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Max Gladstone Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Max Gladstone in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 81 books / 9 series

Max Gladstone is an American author best known for the Craft Sequence fantasy series. His novel *This Is How You Lose the Time War* won the Hugo Award for Best Novella. This page provides the Max Gladstone books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Max Gladstone in Publication Order

1986 Wild Cards(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 1 Buy
1987 Aces High(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 2 Buy
1987 Jokers Wild(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 3 Buy
1988 Aces Abroad(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 4 Buy
1988 Down and Dirty(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 5 Buy
1990 Ace in the Hole(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 6 Buy
1990 Dead Man's Hand(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 7 Buy
1991 One-Eyed Jacks(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 8 Buy
1991 Jokertown Shuffle(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 9 Buy
1992 Double Solitaire(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 10 Buy
1992 Dealer's Choice(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 11 Buy
1993 Turn of the Cards(By: George R.R. Martin,Victor Mil’n) POoWCB / 12 Buy
2002 Deuces Down(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 13 Buy
2006 Death Draws Five(By: George R.R. Martin,John J. Miller) POoWCB / 14 Buy
2008 Busted Flush(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,Caroline Spector) POoWCB / 15 Buy
2008 Inside Straight(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 16 Buy
2009 Suicide Kings(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 17 Buy
2010 Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan(By: Carrie Vaughn) POoWCB / 18 Buy
2011 Fort Freak(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham) POoWCB / 19 Buy
2012 Three Parts Dead POoCSB / 1 Buy
2013 Two Serpents Rise POoCSB / 2 Buy
2013 The Button Man and the Murder Tree(By: Cherie Priest) POoWCB / 20 Buy
2013 The Elephant in the Room(By: George R.R. Martin,Paul Cornell) POoWCB / 21 Buy
2014 The Angelus Guns POoSS / 1 Buy
2014 The Truth About Owls(By: Amal El-Mohtar) POoAESS / 1 Buy
2014 A Kiss With Teeth POoSS / 2 Buy
2014 Full Fathom Five POoCSB / 3 Buy
2014 Lowball(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham) POoWCB / 22 Buy
2014 Nuestra Se’ora de la Esperanza(By: Carrie Vaughn) POoWCB / 23 Buy
2014 Prompt. Professional. Pop!(By: Walter Jon Williams) POoWCB / 24 Buy
2015 A Sorcerer's Apprentice(By: Mur Lafferty) POoBB / 1 Buy
2015 Pockets(By: Amal El-Mohtar) POoAESS / 2 Buy
2015 Badge, Book, and Candle POoBB / 2 Buy
2015 Under My Skin(By: Mur Lafferty) POoBB / 3 Buy
2015 Last First Snow POoCSB / 4 Buy
2015 Shore Leave(By: Mur Lafferty) POoBB / 4 Buy
2016 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Season One(With: Michael Swanwick,Ian Tregillis,Lindsay Smith,Cassandra Rose Clarke) POoTWWCIFTCB / 1 Buy
2016 Seasons of Glass and Iron(By: Amal El-Mohtar) POoAESS / 3 Buy
2016 Four Roads Cross POoCSB / 5 Buy
2016 Creepy Town POoBB / 5 Buy
2016 Bookburners POoBB / 6 Buy
2016 Discards(By: David D. Levine) POoWCB / 25 Buy
2016 High Stakes(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 26 Buy
2016 The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 27 Buy
2017 The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom POoSS / 3 Buy
2017 Anabasis(By: Amal El-Mohtar) POoAESS / 4 Buy
2017 Crispin's Model POoSS / 4 Buy
2017 The Ruin of Angels POoCSB / 6 Buy
2017 The Atonement Tango(By: Stephen Leigh) POoWCB / 28 Buy
2017 When the Devil Drives(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 29 Buy
2018 The Ghost in the Shell POoGN / 1 Buy
2018 Fitting In POoSS / 5 Buy
2018 Evernight(By: Victor Mil’n) POoWCB / 30 Buy
2018 The Flight of Morpho Girl(By: George R.R. Martin,Caroline Spector) POoWCB / 31 Buy
2018 Knaves Over Queens(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 32 Buy
2019 Empress of Forever POoSN / 1 Buy
2019 This Is How You Lose the Time War(With: Amal El-Mohtar) POoSS / 6 Buy
2019 Long is the Way(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 33 Buy
2019 The City That Never Sleeps(By: Walton Simons) POoWCB / 34 Buy
2019 Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed(By: Bradley Denton) POoWCB / 35 Buy
2019 Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 36 Buy
2020 American Hero(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 37 Buy
2020 Three Kings(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass) POoWCB / 38 Buy
2021 Ripple Effects(By: Laura J. Mixon) POoWCB / 39 Buy
2021 Joker Moon(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 40 Buy
2021 Skin Deep(By: Alan Brennert) POoWCB / 41 Buy
2022 Last Exit POoSN / 2 Buy
2022 Hearts of Stone(By: Emma Newman) POoWCB / 42 Buy
2022 Grow(By: Carrie Vaughn) POoWCB / 43 Buy
2022 Full House(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 44 Buy
2023 Dead Country POoCWB / 1 Buy
2023 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: The Complete Season 2(With: Ian Tregillis,Fran Wilde,Lindsay Smith,Cassandra Rose Clarke) POoTWWCIFTCB / 2 Buy
2023 John Hollowback and the Witch(By: Amal El-Mohtar) POoAESS / 6 Buy
2023 Pairing Up(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Gwenda Bond,Marko Kloos,Christopher Rowe,Bradley Denton,Peter Newman) POoWCB / 45 Buy
2023 Now & Then(By: Carrie Vaughn) POoWCB / 46 Buy
2024 Wicked Problems POoCWB / 2 Buy
2024 Sleeper Straddle(With: Carrie Vaughn,Stephen Leigh,Mary Anne Mohanraj,Cherie Priest,Walter Jon Williams,Christopher Rowe) POoWCB / 47 Buy
2025 Dead Hand Rule POoCWB / 3 Buy
2025 The River Has Roots(By: Amal El-Mohtar) POoAESS / 7 Buy
2025 House Rulesin Stories(By: George R.R. Martin) POoWCB / 48 Buy
2025 Ante Up(By: John Jos. Miller) POoWCB / 49 Buy

Complete Max Gladstone Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Bookburners Reading Order 6 books / 2015-2016
01 A Sorcerer's Apprentice(By: Mur Lafferty) 2015 Buy
02 Badge, Book, and Candle 2015 Buy
03 Under My Skin(By: Mur Lafferty) 2015 Buy
04 Shore Leave(By: Mur Lafferty) 2015 Buy
05 Creepy Town 2016 Buy
06 Bookburners 2016 Buy
Graphic Reading Order 1 book / 2018
01 The Ghost in the Shell 2018 Buy
01 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Season One(With: Michael Swanwick,Ian Tregillis,Lindsay Smith,Cassandra Rose Clarke) 2016 Buy
02 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: The Complete Season 2(With: Ian Tregillis,Fran Wilde,Lindsay Smith,Cassandra Rose Clarke) 2023 Buy
01 The Truth About Owls(By: Amal El-Mohtar) 2014 Buy
02 Pockets(By: Amal El-Mohtar) 2015 Buy
03 Seasons of Glass and Iron(By: Amal El-Mohtar) 2016 Buy
04 Anabasis(By: Amal El-Mohtar) 2017 Buy
06 John Hollowback and the Witch(By: Amal El-Mohtar) 2023 Buy
07 The River Has Roots(By: Amal El-Mohtar) 2025 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 2 books / 2019-2022
01 Empress of Forever 2019 Buy
02 Last Exit 2022 Buy
Craft Sequence Reading Order 6 books / 2012-2017
01 Three Parts Dead 2012 Buy
02 Two Serpents Rise 2013 Buy
03 Full Fathom Five 2014 Buy
04 Last First Snow 2015 Buy
05 Four Roads Cross 2016 Buy
06 The Ruin of Angels 2017 Buy
Craft Wars Reading Order 3 books / 2023-2025
01 Dead Country 2023 Buy
02 Wicked Problems 2024 Buy
03 Dead Hand Rule 2025 Buy
Wild Cards Reading Order 49 books / 1986-2025
01 Wild Cards(By: George R.R. Martin) 1986 Buy
02 Aces High(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1987 Buy
03 Jokers Wild(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1987 Buy
04 Aces Abroad(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1988 Buy
05 Down and Dirty(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1988 Buy
06 Ace in the Hole(By: George R.R. Martin) 1990 Buy
07 Dead Man's Hand(By: George R.R. Martin) 1990 Buy
08 One-Eyed Jacks(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1991 Buy
09 Jokertown Shuffle(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1991 Buy
10 Double Solitaire(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1992 Buy
11 Dealer's Choice(By: George R.R. Martin) 1992 Buy
12 Turn of the Cards(By: George R.R. Martin,Victor Mil’n) 1993 Buy
13 Deuces Down(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2002 Buy
14 Death Draws Five(By: George R.R. Martin,John J. Miller) 2006 Buy
15 Busted Flush(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,Caroline Spector) 2008 Buy
16 Inside Straight(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2008 Buy
17 Suicide Kings(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2009 Buy
18 Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan(By: Carrie Vaughn) 2010 Buy
19 Fort Freak(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham) 2011 Buy
20 The Button Man and the Murder Tree(By: Cherie Priest) 2013 Buy
21 The Elephant in the Room(By: George R.R. Martin,Paul Cornell) 2013 Buy
22 Lowball(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham) 2014 Buy
23 Nuestra Se’ora de la Esperanza(By: Carrie Vaughn) 2014 Buy
24 Prompt. Professional. Pop!(By: Walter Jon Williams) 2014 Buy
25 Discards(By: David D. Levine) 2016 Buy
26 High Stakes(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2016 Buy
27 The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown(By: George R.R. Martin) 2016 Buy
28 The Atonement Tango(By: Stephen Leigh) 2017 Buy
29 When the Devil Drives(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2017 Buy
30 Evernight(By: Victor Mil’n) 2018 Buy
31 The Flight of Morpho Girl(By: George R.R. Martin,Caroline Spector) 2018 Buy
32 Knaves Over Queens(By: George R.R. Martin) 2018 Buy
33 Long is the Way(By: George R.R. Martin) 2019 Buy
34 The City That Never Sleeps(By: Walton Simons) 2019 Buy
35 Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed(By: Bradley Denton) 2019 Buy
36 Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2019 Buy
37 American Hero(By: George R.R. Martin) 2020 Buy
38 Three Kings(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2020 Buy
39 Ripple Effects(By: Laura J. Mixon) 2021 Buy
40 Joker Moon(By: George R.R. Martin) 2021 Buy
41 Skin Deep(By: Alan Brennert) 2021 Buy
42 Hearts of Stone(By: Emma Newman) 2022 Buy
43 Grow(By: Carrie Vaughn) 2022 Buy
44 Full House(By: George R.R. Martin) 2022 Buy
45 Pairing Up(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Gwenda Bond,Marko Kloos,Christopher Rowe,Bradley Denton,Peter Newman) 2023 Buy
46 Now & Then(By: Carrie Vaughn) 2023 Buy
47 Sleeper Straddle(With: Carrie Vaughn,Stephen Leigh,Mary Anne Mohanraj,Cherie Priest,Walter Jon Williams,Christopher Rowe) 2024 Buy
48 House Rulesin Stories(By: George R.R. Martin) 2025 Buy
49 Ante Up(By: John Jos. Miller) 2025 Buy
01 The Angelus Guns 2014 Buy
02 A Kiss With Teeth 2014 Buy
03 The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom 2017 Buy
04 Crispin's Model 2017 Buy
05 Fitting In 2018 Buy
06 This Is How You Lose the Time War(With: Amal El-Mohtar) 2019 Buy

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