K.J. Parker Reading Order

13 books (2008–2018)

Start with The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009, the first of 13 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 2013Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2015 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2016 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	Tor.com Collection: Season 1 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Book of Swords: Part 1 2017Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2023–2023)

Start with Saevus Corax Captures the Castle and read in order.

3 books (2005–2007)

Start with Devices and Desires and read in order.

#	Title
1	Devices and Desires 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Evil for Evil 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Escapement 2007Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1998–2000)

Start with Colours in the Steel and read in order.

#	Title
1	Colours in the Steel 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Belly of the Bow 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Proof House 2000Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2016–2016)

Start with Gnaw(By: Tade Thompson), the first of 5 books in the Five Stories High Books series.

2 books (2020–2021)

Start with Prosper's Demon and read in order.

#	Title
1	Prosper's Demon 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	Inside Man 2021Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2010–2016)

Start with Blue and Gold and read in order.

#	Title
1	Blue and Gold 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Devil You Know 2016Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2001–2003)

Start with Shadow and read in order.

#	Title
1	Shadow 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Pattern 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Memory 2003Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (2009–2025)

Start with Purple and Black, the first of 12 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Purple and Black 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Sun and I 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Academic Exercises 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Let Maps to Others 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Last Witness 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	Downfall of the Gods 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	Mightier than the Sword 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	My Beautiful Life 2019Buy 🇺🇸
10	Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit 2022Buy 🇺🇸
11	Set in Stone 2024Buy 🇺🇸
12	Making History 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2018–2023)

Start with The Father of Lies and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Father of Lies 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Under My Skin 2023Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2008–2022)

Start with The Company, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Company 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Folding Knife 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Hammer 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Sharps 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Savages 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Big Score 2021Buy 🇺🇸
7	Pulling the Wings Off Angels 2022Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Long Game 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2026–2026)

Start with Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know 2026Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead 2026Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2019–2022)

Start with Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Practical Guide to Conquering the World 2022Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2017)

Start with The Two of Swords, Volume One and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Two of Swords, Volume One 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Two of Swords, Volume Three 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Two of Swords, Volume Two 2017Buy 🇺🇸