Marie Brennan Reading Order

18 books (2004–2023)

Start with Summoned to Destiny, the first of 17 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Summoned to Destiny 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Best of Talebones 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Bewere the Night 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book of Apex: Volume 4 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Mythic Delirium 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Shared Nightmares 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Zombies: More Recent Dead 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Mad Science Café 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Children of a Different Sky 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	It Happened at the Ball 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Worlds Seen in Passing 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Kaiju Rising II 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Shapers of Worlds Volume II 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Shattering the Glass Slipper 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	DreamForge Magazine Issue 13: Stories from DreamForge Anvil 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 153, February 2023 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	When Swords Fall Silent: An Assassination Anthology 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2008–2016)

Start with Clockwork Phoenix, the first of 5 books in the Clockwork Phoenix series.

#	Title
1	Clockwork Phoenix 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Clockwork Phoenix 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Clockwork Phoenix 4 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Clockwork Phoenix 5 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2017–2020)

Start with Ars Historica, the first of 4 books in the Collected Short Fiction of Marie Brennan series.

3 books (2006–2011)

Start with Doppelganger / Warrior and read in order.

#	Title
1	Doppelganger / Warrior 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Warrior and Witch / Witch 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Dancing the Warrior 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2020–2020)

#	Title
1	Driftwood 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2019–2024)

Start with The Eternal Knot and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Eternal Knot 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Game of 100 Candles 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Market of 100 Fortunes 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2013–2017)

Start with A Natural History of Dragons, the first of 6 books in the Memoirs Of Lady Trent series.

#	Title
1	A Natural History of Dragons 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Tropic of Serpents 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Voyage of the Basilisk 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	In the Labyrinth of Drakes 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Within the Sanctuary of Wings 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2018–2025)

Start with New Worlds, Year One, the first of 8 books in the New Worlds series.

#	Title
1	New Worlds, Year One 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	New Worlds, Year Two 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	New Worlds, Year Three 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	New Worlds, Year Four 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	New Worlds, Year Five 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	New Worlds, Year Six 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	New Worlds, Year Seven 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	New Worlds, Year Eight 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2013–2013)

5 books (2008–2017)

Start with Midnight Never Come, the first of 5 books in the Onyx Court series.

#	Title
1	Midnight Never Come 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Deeds of Men 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	In Ashes Lie 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Star Shall Fall 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	With Fate Conspire 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2016–2017)

Start with Cold-Forged Flame and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cold-Forged Flame 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Lightning in the Blood 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2021–2023)

Start with The Liar's Knot and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Liar's Knot 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Mask of Mirrors 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Labyrinth's Heart 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2014–2017)

Start with Daughter of Necessity and read in order.

4 books (2014–2024)

Start with Monstrous Beauty, the first of 4 books in the Short Story Collections series.

2 books (2019–2023)

Start with Turning Darkness Into Light and read in order.

#	Title
1	Turning Darkness Into Light 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Waking of Angantyr 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2026–2026)

#	Title
1	The Eye of Leviathan 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2012–2016)

Start with Lies and Prophecy and read in order.

#	Title
1	Lies and Prophecy 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Welcome to Welton 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Chains and Memory 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible