Laura Anne Gilman Reading Order

16 books (1995–2023)

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

#	Title
1	Blood Muse 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	Otherwere 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Treachery and Treason 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Those Who Fight Monsters 2011Buy 🇺🇸
7	Don't Read This Book 2012Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dead Man's Hand 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	Lightspeed Magazine, October 2015 2015Buy 🇺🇸
11	Temporally Out of Order 2015Buy 🇺🇸
12	Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place 2016Buy 🇺🇸
13	Out of Tune Book 2 2016Buy 🇺🇸
14	Strange California 2017Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Death of All Things 2017Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Good, The Bad, & The Uncanny 2023Buy 🇺🇸

46 books (1992–2015)

Start with Buffy the Vampire Slayer(By: Richie Tankersley Cusick), the first of 46 books in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series.

#	Title
1	Buffy the Vampire Slayer(By: Richie Tankersley Cusick) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Coyote Moon(By: John Vornholt) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	Halloween Rain(By: Nancy Holder) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Blooded(By: Nancy Holder) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
5	Child of the Hunt(By: Nancy Holder) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Night of the Living Rerun(By: Arthur Byron Cover) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
7	Return to Chaos(By: Craig Shaw Gardner) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	Ghost Roads(By: Nancy Holder,Christopher Golden) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	Immortal(By: Nancy Holder) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
10	Out of the Madhouse(By: Nancy Holder,Christopher Golden) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
11	Power of Persuasion(By: Elizabeth Massie) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	Resurrecting Ravana(By: Ray Garton) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	Sins of the Father(By: Christopher Golden) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Monster Book(By: Thomas E. Sniegoski,Christopher Golden,Stephen R. Bissette) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Sunnydale High Yearbook(By: Nancy Holder) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Willow Files, Vol. 1(By: Yvonne Navarro) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
17	Unnatural Selection(By: Mel Odom) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
18	Visitors(With: Josepha Sherman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
19	Deep Water(With: Josepha Sherman) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
20	How I Survived My Summer Vacation(By: Nancy Holder,Michelle West,Paul Ruditis) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
21	Spike and Dru(By: Christopher Golden) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Evil That Men Do(By: Nancy Holder) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Harvest(By: Richie Tankersley Cusick) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
24	Revenant(By: Mel Odom) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
25	Tempted Champions(By: Yvonne Navarro) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Book of Fours(By: Nancy Holder) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Watcher's Guides(By: Nancy Holder) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Willow Files, Vol. 2(By: Yvonne Navarro) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
29	Crossings(By: Mel Odom) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
30	Ghoul Trouble(By: John Passarella) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
31	Little Things(By: Rebecca Moesta) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
32	Oz: Into the Wild(By: Christopher Golden) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
33	Paleo(By: Yvonne Navarro) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Wisdom of War(By: Christopher Golden) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
35	These Our Actors(By: Ashley McConnell,Dori Kogler) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
36	Blood and Fog(By: Nancy Holder) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
37	Chaos Bleeds(By: James A. Moore) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
38	Chosen(By: Nancy Holder) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
39	Blackout(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
40	Queen of the Slayers(By: Nancy Holder) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
41	Afterimage(By: Pierce Askegren) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
42	Carnival of Souls(By: Nancy Holder) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
43	Dark Congress(By: Christopher Golden) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
44	The Deathless(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
45	One Thing or Your Mother(By: Kirsten Beyer) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
46	Demons of the Hellmouth: A Guide for Slayers(By: Nancy Holder) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2012–2015)

Start with Collared, the first of 4 books in the Gin & Tonic Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Collared 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fixed 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Doghouse 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Clawed 2015Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2006–2006)

Start with Morgain's Revenge and read in order.

#	Title
1	Morgain's Revenge 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Camelot Spell 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Shadow Companion 2006Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2005–2005)

2 books (2022–2023)

Start with Uncanny Times and read in order.

#	Title
1	Uncanny Times 2022Buy 🇺🇸
2	Uncanny Vows 2023Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2011–2011)

Start with Searching for Yeti and read in order.

#	Title
1	Searching for Yeti 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Searching for the Bermuda Triangle(By: Aaron Rosenberg,Vivian E. Shumway) 2011Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2019–2020)

Start with Tracking the Yeti(With: Jenna Vale) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tracking the Yeti(With: Jenna Vale) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	I Have Strong Opinions 2020Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2010–2012)

Start with Hard Magic, the first of 4 books in the Paranormal Scene Investigations series.

#	Title
1	Hard Magic 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Pack of Lies 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tricks of the Trade 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dragon Justice 2012Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (1992–2000)

Start with Quantum Leap: The Novel(By: Ashley McConnell), the first of 12 books in the Quantum Leap series.

#	Title
1	Quantum Leap: The Novel(By: Ashley McConnell) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Wall(By: Ashley McConnell) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Too Close for Comfort(By: Ashley McConnell) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Prelude(By: Ashley McConnell) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Random Measures(By: Ashley McConnell) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	Search And Rescue(By: Melissa Crandall) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	Double or Nothing(With: C.J. Henderson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Complete Quantum Leap Book(By: Louis Chunovic) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	Loch Ness Leap(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith,Sandy Schofield) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
10	Quantum Leap: Obsessions(By: Carol Davis) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
11	Knights of the Morningstar(By: Melanie Rawn) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	Mirror's Edge(By: Carol Davis) 2000Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2004–2010)

Start with Staying Dead, the first of 7 books in the Retrievers series.

#	Title
1	Staying Dead 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Curse the Dark 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bring It On 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Burning Bridges 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Free Fall 2008Buy 🇺🇸
6	Blood from Stone 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	Tales of the Cosa Nostradamus 2010Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2009–2016)

Start with The Shadow Conspiracy I(With: Steven Harper,Phyllis Irene Radford) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Shadow Conspiracy I(With: Steven Harper,Phyllis Irene Radford) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Shadow Conspiracy II(By: Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff,Phyllis Irene Radford) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Shadow Conspiracy III(By: Brenda W. Clough,Phyllis Irene Radford) 2016Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2020–2022)

Start with Finder's Keeper and read in order.

3 books (2011–2019)

Start with Dragon Virus and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dragon Virus 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Darkly Human 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Collected Cases of Duchess, PI 2019Buy 🇺🇸

38 books (2003–2015)

Start with Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery), the first of 38 books in the Smart Pop series.

#	Title
1	Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Five Seasons of Angel 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	Stepping through the Stargate(By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
5	Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
6	Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
7	Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
8	Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
9	King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!(By: David Brin) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
10	Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
11	Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Anthology at the End of the Universe(By: Stephen Baxter,John Shirley,Adam-Troy Castro,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Adam Roberts,Susan Sizemore,Mark W. Tiedemann,Jacqueline Carey,Vox Day,Cory Doctorow,A.M. Dellamonica,Glenn Yeffeth,Selina Rosen,Amy Berner,Maria Alexander,Marguerite Krause,Bruce Bethke,Don DeBrandt,Marie-Catherine Caillava,Mike Byrne) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
13	The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
14	Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
15	Boarding the Enterprise(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
16	Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
17	Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
18	So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Battle for Azeroth(By: Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
22	This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
23	Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
24	Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
25	Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
26	Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
27	House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
28	Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
29	Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
30	Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
31	Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
32	Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
33	Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
34	In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
35	James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
36	A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
37	Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
38	You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2019–2019)

6 books (2013–2017)

Start with Miles to Go, the first of 6 books in the Sylvan Investigations series.

#	Title
1	Miles to Go 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Promises to Keep 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sylvan Investigations 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	An Interrupted Cry 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Work of Hunters 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Sylvan Investigations 2 2017Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2015–2019)

Start with Silver on the Road, the first of 4 books in the The Devil's West series.

#	Title
1	Silver on the Road 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Cold Eye 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Red Waters Rising 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	Gabriel's Road 2019Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2013–2013)

Start with Heart of Briar and read in order.

#	Title
1	Heart of Briar 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Soul of Fire 2013Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (2010–2024)

Start with The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition, the first of 15 books in the The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series.

#	Title
1	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2001–2001)

#	Title
1	Yeti, the Abominable Snowman 2001Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2009–2013)

Start with Flesh and Fire, the first of 4 books in the Vineart War series.

#	Title
1	Flesh and Fire 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Weight of Stone 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Shattered Vine 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	From Whence You Came 2013Buy 🇺🇸