2018) - Matt Burns, Robert Brooks^[1]

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Instruction Manual (Humans/Orcs) (1994): Released simultaneously with the base game of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (MS-DOS) in North America.
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Instruction Manual (1999): Released alongside the game itself in North America.
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Instruction Manual (2002): Release with the North America version of the game. This manual acts like a mini-encyclopedia.^[2]
World of Warcraft Original Instruction Manual (2004): When the MMORPG launched, players received a massive, 200+ page manual. While much of it covered game mechanics, it served as an entry point for players who hadn't played the strategy games, summarizing what had happened in the four years since the end of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
The Warcraft Encyclopedia (2006): Originally hosted on Blizzard's early website, this classic guide outlines major factions, magical concepts, and historical definitions.
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Instruction Manual (2007): This manual spent significant time discussing the introduction of two playable races (Blood Elves and Draenei), as well as explaining the cosmic setting of Outland.
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Instruction Manual (2008): This was the final World of Warcraft expansion to feature a traditional, robust, printed manual with deep narrative content.
World of Warcraft: Ultimate Visual Guide (2013) - Kathleen Pleet

I chose not to include volume 4, as it is not written by internal Blizzard staff. ↩︎
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne did not have an extensive manual, so I chose to leave it out of the source list. ↩︎