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Home / Authors / Charles De Lint Charles De Lint Canadian author Charles de Lint is best known for his urban fantasy novels, particularly the Newford series. A pioneer of the genre, his work has earned numerous awards and a devoted readership. This page provides the Charles de Lint books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1984 Moonheart POoMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1984 The Riddle of the Wren POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1985 The Harp of the Grey Rose POoCSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1985 Mulengro POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1987 Jack, the Giant Killer POoJoKB · 1 Buy ↗ 1987 Ascian in Rose POoMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1988 Philip Jos� Farmer's The Dungeon(By: Richard A. Lupoff) POoPJFTDB · 1 Buy ↗ 1988 The Black Tower(By: Richard A. Lupoff) POoPJFTDB · 2 Buy ↗ 1988 Greenmantle POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1988 Wolf Moon POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1989 Timeskip POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 The Old Funny Stuff(By: George Alec Effinger) POoACMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 Daily Voices(By: Lisa Goldstein) POoACMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1989 Westlin Wind POoMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1989 The Lake of Fire(By: Robin Wayne Bailey) POoPJFTDB · 3 Buy ↗ 1989 The Valley of Thunder POoPJFTDB · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 The Dreaming Place POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1990 Letters from Atlantis(By: Robert Silverberg) POoDB · 1 Buy ↗ 1990 Ghosts of Wind and Shadow POoCSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1990 Drink Down the Moon POoJoKB · 2 Buy ↗ 1990 Heroines(By: James Patrick Kelly) POoACMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1990 Ghostwood POoMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 Peripheral Vision(By: Karen Joy Fowler) POoACMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 The Final Battle(By: Richard A. Lupoff) POoPJFTDB · 5 Buy ↗ 1990 Swatting at the Cosmos(By: James K. Morrow) POoACMB · 5 Buy ↗ 1990 Neon Twilight(By: Edward Bryant) POoACMB · 6 Buy ↗ 1990 The Hidden City POoPJFTDB · 6 Buy ↗ 1990 Angel of Darkness(As: Samuel Key) POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1990 Tales from a Vanished Country(By: Elizabeth Lynn) POoACMB · 7 Buy ↗ 1990 True Minds(By: Spider Robinson) POoACMB · 8 Buy ↗ 1991 Paperjack POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1991 Death Leaves an Echo POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 1991 Pity the Monsters POoSS · 4 Buy ↗ 1991 Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1991 Hedgework & Guessery POoACMB · 9 Buy ↗ 1991 The Little Country POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1991 Our Lady of the Harbour POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1991 Unthreatened by the Morning Light(By: Karl Edward Wagner) POoACMB · 10 Buy ↗ 1991 Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy(By: Joe R. Lansdale) POoACMB · 11 Buy ↗ 1991 Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe(By: Lewis Shiner) POoACMB · 12 Buy ↗ 1991 It's Been Fun(By: Esther M. Friesner) POoACMB · 13 Buy ↗ 1992 Dragon's Plunder(By: Brad Strickland) POoDB · 3 Buy ↗ 1992 Merlin Dreams In The Mondream Wood POoSS · 5 Buy ↗ 1992 Spiritwalk POoMB · 5 Buy ↗ 1992 The Conjure Man POoSS · 6 Buy ↗ 1992 Bridges POoSS · 7 Buy ↗ 1992 From a Whisper to a Scream(As: Samuel Key) POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1993 The Wishing Well POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1993 Wishing Season(By: Esther M. Friesner) POoDB · 4 Buy ↗ 1993 Dreams Underfoot POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1993 The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep POoSS · 8 Buy ↗ 1993 Into the Green POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1994 The Wild Wood(With: Brian Froud) POoBFFB · 1 Buy ↗ 1994 Something Rich and Strange(By: Patricia A. McKillip,Brian Froud) POoBFFB · 2 Buy ↗ 1994 Born of Elven Blood(By: Kevin J. Anderson,John Gregory Betancourt) POoDB · 5 Buy ↗ 1994 Memory and Dream POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1994 I'll Be Watching You(As: Samuel Key) POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1995 The Ivory and the Horn POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 1995 Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night POoSS · 9 Buy ↗ 1997 Monet's Ghost(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) POoDB · 6 Buy ↗ 1998 Someplace to Be Flying POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 1998 Moonlight and Vines POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 1998 China Doll POoSS · 10 Buy ↗ 1999 The Bone Woman POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 1999 The Buffalo Man POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 2000 Triskell Tales POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2000 Forests of the Heart POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 2001 Year's Best Fantasy POoYBFB · 1 Buy ↗ 2001 The Onion Girl POoNB · 12 Buy ↗ 2001 The Road to Lisdoonvarna POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 2002 Waifs and Strays POoSSC · 2 Buy ↗ 2002 Year's Best Fantasy 2 POoYBFB · 2 Buy ↗ 2002 Seven Wild Sisters(By: Charles Vess) POoNB · 13 Buy ↗ 2002 Tapping the Dream Tree(By: Charles Vess) POoNB · 14 Buy ↗ 2003 A Circle of Cats POoPB · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 A Handful of Coppers POoSSC · 3 Buy ↗ 2003 Year's Best Fantasy 3 POoYBFB · 3 Buy ↗ 2003 The Dungeon(By: Philip Jose Farmer) POoPJFTDB · 7 Buy ↗ 2003 Spirits in the Wires POoNB · 15 Buy ↗ 2004 Year's Best Fantasy 4 POoYBFB · 4 Buy ↗ 2004 Medicine Road(By: Charles Vess) POoNB · 16 Buy ↗ 2004 The Blue Girl POoNB · 17 Buy ↗ 2005 This Moment POoCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Quicksilver & Shadow POoSSC · 4 Buy ↗ 2005 Year's Best Fantasy 5 POoYBFB · 5 Buy ↗ 2005 The Hour Before Dawn POoNB · 18 Buy ↗ 2006 Triskell Tales 2 POoSSC · 5 Buy ↗ 2006 Year's Best Fantasy 6 POoYBFB · 6 Buy ↗ 2006 Widdershins POoNB · 19 Buy ↗ 2007 Year's Best Fantasy 7 POoYBFB · 7 Buy ↗ 2007 Old Man Crow POoSS · 11 Buy ↗ 2007 Promises to Keep POoNB · 20 Buy ↗ 2007 Little Grrl Lost POoNB · 21 Buy ↗ 2008 What the Mouse Found and Other Stories POoSSC · 6 Buy ↗ 2008 Woods and Waters Wild POoSSC · 7 Buy ↗ 2008 Year's Best Fantasy 8 POoYBFB · 8 Buy ↗ 2008 Yellow Dog POoSS · 12 Buy ↗ 2009 Year's Best Fantasy 9 POoYBFB · 9 Buy ↗ 2009 The Mystery of Grace POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 2009 Eyes Like Leaves POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 2009 Muse and Reverie POoNB · 23 Buy ↗ 2010 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 1 Buy ↗ 2010 The Very Best of Charles de Lint POoSSC · 8 Buy ↗ 2010 And the Rafters Were Ringing POoSS · 13 Buy ↗ 2010 The Painted Boy POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 2011 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 Under My Skin POoWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 3 Buy ↗ 2012 The Butter Spirit's Tithe POoSS · 14 Buy ↗ 2012 Companions to the Moon POoSS · 15 Buy ↗ 2012 Crow Roads POoSS · 16 Buy ↗ 2012 Dharma POoSS · 17 Buy ↗ 2012 That was Radio Clash POoSS · 18 Buy ↗ 2012 Dog Boys POoSS · 19 Buy ↗ 2012 Jack in the Green POoSS · 20 Buy ↗ 2013 Over My Head POoWB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 The Cats of Tanglewood Forest POoNB · 24 Buy ↗ 2014 Out of This World POoWB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 Jodi and the Witch of Bodbury POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 2015 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 6 Buy ↗ 2015 Riding Shotgun POoSS · 21 Buy ↗ 2015 Newford Stories: Crow Girls POoNB · 25 Buy ↗ 2016 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 7 Buy ↗ 2016 The Dark Abyss(By: Bruce Coville) POoPJFTDB · 8 Buy ↗ 2016 Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box POoSS · 22 Buy ↗ 2017 The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 8 Buy ↗ 2017 Philip Jos� Farmer's The Dungeon Vol. 6, The Final Battle(By: Richard A. Lupoff) POoPJFTDB · 9 Buy ↗ 2017 The Wind in His Heart POoSN · 20 Buy ↗ 2018 The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 9 Buy ↗ 2019 Horsepower & Medicine POoSS · 23 Buy ↗ 2019 Barrio Girls POoSS · 24 Buy ↗ 2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition POoTYBDF&HB · 10 Buy ↗ 2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 POoTYBDF&HB · 11 Buy ↗ 2021 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 POoTYBDF&HB · 12 Buy ↗ 2021 Juniper Wiles POoNB · 26 Buy ↗ 2022 Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls POoJWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2022 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 POoTYBDF&HB · 13 Buy ↗ 2023 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 POoTYBDF&HB · 14 Buy ↗ 2024 The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 POoTYBDF&HB · 15 Buy ↗ 2025 Juniper Wiles Does Not Want to Be Queen POoJWB · 2 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Newford Books 26 books · 1990–2021
01 The Dreaming Place 1990 Buy ↗ 03 The Wishing Well 1993 Buy ↗ 04 Dreams Underfoot 1993 Buy ↗ 05 Memory and Dream 1994 Buy ↗ 06 The Ivory and the Horn 1995 Buy ↗ 08 Someplace to Be Flying 1998 Buy ↗ 09 Moonlight and Vines 1998 Buy ↗ 10 The Bone Woman 1999 Buy ↗ 11 Forests of the Heart 2000 Buy ↗ 12 The Onion Girl 2001 Buy ↗ 13 Seven Wild Sisters(By: Charles Vess) 2002 Buy ↗ 14 Tapping the Dream Tree(By: Charles Vess) 2002 Buy ↗ 15 Spirits in the Wires 2003 Buy ↗ 16 Medicine Road(By: Charles Vess) 2004 Buy ↗ 18 The Hour Before Dawn 2005 Buy ↗ 20 Promises to Keep 2007 Buy ↗ 21 Little Grrl Lost 2007 Buy ↗ 23 Muse and Reverie 2009 Buy ↗ 24 The Cats of Tanglewood Forest 2013 Buy ↗ 25 Newford Stories: Crow Girls 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Chapter Books 1 book · 2005
Publication Order of Cerin Songweaver Books 2 books · 1985–1990
01 The Harp of the Grey Rose 1985 Buy ↗ 02 Ghosts of Wind and Shadow 1990 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Philip Jose Farmer's The Dungeon Books 9 books · 1988–2017
01 Philip Jos� Farmer's The Dungeon(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 1988 Buy ↗ 02 The Black Tower(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 1988 Buy ↗ 03 The Lake of Fire(By: Robin Wayne Bailey) 1989 Buy ↗ 04 The Valley of Thunder 1989 Buy ↗ 05 The Final Battle(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 1990 Buy ↗ 06 The Hidden City 1990 Buy ↗ 07 The Dungeon(By: Philip Jose Farmer) 2003 Buy ↗ 08 The Dark Abyss(By: Bruce Coville) 2016 Buy ↗ 09 Philip Jos� Farmer's The Dungeon Vol. 6, The Final Battle(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Jack of Kinrowan Books 2 books · 1987–1990
01 Jack, the Giant Killer 1987 Buy ↗ 02 Drink Down the Moon 1990 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 24 books · 1989–2019
03 Death Leaves an Echo 1991 Buy ↗ 04 Pity the Monsters 1991 Buy ↗ 05 Merlin Dreams In The Mondream Wood 1992 Buy ↗ 06 The Conjure Man 1992 Buy ↗ 08 The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep 1993 Buy ↗ 09 Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night 1995 Buy ↗ 13 And the Rafters Were Ringing 2010 Buy ↗ 14 The Butter Spirit's Tithe 2012 Buy ↗ 15 Companions to the Moon 2012 Buy ↗ 18 That was Radio Clash 2012 Buy ↗ 20 Jack in the Green 2012 Buy ↗ 21 Riding Shotgun 2015 Buy ↗ 22 Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box 2016 Buy ↗ 23 Horsepower & Medicine 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Picture Books 1 book · 2003
01 A Circle of Cats 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Year's Best Fantasy Books 9 books · 2001–2009
01 Year's Best Fantasy 2001 Buy ↗ 02 Year's Best Fantasy 2 2002 Buy ↗ 03 Year's Best Fantasy 3 2003 Buy ↗ 04 Year's Best Fantasy 4 2004 Buy ↗ 05 Year's Best Fantasy 5 2005 Buy ↗ 06 Year's Best Fantasy 6 2006 Buy ↗ 07 Year's Best Fantasy 7 2007 Buy ↗ 08 Year's Best Fantasy 8 2008 Buy ↗ 09 Year's Best Fantasy 9 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 20 books · 1984–2017
01 The Riddle of the Wren 1984 Buy ↗ 07 Angel of Darkness(As: Samuel Key) 1990 Buy ↗ 08 Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair 1991 Buy ↗ 09 The Little Country 1991 Buy ↗ 10 Our Lady of the Harbour 1991 Buy ↗ 11 From a Whisper to a Scream(As: Samuel Key) 1992 Buy ↗ 12 Into the Green 1993 Buy ↗ 13 I'll Be Watching You(As: Samuel Key) 1994 Buy ↗ 14 The Buffalo Man 1999 Buy ↗ 15 The Road to Lisdoonvarna 2001 Buy ↗ 16 The Mystery of Grace 2009 Buy ↗ 17 Eyes Like Leaves 2009 Buy ↗ 18 The Painted Boy 2010 Buy ↗ 19 Jodi and the Witch of Bodbury 2014 Buy ↗ 20 The Wind in His Heart 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Brian Froud's Faerielands Books 2 books · 1994–1994
01 The Wild Wood(With: Brian Froud) 1994 Buy ↗ 02 Something Rich and Strange(By: Patricia A. McKillip,Brian Froud) 1994 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Juniper Wiles Books 2 books · 2022–2025
01 Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls 2022 Buy ↗ 02 Juniper Wiles Does Not Want to Be Queen 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Moonheart Books 5 books · 1984–1992
02 Ascian in Rose 1987 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Author's Choice Monthly Books 13 books · 1989–1991
01 The Old Funny Stuff(By: George Alec Effinger) 1989 Buy ↗ 02 Daily Voices(By: Lisa Goldstein) 1989 Buy ↗ 03 Heroines(By: James Patrick Kelly) 1990 Buy ↗ 04 Peripheral Vision(By: Karen Joy Fowler) 1990 Buy ↗ 05 Swatting at the Cosmos(By: James K. Morrow) 1990 Buy ↗ 06 Neon Twilight(By: Edward Bryant) 1990 Buy ↗ 07 Tales from a Vanished Country(By: Elizabeth Lynn) 1990 Buy ↗ 08 True Minds(By: Spider Robinson) 1990 Buy ↗ 09 Hedgework & Guessery 1991 Buy ↗ 10 Unthreatened by the Morning Light(By: Karl Edward Wagner) 1991 Buy ↗ 11 Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 1991 Buy ↗ 12 Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe(By: Lewis Shiner) 1991 Buy ↗ 13 It's Been Fun(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1991 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books 15 books · 2010–2024
01 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010 Buy ↗ 02 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011 Buy ↗ 03 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012 Buy ↗ 04 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013 Buy ↗ 05 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014 Buy ↗ 06 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015 Buy ↗ 07 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016 Buy ↗ 08 The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017 Buy ↗ 09 The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018 Buy ↗ 10 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020 Buy ↗ 11 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020 Buy ↗ 12 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021 Buy ↗ 13 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022 Buy ↗ 14 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023 Buy ↗ 15 The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Dragonflight Books 5 books · 1990–1997
01 Letters from Atlantis(By: Robert Silverberg) 1990 Buy ↗ 03 Dragon's Plunder(By: Brad Strickland) 1992 Buy ↗ 04 Wishing Season(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1993 Buy ↗ 05 Born of Elven Blood(By: Kevin J. Anderson,John Gregory Betancourt) 1994 Buy ↗ 06 Monet's Ghost(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) 1997 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Story Collections 8 books · 2000–2010
01 Triskell Tales 2000 Buy ↗ 02 Waifs and Strays 2002 Buy ↗ 03 A Handful of Coppers 2003 Buy ↗ 04 Quicksilver & Shadow 2005 Buy ↗ 05 Triskell Tales 2 2006 Buy ↗ 06 What the Mouse Found and Other Stories 2008 Buy ↗ 07 Woods and Waters Wild 2008 Buy ↗ 08 The Very Best of Charles de Lint 2010 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Wildlings Books 3 books · 2012–2014
03 Out of This World 2014 Buy ↗