W. Michael Gear Reading Order

3 books (1999–2001)

Start with The Visitant and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Visitant 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Summoning God 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bone Walker 2001Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2010–2012)

Start with Coming of the Storm and read in order.

#	Title
1	Coming of the Storm 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fire the Sky 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Searing Wind 2012Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2018–2022)

Start with Abandoned, the first of 6 books in the Donovan series.

#	Title
1	Abandoned 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Outpost 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Pariah 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Unreconciled 2020Buy 🇺🇸
5	Adrift 2021Buy 🇺🇸
6	Reckoning 2022Buy 🇺🇸

29 books (1990–2022)

Start with People of the Fire, the first of 29 books in the First North Americans series.

#	Title
1	People of the Fire 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	People of the Wolf 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	People of the Earth 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	People of the River 1992Buy 🇺🇸
5	People of the Sea 1993Buy 🇺🇸
6	People of the Lakes 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	People of the Lightning 1995Buy 🇺🇸
8	People of the Silence 1996Buy 🇺🇸
9	People of the Mist 1997Buy 🇺🇸
10	People of the Masks 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	People of the Owl 2003Buy 🇺🇸
12	People of the Raven 2004Buy 🇺🇸
13	People of the Moon 2005Buy 🇺🇸
14	People of the Nightland 2007Buy 🇺🇸
15	People of the Weeping Eye 2008Buy 🇺🇸
16	People of the Thunder 2009Buy 🇺🇸
17	People of the Longhouse 2010Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Dawn Country 2011Buy 🇺🇸
19	People of the Black Sun 2012Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Broken Land 2012Buy 🇺🇸
21	Copper Falcon 2014Buy 🇺🇸
22	People of the Morning Star 2014Buy 🇺🇸
23	People of the Songtrail 2015Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Dead Man's Doll 2015Buy 🇺🇸
25	Sun Born 2016Buy 🇺🇸
26	Moon Hunt 2017Buy 🇺🇸
27	Star Path 2019Buy 🇺🇸
28	People of the Canyons 2020Buy 🇺🇸
29	Lightning Shell 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2018–2019)

Start with The River and read in order.

#	Title
1	The River 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Plains 2019Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1991–1993)

Start with Requiem for the Conqueror and read in order.

#	Title
1	Requiem for the Conqueror 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Relic of Empire 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Countermeasures 1993Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2001–2002)

Start with Dark Inheritance and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dark Inheritance 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Raising Abel 2002Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2015–2015)

4 books (1996–2023)

Start with The Morning River, the first of 4 books in the Saga of the Mountain Saga series.

#	Title
1	The Morning River 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Coyote Summer 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Panther's Scream 2023Buy 🇺🇸
4	White Mist Dog 2023Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1988–1989)

Start with The Warriors of Spider and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Warriors of Spider 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Way of Spider 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Web of Spider 1989Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1988–2025)

Start with Big Horn Legacy, the first of 10 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Big Horn Legacy 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Long Ride Home 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Starstrike 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Artifact 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Children of the Dawnland(With: Kathleen O'Neal Gear) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Athena Factor 2005Buy 🇺🇸
7	This Scorched Earth 2018Buy 🇺🇸
8	Fracture Event(With: Kathleen O'Neal Gear) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Foundation 2021Buy 🇺🇸
10	Buffalo Justice(With: Kathleen O'Neal Gear) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2020–2022)

Start with The Alpha Enigma and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Alpha Enigma 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	Implacable Alpha 2022Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2024–2024)

Start with Athena Unleashed and read in order.

#	Title
1	Athena Unleashed 2024Buy 🇺🇸
2	Athena's Wrath 2024Buy 🇺🇸
3	Genesis Athena 2024Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2025)

Start with The Betrayal and read in order.

7 books (2010–2024)

Start with People of the Longhouse, the first of 7 books in the The Peacemaker's Tale series.

#	Title
1	People of the Longhouse 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Dawn Country 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Broken Land 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	Blood Lightning 2024Buy 🇺🇸
5	Eclipse Dancer 2024Buy 🇺🇸
6	Shadowed Forest 2024Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Dusk Country 2024Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2021–2024)

Start with Dissolution, the first of 4 books in the The Wyoming Chronicles series.