Sharon Shinn Reading Order

10 books (2004–2022)

Start with Powers of Detection, the first of 10 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Powers of Detection 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Firebirds Rising 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Queen in Winter 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	Elemental Magic 2007Buy 🇺🇸
6	Never After 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	Angels of Darkness 2011Buy 🇺🇸
8	Whedonistas 2011Buy 🇺🇸
9	Fantastic Hope 2020Buy 🇺🇸
10	No Game for Knights 2022Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2010–2023)

Start with Troubled Waters, the first of 5 books in the Elemental Blessings series.

#	Title
1	Troubled Waters 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Royal Airs 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Jeweled Fire 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	Unquiet Land 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Whispering Wood 2023Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2017–2017)

#	Title
1	Shattered Warrior 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2004–2006)

Start with The Safe-Keeper's Secret and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Safe-Keeper's Secret 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Truth-Teller's Tale 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Dream-Maker's Magic 2006Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1996–2004)

Start with Archangel, the first of 5 books in the Samaria series.

#	Title
1	Archangel 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Jovah's Angel 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Alleluia Files 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	Angelica 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Angel-Seeker 2004Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2014)

Start with Still Life with Shape-shifter and read in order.

#	Title
1	Still Life with Shape-shifter 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Shape of Desire 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Turning Season 2014Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2009–2021)

Start with Quatrain and read in order.

#	Title
1	Quatrain 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Angels and Other Extraordinary Beings 2021Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1995–2024)

Start with The Shape-Changer's Wife, the first of 10 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Shape-Changer's Wife 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Wrapt in Crystal 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Heart of Gold 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	Summers at Castle Auburn 2001Buy 🇺🇸
5	Jenna Starborn 2002Buy 🇺🇸
6	General Winston's Daughter 2007Buy 🇺🇸
7	Gateway 2009Buy 🇺🇸
8	Shadows of the Past 2021Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Shuddering City 2022Buy 🇺🇸
10	Alibi 2024Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2005–2025)

Start with Mystic and Rider, the first of 6 books in the Twelve Houses series.

#	Title
1	Mystic and Rider 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dark Moon Defender 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Thirteenth House 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Reader and Raelynx 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Fortune and Fate 2008Buy 🇺🇸
6	Shifter and Shadow 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2019–2019)

Start with Echo in Amethyst and read in order.

#	Title
1	Echo in Amethyst 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Echo in Emerald 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Echo in Onyx 2019Buy 🇺🇸