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Jim C. Hines Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Jim C. Hines in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 85 books / 11 series

American author Jim C. Hines is best known for the *Magic Ex Libris* series and the *Princess* series. A multiple Hugo Award winner, his works blend fantasy with humor and social commentary. This page provides the Jim C. Hines books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Jim C. Hines in Publication Order

1985 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 POoLRHPWotFB / 1 Buy
1986 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 POoLRHPWotFB / 2 Buy
1987 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 POoLRHPWotFB / 3 Buy
1988 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 POoLRHPWotFB / 4 Buy
1989 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 POoLRHPWotFB / 5 Buy
1990 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 POoLRHPWotFB / 6 Buy
1991 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 POoLRHPWotFB / 7 Buy
1992 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 POoLRHPWotFB / 8 Buy
1993 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 POoLRHPWotFB / 9 Buy
1994 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 POoLRHPWotFB / 10 Buy
1995 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 POoLRHPWotFB / 11 Buy
1996 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 POoLRHPWotFB / 12 Buy
1997 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 POoLRHPWotFB / 13 Buy
1998 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 POoLRHPWotFB / 14 Buy
1999 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 POoLRHPWotFB / 15 Buy
2000 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 POoLRHPWotFB / 16 Buy
2001 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 POoLRHPWotFB / 17 Buy
2002 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 POoLRHPWotFB / 18 Buy
2002 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 POoLRHPWotFB / 19 Buy
2003 Goldfish Dreams POoSSC / 1 Buy
2004 Goblin Quest POoJtGB / 1 Buy
2004 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 POoLRHPWotFB / 20 Buy
2005 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 POoLRHPWotFB / 21 Buy
2006 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 POoLRHPWotFB / 22 Buy
2007 Goblin Hero POoJtGB / 2 Buy
2007 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 POoLRHPWotFB / 23 Buy
2008 Red's Tale / Lobo's Tale POoTFTPB / 1 Buy
2008 The Stepsister Scheme POoPB / 1 Buy
2008 Goblin War POoJtGB / 3 Buy
2008 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 POoLRHPWotFB / 24 Buy
2009 The Mermaid's Madness POoPB / 2 Buy
2009 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 POoLRHPWotFB / 25 Buy
2010 Red Hood's Revenge POoPB / 3 Buy
2010 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 POoLRHPWotFB / 26 Buy
2011 Kitemaster and Other Stories POoSSC / 2 Buy
2011 The Snow Queen's Shadow POoPB / 4 Buy
2011 Goblin Tales POoJtGB / 4 Buy
2011 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 POoLRHPWotFB / 27 Buy
2012 Unidentified Funny Objects POoUFOAAB / 1 Buy
2012 Libriomancer POoMELB / 1 Buy
2012 Sister of the Hedge & Other Stories POoSSC / 3 Buy
2012 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 POoLRHPWotFB / 28 Buy
2013 Unidentified Funny Objects 2 POoUFOAAB / 2 Buy
2013 Codex Born POoMELB / 2 Buy
2013 The Goblin Master's Grimoire POoSSC / 4 Buy
2013 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 POoLRHPWotFB / 29 Buy
2014 Rise of the Spider Goddess POoSN / 1 Buy
2014 Invisible: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F POoNB / 1 Buy
2014 Unidentified Funny Objects 3 POoUFOAAB / 3 Buy
2014 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 POoLRHPWotFB / 30 Buy
2015 Fable POoFB / 1 Buy
2015 Invisible 2 POoNB / 2 Buy
2015 Unbound POoMELB / 3 Buy
2015 Funny Science Fiction POoUFOAAB / 4 Buy
2015 Chupacabra's Song POoMELB / 4 Buy
2015 Unidentified Funny Objects 4 POoUFOAAB / 5 Buy
2015 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 POoLRHPWotFB / 31 Buy
2016 Revisionary POoMELB / 5 Buy
2016 Funny Fantasy POoUFOAAB / 6 Buy
2016 Unidentified Funny Objects 5 POoUFOAAB / 7 Buy
2016 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 POoLRHPWotFB / 32 Buy
2017 Terminal Alliance POoJotPB / 1 Buy
2017 Invisible 3 POoNB / 3 Buy
2017 Funny Horror POoUFOAAB / 8 Buy
2017 Unidentified Funny Objects 6 POoUFOAAB / 9 Buy
2017 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 POoLRHPWotFB / 33 Buy
2018 Imprinted POoMELB / 6 Buy
2018 Unidentified Funny Objects 7 POoUFOAAB / 10 Buy
2018 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 POoLRHPWotFB / 34 Buy
2019 Terminal Uprising POoJotPB / 2 Buy
2019 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 POoLRHPWotFB / 35 Buy
2020 Tamora Carter: Goblin Queen POoSN / 2 Buy
2020 Unidentified Funny Objects 8 POoUFOAAB / 11 Buy
2020 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 POoLRHPWotFB / 36 Buy
2021 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 POoLRHPWotFB / 37 Buy
2022 Terminal Peace POoJotPB / 3 Buy
2022 Unidentified Funny Objects 9 POoUFOAAB / 12 Buy
2022 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 POoLRHPWotFB / 38 Buy
2023 Amelia Sand and the Silver Queens POoSN / 3 Buy
2023 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 POoLRHPWotFB / 39 Buy
2024 L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 POoLRHPWotFB / 40 Buy
2025 Kitemaster POoSN / 4 Buy
2025 Slayers of Old POoSN / 5 Buy
2025 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 POoLRHPWotFB / 41 Buy
2026 Unidentified Funny Objects 10 POoUFOAAB / 13 Buy

Complete Jim C. Hines Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Princess Reading Order 4 books / 2008-2011
01 The Stepsister Scheme 2008 Buy
02 The Mermaid's Madness 2009 Buy
03 Red Hood's Revenge 2010 Buy
04 The Snow Queen's Shadow 2011 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 3 books / 2014-2017
01 Invisible: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F 2014 Buy
02 Invisible 2 2015 Buy
03 Invisible 3 2017 Buy
01 Goldfish Dreams 2003 Buy
02 Kitemaster and Other Stories 2011 Buy
03 Sister of the Hedge & Other Stories 2012 Buy
04 The Goblin Master's Grimoire 2013 Buy
01 Unidentified Funny Objects 2012 Buy
02 Unidentified Funny Objects 2 2013 Buy
03 Unidentified Funny Objects 3 2014 Buy
04 Funny Science Fiction 2015 Buy
05 Unidentified Funny Objects 4 2015 Buy
06 Funny Fantasy 2016 Buy
07 Unidentified Funny Objects 5 2016 Buy
08 Funny Horror 2017 Buy
09 Unidentified Funny Objects 6 2017 Buy
10 Unidentified Funny Objects 7 2018 Buy
11 Unidentified Funny Objects 8 2020 Buy
12 Unidentified Funny Objects 9 2022 Buy
13 Unidentified Funny Objects 10 2026 Buy
Fable Reading Order 1 book / 2015
01 Fable 2015 Buy
Magic Ex Libris Reading Order 6 books / 2012-2018
01 Libriomancer 2012 Buy
02 Codex Born 2013 Buy
03 Unbound 2015 Buy
04 Chupacabra's Song 2015 Buy
05 Revisionary 2016 Buy
06 Imprinted 2018 Buy
01 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985 Buy
02 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986 Buy
03 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987 Buy
04 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988 Buy
05 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989 Buy
06 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990 Buy
07 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991 Buy
08 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992 Buy
09 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993 Buy
10 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994 Buy
11 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995 Buy
12 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996 Buy
13 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997 Buy
14 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998 Buy
15 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999 Buy
16 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000 Buy
17 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001 Buy
18 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002 Buy
19 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002 Buy
20 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004 Buy
21 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005 Buy
22 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006 Buy
23 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007 Buy
24 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008 Buy
25 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009 Buy
26 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010 Buy
27 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011 Buy
28 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012 Buy
29 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013 Buy
30 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014 Buy
31 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015 Buy
32 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016 Buy
33 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017 Buy
34 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018 Buy
35 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019 Buy
36 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020 Buy
37 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021 Buy
38 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022 Buy
39 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023 Buy
40 L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024 Buy
41 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025 Buy
01 Terminal Alliance 2017 Buy
02 Terminal Uprising 2019 Buy
03 Terminal Peace 2022 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 5 books / 2014-2025
01 Rise of the Spider Goddess 2014 Buy
02 Tamora Carter: Goblin Queen 2020 Buy
03 Amelia Sand and the Silver Queens 2023 Buy
04 Kitemaster 2025 Buy
05 Slayers of Old 2025 Buy
Jig the Goblin Reading Order 4 books / 2004-2011
01 Goblin Quest 2004 Buy
02 Goblin Hero 2007 Buy
03 Goblin War 2008 Buy
04 Goblin Tales 2011 Buy
01 Red's Tale / Lobo's Tale 2008 Buy

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