Kate Elliott Reading Order

9 books (2002–2022)

Kate Elliott appears in eight anthology collections spanning from 2002 to 2022, with her contributions likely complete. These anthologies cover fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction across varied publication venues including DAW, Tor.com, and specialized collections focused on worldbuilding and magical themes. Read in publication order to follow the chronological appearance of her work within these collections.

Start with DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Speculative Fiction 2013 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book Smugglers' Quarterly Almanac: Volume 2 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book of Swords: Part 1 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Rocket Fuel 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Some of the Best of Tor.com 2021 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2015–2015)

31 books (2007–2020)

The Charles M. Russell Center on Art and Photography of the American West series comprises 31 books published between 2007 and 2020, exploring art, photography, and history of the American West through various scholarly and curatorial perspectives. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné. These volumes feature catalogs, retrospectives, historical analyses, and photographic collections that examine artists, photographers, and cultural subjects related to the region and its representation.

Start with Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné(By: Brian W. Dippie,B. Byron Price,Raphael James Cristy,Peter H. Hassrick,Ginger K. Renner,Rick Stewart), the first of 31 books in the Charles M. Russell Center on Art and Photography of the American West series.

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1	Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné(By: Brian W. Dippie,B. Byron Price,Raphael James Cristy,Peter H. Hassrick,Ginger K. Renner,Rick Stewart) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	In Contemporary Rhythm(By: Peter H. Hassrick,Elizabeth J. Cunningham) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Placing Memory(By: Todd Stewart,Karen J. Leong,Natasha Egan,John Tateishi) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Charles Deas and 1840s America(By: Carol Clark,Frederick E. Hoxie,Peter H. Hassrick,Joan Carpenter Troccoli,Lewis I. Sharp,Guy Jordan) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Julius Seyler and the Blackfeet(By: William E. Farr) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell(By: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,Joan Carpenter Troccoli,Thomas Gilcrease,Joan Troccoli,Lewis I. Sharp,Duane H. King) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture(By: Joan Carpenter Troccoli,Lewis I. Sharp,Duane H. King) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Visions of the Big Sky(By: Dan Flores) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Plains Indian Art(By: Jane Ewers Robinson,Evan M. Maurer,Candace S. Greene) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	A Family of the Land(By: Andy Wilkinson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	A President in Yellowstone(By: Frank H. Goodyear III) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	A Russian American Photographer in Tlingit Country(By: Sergei Kan) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Chronicling the West forHarper's(By: Claudine Chalmers) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Karl Bodmer's America Revisited(By: Robert M. Lindholm,W. Raymond Wood,David C. Hunt) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Charles M. Russell: Photographing the Legend(By: Brian W. Dippie,Larry Len Peterson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	San Francisco Lithographer(By: Robert J. Chandler,Ron Tyler,Shirley Ann Wilson Moore,Grafton Tyler Brown) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley(By: Peter H. Hassrick,Mindy N. Besaw) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Picturing Migrants(By: James R. Swensen) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wyoming Grasslands(By: Dan Flores,Frank H. Goodyear,Charles R. Preston) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné II(By: Frederic Remington,Peter H. Hassrick,Bruce B. Eldredge) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Narrating the Landscape(By: Matthew N. Johnston) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Our Indian Summer in the Far West(By: Samuel Nugent Townshend) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Picher, Oklahoma(By: Todd Stewart,Alison Fields) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Picturing Indian Territory(By: B. Byron Price,James Peck,Mark A. White) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Ray Stanford Strong, West Coast Landscape Artist(By: Mark Humpal) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Albert Bierstadt(By: Peter H. Hassrick,Bruce B. Eldredge) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Painters of the Northwest(By: John E. Impert) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Transnational Frontiers(By: Emily C. Burns) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Visions of the Tallgrass(By: James P. Ronda,Harvey Payne,Geoffrey Standing Bear) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Framing First Contact 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Through a Native Lens(By: Nicole Strathman) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2015–2017)

Kate Elliott's Court of Fives is a complete five-book fantasy series published between 2015 and 2017. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Court of Fives and continuing through Night Flower, Poisoned Blade, Bright Thrones, and concluding with Buried Heart. This series combines fantasy worldbuilding with Elliott's characteristic depth of character and narrative scope across its relatively compact five-volume arc.

Start with Court of Fives, the first of 5 books in the Court Of Fives series.

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1	Court of Fives 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Night Flower 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Poisoned Blade 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bright Thrones 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Buried Heart 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2006–2009)

The Crossroads trilogy by Kate Elliott is a complete fantasy series consisting of three books published between 2006 and 2009. Begin with Spirit Gate and proceed through the remaining volumes in publication order, as the narrative builds sequentially across the three installments.

Start with Spirit Gate and read in order.

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1	Spirit Gate 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Shadow Gate 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Traitors' Gate 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1997–2006)

Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars is a seven-book fantasy series published between 1997 and 2006. The complete saga should be read in publication order, beginning with King's Dragon and concluding with Crown of Stars. Each installment builds upon the previous, making sequential reading essential to following the overarching narrative.

Start with King's Dragon, the first of 7 books in the Crown Of Stars series.

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1	King's Dragon 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Prince of Dogs 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Burning Stone 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Child of Flame 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Gathering Storm 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	In the Ruins 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Crown of Stars 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1996–2011)

Kate Elliott, Jennifer Roberson, and Melanie Rawn collaborated on this complete fantasy series set in a shared universe. The Golden Key Universe consists of two books published between 1996 and 2011, beginning with The Golden Key and followed by The Diviner. These novels should be read in publication order to experience the story as intended.

Start with The Golden Key(With: Jennifer Roberson,Melanie Rawn) and read in order.

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1	The Golden Key(With: Jennifer Roberson,Melanie Rawn) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Diviner(By: Melanie Rawn) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1990–1990)

Kate Elliott's Highroad Trilogy is a science fiction series consisting of three books published in 1990. The trilogy follows a complete story arc and should be read in publication order: A Passage of Stars, Revolution's Shore, and The Price of Ransom. This finished series combines Elliott's signature blend of complex worldbuilding and character development across its three volumes.

Start with A Passage of Stars and read in order.

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1	A Passage of Stars 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Revolution's Shore 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Price of Ransom 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1992–1994)

The Jaran series by Kate Elliott consists of four complete science fiction fantasy novels published between 1992 and 1994. The four books in publication order are Jaran, An Earthly Crown, His Conquering Sword, and The Law of Becoming. This series should be read in publication order to follow the narrative as intended by the author.

Start with Jaran, the first of 4 books in the Jaran series.

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1	Jaran 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	An Earthly Crown 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	His Conquering Sword 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Law of Becoming 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

17 books (1994–2023)

Magic: The Gathering is a 17-book fantasy and science fiction series set in the worlds of the collectible card game universe, with entries published between 1994 and 2023. The series features multiple authors across its span and should be read in publication order to follow the interconnected stories and world-building. The complete series encompasses various story arcs set on different magical planes, beginning with Arena and concluding with two final books released in the early 2020s.

Start with Arena(By: William R. Forstchen), the first of 17 books in the Magic: The Gathering series.

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1	Arena(By: William R. Forstchen) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Whispering Woods(By: Clayton Emery) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Final Sacrifice(By: Clayton Emery) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Shattered Chains(By: Clayton Emery) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Cursed Land(By: Teri McLaren) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Prodigal Sorcerer(By: Mark Sumner) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	And Peace Shall Sleep(By: Sonia Orin Lyris) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Ashes of the Sun(By: Hanovi Braddock) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Dark Legacy(By: Robert Vardeman) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Song of Time(By: Teri McLaren) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Planeswalkers' Guide to Alara(By: Doug Beyer,Jenna Helland) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Alara Unbroken(By: Doug Beyer) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum(By: Brook Steingass) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Scars of Mirrodin: The Quest for Karn(By: Robert B. Wintermute) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Children of the Nameless(By: Brandon Sanderson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Throne of Eldraine 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Magic: The Gathering: The Official Cookbook(By: Jenna Helland,Victoria Rosenthal) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2021–2025)

Kate Elliott's short stories and novellas span from 2021 to 2025 in this ongoing two-book series. The Tinder Box launched the collection in 2021, followed by Barnacle in 2025. These works should be read in publication order to experience Elliott's contributions to the fantasy and science fiction short form across the series' span.

Start with The Tinder Box and read in order.

1 book (2014–2014)

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1	The Very Best of Kate Elliott 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2010–2024)

The Spiritwalker series by Kate Elliott spans four books released between 2010 and 2024, with the sequence still ongoing. These fantasy novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Cold Magic and continuing through Cold Fire, Cold Steel, and The History of the World Begins in Ice. The series combines worldbuilding across multiple genres and time periods, offering readers an expansive narrative that evolves across its installments.

Start with Cold Magic, the first of 4 books in the Spiritwalker series.

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1	Cold Magic 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Cold Fire 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Cold Steel 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The History of the World Begins in Ice 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1988–2027)

Kate Elliott has written three standalone novels spanning from 1988 to 2023: The Labyrinth Gate, Servant Mage, and The Keeper's Six. These works represent her contributions to fantasy and science fiction across more than three decades. Read them in publication order, beginning with The Labyrinth Gate, though each novel stands independently and can be enjoyed without reading the others.

Start with The Labyrinth Gate(As: Alis Rasmussen) and read in order.

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1	The Labyrinth Gate(As: Alis Rasmussen) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Servant Mage 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Keeper's Six 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Flower Court 2027Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2020–2022)

The Sun Chronicles is a two-book science fiction and fantasy series by Kate Elliott, with Unconquerable Sun released in 2020 and Furious Heaven in 2022. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Unconquerable Sun. This duology blends Elliott's characteristic worldbuilding across fantasy and science fiction elements into a connected narrative.

Start with Unconquerable Sun and read in order.

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1	Unconquerable Sun 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Furious Heaven 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2025–2025)

Kate Elliott's Witch Roads series is an ongoing fantasy duology that began in 2025. The two books, The Nameless Land and The Witch Roads, should be read in publication order. With the second book having just released, this series is still developing and may continue beyond its current two-book scope.

Start with The Nameless Land and read in order.