There are some series that drive me so mad (I am so very OCD in some respects) that I needed to put together a list (or three!) to keep track of where the short stories fit in and where the interlocking series and subseries intersected chronologically and not in their publication order, ’cause that’s how I like to read them. The individual title links will take you to Goodreads
The below is the result of my preoccupation. I had been inserting these into the individual book reviews, but I thought this was an easier way to update the lists — it certainly does give the list more room(!) and I imagine that the reviews will also breath easier without the list box crowding its space
While there aren’t many authors listed here, I’m sure it will grow as I encounter more authors who confuse me with their short stories scattered throughout their novels or that have a variety of series that dip into other series by the same (or another) author. The lists are under the author’s name; click the name of the series to open its listing
Are there any series with a difficult chronology that drives you mad?
Ilona Andrews
The POVs are free, short snippets that present different characters’ points-of-view
- Magic Bites
- Magic Burns
- Magic Strikes
- Magic Bleeds
- Magic Slays
- Magic Rises
- Magic Breaks
- Magic Shifts
- Magic Binds
- Magic Triumphs
- Blood Heir, 1
0.5. “A Questionable Client” is found in Dark and Stormy Knights and Magic Graves
1.1. “Curran’s POV” In Small Magics
1.2. Free, Curran’s POV:”Fernando’s” It’s also in Small Magics
2.1. “Soup”. In Small Magics
3.1. “Midnight Games” In Small Magics
Free, 3.2. Curran’s POV: “Hot Tub”. In Small Magics
3.3. “Kate’s Origin, a.k.a. Kate’s Daddy” In Small Magics
Free. 3.4. Curran’s POV: “On the Day of the Panty Dinner”, part 1 (at the beginning of Magic Bleeds), a.k.a., “Naked Dinner”
3.5. “Magic Mourns” In Small Magics. Also in Must Love Hellhounds
Free, 4.2. Curran’s POV: “Fathers and Sons”, (end of Magic Bleeds when Curran wakes from his coma and lashes out)
4.3. “Awake” in Small Magics
4.4. “Conclave” in Small Magics
4.5. “Magic Dreams”
5.4. “Magic Tests” An Apple for the Creature; Small Magics
5.5. “Magic Gifts”
5.55. “Andrea and Raphael’s Wedding”
5.7. “The Wilson Building”
5.5. Gunmetal Magic
5.6. “Retribution Clause” in Hex Appeal
5.8. “An Ill-Advised Rescue” (an outtake)
6.5. “Magic Steals” In Night Shift
7.1. “Prequel” In Small Magics
7.2. “Jim’s POV” In Small Magics
7.4. “Grocery Lists” In Small Magics
7.6. “The Dress”
8.5. Magic Stars (Gray Wolf, 1; Kate Daniels 8.5)
9.5. Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant, 1)
The Wilmington Years
This spin-off series finds Kate, Curran, and Conlan moving to Wilmington and beyond.
10.5. Magic Tides
10.6 Magic Claims
FREE – 10.7. “No Heroes“
FREE – 10.8. “Purpose“
Aurelia Ryder
Another spin-off series in which Julie rode off with Aunt Erra at the end of Magic Triumphs.
FREE – 0.5. “The King of Fire“
FREE – 1.5. “Sandra“
- When Curran first meets Kate at Unicorn Lane in Magic Bites
- Curran scoops Kate off her bathroom floor as Julie cries and the poison does it’s best to kill Kate in Magic Burns and Curran feeds her chicken soup
- We find out how Curran gets out of the loup cage in Magic Strikes
- The encounter at Bernard’s when Saiman taunts Curran with Kate in Magic Bleeds
Kelley Armstrong
- The Summoning
- The Awakening
- The Reckoning
Free PDF – 0.01. “Kat” (Originally published in The Eternal Kiss)
0.2. “Hunting Kat” (Continues Kat’s story in an independent eBook OR as part of an anthology, Kisses from Hell)
2.5. “Disenchanted” *
3.6. “Facing Facts” ** (Can be found in Enthralled: “Paranormal Diversions”)
* These three shorts are bundled into Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1
** These two shorts are bundled into Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 2
This series is a sequel to the Darkest Powers series
- The Gathering
- The Calling
- The Rising
1.1. “The New Guy”
FREE 1.2. “The Invitation”
Armstrong renamed it “Otherworld”.
0.00. Dead Man’s Hand: “Bamboozled”
0.01. Tales of the Otherworld: “Rebirth”
0.06. Tales of the Otherworld: “Bewitched” It can also be found in Many Bloody Returns.
0.07. Tales of the Otherworld: “Beginnings”
0.09. “The Case of the Half-Demon Spy“
0.11. Tales of the Otherworld: “Expectations”
0.12. “Truth & Consequences“
0.13. “Territorial“
0.14. Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery: “Black Magic Momma”
0.2. Men of the Otherworld: “Infusion”
0.3. Men of the Otherworld: “Savage”
0.4. Men of the Otherworld: “Ascension”
0.7. Tales of the Otherworld: “Birthright”
- Bitten
- Stolen
- Dime Store Magic
- Industrial Magic
- Haunted
- Broken
- No Humans Involved
- Personal Demon
- Living with the Dead
- Frostbitten
- Waking the Witch
- Spell Bound
- Thirteen
- Wolf’s Bane, Kate & Logan – 01
- Wolf’s Curse, Kate & Logan – 02
1.2. “Escape“
1.5. Tales of the Otherworld: “Ghosts”
4.5. Tales of the Otherworld: “Wedding Bell Hell”
5.1. “Adventurer“
5.2. Dates from Hell: “Chaotic”. It’s also in Otherworld Chills.
5.3. “Bargain“
6.5. Tales of the Otherworld: “The Case of El Chupacabra”
7.1. “Framed“
7.2. Many Bloody Returns: “Twilight”
7.3. My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon: “Stalked”
8.1. Blood Lite: “The Ungrateful Dead”. It’s also in
Otherworld Secrets.
9.1. Men of the Otherworld: “Kitsunegari”
9.3. Otherworld Secrets: “Angelic”
9.4. Otherworld Secrets: “Zen and the Art of Vampirism”
9.6. “Checkmate“
9.7. “Recruit“
10.2. Otherworld Secrets: “Forbidden”
10.4. Otherworld Secrets: “Counterfeit Magic”
10.5. Otherworld Chills: “Off Duty Angel”
10.6. Blood Lite: “V Plates”
10.7. “Hidden“
10.8. Otherworld Chills: “Amityville Horrible”
10.9. Otherworld Chills: “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word”. It is also found in Expiration Date.
13.1. From Russia, With Love
13.3. Otherworld Chills: “Brazen”
13.5. “Forsaken“
13.6. Driven
13.8. Otherworld Secrets: “Life After Theft”
13.9. Otherworld Chills: “The Puppy Plan”
13.11. Otherworld Chills: “Baby Boom”
Patricia Briggs
- Moon Called
- Blood Bound
- Iron Kissed
- Bone Crossed
- Silver Borne
- River Marked
- Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, 7)
- Night Broken
- Fire Touched
- Silence Fallen
- Storm Cursed
- Smoke Bitten
0.5. Mercy Thompson: “Homecoming” (Graphic novel)
0.8. Shifting Shadows: “Seeing Eye” (also found in Strange Brew)
1.5. Shifting Shadows: “Star of David”
5.5. Shifting Shadows: “In Red, with Pearls” (also found in Down These Strange Streets)
7.5. Shifting Shadows: “Redemption”
8.5. Shifting Shadows: “Hollow”
- Cry Wolf
- Hunting Ground
- Fair Game
- Dead Heat
- Burn Bright
- Wild Sign
0.00001 Shifting Shadows: “Silver”
0.5. Shifting Shadows: “Alpha & Omega” (MT, 1.1; also found in On the Prowl)
2.5. Shifting Shadows: “Roses in Winter”
Since the Alpha & Omega and the Mercy Thompson stories intermix, this is a chronology for both
- Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, 1)
- Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, 1)
- Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, 2)
- Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, 2)
- Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, 3)
- Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, 4)
- Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, 5)
- River Marked (Mercy Thompson, 6)
- Fair Game (Alpha & Omega, 3)
- Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, 7)
- Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega, 4)
- Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, 8)
- Fire Touched
- Silence Fallen
- Burn Bright
- Storm Cursed
- Smoke Bitten
- Wild Sign
0.00001 Shifting Shadows: “Silver”
0.5. Mercy Thompson: “Homecoming” (Graphic novel)
0.6. Home Improvement: Undead Edition: “Gray”
0.7. Shifting Shadows: “Fairy Gifts”
0.8. Shifting Shadows: “Seeing Eye” (also found in Strange Brew)
1.1. Shifting Shadows: “Alpha & Omega” (Alpha & Omega, 0.5; also found in On the Prowl)
3.5. Shifting Shadows: “Star of David” (Mercy Thompson, 1.5)
6.5. Shifting Shadows: “Roses in Winter” (Alpha & Omega, 2.5)
7.5. Shifting Shadows: “In Red, with Pearls” (Mercy Thompson, 5.5; also found in Down These Strange Streets)
10.25. A Fantastic Holiday Season: “Unappreciated Gifts” (Alpha & Omega, 3.5)
10.5. Shifting Shadows: “Redemption” (Mercy Thompson, 7.5)
12.5. Shifting Shadows: “Hollow” (Mercy Thompson, 8.5)
Meljean Brook
Jim Butcher
The tentatively titled Brief Cases has a planned publication date of December 31, 2020 and is intended as a sequel anthology to Side Jobs
- Storm Front
- Fool Moon
- Grave Peril
- Summer Knight
- Death Masks
- Blood Rites
- Dead Beat
- Proven Guilty
- White Night
- Small Favor
- Turn Coat
- Changes
- Ghost Story
- Cold Days
- Skin Game
- Peace Talks
- Battle Ground
- Twelve Months (coming ??)
- Mirror, Mirror (coming ??)
0.00001. Well, long before Storm Front anyway. “A Fistful of Warlocks” can be found in Brief Cases or Straight Outta Tombstone.
0.2. “A Restoration of Faith” (also found in Side Jobs)
0.5. “Welcome to the Jungle” (a graphic novel)
2.5. “B is for Bigfoot” (Bigfoot Trilogy, 1; also found in Under My Hat: Tales From the Cauldron and Brief Cases)
5.5. “Vignette” (also found in Side Jobs)
7.25. Blood Lite III: Aftertaste: “I Was A Teenage Bigfoot” (and Bigfoot Trilogy, 2; also found in Brief Cases)
7.5. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding: “Something Borrowed” (also found in Side Jobs)
9.2. Many Bloody Returns: “It’s My Birthday Too”
9.3. My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon: “Heorot”
Free 9.5. “Mike“
10.3. Blood Lite: “Harry’s Day Off”
10.4. “Backup“
10.5. “The Warrior” (also found in Side Jobs or Mean Streets)
10.6. Strange Brew: “Last Call”
10.7. Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy: “Curses”
10.11. “AAAA Wizardry” (also found in Brief Cases)
11.4. Hex Appeal: “Bigfoot on Campus” (Bigfoot Trilogy, 3; also found in Brief Cases)
11.5. “Love Hurts” (also found in Side Jobs or Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love)
11.6. Dark and Stormy Knights: “Even Hand” (also found in Brief Cases)
Free 12.1. “Goodbye“
12.2. Side Jobs: “Aftermath”
13.5. Dangerous Women: “Bombshells” (also found in Brief Cases)
14.5. Shadowed Souls: “Cold Case” (also found in Brief Cases)
15.1. “Jury Duty” (also found in Brief Cases)
Free 15.2. “Job Placement“
Free 15.3. “Everything the Light Touches”
15.5. “Working for Bigfoot“
15.7. Unfettered II: “Day One” (also found in Brief Cases)
17.1. “Little Things” can be found in Heroic Hearts
17.2. “The Law“
17.3. “Christmas Eve“. It can also be found in the back of Battle Ground
Free 17.4. “The Good People“
Orson Scott Card
The Ender’s Game series is sometimes called Enderverse, Ender’s Saga, the Ender Quintet, or the Ender. I know it’s an odd layout for this series information, and Ender’s Saga and Shadow Saga (a.k.a., Ender’s Shadow) take place in parallel.
(This list is in chronological order, not publication order.)
Ender’s Saga | Shadow Saga | ||
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0.4. Mazer in Prison |
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First Meetings in Ender’s Universe
0.5. “Polish Boy” 0.6. “Teacher’s Pest” |
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1. Ender’s Game | 1. Ender’s Shadow | ||
1.5. A War of Gifts (during the middle of Ender’s Game) |
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1.6. Ender in Exile (replaces last chapter of Ender’s Game, expands into its own novel) 1.7. First Meetings in Ender’s Universe: “Investment Counselor” |
2. Shadow of the Hegemon 3. Shadow Puppets 4. Shadow of the Giant |
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2. Speaker for the Dead 3. Xenocide 4. Children of the Mind |
5. Shadows in Flight | ||
6 & last supposedly. Shadows Alive (after the conclusion of Children of the Mind) |
Karen Chance
I’m basing the chronology of the Cassandra Palmer World books on Chance’s timeline. There are a few books she’s released since that aren’t in that timeline, so they’re my best guess
- Touch the Dark
- Claimed by Shadow
- Embrace the Night
- Midnight’s Daughter
- Curse the Dawn
- Death’s Mistress
- Hunt the Moon
- Fury’s Kiss
- Tempt the Stars
- Masks
- Reap the Wind
- Ride the Storm
- Shadow’s Bane
- Brave the Tempest
- Shatter the Earth, coming December 2019
- Wolfsbane and Mistletoe: “Rogue Elements” (Lia de Croissets, 1, is set well in advance of the Cassie Palmer series)
- Strange Brew: “Vegas Odds” (Lia de Croissets, 2)
- Inked: “Skin Deep” (Lia de Croissets, 3)
0.1, “The Gauntlet” (Kit Marlowe, 1)
0.2, “The Queen’s Witch” (Kit Marlowe, 2)
0.3, “The House at Cobb End“
0.4, “Zombie’s Bite“
2.5, Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance: “The Day of the Dead”
2.6, “Shitty Beer“
3.5, On the Prowl: “Buying Trouble”
5.1, “A Family Affair“
5.2, “Shadowland“
5.3, “Updating Pritkin”, <http://www.karenchance.com/updating_pritkin.html>.
6.5, Chicks Kick Butt: “In Vino Veritas”
11.5, “Lover’s Knot“
13.1, “Dragon’s Claw“
13.2, “Siren’s Song“, coming, hopefully, 13 September 2019
13.3, “Black Friday“
- Touch the Dark
- Claimed by Shadow
- Embrace the Night
- Curse the Dawn
- Hunt the Moon
- Tempt the Stars
- Reap the Wind
- Ride the Storm
- Brave the Tempest
- Shatter the Earth, coming December 2019
0.5, “The Gauntlet” (Kit Marlowe, 1)
0.6, “The Queen’s Witch” (Kit Marlowe, 2)
2.5, Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance: “The Day of the Dead”
3.2, Wolfsbane and Mistletoe: “Rogue Elements”
4.1, “A Family Affair“
4.2, “Shadowland“
4.5, Inked: “Skin Deep” (Lia de Croissets, 3)
5.1, “The House at Cobb End“
5.3, “Updating Pritkin”
6.5, Masks
8.1, “Black Friday“
- Midnight’s Daughter
- Death’s Mistress
- Fury’s Kiss
- Shadow’s Bane
- Queen’s Gambit, coming in 2019
0.1, “Zombie’s Bite“
0.5, On the Prowl: “Buying Trouble”
2.1, Chicks Kick Butt: “In Vino Veritas”
3.5, “Lover’s Knot“
4.5, “Dragon’s Claw“
4.6, “Siren’s Song“, coming, hopefully, 13 September 2019
Kate Douglas
This series has always confused the heck out of me. I’m OCD about reading a series in chronological order and Kate Douglas has not made this easy. In spite of the lack of originality in the book titles which are the same as the series and Douglas’ providing the number for a reading order, she’s thrown in a combination of Wolf Tales “shorts” and her Chanku novels. Douglas says that “The stories are tightly linked, so if you’re as nuts about reading a series in order as I am, please read in the order [she has] listed … on her website (or as below *grin*). … the books are tightly connected from one story to the next, and the Chanku novellas are very much a part of the overall story arc.”
The xx.5s are how the books are listed under the Wolf Tales series; the Sexy Beast numbering in the parentheses are how they’re listed in that subseries
- Chanku – First Generation: Wolf Tales
- Wolf Tales I
- Wolf Tales II
- Wolf Tales III
- Wolf Tales IV
- Wolf Tales V
- Wolf Tales VI
- Wolf Tales VII
- Wolf Tales VIII
- Wolf Tales 9
- Wolf Tales 10
- Wolf Tales 11
- Wolf Tales 12
1.5. “Chanku Rising” (a.k.a., Sexy Beast, 1)
1.6. “The Gift” (a.k.a., Wolf Tales Interlude)
2.5. Wild Nights: “Camille’s Dawn” (a.k.a., “Chanku’s Dawn”)
3.5. “Chanku Fallen” (a.k.a., Sexy Beast, 2)
4.5. “Chanku Journey” (a.k.a., Sexy Beast, 3)
5.5. “Chanku Destiny” (a.k.a., Sexy Beast, 4)
6.5. “Chanku Wild“(a.k.a., Sexy Beast, 5)
7.5. “Chanku Honor” (a.k.a., Sexy Beast, 6)
8.5. “Chanku Challenge” (a.k.a., Sexy Beast, 7)
9.5. “Chanku Spirit” (a.k.a., Sexy Beast, 8)
- Chanku – Second Generation: Spirit Wild
Jennifer Estep
- Spider’s Bite
- Web of Lies
- Venom
- Tangled Threads
- Spider’s Revenge
- By a Thread
- Widow’s Web
- Deadly Sting
- Heart of Venom
- The Spider
- Poison Promise
- Black Widow
- Spider’s Trap
- Bitter Bite
- Unraveled (Aug 30, 2016)
- Snared
- Venom in the Veins
- Sharpest Sting, coming 8 October 2019
0.5. “Spider’s Bargain“
1.5. Web of Death
2.5. “Web of Deceit” (GR says this is 0.4)
FREE 2.6. “Poison” (GR says this is 0.1)
2.7. “Wasted”
3.5. “Tangled Dreams”, Part 1
3.7. “Tangled Schemes”, Part 2
FREE 4.5. “Spider’s Nemesis“
4.7. The Mammoth Book of Ghost Romance: “Haints and Hobwebs”
5.5 “Thread of Death“
8.1. Carniepunk: “Parlor Tricks”
8.5. “Kiss of Venom“
14.5. “Unwanted“
15.5. “Nice Guys Bite” (Dec 2016)
17.5. “Winter’s Web” (also in Amanda Bouchet’s Seasons of Sorcery anthology)
Janet Evanovich
- One for the Money
- Two for the Dough
- Three to Get Deadly
- Four to Score
- High Five
- Hot Six
- Seven Up
- Hard Eight
- To the Nines
- Ten Big Ones
- Eleven on Top
- Twelve Sharp
- Lean Mean Thirteen
- Fearless Fourteen
- Finger Lickin’ Fifteen
- Sizzling Sixteen
- Smokin’ Seventeen
- Explosive Eighteen
- Notorious Nineteen
- Takedown Twenty
- Top Secret Twenty-One
- Tricky Twenty-Two
- Turbo Twenty-Three
- Hardcore Twenty-Four (Nov 21, 2017)
- Look Alive Twenty-Five
- Twisted Twenty-Six, coming 12 November 2019
4.5. Plot Thickens: “Last Peep”
12.5. Plum Lovin’
13.5. Plum Lucky
14.5. Plum Spooky
Christine Feehan
A.k.a., Dark, Dark Carpathian, Carpathian. Feehan has a preference for presenting her short stories as full numbers in her chronology. Most of the publishing world’s preference is for using the xx.5. To prevent confusion (so to speak), I’ve included Feehan’s numbering in parentheses
- Dark Prince
- Dark Desire
- Dark Gold
- Dark Magic
- Dark Challenge
- Dark Fire
- Dark Legend
- Dark Guardian
- Dark Symphony
- Dark Melody)
- Dark Destiny)
- Dark Secret
- Dark Demon
- Dark Celebration
- Dark Possession
- Dark Curse
- Dark Slayer
- Dark Peril
- Dark Predator
- Dark Storm
- Dark Lycan
- Dark Wolf
- Dark Blood
- Dark Ghost
- Dark Promises
- Dark Carousel
- Dark Legacy
- Dark Sentinel
- Dark Illusion
- Dark Song
- Dark Tarot
- Dark Whisper
6.5. “Dark Dream” (also found in After Twilight and Dark Nights).
9.5. “Dark Descent” (also found in The Only One and Dark Nights)
11.5. Hot Blooded: “Dark Hunger” (also found in Darkest at Dawn)
23.5. “Dark Crime” (also found in Edge of Darkness)
John Flanagan
- The Ruins of Gorlan
- The Burning Bridge
- The Icebound Land
- The Battle for Skandia *
- Erak’s Ransom *
- The Sorcerer in the North *
- The Siege of Macindaw
- The Kings of Clonmel
- Halt’s Peril
- The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
- The Royal Ranger (The Royal Ranger, 1)
- Slaves of Socorro *, **
- Scorpion Mountain
- The Ghostfaces
- The Red Fox Clan (The Royal Ranger, 2)
- Duel at Araluen
0.25. “The Lost Stories: “The Hibernian”
0.5. “Death of a Hero“
3.5. “Inkwell and the Dagger“
7.5??. “Roamers“
10.5. “Purple Prose“
10.6. “Dinner for Five“
10.7. “Bridal Dance“
10.8. “And About Time, Too…“
10.9. “Wolf“
10.95. “The Fragment“
11.1, “Death of a Hero“
* Skandians meeting up with Rangers
** Brotherband Chronicles, 4
All the short stories are in The Lost Stories
Jeaniene Frost
The Night Huntress Universe encapsulates Night Huntress which is about Bones and Cat; Night Prince which is Vlad and Leila’s story; and, Night Huntress World spins off to showcase other characters in the Night Huntress world
- Halfway to the Grave
- One Foot in the Grave
- At Grave’s End
- Destined for an Early Grave
- First Drop of Crimson
- Eternal Kiss of Darkness
- This Side of the Grave
- One Grave at a Time
- Once Burned
- Twice Tempted
- Up From the Grave
- Bound by Flames
0.5. Unbound: “Reckoning”
2.5. Weddings From Hell: “Happily Never After”
3.5. Four Dukes and a Devil: “Devil to Pay”
4.5. Death’s Excellent Vacation: “One for the Money”; it can also be found in Magic Graves.
6.5, “Home for the Holidays“. Also in The Bite Before Christmas
08.5. The Bite Before Christmas: “Home for the Holidays”
- Halfway to the Grave
- One Foot in the Grave
- At Grave’s End
- Destined for an Early Grave
- This Side of the Grave
- One Grave at a Time
- Up From the Grave
0.5. Unbound: “Reckoning”
2.5. Weddings From Hell: “Happily Never After”
3.5. Four Dukes and a Devil: “Devil to Pay”
4.5. Death’s Excellent Vacation: “One for the Money”; it can also be found in Magic Graves.
Diana Gabaldon
Outlander is an time-traveling historical fiction series involving Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser. Gabaldon’s Lord John series is a spin-off involving a gay soldier in His Majesty’s army who fell in love with Jamie
- Outlander (1946 and 1744-1746)
- Dragonfly in Amber (1968 and 1744-1746)
- Voyager (1746-1767)
- Drums of Autumn (1969-1970 and 1767-1770)
- The Fiery Cross (1767-1772)
- A Breath of Snow and Ashes (1980 and 1773-1776)
- An Echo in the Bone (1980 and 1776-1778)
- Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (autumn 1980 and summer 1778)
- Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (no publication date announced yet)
0.5. Dangerous Women: “Virgins” (1740)
0.75. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: “A Fugitive Green” (1744; takes place before Outlander; 0.25 in the Lord John subseries)
3.1. Lord John and the Hand of Devils: “Lord John and the Hellfire Club” (Lord John, 0.5; 1756)
3.2. Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John, 1; 1757)
3.3. Lord John and the Hand of Devils: “Lord John and the Succubus” (Lord John, 1.5; 1757)
3.4. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Lord John, 2; 1758)
3.5. Lord John and the Hand of Devils: “Lord John and the Haunted Soldier” (Lord John, 2.5; 1758)
3.6. Warriors: “The Custom of the Army” (Lord John, 2.75; 1759).Also appears in A Trail of Fire
3.7. The Scottish Prisoner (Lord John, 3; 1760)
3.8. Down These Strange Streets: Lord John and the Plague of Zombies” (Lord John, 3.5; 1762).Also appears in A Trail of Fire
3.9. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: “Besieged” (Lord John, 3.75; 1762)
7.5. The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius: “The Space Between” (1778). Also appears in A Trail of Fire
8.5. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: “A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows” (1941-1943). Also appears in A Trail of Fire
- Lord John and the Private Matter (Outlander, 3.2; 1757)
- Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Outlander, 3.4; 1758)
- The Scottish Prisoner (Outlander, 3.7; 1760)
0.25. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: “A Fugitive Green” (1744; 0.75 in Outlander series)
0.5. Lord John and the Hand of Devils: “Lord John and the Hellfire Club” (Outlander, 3.1; 1756)
1.5. Lord John and the Hand of Devils: “Lord John and the Succubus” (Outlander, 3.3; 1757)
2.5. Lord John and the Hand of Devils: “Lord John and the Haunted Soldier” (Outlander, 3.5; 1758)
2.75. Warriors: “The Custom of the Army” (Outlander, 3.6; 1759)
3.5. Down These Strange Streets: Lord John and the Plague of Zombies” (Outlander, 3.8; 1762)
3.75. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: “Besieged” (Outlander, 3.9; 1762)
Cindy Gerard
Gerard has written three series (so far) that tie into each other: The Bodyguards; Black Ops, Inc.; and, One-Eyed Jacks
Laurell K. Hamilton
- Guilty Pleasures
- Laughing Corpse
- Circus of the Damned
- Lunatic Café
- Bloody Bones
- Killing Dance
- Burnt Offerings
- Blue Moon
- Obsidian Butterfly
- Narcissus in Chains
- Cerulean Sins
- Incubus Dreams
- Micah
- Danse Macabre
- Harlequin
- Blood Noir
- Skin Trade
- Flirt
- Bullet
- Hit List
- Kiss the Dead
- Affliction
- Jason
- Dead Ice
- Crimson Death
- Serpentine
0.25. Living Dead: “Those Who Seek Forgiveness” (also found in Strange Candy)
0.5. The First Death (a graphic novel)
8.5. Bite: “Girl Who was Infatuated to Death” (also found in Strange Candy)
10.5. Out of This World: “Magic Like Heat Across My Skin” (an outtake from Narcissus in Chains)
12.5. Cravings: “Blood Upon My Lips” (First 9 chapters of Incubus Dreams)
20.5. “Beauty” (eBook; erotic hot tub scene with Anita, Jean-Claude, and Asher)
21.5. “Dancing“
22.75. “Shutdown“
24.5. “Wounded“
Charlaine Harris
The series is a.k.a., The Southern Vampire Mysteries; the TV show is True Blood
- Dead Until Dark
- Living Dead in Dallas
- Club Dead
- Dead to the World
- Dead as a Doornail
- Definitely Dead
- All Together Dead
- From Dead to Worse
- Dead and Gone
- Dead in the Family
- Dead Reckoning
- Deadlocked
- Dead Ever After
4.25. A Touch of Dead: “Fairy Dust”
4.5. A Touch of Dead: “Dracula Night”
5.25. A Touch of Dead: “One Word Answer”
6.1. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding: “Tacky” (Sookieverse)
8.5. Wolfsbane and Mistletoe: “Gift Wrap”
9.5. Death’s Excellent Vacation: “Two Blondes”
10.5. “Small Town Wedding”
11.2. An Apple for the Creature: “Playing Possum”
12.5. Home Improvement: The Undead Edition: “If I Had a Hammer”
13.5. After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse
I’m not sure where these fit in
xx.5. Down These Strange Streets: “Death By Dahlia” (Sookieverse)
xx.5. Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side: “Dahlia Underground” (Sookieverse)
Kim Harrison
This series, a.k.a., Rachel Morgan, is complete, although Harrison has gone back before…the Turn
- Dead Witch Walking (DDW)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (GBU)
- Every Which Way But Dead (EWWBD)
- A Fistful of Charms (FC)
- For a Few Demons More (FFDM)
- The Outlaw Demon Wails (ODW)
- White Witch, Black Curse (WWBC)
- Black Magic Sanction (BMS)
- Pale Demon (PD)
- A Perfect Blood (APB)
- Ever After (EA)
- The Undead Pool (TUP)
- The Witch With No Name
0.1. The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death
0.11 Into the Woods: “The Bespelled” (also found in Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed and the back of The Outlaw Demon Wails)
0.2 Into the Woods: “Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel” (also found in Holidays are Hell)
0.5 Into the Woods: “Undead in the Garden of Good and Evil” (also found in Dates From Hell)
4.5. Into the Woods: “Bridges of Eden Park” (also found in the mass market edition of For a Few Demons More)
7.5. Into the Woods: “Ley Line Drifter” (also found in Unbound)
7.9. Into the Woods: “Dirty Magic” (also found in Hotter Than Hell)
9.5. The Hollows Insider (I’ve heard this is really good and that short story could be “Million Dollar Baby”)
9.5. Into the Woods: “Million Dollar Baby” (MDB; an e-release)
10.1. Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond
10.5. “Trouble on Reserve” (TOR; consider putting this after Ever After in your reading list, as, while Harrison does place “Trouble on Reserve” between A Perfect Blood and Ever After, the dynamics of the Rachel-Trent relationship in “Trouble on Reserve” feels more realistic if you read this after Ever After)
13.1. “Sudden Backtrack“
There are four non-Hollows stories in Into the Woods
Thea Harrison
- Dragon Bound
- Storm’s Heart
- Serpent’s Kiss
- Oracle’s Moon
- Lord’s Fall
- Kinked
- Night’s Honor
- Midnight’s Kiss
- Shadow’s End
3.5. “True Colors“
4.5. “Natural Evil“
4.6. “Devil’s Gate” (also found in Destiny’s Tarot)
4.7. “Hunter’s Season” (also found in Destiny’s Tarot)
5.5. “The Wicked“
6.5. “Dragos Takes a Holiday“
6.6. “Pia Saves the Day“
6.7. “Peanut Goes to School“
8.5. “Dragos Goes to Washington“
8.6. “Pia Does Hollywood“
9.5. “Liam Takes Manhattan“
9.6. FREE “Dragos Meets Stinkpot” (Short story from May 2016 newsletter)
9.7 “The Chosen“
9.8 “Planet Dragos“
Emma Holly
These are all short stories or novellas — around or under 200 pages
- Hidden Talents (211-page eBook; Ari & Adam)
- Hidden Crimes (193-page eBook; Nate & Evina)
- Hidden Depths (238-page eBook; Olivia & James)
- Move Me (108-page eBook; Uncle Lucky has died and left his home to Belle)
- Hidden Dragons (224-page eBook; Rick & Cass)
- Winter’s Tale (116-page eBook; December & Hans)
- Hidden Passions (250-page eBook; Chris & Tony)
3.5. “Date Night” (46-page eBook; Olivia’s husbands give her a reprieve from being queen)
4.5. “The Faerie’s Honeymoon” (Duvall & Belle; the Move Me Duet combines these two stories)
Faith Hunter
- Skinwalker
- Blood Cross
- Mercy Blade
- Raven Cursed
- Death’s Rival
- Blood Trade
- Black Arts
- Broken Soul
- Dark Heir
- Shadow Rites
- Cold Reign
- Dark Queen
- Shattered Bonds
- True Dead
- Final Heir and the end
0.1 “WeSa and the Lumber King” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales, Have Stakes, Will Travel, and Blood in Her Veins
0.2 “The Early Years” can be found in Cat Tales, Cat o’ Nine Tales and Blood in Her Veins
0.3 “Snafu” can be found in Black Water
0.4 “Cat Tats” can be found in Cat Tales, Cat o’ Nine Tales, and Blood in Her Veins
0.5 “Kits” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales and Cat Tales
0.6 “Haints” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales, Have Stakes, Will Travel and Blood in Her Veins
0.7 “Signatures of the Dead” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales, Have Stakes, Will Travel, and Strange Brew
1.5 “First Sight” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales, Jane Yellowrock World Companion, and Blood in Her Veins
3.1 Easy Pickings
3.2 “Blood, Fangs, and Going Furry” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales, Cat Tales, and Blood in Her Veins
3.3 “Dance Master” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales and Jane Yellowrock World Companion
4.1 “Cajun with Fangs” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales, Have Stakes, Will Travel, and Blood in Her Veins. As a subseries, I’m calling it Bayou Oiseau, 1
4.2 “Golden Delicious” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales, An Apple for the Creature, Blood in Her Veins
6.25 “Devil’s Left Boot” can be found in Kicking It, Blood in Her Veins
6.3 “Black Water” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales, Black Water, Blood in Her Veins
6.5 “Beneath a Bloody Moon” can be found in Cat o’ Nine Tales and Blood in Her Veins
7.5 “Off the Grid” can be found in Black Water, Blood in Her Veins, and in an audio format)
7.6 “Shiloh and the Brick“
8.5 “Not All Is as It Seems” can be found in Temporally Out of Order and Blood in Her Veins
9.1 “Cat Fight” can be found in Blood in Her Veins. As a subseries, I’m calling it Bayou Oiseau, 2
9.2 “Bound No More” can be found in Blood in Her Veins
9.3 “It’s Just a Date“
10.5 “Anzu, Duba, Beast” can be found in Were-
11.5 “Death and the Fashionista” can be found in The Death of All Things
11.75 “Candy from a Vampire“
13.5 “Bound into Darkness” can be found in Dirty Deeds
13.6 “Liz and Eli Sitting” can be found in Dirty Deeds II
- Blood of the Earth
- Curse on the Land
- Flame in the Dark
- Circle of the Moon
- Spells for the Dead (and 13.6 in Jane Yellowrock)
- Rift in the Soul (15.1 in Jane Yellowrock)
0.5 “Off the Grid” can be found in Black Water, Blood in Her Veins, and in an audio format)
Craig Johnson
??s indicate my best guess
- Cold Dish
- Death Without Company
- Kindness Goes Unpunished
- Another Man’s Moccasins
- The Dark Horse
- Junkyard Dogs
- Hell is Empty
- As the Crow Flies
- A Serpent’s Tooth
- Any Other Name
- Dry Bones
- An Obvious Fact
- The Western Star
- Depth of Winter
- Land of Wolves
0.1.?? Wait For Signs: “Old Indian Trick”
0.25. Spirit of Steamboat (9.1 in the publishing line-up)
0.5. Wait For Signs: “Ministerial Aid” (also found in Christmas in Absaroka County)
0.75. Wait For Signs: “Unbalanced” (also found in Christmas in Absaroka County)
1.5.?? Wait For Signs: “Slick-Tongued Devil” (6 years after Martha’s death; also found in Christmas in Absaroka County)
7.1. Wait For Signs: “Divorce Horse”
7.2.?? Wait For Signs: “Toys for Tots” (before Cady’s wedding; also found in Christmas in Absaroka County)
8.2. Wait For Signs: “Messenger”
9.1?? Wait For Signs: “High Holidays”
These depend on Any Other Name taking place in the fall; if it takes place after Christmas, then the next three shorts move into 9.xx & Petunia becomes 10.1
10.1.?? Wait For Signs: “Thankstaking”
10.2.?? Wait For Signs: “Fire Bird”
10.3.?? Wait For Signs: “Several Stations”
10.4.?? Wait For Signs: “Petunia, Bandit Queen of the Bighorns”
11.5. “The Highwayman“
Robert Jordan
- The Eye of the World
- The Eye of the World was split into two eBooks:
- The Great Hunt
- The Great Hunt was split into two eBooks:
- Dragon Reborn
- Shadow Rising
- Fires of Heaven
- Lord of Chaos
- A Crown of Swords
- The Path of Daggers
- Winter’s Heart
- Crossroads of Twilight
- Knife of Dreams
- The Gathering Storm
- Towers of Midnight
- A Memory of Light
0.5. New Spring, which brings Lan and Moraine together
10.1 Glimmers simply repeats the prologue to Crossroads of Twilight and is only available as an eBook. It does contain an interview with Jordan and links to resources, but it is NOT new material for the story
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dark Hunterverse (DH)
According to Kenyon, the following are all part of the overall Hunterverse. There are some misnumbered entries that will eventually get straightened out; it doesn’t help that Kenyon is inconsistent in how she does number her titles with some short stories being numbered as full volumes and some getting the xx.5 routine. The important thing is that the titles flow one after another
- Night Pleasures
- Night Embrace (Kenyon’s 3)
- Dance with the Devil (Kenyon’s 5)
- Kiss of the Night (Kenyon’s 6)
- Night Play (Kenyon’s 7; Were-Hunter, 1)
- Seize the Night (Kenyon’s 8)
- Sins of the Night (Kenyon’s 9)
- Unleash the Night (Kenyon’s 10)
- Dark Side of the Moon (Kenyon’s 11; Were-Hunter, 3)
- Devil May Cry (Kenyon’s 11)
- Upon the Midnight Clear (Kenyon’s 12)
- Dream Chaser (Kenyon’s 3 or 13)
- Acheron (Kenyon’s 16)
- One Silent Night (Kenyon’s 15)
- Dream Warrior (Kenyon’s 18)
- Bad Moon Rising (Kenyon’s 19; Were-Hunter, 4; Hellchaser, 1)
- No Mercy (Kenyon’s 20; Were-Hunter, 5)
- Retribution (Kenyon’s 21)
- The Guardian (Kenyon’s 22; Dream-Hunter, 5; Hellchaser, 4; Were-Hunter, 6)
- Time Untime (Kenyon’s 23; Hellchaser, 5; Were-Hunter, 7)
- Styxx (Kenyon’s 24)
- Son of No One (Kenyon’s 25; Hellchaser, 6; Lords of Avalon, 3; Were-Hunter, 8)
- Dragonbane (Kenyon’s 26; Hellchaser, 7; Lords of Avalon, 4)
- Dragonmark (Kenyon’s 26; Dark-Hunter: Dragon’s Rising Trilogy 1; The Entire Dark-Hunterverse #33; Dark-Hunterverse #27; Lords of Avalon #5)
- Dragonsworn (Kenyon’s 26; Dark-Hunter: Dragons Rising Trilogy, 2; Hunter Legends, 42; Lords of Avalon, 6; Were-Hunters, 11)
- Stygian (Kenyon’s 27; Lords of Avalon, 7; Dark-Hunter: Dragons Rising Trilogy, 3; Were-Hunters, 12; Hunter Legends, 43)
0.5. “The Beginning” (A bonus story on Sherrilyn’s web site, at the back of early editions of Sins of the Night, and in its entirety in Acheron)
1.5. “Dragonswan” (Kenyon’s 2; Were-Hunter, 0.5; also found in In Other Worlds and in Tapestry)
2.5. “A Dark-Hunter Christmas” (Kenyon’s 4; also found in the back of the first edition of Dance with the Devil, DarkHunter: An Insider’s Guide, and in Dark Bites)
6.5. “Winter Born” (Were-Hunter, 1.5; also found in Stroke of Midnight)
8.5. “Second Chances” (also found in Acheron and Dark Bites; this is simply an excerpt from Styxx
9.25. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding: “A Hard Day’s Night Searcher”
9.5. Love at First Bite: “Until Death Do Us Part”
9.75. “Fear the Darkness” (Also found in DarkHunter: An Insider’s Guide)
- The Dream Hunter (DH, 11)
- Upon the Midnight Clear (DH, 13)
- Dream Chaser (DH, 12)
- Dream Warrior (DH, 15)
- The Guardian (DH, 19; Hellchaser, 4; Were-Hunter, 6)
0.5. Midnight Pleasures: “Phantom Lover” (also found in Dark Bites; DH, 3.3)
- Night Play (DH, 5)
- Unleash the Night (DH, 8)
- Dark Side of the Moon (DH, 9)
- Bad Moon Rising (DH, 16; Hellchaser, 1)
- No Mercy (DH, 17)
- The Guardian (Dream-Hunter, 5; DH, 19)
- Time Untime (DH, 25; Dark-Hunter, 12; Hellchaser, 6)
- Son of No One (DH, 29; Hellchaser, 6; Dark-Hunter, 14; Lords of Avalon, 3)
- Dragonbane (DH, 23; Hellchaser, 7; Lords of Avalon, 4)
0.5. “Dragonswan” (DH, 1.5; also found in In Other Worlds and in Tapestry)
1.5. “Winter Born” (DH, 6.5; also found in Stroke of Midnight)
3.5. Dead After Dark: “Shadow of the Moon” (DH, 15.6; also found in Dark Bites)
- Bad Moon Rising (DH, 18; Were-Hunter, 4)
- DarkHunter: An Insider’s Guide
- The Guardian (Dream-Hunter, 5; Were-Hunter, 6; DH, 19)
- Time Untime (DH, 25; Dark-Hunter, 12; Were-Hunter, 7)
- Son of No One (DH, 29; Dark-Hunter, 14; Lords of Avalon, 3; Were-Hunter, 8)
- Dragonbane (DH, 23; Were-Hunter, 9; Lords of Avalon, 4)
0.5. Blood Lite: “Where Angels Fear to Tread” (DH, 15.5; also found in Dark Bites and DarkHunter: An Insider’s Guide)
“The Promise”
“Second Chances”
- Sword of Darkness
- Knight of Darkness
- Son of No One (DH, 29; Hellchaser, 6; Dark-Hunter, 14; Were-Hunter, 8)
- Dragonbane (DH, 23; Were-Hunter, 9; Hellchaser, 7)
3. as well Darkness Within
Lynn Kurland
Kurland does not distinguish between short stories and full-length novels in the numbering. The MacLeod and de Piaget stories eventually intertwine, yet it starts with the MacLeods for some eight or so stories.
- A Dance Through Time
- The Very Thought of You
- My Heart Stood Still
- A Garden in the Rain
- Much Ado in the Moonlight
- When I Fall in Love
- With Every Breath
- Till There Was You
- Roses in Moonlight
- Ever My Love
2.5. “And the Groom Wore Tulle” (found in Love Came Just in Time and Veils of Time)
2.6. “The Traveller” (found in A Knight’s Vow)
2.7. “Icing on the Cake” (found in Love Came Just in Time and Opposites Attract)
2.8. “Three Wise Ghosts” (found in Love Came Just in Time and Christmas Spirits)
- Another Chance to Dream
- If I Had You
- Dreams of Stardust
- When I Fall in Love
- One Enchanted Evening
- This is All I Ask
- The More I See You
- From This Moment On
- Stardust of Yesterday
- Till There Was You
- One Magic Moment
- All For You
- Roses in Moonlight
- Dreams of Lilacs
- Stars in Your Eyes
4.5. “Gift of Christmas Past” (found in Love Came Just in Time and The Christmas Cat)
8.5. “To Kiss in the Shadows” (found in Tapestry)
- Star of the Morning
- The Mage’s Daughter
- Princess of the Sword
- A Tapestry of Spells (I need to re-read this series, as I believe this installment definitely comes before #2 and possibly before #1; another reviewer believes it’s concurrent with #1)
- Spellweaver
- Gift of Magic
- Dreamspinner
- River of Dreams
- Dreamer’s Daughter
- The White Spell
- The Dreamer’s Song
0.25, The Queen in Winter: “A Whisper in Spring”“
0.5, To Weave a Web of Magic: The Tale of Two Swords”
Mercedes Lackey
Elemental Masters
- The Fire Rose
- The Serpent’s Shadow
- The Gates of Sleep
- Phoenix and Ashes
- The Wizard of London
- Reserved for the Cat
- Unnatural Issue
- Home From the Sea
- Steadfast
- Blood Red
- From a High Tower
- A Study in Sable
- A Scandal in Battersea
- The Bartered Brides
- The Case of the Spellbound Child
5.1. “Grey” (from the Oct 1, 1997 MZB’s Fantasy Magazine)
5.2. “Grey’s Ghost“(excerpt from The Wizard of London)
Elves on the Road
Doubled Edge
It begins with an elf as guardian to the young Princess Elizabeth before she became Queen Elizabeth I
Bedlam's Bard
- Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
- Summoned to Tourney
- Bedlam Boyz (said to be a prequel to Knight of Ghosts and Shadows, which would mean this is actually 0.5)
- Beyond World’s End
- Spirits White as Lightning
- Mad Maudlin
- Music to My Sorrow
- Bedlam’s Edge is an anthology of 14 short stories and one essay.
xx.5. “The Red Fiddler“
Diana Tregarde
A romance writer and Wiccan with a supernatural job as a Guardian protecting the world
- Children of the Night
- Burning Water
- Jinx High
0.3. “Arcanum 101” can be found in Trio of Sorcery
0.6. “Magic 101“
0.9. “Nightside“
3.25. “Killer Byte“
3.5. “Satanic, Versus“
SERRAted Edge
The first four revolve around elves and their human friends working on race cars by Savannah, Georgia. The library doesn't have the next four
Valdemar
(The books are listed chronologically, not in order of publication.)
B.F. – Before the founding of Valdemar
A.F. – After the founding of Valdemar
- The Black Gryphon, (BF 1000) Mage Wars 1
- The White Gryphon, (BF 990) Mage Wars 2
- The Silver Gryphon, (BF 975) Mage Wars 3
- Beyond, (0) The Founding of Valdemar 1
- Into the West (1) The Founding of Valdemar 2
- Valdemar (2) The Founding of Valdemar 3
- Magic’s Pawn, (750 AF) Last Herald-Mage 1
- Magic’s Promise, (798 AF) Last Herald-Mage 2
- Magic’s Price, (798 AF) Last Herald-Mage 3
(These three are also found in Last Herald-Mage, Last Herald-Mage 1-3) - Foundation, (860 AF) Collegium Chronicles 1
- Intrigues, (861 AF) Collegium Chronicles 2
- Changes, (862 AF) Collegium Chronicles 3
- Redoubt, (863 AF) Collegium Chronicles 4
- Bastion, (864 AF) Collegium Chronicles 5
- Closer to Home, (xx AF) Herald Spy 1 and carries on from the Collegium Chronicles
- Closer to the Heart, (xx AF) Herald Spy 2 and carries on from the Collegium Chronicles
- Closer to the Chest, (xx AF) Herald Spy 3 & carries on from the Collegium Chronicles
- The Hills Have Spies, (864 AF) Family Spies 1 and carries on from Herald Spy
- Eye Spy, (864 AF) Family Spies 2
- Brightly Burning, (1077 AF) The Tale of Lavan Firestorm 1
- Oathbound, (1270 AF) Vows & Honor 1
- Oathbreakers, (?? AF) Vows & Honor 2
- Oathblood, (1270 AF) Vows & Honor 3
(These three also found in Vows & Honor, Vows & Honor 1-3) - Exile’s Honor, (1355 AF) Exile 1
- Exile’s Valor, (1376 AF) Exile 2
- Take a Thief, (1376 AF)
- By the Sword, (1376 AF) Kerowyn’s Tale 1
- Arrows of the Queen, (1376 AF) Heralds of Valdemar 1 1
- Arrow’s Flight, (1383 AF) Heralds of Valdemar 2
- Arrow’s Fall, (1384 AF) Heralds of Valdemar 3
(These three also found in Queen’s Own, Heralds of Valdemar 1-3) - Winds of Fate, (1390 AF) Mage Winds 1
- Winds of Change, (1391 AF) Mage Winds 2
- Winds of Fury, (1391 AF) Mage Winds 3
- Storm Warning, (1392 AF) Mage Storms 1
- Storm Rising, (1392 AF) Mage Storms 2
- Storm Breaking, (1392 AF) Mage Storms 3
- Owlflight, (1404 AF) Owl Mage Trilogy 1
- Owlsight, (1408 AF) Owl Mage Trilogy 2
- Owlknight, (1413 AF) Owl Mage Trilogy 3
- Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar
- Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar
- Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar
- Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar Heralds of Valdemar
- Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar
- Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar
- Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar
- No True Way
- Crucible
- Tempest
- Pathways
- Choices
- Seasons
- Passages
- Boundaries
- Shenanigans
- Anything with Nothing
The Valdemar Companion (One novella and the rest is a reader’s guide)
1 Mercedes Lackey has named this series “Heralds of Valdemar”, NOT “Arrows of the Queen”
Lora Leigh
Lora Leigh doesn't believe in half-numbering her short stories, however, you can tell which they are by the TITLE: "Short Story Title"
Tempting SEALs and Elite Ops intertwine, so I’ve created a single timeline for both.; I’ve also given the Elite Ops an xx.5 chronology to fit within the Tempting SEALs series
- Honk If You Love Real Men (Tempting SEALs, 1)
- Dangerous Games (Tempting SEALs, 2)
- Real Men Do It Better: “For Maggie’s Sake” (Tempting SEALs, 3)
- Hidden Agendas (Tempting SEALs, 4)
- Killer Secrets (Tempting SEALs, 5)
- Rescue Me: “Atlanta Heat” (Tempting SEALs, 6)
- Live Wire (Elite Ops, 6)
- Collision Point (Brute Force, 1)
- Dagger’s Edge (Brute Force, 2)
TS 5.25. Wild Card (Elite Ops, 1)
TS 5.3. “Night Hawk” (Elite Ops, 1.5)
TS 5.5. Maverick (Elite Ops, 2)
TS 6.25. Heat Seeker (Elite Ops, 3)
TS 6.5. Black Jack (Elite Ops, 4)
TS 6.75. Men of Danger: “Hannah’s Luck” (Elite Ops, 4.5)
TS 6.8. Renegade (Elite Ops, 5)
- Nauti Boy
- Nauti Nights
- Nauti Dreams
- Nauti Intentions
- Nauti Deceptions
- Nauti & Wild: “Nauti Kisses”
- Nauti Temptress (Nauti Girls, 1)
- Nautier and Wilder: “Riding to Sunset” it might also be titled “Nauti Siren” (Nauti Girls, 2)
- Nauti Enchantress (Nauti Girls, 3)
- Nauti Seductress (Nauti Girls, 4)
- Tempting the Beast (Feline Breeds, 1)
- The Man Within (Feline Breeds, 2)
- Elizabeth’s Wolf (Wolf Breeds, 1)
- Kiss of Heat (Feline Breeds, 3)
- Soul Deep (Coyote Breeds, 1)
- “Hot Spell: “The Breed Next Door”; also found in Overcome (Feline Breeds, 4)
- Megan’s Mark; also found in The Breeds Novels 1–6 (Feline Breeds, 5)
- Harmony’s Way; also found in The Breeds Novels 1–6 (Feline Breeds, 6)
- Tanner’s Scheme; also found in The Breeds Novels 1–6 (Feline Breeds, 7)
- Primal Heat: “Wolfe’s Hope” (Wolf Breeds, 2)
- Jacob’s Faith (Wolf Breeds, 3)
- Aiden’s Charity (Wolf Breeds, 4)
- Beyond the Dark: “In a Wolf’s Embrace” (Wolf Breeds, 5); also found in Overcome
- Dawn’s Awakening; also found in The Breeds Novels 1–6 (Feline Breeds, 8)
- Shifter: “A Jaguar’s Kiss “; also found in Overcome (Feline Breeds, 9)
- Mercury’s War (Feline Breeds, 10); also found in The Breeds Novels 1–6
- Magical Christmas Cat: Christmas Heat”; also found in Too Hot to Touch
- Coyote’s Mate (Coyote Breeds, 2); also found in The Breeds Novels 1–6
- Bengal’s Heart (Feline Breeds, 12); also found in The Breeds Novels 7–11 and 4 Book Collection
- Hot for the Holidays: “Christmas Kiss”; also found in Too Hot to Touch
- Lion’s Heat (Feline Breeds, 13); also found in The Breeds Novels 7–11 and 4 Book Collection
- Styx’s Storm; also found in The Breeds Novels 7–11 and 4 Book Collection
- Primal: “Primal Kiss”; also found in Too Hot to Touch
- Navarro’s Promise; also found in The Breeds Novels 7–11 and 4 Book Collection
- Tied with a Bow: “An Inconvenient Mate”; also found in Lawe’s Justice; also found in The Breeds Novels 7–11
- Lawe’s Justice
- Stygian’s Honor
- Enthralled: “Devil’s Due” (Wolf Breeds, 5)
- Rule Breaker
- Bengal’s Quest
- Wake a Sleeping Tiger
0.2. “He is Male Therefore” (more of a 25-page rough draft)
11.5. “Barak’s Bargain”
Anne McCaffrey
Chronological order
I am including Todd McCaffrey’s contributions to the series (TM), but I don’t recommend reading them. If you must, get them from the library
- Dragonsdawn
- Dragonseye
- (TM) Dragon’s Kin *
- (TM) Dragon’s Fire *
- (TM) Dragon Harper
- (TM) Dragonheart
- (TM) Dragonsblood
parallels Dragon’s Fire and Dragon’s Kin * - (TM) Dragongirl
- (TM) Dragon’s Time *
- (TM) Sky Dragons
- Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
- Nerilka’s Story
- The Masterharper of Pern
- Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, 1)
- Dragonquest (Dragonriders of Pern, 2)
- Dragondrums (Harper Hall, 3; 3 years after Dragonsinger)
- The White Dragon (Dragonriders of Pern, 3)
- The Renegades of Pern
- All the Weyrs of Pern
- The Dolphins of Pern
- The Skies of Pern
0.5. The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall: “The Survey: P.E.R.N.”
1.1. “The Dolphin’s Bell” (10 years after landing; also found in The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall)
1.2. The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall: “The Ford of Red Hanrahan” (19 years after landing; )
1.3. The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall: “The Second Weyr” (28 years after landing; )
1.4. “Rescue Run” (also found in The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall; 58 years after landing)
12.5. Legends II: “Beyond Between”
14.5. “The Smallest Dragonboy” (also found in A Gift of Dragons)
Dragonsong (Harper Hall, 1; takes place during Dragonquest with Mennolly appearing in Benden Weyr when the fire lizards are first discovered and Jaxom impresses Ruth)
Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, 2; takes place during Dragonquest with the drama of Brekke’s queen and F’nor and Canth’s ride to the Red Star)
17.5. “A Time When, Being a Tale of Young Lord Jaxom, His White Dragon, Ruth, and Various Fire Lizards” (Jaxom and Ruth’s hunt for the queen egg)
18.5. “The Girl Who Heard Dragons” (also found in A Gift of Dragons)
I’m not sure where these fit in chronologically. I suspect anywhere *grin*
“Runner of Pern” (also found in A Gift of Dragons)
A Gift of Dragons: “Ever the Twain”
* I’m whining, but TM is simply providing different PsOV on the same frickin’ incident
Seanan McGuire
- Discount Armageddon
- Midnight Blue-Light Special
- Half-Off Ragnarok
- Pocket Apocalypse
- Chaos Choreography
- Magic For Nothing
- Tricks for Free
- That Ain’t Witchcraft
- Imaginary Numbers
- Calculated Risks
- Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor’s Guide to the Underworld
- Backpacking Through Bedlam
0.00. The Price Family Field Guide
0.01. “The Flower of Arizona“; also found in Westward Weird
0.02. FREE “One Hell of a Ride“
0.03. FREE “No Place Like Home“
0.04. Dead Man’s Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West: “Stingers and Strangers“
0.05. FREE “Married in Green“
0.06. FREE “Sweet Poison Wine“
0.07. FREE “The First Fall“
0.08. FREE “Loch and Key“
0.09. FREE “We Both Go Down Together“
0.10. FREE “Oh Pretty Bird“
0.11. FREE “Bury Me in Satin“
0.12. FREE “Snakes and Ladders“
0.13. FREE “Broken Paper Hearts“
0.14. FREE “The Star of New Mexico“
0.2. FREE “The Way Home“
0.21. FREE “The Lay of the Land“
0.22. “Target Practice“
2.1. FREE “Blocked“
2.3. Games Creatures Play: “Jammed“
2.4. Press Start to Play: “Survival Horror”
2.5. Hex in the City: “Red as Snow“
2.6. FREE “Black as Blood“
2.7. FREE “White as a Raven’s Wing“
3.1. FREE “The Ghosts of Bourbon Street“
3.2. FREE “IM“
3.3. FREE “Snake in the Glass“
3.4. FREE “Swamp Bromeliad“
3.5. FREE “Waking Up In Vegas“
3.6. FREE “My Last Name“
3.7. Glitter and Mayhem: “Bad Dream Girl“
5.1. “Sleepover“; it’s also found in Jim Butcher’s Shadowed Souls.
5.2. “Singing the Comic-Con Blues; also found in the back of Calculated Risks
6.5. “The Recitation of the Most Holy and Harrowing Pilgrimage of Mindy and Also Mork”
8.25, “Follow the Lady“
8.5, “The Measure of a Monster“
Tamora Pierce
There are 3 subseries within this universe
- The Circle of Magic
- The Circle Opens
- The Circle Reforged
- Battle Magic
- Will of the Empress
- Melting Stones
- Untitled (tentative release in 2016; Tris goes to Lightsbridge University)
The overall series contains various subseries which are the Arabic numbered line items with the stories within the particular subseries in lowercase alpha
- * Beka Cooper takes place in 240 and is about an ancestor of George Cooper’s (George’s mother writes in the year 406):
- Song of the Lioness
- The Immortals
- Protector of the Small
- Daughter of the Lioness
- The Numair Chronicles:
- Tempests and Slaughter
- The Exile’s Gift (Expected publication: 2019)
- and others
* Technically, Beka Cooper takes place first in the Tortall series chronologically. It is, however, more independent of the overall series, and I consider it more of a side series that MAY provide more information about George Cooper’s family’s past (he first appears in Song of the Lioness)
Sir Terry Pratchett
Discworld (DW)
The overall Discworld series includes a number of subseries and companion books, which I’ve labeled (see the table below). I’ve also separated out the subseries into their own lists to cut down on having to hunt through the clutter. Be aware that not all the Discworld books are in a subseries!
Subseries Name | Code for the Subseries | Discworld Numbering (DW) |
---|---|---|
Ankh-Morpork City Watch | AMCW | 8, 14.5, 15, 19, 21, 24, 29, 39 |
DEATH | D | 4, 10.5, 11, 16, 20, 26 |
Industrial Revolution | IR | 10 |
Moist von Lipwig | MvL | 33, 36, 40 |
Rincewind | RW | 1, 2, 5, 9, 17, 22, 27, 37 |
Tiffany Aching | TA | 30, 32, 35, 38, 41 |
Witches Trilogy | W | 3, 6, 12, 14, 18, 23, 23.5 |
- The Colour of Magic (RW, 1)
- The Light Fantastic (RW, 2)
- Equal Rites (W, 1)
- Mort (D, 1)
- Sourcery (RW, 3)
- Wyrd Sisters (W, 2)
- Pyramid
- Guards! Guards! (AMCW, 1)
- Eric (RW, 4)
- Moving Pictures (IR, 1)
- Reaper Man (D, 2)
- Witches Abroad (W, 3)
- Small Gods
- Lords and Ladies (W, 4)
- Men at Arms (AMCW, 2)
- Soul Music (D, 3)
- Interesting Times (RW, 5)
- Maskerade (W, 5)
- Feet of Clay (AMCW, 3)
- Hogfather (D, 4)
- Jingo (AMCW, 4)
- The Last Continent (RW, 6)
- Carpe Jugulum (W, 6)
- The Fifth Elephant (AMCW, 5)
- The Truth
- Thief of Time (D, 5)
- The Last Hero (RW, 7)
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- Night Watch (AMCW, 6)
- Wee Free Men (TA, 1)
- Monstrous Regiment
- A Hat Full of Sky (TA, 2)
- Going Postal (MvL, 1)
- Thud! (AMCW, 7)
- Wintersmith (TA, 3)
- Making Money (MvL, 2)
- Unseen Academicals (RW, 8)
- I Shall Wear Midnight (TA, 4)
- Snuff (AMCW, 8)
- Raising Steam (MvL, 3)
- The Shepherd’s Crown (TA, 5)
FREE 10.5. “Death and What Comes Next” (D, 1.5)
14.5. “Theatre of Cruelty” (AMCW, 1.5)
16.5. “Troll Bridge“
FREE 23.5. “The Sea and Little Fishes” (W, 6.5)
34.5. “Where’s My Cow?“
37.5. “A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices“
39.5. “The World of Poo“
40.5. “Mrs Bradshaw’s Handbook“
The Shepherd’s Crown is the very last Discworld novel written by Sir Terry. There are reports that his daughter will be taking up his mantle
- Guards! Guards! (DW, 8)
- Men at Arms (DW, 15)
- Feet of Clay (DW, 19)
- Jingo (DW, 21)
- The Fifth Elephant (DW, 24)
- Night Watch (DW, 24)
- Thud! (DW, 29)
- Snuff (DW, 39)
1.5. “Theatre of Cruelty” (DW, 14.5)
- Mort (DW, 4)
- Reaper Man (DW, 11)
- Soul Music (DW, 16)
- Hogfather (DW, 20)
- Thief of Time (DW, 26)
FREE 10.5. “Death and What Comes Next” (DW, 10.5)
- Going Postal (DW, 33)
- Making Money (DW, 36)
- Raising Steam (DW, 40)
- The Colour of Magic (DW, 1)
- The Light Fantastic (DW, 2)
- Sourcery (DW, 5)
- Eric (DW, 9)
- Interesting Times (DW, 17)
- The Last Continent (DW, 22)
- The Last Hero (DW, 27)
- Unseen Academicals (DW, 37)
- Wee Free Men (DW, 30)
- A Hat Full of Sky (DW, 32)
- Wintersmith (DW, 35)
- I Shall Wear Midnight (DW, 38)
- The Shepherd’s Crown (DW, 41)
- Equal Rites (DW, 3)
- Wyrd Sisters (DW, 6)
- Witches Abroad (DW, 12)
- Lords and Ladies (DW, 14)
- Maskerade (DW, 18)
- Carpe Jugulum (DW, 23)
FREE 23.5. “The Sea and Little Fishes” (DW, 23.5)
Nora Roberts
- Rebellion (Roberts has it as #0.1)
American Revolution
- In From the Cold (Roberts has it as #0.2)
- It can also be found in Harlequin Historical Christmas Stories 1990 as one of three unrelated stories
.
Daniel MacGregor’s Children
- Playing the Odds (Roberts has it as #1)
- It can also be found in Serena & Caine; The MacGregors Collection: Volume 1.
- Tempting Fate (Roberts has it as #2)
- It can also be found in Serena & Caine; The MacGregors Collection: Volume 1.
- All the Possibilities (Roberts has it as #3)
- It can also be found in Alan and Grant; The MacGregors Collection: Volume 1.
- One Man’s Art (Roberts has it as #4)
- It can also be found in Alan and Grant; The MacGregors Collection: Volume 1.
- For Now, Forever (Roberts has it as #5)
- It can also be found in The MacGregors Collection: Volume 1
.
Daniel MacGregor’s Grandchildren
- The MacGregor Brides (Roberts has it as #6)
- It can also be found in Instinct for Love.
- The Winning Hand (Roberts has it as #7)
- It can also be found in Instinct for Love; The MacGregors: Robert * Cybil.
- The MacGregor Grooms (Roberts has it as #8)
- It can also be found in Perfection.
- The Perfect Neighbor (Roberts has it as #9)
- It can also be found in Perfection; The MacGregors: Robert * Cybil.
Scotland, 1745
Daniel MacGregor woos his wife, and I think, looks back on a 40-year marriage
Steven Saylor
- Roman Blood
- Arms of Nemesis
- Catilina’s Riddle
- The Venus Throw
- A Murder on the Appian Way
- Rubicon
- Last Seen in Massilia
- A Mist of Prophecies
- The Judgment of Caeser
- A Gladiator Dies Only Once
- The Triumph of Caeser
- The Throne of Caesar
* xx.x. Rogues: “Ill-Seen in Tyre”
* 0.5. The Seven Wonders
* 0.5a. Down These Strange Streets: “Styx and Stones”
0.6. The House of the Vestals: “The Alexandrian Cat”
* 0.7. Raiders of the Nile
1.2. The House of the Vestals: “The Tale of the Treasure House”
1.3. The House of the Vestals: “Death Wears a Mask”
1.4. The House of the Vestals: “A Will is a Way”
1.5. The House of the Vestals: “The Lemures”
1.6. The House of the Vestals: ” Little Caesar and the Pirates”
1.7. The House of the Vestals: “The Disappearance of the Saturnalia Silver”
1.8. The House of the Vestals: “King Bee and Honey”
1.9. The House of the Vestals: “The House of the Vestals”
* Technically, these are part of the Ancient World series, all prequels to the Roma Sub Rosa series
Nalini Singh
Singh's free short stories can be found in her newsletters to which you have to subscribe. If you're a fan of either series, sign up!
- Angels’ Blood
- Archangel’s Kiss
- Archangel’s Consort
- Archangel’s Blade
- Archangel’s Storm
- Archangel’s Legion
- Archangel’s Shadows
- Archangel’s Engima
- Archangel’s Heart
- Archangel’s Viper
- Archangel’s Prophecy
- Archangel’s War
- Archangel’s Sun
- Archangel’s Light
- Archangel’s Resurrection
0.4. “Angels’ Dance” (also found in Angels’ Flight and in Must Love Hellhounds)
0.5. “Angels’ Judgment“
0.6. “Angels’ Pawn” ((also found in Angels’ Flight)
FREE 2.5. “Weapons Training“
3.5. Angels of Darkness: “Angel’s Wolf” (also found in Angels’ Flight)
5.5. “Knives and Sheaths” (Found in Nalini Singh’s newsletter; it’s a series outtake from Chapter 8 in Archangel’s Storm that Singh edited and extended.)
FREE 6.5. “Zoe’s Workshop” (February 2014 Newsletter)
6.9. “A Sip of Eternity” (Found in October 2014 Newsletter)
FREE: 7.25. “A Walk on the Cliffs” (Fits into chapter 6 of Archangel’s Shadows between two minor characters, Sivya and Montgomery)
FREE: 7.5. “A Small Fairy Tale”
9.1. “An Unexpected Guest“
- Slave to Sensation
- Visions of Heat
- Caressed by Ice
- Mine to Possess
- Hostage to Pleasure
- Branded by Fire
- Blaze of Memory
- Bonds of Justice
- Play of Passion
- Kiss of Snow
- Tangle of Need
- Heart of Obsidian
- Shield of Winter
- Shards of Hope
- Allegiance of Honor
- Silver Silence (Psy-Changeling Trinity, 1)
- Ocean Light (Psy-Changeling Trinity, 2)
- Wolf Rain (Psy-Changeling Trinity, 3)
- Alpha Night (Psy-Changeling Trinity, 4)
- Last Guard, 5 (20)
-
Free. 20.1 “Music in the Rain“
- Storm Echo, 6 (21)
- Resonance Surge, 7 (22)
- Primal Mirror, 8 (23)
0.5. Wild Invitation: “Beat of Temptation” (Also found in An Enchanted Season)
FREE: 0.6. “Seedlings“, 0.6
0.75. Burning Up: “Whisper of Sin” (While listed as story 8.5 in the series, it takes place chronologically before Slave to Sensation.)
FREE: 1.5. “The Cannibal Princess“
2.5. Wild Embrace: “Echo of Silence”
3.5. Wild Invitation: “Stroke of Enticement” (Also found in Magical Christmas Cat
FREE: 4.5. “A Conversation“
FREE: 5.5. “A Gift for Kit“
FREE: 5.6. “Movie Night“
FREE: 6.5. “The Party, <http://www.nalinisingh.com/shortstories.php#party>
FREE: 7.5. “Christmas in the Kitchen“
FREE 8.1. “Sunday Morning“
FREE: 9.1. “Wolf School“
FREE: 9.2. “Clean and Dirty“
9.5. Wild Invitation: “Declaration of Courtship”
9.7. “Home“
10.1. “Wild Night” (a newsletter short)
10.5. Wild Invitation: “Texture of Intimacy”
FREE: 10.6. “Stalking Hawke“
FREE 10.7. “Naya’s Most Important Visitors“
10.8. “Pancakes“
FREE 10.9. “Grocery Shopping“
11.1. “Wild Invitation: “Dancing With Cooper” (Supposedly it’s in WI and takes place during Tangle of Need)
FREE: 11.4. “Making Dinner”(A barely pregnant Mercy and Riley)
11.5. Wild Embrace: “Partners in Persuasion”
FREE: 11.6. “Poker Night“
12.1. Wild Embrace: “Flirtation of Fate“
12.2. “Hide and Seek“
12.5. Night Shift: “Secrets at Midnight”
12.9. “New Year’s Kisses“
13.1. “Kaleb and Sahara’s Meeting with Sascha and Lucas” (Deleted scene from chapter 7 on Shield of Winter)
FREE: 13.5. “Housewarming at the Orchard” (A peek in at Ivy and Vasic)
14.1. “Romancing Drew” (in Singh’s May 2016 newsletter)
14.2. “The Song of the Wolf“
15.1. “Rowan“
15.2. “Baubles and Ben“
15.3. “A Perfect Moment”
FREE: 16.1 “Ain’t No Party Like A Bear Party” (Psy-Changeling Trinity, 1.1; in Singh’s Dec 2018 newsletter))
18.1. “Wolf Heart“
FREE: 19.5a “Wild Cat Blues, Part 1” (Psy-Changeling Trinity, 4.1)
FREE: 19.5b “Wild Cat Blues, Part 2” (Psy-Changeling Trinity, 4.2)
FREE: 19.5c “Wild Cat Blues, Part 3” (Psy-Changeling Trinity, 4.3)
4.6. “Mate“
Thomas E. Sniegoski
- Fallen
- Leviathan
- Aerie
- Reckoning
- End of Days
- Forsaken
- Armageddon, which ends the series
S.M. Stirling
- The Change, Emberverse I
- The Sunrise Lands, Emberverse II
- The Montival Series, Emberverse III
- The Sacrifice Book, Emberverse IV
- The Given Sacrifice (could also be considered the last book of The Montival Series)
- Rudi’s Children, Emberverse V
The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth, an anthology of Emberverse tales
A parallel series with the Emberverse, this explores what happened to Nantucket Island when the EMP hit
Carrie Vaughan
- Kitty and the Midnight Hour
- Kitty Goes to Washington
- Kitty Takes a Holiday
- Kitty and the Silver Bullet
- Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand
- Kitty Raises Hell
- Kitty’s House of Horrors
- Kitty Goes to War
- Kitty’s Big Trouble
- Kitty Steals the Show
- Kitty Rocks the House
- Kitty in the Underworld
- Low Midnight
- Kitty Saves the World
0.005. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Book of Daniel”
0.01. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “A Princess of Spain”
Rick – 1. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Conquistador de la Noche” (also found in The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance
Rick – 2. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Temptation of Robin Green” (also found in The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance
Cormac – 1. Kitty’s Greatest Hits” “Looking After Family” (This is part of Cormac’s childhood.)
TJ – 1. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Wild Ride” (also found in Running with the Pack)
0.9. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Winnowing the Herd”
2.4. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Life is the Teacher” (also found in Hotter Than Hell)
2.5. “Kitty Meets the Band“
2.75. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Il Est Né” (also found in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe)
2.x. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Kitty’s Zombie New Year” (This is after the second full-length novel, but before Ben shows up)
2.x. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Kitty and the Mosh Pit of the Damned” (after #2 but before Ben)
4.25. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “You’re on the Air”
4.5. Hex Appeal: “Arcane Art of Misdirection”
6.5. (Cormac – 03) Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “Long Time Waiting”
I’m not sure where these slot in
Rick – xx.x Down These Strange Streets: “It’s Still the Same Old Story”
Cormac – 2. Kitty’s Greatest Hits: “God’s Creatures” (also found in Dark and Stormy Knights)
J.R. Ward
0.5. Darius (audio only)
- Dark Lover
- Lover Eternal
- Lover Awakened
- Lover Revealed
- Lover Unbound
- Lover Enshrined
- Lover Avenged
- Lover Mine
- Lover Unleashed
- Lover Reborn
- Lover at Last
- The King
- The Shadows
- The Beast
- The Chosen
- The Thief
- The Savior
- The Sinner
- Lover Unveiled
- Lover Arisen
- Lassiter, expected April 11th 2023
6.5. “Father Mine“
6.6. Dead After Dark: “Story of Son”, 6.6
13.5. Blood Kiss, Black Dagger Legacy, 1
14.5. Blood Vow, Black Dagger Legacy, 2
15.5. Blood Fury, Black Dagger Legacy, 3
15.75. “Dearest Ivie“
16.5. “Prisoner of Night“
17.25. Blood Truth, Black Dagger Legacy, 4
17.5. Where Winter Finds You
18.5. The Jackal, Prison Camp, 1
18.6. A Warm Heart in Winter
19.1. Claimed, Lair of the Wolven, 1
19.2. The Wolf, Prison Camp, 2
20.1. The Viper, Prison Camp, 3
20.2. Forever, Lair of the Wolven, 2
21.1. Mine, Lair of the Wolven, 3, coming in 2023.
David Weber
Honorverse
A YA series, it’s also known as “Star Kingdom”.
I plan to re-read the series and figure out where the short stories fit in; for now I’m only including those I can slot in chronologically.
A series for adults interested in military science fiction
Subseries Name | Code for the Subseries | Honorverse Numbering (HV) |
---|---|---|
Manticore Ascendant | MA | 1 |
Honor Harrington | HH | 1.5, 2.1 – 10, 12, 14, 17 – 18 |
Wages of Sin | WoS | 11, 15 |
Saganami Island | SI | 13, 16, 19 |
- A Call to Duty (MA, 1)
- House of Steel
- On Basilisk Station (HH, 1)
- The Honor of the Queen (HH, 2)
- The Short Victorious War (HH, 3)
- Field of Dishonor (HH, 4)
- Flag in Exile (HH, 5)
- Honor Among Enemies (HH, 6)
- In Enemy Hands (HH, 7)
- Echoes of Honor (HH, 8)
- Ashes of Victory (HH, 9)
- War of Honor (HH, 10)
- Shadow of Saganami Island (SI, 1)
- At All Costs (HH, 11)
- Storm From the Shadows (SI, 2; takes place during At All Costs)
- Torch of Freedom (WoS, 2)
- Mission of Honor (HH, 12)
- A Rising Thunder (HH, 13)
- Shadow of Freedom (SI, 3)
- Shadow of Victory (SI, 4)
- Uncompromising Honor (HH, 14 & last)
0.5. Beginnings: “By the Book”
0.75. Beginnings: “Dark Fall”
1.5. Beginnings: “Beauty and the Beast” (HH, 0.4; how Honor’s parents met)
2.1. Worlds of Honor: “Queen’s Gambit” (HH, 0.5; king’s assassination & queen’s ascension with Justin’s treecat adoption)
2.2. Beginnings: “A Call to Arms” (HH, 0.6)
2.3. Beginnings: “The Best Laid Plans” (HH, 0.7; how 13-year-old Honor was adopted)
2.4. Worlds of Honor 2: “Hard Way Home” (HH, 0.8; Two stories: Susan Hibson as a 12-year-old and Honor’s run-ins with one of Pavel Young’s cronies)
2.5. Worlds of Weber: “Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington” (HH, 0.9)
4.5. In Fire Forged: “Let’s Dance” (HH, 3.5)
10.25. In Fire Forged: “An Act of War” (HH, 8.5); a Solarian gets caught in his own web when his plots to scam the Peeps into buying Sol technology backfires)
10.5. Changer of Worlds: “From the Highlands” (HH, 9.5)
11.5 / 12.5. Crown of Slaves (WoS, 1) This one weaves in and out around with some events taking place before and during War of Honor (Hamish has been adopted; Zilwicki collects the damaging info he’ll use on Georgia in War of Honor). Although, it obviously takes place before Thunderbolt explodes
?? Cauldron of Ghosts (WoS, 3; The Mayan Sector and the Erewhonese are integrating their military forces.)
Some will fit anywhere, er, -when.
- More Than Honor: “A Grand Tour”
- Service of the Sword: “Promised Land”
- In Fire Forged: “Ruthless” (carries on from “Promised Land”)
- Beginnings: “Obligated Service” (takes place just before the Blackbird Yard is destroyed)
- More Than Honor: “Whiff of Grapeshot” (background on Esther McQueens’ [Peeps] fateful decision in the attack of the Levelers against the Committee of Public Safety in Nouveau Paris)
- Service of the Sword: “A Ship Named Francis” (Monty Python-ish Peeps short)
- Changer of Worlds: “Nightfall” (summarizes what has been written elsewhere in which Esther McQueen attempts her coup, gets Rob Pierre killed, and the Octagon blown up with Saint-Just left in charge)
- Changer of Worlds: “Changer of Worlds” background on Nimitz and Samantha’s visit to his Bright Water clan on Sphinx which sets in motion the emigration of the treecats. Before the kits are born and before they head back to Grayson.)
- Service of the Sword: “Service of the Sword”
- Infinite Stars: “Our Sacred Honor”
- In the Service of the Sword: “Promised Land”
- In Fire Forged: “Ruthless”
Timothy Zahn
- Cobra (Cobra, 1)
- Cobra Strike (Cobra, 2)
- Cobra Bargain (Cobra, 3)
- Cobra Alliance (Cobra Wars, 1)
- Cobra Guardian (Cobra Wars, 2)
- Cobra Gamble (Cobra Wars, 3)
- Cobra Slave (Cobra Rebellion, 1)
- Cobra Outlaw (Cobra Rebellion, 2)
- Cobra Traitor (Cobra Rebellion, 2)
Revised as of 23 June 2024
By: Kathy Davie
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