Cassandra Khaw Reading Order

19 books (2015–2024)

Cassandra Khaw has contributed to 16 anthologies spanning fantasy and horror from 2016 through 2024, with the series still ongoing. These collections should be read in publication order, beginning with Flesh and continuing through recent releases like Howls From the Wreckage: An Anthology of Disaster Horror. The anthologies feature diverse collections including themed volumes such as Wayward Sisters: An Anthology of Monstrous Women and The Best of Uncanny, offering varied perspectives across multiple horror and fantasy subgenres.

Start with Flesh, the first of 16 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 111, December 2015 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Flesh 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	2084 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	People of Color Flash Anthology 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Long List Anthology Volume 3 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Wayward Sisters: An Anthology of Monstrous Women 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Worlds Seen in Passing 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Do Not Go Quietly 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Maledictions 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Best of Uncanny 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Body Shocks 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	When Things Get Dark 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Orphans of Bliss 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Screams from the Dark 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Christmas and Other Horrors 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Howls From the Wreckage: An Anthology of Disaster Horror 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Book of Witches 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Bury Your Gays 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Best of Gamut 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2023–2023)

5 books (2008–2016)

The Clockwork Phoenix series is a five-book anthology collection of fantasy and horror short fiction published between 2008 and 2016, now complete. Each volume features work from an international roster of speculative fiction authors, with contributors including Tanith Lee, Catherynne M. Valente, and Marie Brennan across multiple installments. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with the first Clockwork Phoenix and continuing through Clockwork Phoenix 5.

Start with Clockwork Phoenix(By: Tanith Lee,John C. Wright,Deborah Biancotti,Laird Barron,Mike Allen,Vandana Singh,Catherynne M. Valente,Cat Rambo,Cat Sparks,John Grant,Ekaterina Sedia,Leah Bobet,Erin Hoffman,Michael J. DeLuca,Jennifer Crow,C.S. MacCath,David Sandner,Marie Brennan,Joanna Galbraith), the first of 5 books in the Clockwork Phoenix series.

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1	Clockwork Phoenix(By: Tanith Lee,John C. Wright,Deborah Biancotti,Laird Barron,Mike Allen,Vandana Singh,Catherynne M. Valente,Cat Rambo,Cat Sparks,John Grant,Ekaterina Sedia,Leah Bobet,Erin Hoffman,Michael J. DeLuca,Jennifer Crow,C.S. MacCath,David Sandner,Marie Brennan,Joanna Galbraith) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Clockwork Phoenix 2(By: Tanith Lee,Mary Robinette Kowal,Steve Rasnic Tem,Saladin Ahmed,Forrest Aguirre,Mike Allen,Catherynne M. Valente,Claude Lalumière,Kelly Barnhill,Gemma Files,Ian McHugh,Leah Bobet,Barbara Krasnoff,Marie Brennan,Ann Leckie,Joanna Galbraith,Stephen J. Barringer) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness(By: Tanith Lee,John C. Wright,Gregory Frost,Michael M. Jones,Mike Allen,Cat Rambo,John Grant,Kenneth Schneyer,Shweta Narayan,C.S.E. Cooney,Gemma Files,Georgina Bruce,Marie Brennan,Nicole Kornher-Stace,Tori Truslow,S.J. Hirons) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Clockwork Phoenix 4(By: Tanith Lee,Richard Parks,A.C. Wise,Mike Allen,Yves Meynard,Cat Rambo,Kenneth Schneyer,Gemma Files,Alisa Alering,Ian McHugh,Benjanun Sriduangkaew,Shira Lipkin,Barbara Krasnoff,Patricia Russo,Camille Alexa,Marie Brennan,Nicole Kornher-Stace,Yukimi Ogawa,Corinne Duyvis) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Clockwork Phoenix 5 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2022–2022)

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1	Breakable Things 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2020–2026)

Cassandra Khaw's Critical Role series spans eight books published between 2020 and 2026, with the saga still ongoing. These fantasy and horror works should be read in publication order, beginning with The World of Critical Role and continuing through Kith & Kin, The Mighty Nein—The Nine Eyes of Lucien, Exquisite Exandria, Bells Hells - What Doesn't Break, Tusk Love, Vox Machina--Stories Untold, and concluding with The Mighty Nein--Stories Untold. The series draws from the world of Critical Role, expanding its lore and characters across multiple interconnected narratives.

Start with The World of Critical Role, the first of 8 books in the Critical Role series.

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1	The World of Critical Role 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Kith & Kin 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Mighty Nein—The Nine Eyes of Lucien 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Exquisite Exandria 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Bells Hells - What Doesn't Break 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Tusk Love 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Vox Machina--Stories Untold 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Mighty Nein--Stories Untold 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

43 books (1988–2022)

The Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror is a 43-book horror anthology series published between 1988 and 2022, featuring works by multiple female authors in the fantasy and horror genres. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with In Silence Sealed and continuing through its complete collection. Each entry offers standalone horror narratives while contributing to the broader anthology's exploration of dark themes through diverse female perspectives.

Start with In Silence Sealed(By: ), the first of 43 books in the Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror series.

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1	In Silence Sealed(By: ) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Take My Breath Away(By: Meg O'Brien) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Suffer the Flesh(By: ) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Wind Caller(By: P.D. Cacek) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	13½(By: Nevada Barr) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Esperanza(By: Trish MacGregor) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	For Emmy(By: Mary SanGiovanni) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend(By: Linda D. Addison) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Absalom's Wake(By: Nancy A. Collins) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Collective Suicide(By: Michelle Scalise) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Devil Inside Her(By: Catherine Cavendish) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Ashes(By: Holly Newstein,Ralph W. Bieber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Hell Gate(By: Elizabeth Massie) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Messages From The Dead(By: Sandy DeLuca) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Zombie - A Love Story(By: Patricia Lee Macomber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Dawn's Bright Talons(By: Nerine Dorman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Let It Bleed(By: S.L. Schmitz) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Color of Bone of Horror Fiction(By: Carol Weekes) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Mighty Quinn(By: Paula R. Stiles) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	House of Pain(By: Sèphera Girón) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Orphans(By: Jean Tennant) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Scarabus: The Tale of the Mummy(By: K.H. Koehler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Blue Honey and The Valley of Shadow(By: Toby Bennett,Icy Sedgwick,Benjamin Knox,John Paul Davies,Austin Malone,Elaine Dodge) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Genesis Code(By: Lisa von Biela) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Beautiful, Broken Things(By: Daniele Serra,Rose Blackthorn) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Cravings(By: Duncan Eagleson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	EuroMedika(By: M.J. Neary) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Madame Vampire(By: Robin Burks) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Sacrifice Island(By: Kristin Dearborn) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Sacrificial Lambs and Others(By: Sheri White) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Singularity and Other Stories(By: Melanie Tem) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Trust the Night(By: Sara Saint John) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	A Fresh Start(By: Somer Canon) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Cold Comforts(By: Marianne Halbert) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Dark Music(By: E.F. Watkins) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Fractured Souls: More Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital(By: Sylvia Shults) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Seeds of Evil(By: Margaret Bingley) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Strange Tales(By: Liz Strange) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Skull Feeder(By: Pamela Chillemi-Yeager,Dana Joseph Schaff) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Bloodmane Chronicles(By: Sara Brooke) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Spires(By: Briar Lee Mitchell) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Voices in the Darkness(With: David Niall Wilson,Brian A. Hopkins,Kathe Koja,Elizabeth Massie,Nadia Bulkin,Nick Mamatas) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Isolation(By: ) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2016–2026)

The Dark Souls series by Cassandra Khaw spans six books published between 2016 and 2026, with the series still ongoing. These dark fantasy and horror novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Dark Souls and continuing through Legends of the Flame, Winter's Spite, Age of Fire, The Willow King, and Mother of Mourning.

Start with Dark Souls(By: George Mann,Alan Quah), the first of 6 books in the Dark Souls series.

5 books (2013–2019)

The Gods & Monsters series is a five-book complete fantasy horror collection published between 2013 and 2019. Each installment features a different author contributing to the shared universe, beginning with Chuck Wendig's Unclean Spirits, followed by Stephen Blackmoore's Mythbreaker, Hillary Monahan's Snake Eyes, and concluding with Food of the Gods and The Last Supper Before Ragnarok. Readers should follow the books in publication order to experience the interconnected narrative spanning the series' seven-year run.

Start with Unclean Spirits(By: Chuck Wendig), the first of 5 books in the Gods & Monsters series.

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1	Unclean Spirits(By: Chuck Wendig) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Mythbreaker(By: Stephen Blackmoore) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Snake Eyes(By: Hillary Monahan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Food of the Gods 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Last Supper Before Ragnarok 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2015–2019)

The Gods and Monsters: Rupert Wong series consists of four complete fantasy-horror novels published between 2015 and 2019. Reading in publication order beginning with Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef, the series follows a protagonist navigating a world where gods and monsters exist alongside humanity. All four books should be read sequentially to fully experience the interconnected narrative that concludes with The Last Supper Before Ragnarok.

Start with Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef, the first of 4 books in the Gods and Monsters: Rupert Wong series.

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1	Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Food of the Gods 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Rupert Wong and the Ends of the Earth 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Last Supper Before Ragnarok 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2016–2026)

Cassandra Khaw's Persons Non Grata is a two-book dark fantasy horror series published between 2016 and 2017. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Hammers on Bone followed by A Song for Quiet. These atmospheric novels blend fantasy and horror elements to create a finished narrative arc.

Start with Hammers on Bone and read in order.

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1	Hammers on Bone 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Song for Quiet 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	You Were Always Mine 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2017–2023)

Cassandra Khaw has published four short stories and novellas between 2017 and 2023, likely completing this collection. The works—Bearly a Lady, These Deathless Bones, Nothing But Blackened Teeth, and The Salt Grows Heavy—should be read in publication order and span the fantasy and horror genres that define Khaw's writing.

Start with Bearly a Lady, the first of 4 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	Bearly a Lady 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	These Deathless Bones 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Nothing But Blackened Teeth 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Salt Grows Heavy 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2021–2026)

Cassandra Khaw's standalone fantasy and horror novels should be read in publication order, beginning with The All-Consuming World in 2021. The series currently contains three books published between 2021 and 2025, with the most recent entry being Find Me Where It Ends. Though each novel stands alone, reading them in the order they were released provides the intended experience of Khaw's evolving vision within the fantasy and horror genres.

Start with The All-Consuming World and read in order.

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1	The All-Consuming World 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Library at Hellebore 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Find Me Where It Ends 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2021–2021)