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Updated 2026-07-11 / 137 books / 17 series
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 Marion Zimmer Bradley Books in Chronological Order
1954
The Crime Therapist
POoSS / 1
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1954
Year of the Big Thaw
POoSN / 1
Buy
1954
Centaurus Changeling
POoSS / 2
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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
The Strange Women(As: Miriam Gardner)
POoSN / 5
Buy
1962
Measureless to Man
POoSS / 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
The Mists of Avalon
POoAB / 1
Buy
1979
Thieves' World(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin)
POoTWB / 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
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1981
Shadows of Sanctuary(By: Philip Jose Farmer,John Brunner,Joe Haldeman,Robert Lynn Asprin)
POoTWB / 3
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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
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1990
Witch Hill
POoCMTB / 3
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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
Glenraven
POoGB / 1
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1995
Ghostlight
POoLB / 1
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1995
Lady of the Trillium
POoTB / 4
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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
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1997
The Gratitude of Kings
POoLSS / 5
Buy
1997
The Shadow Matrix
POoDB / 21
Buy
1998
The Fall of Neskaya
POoCB / 1
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1998
In the Rift
POoGB / 2
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1998
Heartlight
POoLB / 4
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1999
Traitor's Sun
POoDB / 22
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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
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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
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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
Marion Zimmer Bradley Book Series Reading Orders /
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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
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
10
Castle Terror
1965
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
24
Warrior Woman
1985
Buy
25
The Firebrand
1987
Buy
26
Tiger Burning Bright(With: Mercedes Lackey,Andre Norton)
1995
Buy
01
The Fall of Neskaya
1998
Buy
02
Zandru's Forge
2003
Buy
03
A Flame in Hali
2004
Buy
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
15
Hawkmistress!
1982
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
22
Traitor's Sun
1999
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
01
The Alton Gift
2007
Buy
03
The Children of Kings
2013
Buy
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
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
01
Web of Darkness
1982
Buy
03
The Fall of Atlantis
1983
Buy
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
01
In the Steps of the Master
1973
Buy
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
01
Hunters of the Red Moon
1973
Buy
02
The Survivors
1979
Buy
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
02
The Inheritor
1984
Buy
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
Where to start with Marion Zimmer Bradley
What is the best order to read Marion Zimmer Bradley books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.