Gregory Maguire Reading Order

3 books (2021–2023)

Gregory Maguire's Another Day trilogy spans from 2021 to 2023 and appears to be complete. The three books should be read in publication order: The Brides of Maracoor, The Oracle of Maracoor, and The Witch of Maracoor. This fantasy series blends Maguire's characteristic literary sensibility with imaginative world-building.

Start with The Brides of Maracoor and read in order.

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1	The Brides of Maracoor 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Oracle of Maracoor 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Witch of Maracoor 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

20 books (1980–2018)

Gregory Maguire edited eighteen anthologies between 1980 and 2013, spanning fantasy, literary fiction, and nonfiction genres. The series, now complete, should be read in publication order beginning with Travellers in Time: Past, Present, and to Come. These collections feature work from multiple authors exploring themes ranging from mythology and horror to contemporary issues and literary reimaginings. Each volume stands as an independent anthology while contributing to Maguire's broader editorial legacy in speculative fiction.

Start with Travellers in Time: Past, Present, and to Come, the first of 18 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Travellers in Time: Past, Present, and to Come 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Many Faces of Van Helsing 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Brothers & Beasts 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Half-Minute Horrors 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Dragon Book 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Happily Ever After 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Chronicles of Harris Burdick 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Letter Q 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Queen Victoria's Book of Spell 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Totally Middle School 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1999–2009)

Gregory Maguire's two-book non-fiction series examines storytelling and children's literature through essays and critical appreciation. Published between 1999 and 2009, the complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Origins of Story: On Writing for Children, followed by Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation. These works reflect Maguire's insights into narrative craft and literary influence within the children's writing tradition.

Start with Origins of Story: On Writing for Children and read in order.

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1	Origins of Story: On Writing for Children 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1980–2022)

Gregory Maguire's Picture series consists of four books published between 1980 and 2022, likely bringing the sequence to completion. The novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Crabby Cratchitt and continuing through The Peace and Quiet Diner, Lucas Fishbone, and Cress Watercress. Blending fantasy and literary fiction elements, this series showcases Maguire's imaginative storytelling across four decades of writing.

Start with Crabby Cratchitt, the first of 4 books in the Picture series.

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1	Crabby Cratchitt 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Peace and Quiet Diner 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lucas Fishbone 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Cress Watercress 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2004–2004)

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1	Leaping Beauty and Other Animal Fairy Tales 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

18 books (1978–2020)

Gregory Maguire's standalone novels collection comprises eighteen independent works of fantasy and literary fiction published between 1978 and 2020. Though each book functions as a complete story in its own right, reading them in publication order beginning with The Lightning Time allows readers to trace the author's evolving storytelling across four decades. The series includes reimagined fairy tales and original narratives that blend magical elements with contemporary themes, concluding with Egg & Spoon and three additional final entries.

Start with The Lightning Time, the first of 18 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Lightning Time 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Daughter of the Moon 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lights on the Lake 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Dream Stealer 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Oasis 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	I Feel Like the Morning Star 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Missing Sisters 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Good Liar 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Lost 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Mirror Mirror 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	What-the-Dickens 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Matchless: A Christmas Story 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Next Queen of Heaven 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Egg & Spoon 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	After Alice 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Hiddensee 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	A Wild Winter Swan 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1994–2005)

The Hamlet Chronicles is a complete seven-book series by Gregory Maguire published between 1994 and 2005, blending fantasy and literary fiction for middle-grade readers. Begin with Seven Spiders Spinning and proceed through the series in publication order, continuing with Six Haunted Hairdos, Five Alien Elves, Four Stupid Cupids, Three Rotten Eggs, A Couple of April Fools, and concluding with One Final Firecracker. Each installment is set in the same small New England town and can be read independently, though reading in sequence provides the fullest experience of the interconnected community and recurring characters.

Start with Seven Spiders Spinning, the first of 7 books in the The Hamlet Chronicles series.

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1	Seven Spiders Spinning 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Six Haunted Hairdos 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Five Alien Elves 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Four Stupid Cupids 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Three Rotten Eggs 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Couple of April Fools 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	One Final Firecracker 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1995–2026)

The Wicked Years is an ongoing fantasy series by Gregory Maguire consisting of seven books published between 1995 and 2026. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Wicked and continuing through Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, Out of Oz, Tales Told in Oz, Elphie, and Galinda. Blending literary fiction with imaginative world-building, this series reimagines the land of Oz through a complex, character-driven narrative that spans multiple perspectives and timelines.

Start with Wicked, the first of 7 books in the The Wicked Years series.

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1	Wicked 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Son of a Witch 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Lion Among Men 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Out of Oz 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Tales Told in Oz 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Elphie 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Galinda 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2025–2026)

Gregory Maguire's Wicked saga is being adapted into a graphic novel series illustrated by Scott Hampton, with two volumes planned for release between 2025 and 2026. This ongoing series should be read in publication order, beginning with Part 1. The graphic novel format brings Maguire's fantasy narrative to life through sequential art while maintaining the literary depth of the original work.

Start with Wicked: The Graphic Novel Part 1(With: Scott Hampton) and read in order.