Piers Anthony Reading Order

2 books (2013–2014)

Start with Aliena and read in order.

20 books (1967–2021)

Start with Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1967, the first of 20 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1967 1967Buy 🇺🇸
2	Science Against Man 1970Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Berkley Showcase: Vol. 3 1981Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tales from the Great Turtle 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Bits of the Dead 2008Buy 🇺🇸
6	Crossed Genres Issue 5: Humor 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	Wonder 2010Buy 🇺🇸
8	What Fears Become 2011Buy 🇺🇸
9	Attic Toys 2012Buy 🇺🇸
10	One and Wonder 2013Buy 🇺🇸
11	Fantasy For Good: A Charitable Anthology 2014Buy 🇺🇸
12	Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	Unidentified Funny Objects 3 2014Buy 🇺🇸
14	Dragons, Droids & Doom 2015Buy 🇺🇸
15	Unidentified Funny Objects 4 2015Buy 🇺🇸
16	Writer's Retweet 2016Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Forsaken 2017Buy 🇺🇸
18	Little Girl Lost: Thirteen Tales of Youth Disrupted 2019Buy 🇺🇸
19	Little Boy Lost: More Tales of Youth Disrupted 2020Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Good, the Bad, & the Cute: The Secret Ways of Dolls 2021Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1980–1990)

Start with Split Infinity, the first of 7 books in the Apprentice Adept series.

#	Title
1	Split Infinity 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	Blue Adept 1981Buy 🇺🇸
3	Juxtaposition 1982Buy 🇺🇸
4	Out of Phaze 1987Buy 🇺🇸
5	Robot Adept 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	Unicorn Point 1989Buy 🇺🇸
7	Phaze Doubt 1990Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1967–1989)

Start with Chthon, the first of 4 books in the Aton series.

#	Title
1	Chthon 1967Buy 🇺🇸
2	Phthor 1975Buy 🇺🇸
3	Plasm(By: Charles Platt) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	Soma(By: Charles Platt) 1989Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1968–1975)

Start with Sos the Rope and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sos the Rope 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	Var the Stick 1969Buy 🇺🇸
3	Neq the Sword 1975Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1983–2002)

Start with Refugee, the first of 6 books in the Bio Of A Space Tyrant series.

#	Title
1	Refugee 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Mercenary 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Executive 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	Politician 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	Statesman 1986Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Iron Maiden 2002Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2003–2008)

Start with Key to Chroma, the first of 5 books in the ChroMagic series.

#	Title
1	Key to Chroma 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Key to Havoc 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Key to Destiny 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	Key to Liberty 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Key to Survival 2008Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1977–1982)

Start with Cluster / Vicinity Cluster, the first of 5 books in the Cluster series.

#	Title
1	Cluster / Vicinity Cluster 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Chaining the Lady 1978Buy 🇺🇸
3	Kirlian Quest 1979Buy 🇺🇸
4	Thousandstar 1980Buy 🇺🇸
5	Viscous Circle 1982Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2015–2017)

Start with Chronology(By: J.R. Rain,Matthew S. Cox,Richard Roberts,Andrew Buckley) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Chronology(By: J.R. Rain,Matthew S. Cox,Richard Roberts,Andrew Buckley) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cast No Shadows(By: Jordan Elizabeth,Amy L. Gale,Joan O. Scharf) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Darkscapes 2017Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1993–2010)

Start with Isle of Woman, the first of 5 books in the Geodyssey series.

#	Title
1	Isle of Woman 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shame of Man 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Hope of Earth 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Muse of Art 1999Buy 🇺🇸
5	Climate of Change 2010Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2019)

Start with Hair Power and read in order.

#	Title
1	Hair Power 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hair Suite 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Hair Peace 2019Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1983–2007)

Start with On a Pale Horse, the first of 8 books in the Incarnations Of Immortality series.

#	Title
1	On a Pale Horse 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bearing an Hourglass 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	With a Tangled Skein 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	Wielding a Red Sword 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Being a Green Mother 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	For Love of Evil 1988Buy 🇺🇸
7	And Eternity 1989Buy 🇺🇸
8	Under a Velvet Cloak 2007Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1974–1976)

Start with Kiai!, the first of 6 books in the Jason Striker series.

#	Title
1	Kiai! 1974Buy 🇺🇸
2	Mistress of Death 1974Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Bamboo Bloodbath 1974Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ninja's Revenge 1975Buy 🇺🇸
5	Amazon Slaughter 1976Buy 🇺🇸
6	Curse of the Ninja 1976Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1987–1992)

Start with Dragon's Gold, the first of 5 books in the Kelvin Of Rud series.

#	Title
1	Dragon's Gold 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Serpent's Silver 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Chimaera's Copper 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	Orc's Opal 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Mouvar's Magic 1992Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2012–2012)

Start with Awares, the first of 4 books in the Metal Maiden series.

4 books (1991–2001)

Start with Virtual Mode, the first of 4 books in the Mode series.

#	Title
1	Virtual Mode 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fractal Mode 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Chaos Mode 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	DoOon Mode 2001Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1988–2007)

Start with Bio of an Ogre, the first of 5 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Bio of an Ogre 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Piers Anthony's Visual Guide to Xanth 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Letters to Jenny 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	How Precious Was That While 2001Buy 🇺🇸
5	Alfred 2007Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1968–1976)

Start with Omnivore and read in order.

#	Title
1	Omnivore 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	Orn 1971Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ox 1976Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2019)

Start with Virtue Inverted and read in order.

#	Title
1	Virtue Inverted 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Amazon Expedient 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Magenta Salvation 2019Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1989–2003)

Start with Pornucopia and read in order.

#	Title
1	Pornucopia 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Magic Fart 2003Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2011–2012)

Start with Aladdin Relighted and read in order.

#	Title
1	Aladdin Relighted 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Aladdin Sins Bad 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Aladdin and the Flying Dutchman 2012Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2008–2023)

Start with Knave, the first of 7 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Knave 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Juliet 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Serial 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Odd Exam 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Noah's Brick 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Pira 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Quinquepedalian 2023Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1985–2021)

Start with Anthonology, the first of 10 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Anthonology 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alien Plot 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Relationships 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Relationships II 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Relationships III 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	Relationships IV 2010Buy 🇺🇸
7	Relationships V 2012Buy 🇺🇸
8	Cautionary Tales 2014Buy 🇺🇸
9	Relationships VI 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	Read the Read: Three Tiny Tales 2021Buy 🇺🇸

46 books (1968–2017)

Start with The Ring(With: Robert E. Margroff), the first of 46 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Ring(With: Robert E. Margroff) 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hasan 1969Buy 🇺🇸
3	Macroscope 1969Buy 🇺🇸
4	The E.S.P. Worm(With: Robert E. Margroff) 1970Buy 🇺🇸
5	Prostho Plus 1971Buy 🇺🇸
6	Race Against Time 1973Buy 🇺🇸
7	Rings of Ice 1974Buy 🇺🇸
8	Triple Detente 1974Buy 🇺🇸
9	But What of Earth?(With: Robert Coulson) 1976Buy 🇺🇸
10	Steppe 1976Buy 🇺🇸
11	Pretender(With: Frances Hall) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
12	Mute 1981Buy 🇺🇸
13	Hard Sell 1982Buy 🇺🇸
14	Ghost 1986Buy 🇺🇸
15	Shade of the Tree 1986Buy 🇺🇸
16	Through the Ice(With: Robert Kornwise) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
17	Total Recall 1989Buy 🇺🇸
18	Balook 1990Buy 🇺🇸
19	Dead Morn(With: Roberto Fuentes) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
20	Firefly 1990Buy 🇺🇸
21	Mercycle 1991Buy 🇺🇸
22	Tatham Mound 1991Buy 🇺🇸
23	Killobyte 1992Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Caterpillar's Question(With: Philip Jose Farmer) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
25	If I Pay Thee Not in Gold(With: Mercedes Lackey) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
26	Earth 1996Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Willing Spirit(With: Alfred Tella) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
28	Spider Legs(With: Clifford A. Pickover) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
29	Volk(With: Brad Linaweaver) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
30	Dream a Little Dream(With: Julie Brady) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
31	Quest for the Fallen Star(With: Alan Riggs,James Richey) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
32	Realty Check 1999Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Gutbucket Quest(With: Ron Leming) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Secret of Spring(With: Jo Anne Taeusch) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
35	Tortoise Reform 2007Buy 🇺🇸
36	Eroma 2011Buy 🇺🇸
37	Pandora Park 2011Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Sopaths 2011Buy 🇺🇸
39	Dolfin Tayle(With: J.R. Rain) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
40	Dragon Assassin(With: J.R. Rain) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
41	Jack and the Giants(With: J.R. Rain) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
42	WereWoman 2014Buy 🇺🇸
43	Lavabull(With: J.R. Rain) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
44	Service Goat 2016Buy 🇺🇸
45	The Worm Returns(With: J.R. Rain) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
46	The Journey(With: J.R. Rain) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1979–1980)

Start with God of Tarot and read in order.

#	Title
1	God of Tarot 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Faith of Tarot 1980Buy 🇺🇸
3	Vision of Tarot 1980Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2011–2017)

Start with Amoeba and read in order.

#	Title
1	Amoeba 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Beetle Juice 2017Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (2012–2026)

Start with Unidentified Funny Objects, the first of 13 books in the Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology series.

#	Title
1	Unidentified Funny Objects 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Unidentified Funny Objects 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Unidentified Funny Objects 3 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Funny Science Fiction 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Unidentified Funny Objects 4 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	Funny Fantasy 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Unidentified Funny Objects 5 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	Funny Horror 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	Unidentified Funny Objects 6 2017Buy 🇺🇸
10	Unidentified Funny Objects 7 2018Buy 🇺🇸
11	Unidentified Funny Objects 8 2020Buy 🇺🇸
12	Unidentified Funny Objects 9 2022Buy 🇺🇸
13	Unidentified Funny Objects 10 2026Buy 🇺🇸

49 books (1977–2026)

Start with A Spell for Chameleon, the first of 49 books in the Xanth series.

#	Title
1	A Spell for Chameleon 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Source of Magic 1978Buy 🇺🇸
3	Castle Roogna 1979Buy 🇺🇸
4	Centaur Aisle 1981Buy 🇺🇸
5	Night Mare 1982Buy 🇺🇸
6	Ogre, Ogre 1982Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dragon on a Pedestal 1983Buy 🇺🇸
8	Crewel Lye 1984Buy 🇺🇸
9	Golem in the Gears 1986Buy 🇺🇸
10	Vale of the Vole 1987Buy 🇺🇸
11	Heaven Cent 1988Buy 🇺🇸
12	Man from Mundania 1989Buy 🇺🇸
13	Isle of View 1990Buy 🇺🇸
14	Question Quest 1991Buy 🇺🇸
15	Demons Don't Dream 1992Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Color of Her Panties 1992Buy 🇺🇸
17	Harpy Thyme 1993Buy 🇺🇸
18	Geis of the Gargoyle 1994Buy 🇺🇸
19	Roc and a Hard Place 1995Buy 🇺🇸
20	Yon Ill Wind 1996Buy 🇺🇸
21	Faun & Games 1997Buy 🇺🇸
22	Zombie Lover 1998Buy 🇺🇸
23	Xone of Contention 1999Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Dastard 2000Buy 🇺🇸
25	Swell Foop 2001Buy 🇺🇸
26	Up in a Heaval 2002Buy 🇺🇸
27	Cube Route 2003Buy 🇺🇸
28	Currant Events 2004Buy 🇺🇸
29	Pet Peeve 2005Buy 🇺🇸
30	Stork Naked 2006Buy 🇺🇸
31	Air Apparent 2007Buy 🇺🇸
32	Two to the Fifth 2008Buy 🇺🇸
33	Jumper Cable 2009Buy 🇺🇸
34	Knot Gneiss 2010Buy 🇺🇸
35	Well-Tempered Clavicle 2011Buy 🇺🇸
36	Luck of the Draw 2012Buy 🇺🇸
37	Board Stiff 2013Buy 🇺🇸
38	Esrever Doom 2013Buy 🇺🇸
39	Five Portraits 2014Buy 🇺🇸
40	Isis Orb 2016Buy 🇺🇸
41	Ghost Writer in the Sky 2017Buy 🇺🇸
42	Fire Sail 2019Buy 🇺🇸
43	Jest Right 2020Buy 🇺🇸
44	A Tryst of Fate 2021Buy 🇺🇸
45	Skeleton Key 2021Buy 🇺🇸
46	Six Crystal Princesses 2022Buy 🇺🇸
47	Apoca Lips 2023Buy 🇺🇸
48	Three Novel Nymphs 2025Buy 🇺🇸
49	Knicklepede Knight 2026Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1990–1990)

#	Title
1	Return to Centaur 1990Buy 🇺🇸