Is there a list of the PF novels and short stories by story chronology? You see this in the front of the star wars fiction and it is a big help to know what to read next.
I don't mean by publishing date (but that is better then nothing) I mean the stories and novels organized by when they occurred in relation to each other.
The closest I've been able to find is this post:
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lp29?Pathfinder-Fiction-Chronology#22
The closest I've been able to find is this post:
Linked that for you for ease. Soldack, I'll let you look over the whole thread, but the basic idea is that unlike the Star Wars EU fiction, the Pathfinder Fiction line does not have a chronology at this time. There are stories that DO follow others, but those are series (like Dave Gross' Radovan/Jeggare stories). Otherwise, the outcome of one story does not generally effect what is going on in previous stories, they are all generally occurring in the "present."
I've read almost all of the Pathfinder fiction that currently exists, and I'm trying to keep my list up to date for people like you and I who care about that sort of thing. One note to the list. I include free Web fiction and the Novellas from the Adventure Paths in the list. Some of those are a bit more work to get hold of than just buying a novel.
Also, if you are looking at buying some of the Tales line, let me know what type of fiction you enjoy, and I can try to recommend what I think you might enjoy!
-Aaron