 Dragonlance is one of the most popular shared worlds , worlds in which writers other than those that created them place adventures . The first Dragonlance trilogy , Chronicles , launched the Dungeons & Dragons line of novels , with many of its characters spun off into other novels . Along with Forgotten Realms , Dragonlance is TSR 's most popular series of novels . According to The 1990s by Marc Oxoby , what is most notable about the series is that " what may at one time been considered disposable , escapist literature " found " unprecedented popularity " in the 1990s . All of the Dragonlance novels remained in print during the decade , turning Weis and Hickman into literary stars and boosting sales of their non @-@ Dragonlance novels . Although the series was initially published in paperback , its success led to hardcover printings . The hardcover version of Dragons of Summer Flame had an " impressive " first printing of 200 @,@ 000 books . Every Dragonlance novel by Weis and Hickman since 1995 has been released in hardcover , and some previous novels have been re @-@ released in hardcover collector 's editions . Dragonlance made TSR one of the most successful publishers of science fiction and fantasy in the 1990s . 
