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11 series · 262 books · Born 1910-12-24
Fritz Leiber was an American master of fantasy, horror, and science fiction who helped establish sword and sorcery as a literary genre during a career spanning multiple creative disciplines including poetry, theater, and playwriting. Best known for the picaresque adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, his sword and sorcery duo navigating the dark fantasy world of Lankhmar, Leiber crafted imaginative stories that blended dark humor with genuine menace. His prolific output also includes the philosophical Change War series exploring time travel paradoxes and numerous works spanning horror, science fiction, and other genres that influenced generations of fantasy writers.
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Anthologies Series
Complete64 books (1963–2020)
This anthology series collects 63 books spanning from 1963 to 2020, featuring Fritz Leiber's science fiction, fantasy, horror, and non-fiction contributions across various publications. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Galaxy Science Fiction from December 1963. The collection includes appearances in landmark anthologies such as Dangerous Visions, Hugo Winners volumes, and Nebula Award collections, documenting Leiber's work across multiple decades and editorial projects. The series is complete.
Start with Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963, the first of 63 books in the Anthologies series.
Start this series with Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963
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Change War Series
Complete3 books (1958–1983)
Fritz Leiber's Change War trilogy spans from 1958 to 1983 and explores the clash between opposing forces battling across time itself. The three books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Big Time, followed by The Big Time with No Great Magic included, and concluding with Changewar. This complete series blends science fiction and fantasy elements as it expands its vision of temporal conflict and the agents caught within it.
Start with The Big Time and read in order.
Start this series with The Big Time
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe Series
Ongoing8 books (1966–2024)
This ongoing series comprises eight books exploring characters and worlds from Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic universes, including Tarzan, John Carter, and Pellucidar. Published between 1966 and 2024, the books should be read in publication order, beginning with Tarzan and the Valley of Gold. The series features contributions from multiple authors including Fritz Leiber, Geary Gravel, John Eric Holmes, Jeffrey Mariotte, and others, blending fantasy, science fiction, and adventure across interconnected stories set in Burroughs' iconic fictional worlds.
Start with Tarzan and the Valley of Gold, the first of 8 books in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe series.
Start this series with Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series
Complete8 books (1968–1994)
The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series consists of eight fantasy adventure novels published between 1968 and 1994, concluding with the complete saga. These books follow the exploits of two legendary swordsmen navigating a richly imagined world of magic, monsters, and intrigue. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Swords Against Wizardry and progressing through the subsequent seven installments to experience the full arc of their adventures.
Start with Swords Against Wizardry, the first of 8 books in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.
Start this series with Swords Against Wizardry
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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Graphic Novels Series
Complete3 books (1990–2007)
This three-book graphic novel series adapts Fritz Leiber's classic fantasy tales for the comics medium, with all volumes illustrated in collaboration with artist Howard Chaykin. Published between 1990 and 2007, the series is complete and should be read in publication order beginning with Ill Met in Lankhmar. The collection spans from the characters' initial adventure through The Circle Curse/The Howling Tower and concludes with Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.
Start with Ill Met in Lankhmar(With: Howard Chaykin) and read in order.
Start this series with Ill Met in Lankhmar(With: Howard Chaykin)
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Gothic Fantasy Series
Ongoing95 books (1667–2026)
This collection of 91 gothic fantasy volumes spans from 1667 to 2026 and should be read in publication order. The series remains ongoing and encompasses works across fantasy, science fiction, horror, and related genres. Beginning with classic texts like Paradise Lost and progressing through celebrated short story anthologies and collections by authors such as H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker, the series combines canonical literature with contemporary contributions to the gothic tradition.
Start with Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton), the first of 91 books in the Gothic Fantasy series.
Start this series with Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton)
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| 4 |  Chilling Ghost Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Wilkie Collins,Nikolai Gogol,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,E. Nesbit,Henry James,W.W. Jacobs,Oscar Wilde,Washington Irving,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,James Dorr,E.F. Benson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Amanda C. Davis,Robert W. Chambers,Kurt Bachard,Raymond Little,Brian Rappatta,Tim Foley,Vonnie Winslow Crist,Michael Penkas,Jonathan Balog,Donna Cuttress,Luke Murphy,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Rhiannon Rasmussen,Jeff Parsons,M.Regan,Zach Chapman,Lesa Pascavis Smith,Trevor Boelter,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Cathy Smith) |
| 5 |  Chilling Horror Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Bram Stoker,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Elizabeth Gaskell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Edith Wharton,D.H. Lawrence,Lucy Taylor,William Hope Hodgson,A. Merritt,John Buchan,F. Marion Crawford,Robert E. Howard,C.L. Moore,Frank Long,Robert W. Chambers,Rebecca J. Allred,Frank Roger,Gwendolyn Kiste,Elise Forier Edie,Michael Paul Gonzalez,D.J. Tyrer,William R.D. Wood,Kristopher Triana,James Lecky,Glen Damien Campbell,Justin Coates,John H. Dromey,Andrew J. Wilson,Bill Kte'pi,Ed Grabianowski,Gillian Whitaker,Nick Wells,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Michael Bondies,David A Elsensohn,Eric Esser,John Neruda,Frances Bodlam,Josie Mitchell) |
| 6 |  Science Fiction Short Stories(By: David Tallerman,Rachael K. Jones,Sarah Hans,Brian Trent,Adrian Ludens,Keyan Bowes,Beth Cato,Andy Sawyer,Zach Shephard,Alexis A. Hunter,M. Darusha Wehm,Edward Ahern,Patrick Tumblety,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt,Kate O'Connor,Conor Powers-Smith,Stewart C. Baker,MikeMorgan,Nemma Wollenfang,Jacob M. Lambert,Laura Bulbeck,Rob Hartzell) |
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| 21 |  Alien Invasion Short Stories(By: H.G. Wells,H.P. Lovecraft,Jonathan Swift,A. Merritt,Voltaire,Claude Lalumière,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,George Allan England,Patrick Parrinder,Austin Hall,William R.D. Wood,John Walters,Bo Balder,Maria Haskins,Garrett P. Serviss,Sunil Patel,Jennifer Rachel Baumer,Laura Pearlman,Robert Potter,Tim Pieraccini,Angus McIntyre,Suo Hefu,George Chesney,Stephen G. Parks,Eric Reitan,S.A. Westerley) |
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| 31 |  Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories(By: George Cotronis,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,Bruce Golden,Holly Lyn Walrath,Monte Lin,Eleanor R. Wood,David Sklar,Nemma Wollenfang,Deborah Davitt,Trixie Nisbet,Luke Dormehl,Roan Clay,Jeff Deck,Christopher Geeson,Rob Hartzell,Nathaniel Hosford,Chloie Piveral,Claire Sorrenson,Sara Uckelman) |
| 32 |  American Gothic Short Stories(By: Ramsey Campbell,Lucy A. Snyder,Lina Rather,Sean Logan,Wendy Nikel,Christi Nogle,Lynette Mejía,Madison McSweeney,Russell James,M.Regan,Monika Elbert,Terri Bruce,Maxx Fidalgo,Joshua Hiles,Clayton Kroh,Joe Nazare,Rebecca Ring,Mike Robinson,Valerie B. Williams,Nemma Wollenfang) |
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| 34 |  Cosy Crime Short Stories(By: Arthur Conan Doyle,E.E. King,G.K. Chesterton,R. Austin Freeman,Arnold Bennett,Edgar Wallace,Arthur Morrison,Martin Edwards,Ernest Bramah,Maurice Leblanc,Amanda C. Davis,Stephanie Bedwell-Grime,Emmuska Orczy,Israel Zangwill,Anna Katharine Green,Catherine Louisa Pirkis,Flame Tree Studio,Andrew Forrester,Nancy Sweetland,Jeffrey B. Burton,Louise Taylor,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Tom Mead,C.B. Channell,Michael Martin Garrett,Trixie Nisbet,Joshua Boyce,Sarah Holly Bryant,Gregory Von Dare,B. David Spicer,Elise Warner,Anton Chekhov) |
| 35 |  Haunted House Short Stories(By: Edgar Allan Poe,O. Henry,Elizabeth Gaskell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Guy de Maupassant,E. Nesbit,Rudyard Kipling,Ramsey Campbell,Ambrose Bierce,W.W. Jacobs,H.P. Lovecraft,Mark Twain,Edith Wharton,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,M.R. James,Charlotte Eliza Riddell,E.F. Benson,William Hope Hodgson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,John Everson,Arthur Quiller-Couch,Rhoda Broughton,Bernard Capes,Gwendolyn Kiste,Hugh Walpole,Ralph Adams Cram,Mikal Trimm,Mrs. Oliphant,Zach Shephard,B.M. Croker,Shannon Fay,Morgan Sylvia,Kurt Newton,Tom English,Adele Gardner,Rebecca Buchanan,Rebecca Janicker,H.B. Diaz,Marina Favila,Bill Kte'pi,M.Regan) |
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| 49 | Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales(By: Abbie Farwell Brown,Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Joseph Jacobs,Yei Theodora Ozaki,Douglas Hyde,Thomas Malory,Jeremiah Curtin,Henry Rowe Schoolcraft,Lewis Spence,Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford,James Mooney,Charles Godfrey Leland,Florence Holbrook,E.A. Wallis Budge,Richard Wilhelm,F. Hadland Davis,Norman Hinsdale Pitman,Yi Ryuk,Charles Montgomery Skinner,Edmund Leamy,Sophia Morrison,William Elliot Griffis,James Scarth Gale,Elphinstone Dayrell,Alice Werner,M.I. Ogumefu,William Butler Yeats,Diane Purkiss,George W. Bateman,Elsie Finnimore Buckley,Margaret Compton,Jonathan Ceredig Davies,George Douglas,Alice Elizabeth Dracott,George Grey,Francis Hindes Groome,H.A. Guerber,Eleanor Hull,W.F. Kirby,Ignác Kúnos,Minnie Martin,Frederick H. Martens,W.R.S. Ralston,A.G. Seklemian,Chauncy Hugh Stigand,J.R. Walker,E.T.C. Werner,William Drake Westervelt,Lady Wilde,Albert Henry Wratislaw) |
| 50 | Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales(By: Abbie Farwell Brown,Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Joseph Jacobs,Yei Theodora Ozaki,Douglas Hyde,Thomas Malory,Jeremiah Curtin,Henry Rowe Schoolcraft,Lewis Spence,James Mooney,Charles Godfrey Leland,Florence Holbrook,E.A. Wallis Budge,Richard Wilhelm,F. Hadland Davis,Norman Hinsdale Pitman,Yi Ryuk,Charles Montgomery Skinner,Edmund Leamy,Sophia Morrison,William Elliot Griffis,James Scarth Gale,Elphinstone Dayrell,Alice Werner,M.I. Ogumefu,William Butler Yeats,Diane Purkiss,George W. Bateman,Elsie Finnimore Buckley,Margaret Compton,Jonathan Ceredig Davies,George Douglas,Alice Elizabeth Dracott,George Grey,Francis Hindes Groome,H.A. Guerber,Eleanor Hull,W.F. Kirby,Ignác Kúnos,Minnie Martin,Frederick H. Martens,W.R.S. Ralston,A.G. Seklemian,Chauncy Hugh Stigand,J.R. Walker,E.T.C. Werner,William Drake Westervelt,Lady Wilde,Albert Henry Wratislaw) |
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Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete18 books (1950–2016)
This collection gathers 17 short stories and novellas by Fritz Leiber spanning from 1950 to 2016, showcasing the author's range across fantasy, science fiction, and horror. The works should be read in publication order, beginning with Coming Attraction and progressing through landmark pieces like Gonna Roll the Bones and The Dead Man. Though Leiber's death in 1992 preceded the later publication dates, the complete series was eventually assembled, offering readers a comprehensive selection of his shorter fiction across his prolific career.
Start with Coming Attraction, the first of 17 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.
Start this series with Coming Attraction
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Short Story Collections Series
Complete45 books (1947–2018)
Fritz Leiber's Short Story Collections series encompasses 45 volumes of his fantasy, science fiction, horror, and non-fiction tales published between 1947 and 2018. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Night's Black Agents and continuing through numerous collections including A Pail of Air, Night Monsters, The Big Time, and many others. This extensive compilation represents Leiber's career-spanning work across multiple genres and showcases the range of his imaginative storytelling throughout the latter half of the twentieth century.
Start with Night's Black Agents, the first of 45 books in the Short Story Collections series.
Start this series with Night's Black Agents
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Standalone Novels Series
Complete12 books (1943–1996)
Fritz Leiber's twelve standalone novels span from 1943 to 1996, blending fantasy, science fiction, and horror across vastly different settings and narratives. Each book functions independently, allowing readers to explore them in any order, though publication sequence provides a natural entry point beginning with Conjure Wife. The collection showcases Leiber's versatility across the genre landscape, from supernatural intrigue to cosmic adventure, with the final entry being The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich.
Start with Conjure Wife, the first of 12 books in the Standalone Novels series.
Start this series with Conjure Wife
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The Dark Descent Series
Complete3 books (1987–1991)
The Dark Descent is a complete fantasy horror trilogy by Fritz Leiber, published between 1987 and 1991. The series consists of three volumes: The Color of Evil, The Medusa In The Shield, and A Fabulous, Formless Darkness, which should be read in publication order to experience the story as intended.
Start with Volume I: The Color of Evil and read in order.
Start this series with Volume I: The Color of Evil
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The Golden Age of Science Fiction Series
Complete3 books (2016–2018)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction is a three-book anthology series published between 2016 and 2018, now complete. These volumes collect classic science fiction stories from the genre's formative era, featuring work by renowned authors including Robert Sheckley, James Blish, Poul Anderson, Clifford D. Simak, and Harry Harrison. Read the volumes in publication order starting with Volume VI, followed by Volume IV, and concluding with Volume X.
Start with The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI(By: Robert Sheckley) and read in order.
Start this series with The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI(By: Robert Sheckley)
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Fritz Leiber written?
- Fritz Leiber has written 262 books across 11 series. Their published works span from 1667 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Fritz Leiber series?
- Here are the first books in Fritz Leiber's series: Anthologies: Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963; Change War: The Big Time; Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe: Tarzan and the Valley of Gold; Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Swords Against Wizardry; Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Graphic Novels: Ill Met in Lankhmar(With: Howard Chaykin).
- What order should I read Fritz Leiber's books?
- We recommend reading Fritz Leiber's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Fritz Leiber still writing new books?
- Yes, Fritz Leiber has 2 ongoing series: Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe, Gothic Fantasy.