Series time line.

['thul]

so, it seems we've fairly well placed both the Farseer trilogy, the tawny man books and the rain wild books.

Farseer would be first, with tawny man being placed some 15 or so years after it. for the most part, about 5-6 years pass before rain wild.

It would not be all that unlikely that the Liveship books are several years after the Farseer books, considering that (spoiler)
[spoiler="tawny man & liveship class spoiler"]Fitz not only visited the rain wilds, but also went to bingtown, without encountering the fool. This means that the fool would not have gone to the rain wilds instantly.

put say, 4 years into that part. Then add in a small break between his leaving and the fool, a.k.a. amber coming south. Add a couple of years for amber to settle in before books start. That makes about 7 years. The liveship books take a few years to pass, say three. That brings the total to 10 years. This would indicate that tawny man starts 5 years after liveship ends. This seems a bit odd, as the information spread to the duchies about the rain wilders work with dragons is neither correct nor reliable. Even in a society as disconnected as RotE, at least some reliable information ought to have filtered north in a span of five years. perhaps shifting liveship ahead a year or two would be more likely.

perhaps asking the tangle leader is the solution?[/spoiler]

given information in the above spoiler, we'd say that liveship books are 7-9 years after farseer, with tawny man being 8-6 years after that again, and rain wilds books 6ish years after those again.