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Elric first appeared in print in a series of six novelettes published in Science Fantasy magazine:
"The Dreaming City" (Science Fantasy No. 47, June 1961)
"While the Gods Laugh" (Science Fantasy No. 49, October 1961)
"The Stealer of Souls" (Science Fantasy No. 51, February 1962)
"Kings in Darkness" (Science Fantasy No. 54, August 1962)
"The Flame Bringers" (Science Fantasy No. 55, October 1962); retitled "The Caravan of Forgotten Dreams" in some later collections.
"To Rescue Tanelorn ..." (Science Fantasy No. 56, December 1962)
After this came four novellas:
"Dead God's Homecoming" (Science Fantasy No. 59, June 1963)
"Black Sword's Brothers" (Science Fantasy No. 61, October 1963)
"Sad Giant's Shield" (Science Fantasy No. 63, February 1964)
"Doomed Lord's Passing" (Science Fantasy No. 64, April 1964)
After these initial Elric tales, Moorcock periodically published short tales throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, such as 1967's "The Singing Citadel" and 1973's "The Jade Man's Eyes".
Meant to be placed in between the initial stories but before the conclusion of "Doomed Lord's Passing", these later stories would frequently be edited, retitled, and combined together with other material to form fix-ups as part of later republication campaigns.
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That's pretty much how I'd read them. Read them in order of publishing, and any other decent short stories or novellas before "Doomed Lord's Passing".
I never thought much of the novels. I thought them poor. It was the early stories that were inspired.
Incidentally, if you like Eric, try the Witcher. It's in a similar vein, and very good. The netflix series is dreadful.