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Home / Authors / Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Zimmer Bradley American author Marion Zimmer Bradley is best known for her *Avalon* series, including *The Mists of Avalon*, a feminist reimagining of Arthurian legend. Her books have sold millions worldwide. This page provides the Marion Zimmer Bradley books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1954 The Crime Therapist POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1954 Year of the Big Thaw POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1954 Centaurus Changeling POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 1956 Death Between the Stars POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 1957 Bird of Prey POoLSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1957 Falcons of Narabedla POoSS · 4 Buy ↗ 1960 Checklist: A Complete, Cumulative Checklist of Lesbian, Variant and Homosexual Fiction POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1961 Seven from the Stars POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1961 The Door Through Space POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1962 The Planet Savers(By: Elisabeth Waters) POoDB · 1 Buy ↗ 1962 The Sword of Aldones POoDB · 2 Buy ↗ 1962 I am a Lesbian POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1962 Measureless to Man POoSS · 5 Buy ↗ 1962 The Strange Women(As: Miriam Gardner) POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1963 The Colors of Space POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1963 My Sister, My Love(As: Miriam Gardner) POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1963 Spare Her Heaven / Anything Goes(As: Morgan Ives) POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1964 The Bloody Sun POoDB · 3 Buy ↗ 1964 Twilight Lovers(As: Miriam Gardner) POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1965 Star of Danger POoDB · 4 Buy ↗ 1965 Castle Terror POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1966 No Adam for Eve(As: John Dexter) POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1966 Knives of Desire(As: Morgan Ives) POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1967 Souvenir of Monique POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1968 Bluebeard's Daughter POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1969 The Brass Dragon POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 1970 The Winds of Darkover POoDB · 5 Buy ↗ 1971 The World Wreckers POoDB · 6 Buy ↗ 1972 Dark Satanic POoCMTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1972 Darkover Landfall POoDB · 7 Buy ↗ 1973 In the Steps of the Master POoSSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1973 Hunters of the Red Moon POoHB · 1 Buy ↗ 1973 Men, Halflings & Hero Worship POoLSS · 2 Buy ↗ 1974 The Jewel of Arwen POoLSS · 3 Buy ↗ 1974 The Parting of Arwen POoLSS · 4 Buy ↗ 1974 The Spell Sword POoDB · 8 Buy ↗ 1975 The Heritage of Hastur POoDB · 9 Buy ↗ 1975 The Endless Voyage / The Endless Universe POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1975 Can Ellen Be Saved? POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 1976 The Shattered Chain POoDB · 10 Buy ↗ 1976 Drums of Darkness POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 1977 Genuine Old Master POoSS · 6 Buy ↗ 1977 The Forbidden Tower POoDB · 11 Buy ↗ 1977 The Ruins of Isis / Haunted Spaceship POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 1978 Stormqueen! POoDB · 12 Buy ↗ 1979 Thieves' World(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 1 Buy ↗ 1979 The Mists of Avalon POoAB · 1 Buy ↗ 1979 The Survivors POoHB · 2 Buy ↗ 1979 The Catch Trap POoSN · 20 Buy ↗ 1980 Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 2 Buy ↗ 1980 Two to Conquer POoDB · 13 Buy ↗ 1980 The House Between The Worlds POoSN · 21 Buy ↗ 1980 Survey Ship POoSN · 22 Buy ↗ 1981 Shadows of Sanctuary(By: Philip Jose Farmer,John Brunner,Joe Haldeman,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 3 Buy ↗ 1981 Sharra's Exile POoDB · 14 Buy ↗ 1982 Web of Darkness POoWOLB · 1 Buy ↗ 1982 Storm Season(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 4 Buy ↗ 1982 Hawkmistress! POoDB · 15 Buy ↗ 1983 Web of Light POoWOLB · 2 Buy ↗ 1983 Experiment Perilous POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1983 The Fall of Atlantis POoWOLB · 3 Buy ↗ 1983 The Face of Chaos(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 5 Buy ↗ 1983 Thendara House POoDB · 16 Buy ↗ 1984 The Inheritor POoCMTB · 2 Buy ↗ 1984 Wings of Omen(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 6 Buy ↗ 1984 City of Sorcery POoDB · 17 Buy ↗ 1985 Different Kind of Courage(By: Mercedes Lackey) POoDB · 1 Buy ↗ 1985 The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 1985 Lythande(With: Vonda N. McIntyre) POoSS · 7 Buy ↗ 1985 The Dead of Winter(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 7 Buy ↗ 1985 Night's Daughter POoSN · 23 Buy ↗ 1985 Warrior Woman POoSN · 24 Buy ↗ 1986 Soul of the City(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 8 Buy ↗ 1986 Blood Ties(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 9 Buy ↗ 1987 Shadowspawn(By: Andrew J. Offutt) POoTWB · 10 Buy ↗ 1987 Aftermath(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 11 Buy ↗ 1987 The Firebrand POoSN · 25 Buy ↗ 1988 Uneasy Alliances(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 12 Buy ↗ 1989 Stealers' Sky(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB · 13 Buy ↗ 1989 The Heirs of Hammerfell POoDB · 18 Buy ↗ 1990 Black Trillium(With: Andre Norton,Julian May) POoTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1990 Witch Hill POoCMTB · 3 Buy ↗ 1991 Set a Thief(By: Mercedes Lackey) POoDB · 2 Buy ↗ 1992 Jamie and Other Stories: The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley POoSSC · 2 Buy ↗ 1992 Blood Trillium(By: Julian May) POoTB · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 The Forest House / The Forests of Avalon POoAB · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 Rediscovery(With: Mercedes Lackey) POoDB · 3 Buy ↗ 1993 Golden Trillium(By: Andre Norton) POoTB · 3 Buy ↗ 1993 The Shadow of Sorcery(By: Andrew J. Offutt) POoTWB · 14 Buy ↗ 1994 Poetic License(By: Mercedes Lackey) POoDB · 4 Buy ↗ 1995 Ghostlight POoLB · 1 Buy ↗ 1995 Glenraven POoGB · 1 Buy ↗ 1995 Lady of the Trillium POoTB · 4 Buy ↗ 1995 Tiger Burning Bright(With: Mercedes Lackey,Andre Norton) POoSN · 26 Buy ↗ 1996 Witchlight POoLB · 2 Buy ↗ 1996 Sky Trillium(By: Julian May) POoTB · 5 Buy ↗ 1996 Exile's Song POoDB · 20 Buy ↗ 1997 Lady of Avalon POoAB · 3 Buy ↗ 1997 Gravelight POoLB · 3 Buy ↗ 1997 The Gratitude of Kings POoLSS · 5 Buy ↗ 1997 The Shadow Matrix POoDB · 21 Buy ↗ 1998 The Fall of Neskaya POoCB · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 In the Rift POoGB · 2 Buy ↗ 1998 Heartlight POoLB · 4 Buy ↗ 1999 Traitor's Sun POoDB · 22 Buy ↗ 2000 The Stars Are Waiting POoSS · 8 Buy ↗ 2001 Priestess of Avalon POoAB · 4 Buy ↗ 2002 Sanctuary(By: Lynn Abbey) POoTWB · 15 Buy ↗ 2002 Turning Points(By: Dennis L. McKiernan,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Raymond E. Feist,Diana Paxson) POoTWB · 16 Buy ↗ 2003 Zandru's Forge POoCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 Zandru's Forge(With: Deborah J. Ross) POoDB · 23 Buy ↗ 2004 A Flame in Hali POoCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2004 Ancestors of Avalon(By: Diana L. Paxson) POoAB · 5 Buy ↗ 2004 Enemies of Fortune(By: C.J. Cherryh,Jody Lynn Nye,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Robin Wayne Bailey,Andrew J. Offutt,Jeff Grubb,Selina Rosen,Diana Paxson) POoTWB · 17 Buy ↗ 2004 A Flame in Hali(With: Deborah J. Ross) POoDB · 24 Buy ↗ 2005 Thieves' World: Player's Manual(By: James Ryman) POoTWB · 18 Buy ↗ 2007 The Alton Gift POoCoKB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 Ravens of Avalon(By: Diana L. Paxson) POoAB · 6 Buy ↗ 2007 The Alton Gift(With: Deborah J. Ross) POoDB · 25 Buy ↗ 2009 The Necessity for Beauty: Robert W. Chambers and The Romantic Tradition POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2009 Sword of Avalon(By: Diana L. Paxson) POoAB · 7 Buy ↗ 2010 Hastur Lord POoCoKB · 2 Buy ↗ 2010 An Object Lesson(By: Mercedes Lackey) POoDB · 5 Buy ↗ 2010 Hastur Lord(With: Deborah J. Ross) POoDB · 26 Buy ↗ 2011 Death of Brendan Ensolare(By: Deborah Wheeler) POoDB · 27 Buy ↗ 2012 The Once and Future Merlin POoLSS · 6 Buy ↗ 2013 The Children of Kings POoCoKB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 The Secret of the Blue Star POoTWB · 19 Buy ↗ 2013 The Children of Kings(With: Deborah J. Ross) POoDB · 28 Buy ↗ 2014 The Marion Zimmer Bradley Short Story Collection POoSSC · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 Marion Zimmer Bradley, Science Fiction Collection POoSSC · 4 Buy ↗ 2015 The Dark Intruder POoSS · 9 Buy ↗ 2016 Thunderlord(With: Deborah J. Ross) POoDB · 29 Buy ↗ 2020 Ski the Hellers(By: Elisabeth Waters) POoDB · 30 Buy ↗ 2022 The Laran Gambit(With: Deborah J. Ross) POoDB · 31 Buy ↗ 2023 Phoenix(With: Ted White) POoSS · 10 Buy ↗ 2024 Arilinn(With: Deborah J. Ross) POoDB · 32 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 3 books · 1960–2009
01 Checklist: A Complete, Cumulative Checklist of Lesbian, Variant and Homosexual Fiction 1960 Buy ↗ 02 Experiment Perilous 1983 Buy ↗ 03 The Necessity for Beauty: Robert W. Chambers and The Romantic Tradition 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 26 books · 1954–1995
01 Year of the Big Thaw 1954 Buy ↗ 02 Seven from the Stars 1961 Buy ↗ 03 The Door Through Space 1961 Buy ↗ 04 I am a Lesbian 1962 Buy ↗ 05 The Strange Women(As: Miriam Gardner) 1962 Buy ↗ 06 The Colors of Space 1963 Buy ↗ 07 My Sister, My Love(As: Miriam Gardner) 1963 Buy ↗ 08 Spare Her Heaven / Anything Goes(As: Morgan Ives) 1963 Buy ↗ 09 Twilight Lovers(As: Miriam Gardner) 1964 Buy ↗ 11 No Adam for Eve(As: John Dexter) 1966 Buy ↗ 12 Knives of Desire(As: Morgan Ives) 1966 Buy ↗ 13 Souvenir of Monique 1967 Buy ↗ 14 Bluebeard's Daughter 1968 Buy ↗ 15 The Brass Dragon 1969 Buy ↗ 16 The Endless Voyage / The Endless Universe 1975 Buy ↗ 17 Can Ellen Be Saved? 1975 Buy ↗ 18 Drums of Darkness 1976 Buy ↗ 19 The Ruins of Isis / Haunted Spaceship 1977 Buy ↗ 20 The Catch Trap 1979 Buy ↗ 21 The House Between The Worlds 1980 Buy ↗ 23 Night's Daughter 1985 Buy ↗ 26 Tiger Burning Bright(With: Mercedes Lackey,Andre Norton) 1995 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Clingfire Books 3 books · 1998–2004
01 The Fall of Neskaya 1998 Buy ↗ 02 Zandru's Forge 2003 Buy ↗ 03 A Flame in Hali 2004 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Darkover Books 36 books · 1962–2024
01 The Planet Savers(By: Elisabeth Waters) 1962 Buy ↗ 01 Different Kind of Courage(By: Mercedes Lackey) 1985 Buy ↗ 02 The Sword of Aldones 1962 Buy ↗ 02 Set a Thief(By: Mercedes Lackey) 1991 Buy ↗ 03 The Bloody Sun 1964 Buy ↗ 03 Rediscovery(With: Mercedes Lackey) 1993 Buy ↗ 04 Star of Danger 1965 Buy ↗ 04 Poetic License(By: Mercedes Lackey) 1994 Buy ↗ 05 The Winds of Darkover 1970 Buy ↗ 05 An Object Lesson(By: Mercedes Lackey) 2010 Buy ↗ 06 The World Wreckers 1971 Buy ↗ 07 Darkover Landfall 1972 Buy ↗ 08 The Spell Sword 1974 Buy ↗ 09 The Heritage of Hastur 1975 Buy ↗ 10 The Shattered Chain 1976 Buy ↗ 11 The Forbidden Tower 1977 Buy ↗ 13 Two to Conquer 1980 Buy ↗ 14 Sharra's Exile 1981 Buy ↗ 16 Thendara House 1983 Buy ↗ 17 City of Sorcery 1984 Buy ↗ 18 The Heirs of Hammerfell 1989 Buy ↗ 21 The Shadow Matrix 1997 Buy ↗ 23 Zandru's Forge(With: Deborah J. Ross) 2003 Buy ↗ 24 A Flame in Hali(With: Deborah J. Ross) 2004 Buy ↗ 25 The Alton Gift(With: Deborah J. Ross) 2007 Buy ↗ 26 Hastur Lord(With: Deborah J. Ross) 2010 Buy ↗ 27 Death of Brendan Ensolare(By: Deborah Wheeler) 2011 Buy ↗ 28 The Children of Kings(With: Deborah J. Ross) 2013 Buy ↗ 29 Thunderlord(With: Deborah J. Ross) 2016 Buy ↗ 30 Ski the Hellers(By: Elisabeth Waters) 2020 Buy ↗ 31 The Laran Gambit(With: Deborah J. Ross) 2022 Buy ↗ 32 Arilinn(With: Deborah J. Ross) 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Children of Kings Books 3 books · 2007–2013
01 The Alton Gift 2007 Buy ↗ 03 The Children of Kings 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Trillium Books 5 books · 1990–1996
01 Black Trillium(With: Andre Norton,Julian May) 1990 Buy ↗ 02 Blood Trillium(By: Julian May) 1992 Buy ↗ 03 Golden Trillium(By: Andre Norton) 1993 Buy ↗ 04 Lady of the Trillium 1995 Buy ↗ 05 Sky Trillium(By: Julian May) 1996 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 10 books · 1954–2023
01 The Crime Therapist 1954 Buy ↗ 02 Centaurus Changeling 1954 Buy ↗ 03 Death Between the Stars 1956 Buy ↗ 04 Falcons of Narabedla 1957 Buy ↗ 05 Measureless to Man 1962 Buy ↗ 06 Genuine Old Master 1977 Buy ↗ 07 Lythande(With: Vonda N. McIntyre) 1985 Buy ↗ 08 The Stars Are Waiting 2000 Buy ↗ 09 The Dark Intruder 2015 Buy ↗ 10 Phoenix(With: Ted White) 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Web Of Light Books 3 books · 1982–1983
01 Web of Darkness 1982 Buy ↗ 03 The Fall of Atlantis 1983 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Avalon Books 7 books · 1979–2009
01 The Mists of Avalon 1979 Buy ↗ 02 The Forest House / The Forests of Avalon 1993 Buy ↗ 03 Lady of Avalon 1997 Buy ↗ 04 Priestess of Avalon 2001 Buy ↗ 05 Ancestors of Avalon(By: Diana L. Paxson) 2004 Buy ↗ 06 Ravens of Avalon(By: Diana L. Paxson) 2007 Buy ↗ 07 Sword of Avalon(By: Diana L. Paxson) 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Glenraven Books 2 books · 1995–1998
Publication Order of Sixth Sense Books 1 book · 1973
01 In the Steps of the Master 1973 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Lythande Short Stories/Novellas 6 books · 1957–2012
02 Men, Halflings & Hero Worship 1973 Buy ↗ 03 The Jewel of Arwen 1974 Buy ↗ 04 The Parting of Arwen 1974 Buy ↗ 05 The Gratitude of Kings 1997 Buy ↗ 06 The Once and Future Merlin 2012 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Hunters Books 2 books · 1973–1979
01 Hunters of the Red Moon 1973 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Thieves' World Books 19 books · 1979–2013
01 Thieves' World(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1979 Buy ↗ 02 Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1980 Buy ↗ 03 Shadows of Sanctuary(By: Philip Jose Farmer,John Brunner,Joe Haldeman,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1981 Buy ↗ 04 Storm Season(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1982 Buy ↗ 05 The Face of Chaos(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1983 Buy ↗ 06 Wings of Omen(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1984 Buy ↗ 07 The Dead of Winter(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) 1985 Buy ↗ 08 Soul of the City(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1986 Buy ↗ 09 Blood Ties(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1986 Buy ↗ 10 Shadowspawn(By: Andrew J. Offutt) 1987 Buy ↗ 11 Aftermath(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1987 Buy ↗ 12 Uneasy Alliances(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) 1988 Buy ↗ 13 Stealers' Sky(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1989 Buy ↗ 14 The Shadow of Sorcery(By: Andrew J. Offutt) 1993 Buy ↗ 15 Sanctuary(By: Lynn Abbey) 2002 Buy ↗ 16 Turning Points(By: Dennis L. McKiernan,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Raymond E. Feist,Diana Paxson) 2002 Buy ↗ 17 Enemies of Fortune(By: C.J. Cherryh,Jody Lynn Nye,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Robin Wayne Bailey,Andrew J. Offutt,Jeff Grubb,Selina Rosen,Diana Paxson) 2004 Buy ↗ 18 Thieves' World: Player's Manual(By: James Ryman) 2005 Buy ↗ 19 The Secret of the Blue Star 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Claire Moffatt/Occult Tales Books 3 books · 1972–1990
Publication Order of Short Story Collections 4 books · 1985–2014
01 The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley 1985 Buy ↗ 02 Jamie and Other Stories: The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley 1992 Buy ↗ 03 The Marion Zimmer Bradley Short Story Collection 2014 Buy ↗ 04 Marion Zimmer Bradley, Science Fiction Collection 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Light Books 4 books · 1995–1998