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Catherynne M. Valente Books in Order
Catherynne M. Valente is a critically acclaimed author born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA. Growing up in Northern California, she was drawn to the rich cultural heritage of the region. Valente graduated from high school at the age of 15, pursuing her academic interests at the University of California San Diego and Edinburgh University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classics with a focus on Ancient Greek Linguistics. Her academic journey continued with a stint in a Master's program, though she eventually found herself in Japan, immersing herself in the country's unique culture. Now residing in Maine with her partner and pets, Valente's writing continues to captivate readers worldwide with her imaginative storytelling and poetic prose.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Catherynne M. Valente's book series? Catherynne M. Valente has written 12 book series. The most notable is the A Dirge for Prester John series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Catherynne M. Valente
- #1
The Habitation of the Blessed(2010) - #2
The Folded World(2011)
- #1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One(2009) - #2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two(2010) - #3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three(2011) - #4
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four(2012) - #5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five(2013) - #6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six(2014) - #7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven(2015) - #8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight(2016) - #9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine(2017) - #10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten(2018) - #11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction(2018) - #12
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven(2019) - #13
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve(2020) - #14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen(2021) - #15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen(2022) - #16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen(2024) - #17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen(2024) - #18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen(2025)
- #1
Smoky and the Feast of Mabon(2010) - #2
The Glass Town Game(2017) - #3
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods(2022)
- #1The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making(2011)
- #2
The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For a Little While(2011) - #3
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There(2012) - #4
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two(2013) - #5
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland(2015) - #6
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home(2016) - #7
The Beasts Who Fought for Fairyland Until the Very End and Further Still(2016)
- #1
Deathless(2011)
- #1
Nexus Uprising (By: Jason M. Hough)(2017) - #2
Initiation (By: N.K. Jemisin)(2017) - #3
Annihilation(2018) - #4Initiation (By: N.K. Jemisin,Mac Walters)(2017)
- #1
The Island (By: Max Brooks)(2017) - #2
The Crash (By: Tracey Baptiste)(2018) - #3
The Lost Journals (By: Mur Lafferty)(2019) - #4
The End(2019) - #5
The Voyage (By: Jason Fry)(2020) - #6
The Rise of the Arch-Illager (By: Matt Forbeck)(2020) - #7
The Shipwreck (By: C.B. Lee)(2020) - #8
The Mountain (By: Max Brooks)(2021) - #9
The Dragon (By: Nicky Drayden)(2021) - #10
Mob Squad (By: Delilah S. Dawson)(2021) - #11
The Haven Trials (By: Suyi Davies)(2021) - #12
Never Say Nether (By: Delilah S. Dawson)(2022) - #13
Zombies! (By: Nick Eliopulos)(2022) - #14
Don't Fear the Creeper (By: Delilah S. Dawson)(2022) - #15
Castle Redstone (By: Sarwat Chadda)(2022) - #16
Return of the Piglins (By: Matt Forbeck)(2023) - #17
Zombies Return! (By: Nick Eliopulos,Mojang Studios)(2023) - #18
The Village (By: Max Brooks)(2023) - #19
Minecraft: The Tournament: An Official Minecraft Novel (By: DaVaun Sanders)(2024) - #20
Minecraft Journey to the Ancient City (By: Danny Lore,Mojang Studios)(2025) - #21
The Temple of the Charged Creeper (By: Matt Forbeck)(2025)
- #1Space Opera(2018)
- #2
Space Oddity(2024)
- #1
The Grass Cutting Sword(2006) - #2The Labyrinth(2006)
- #3
Yume No Hon(2006) - #4Palimpsest(2009)
- #5
Radiance(2015) - #6
The Past Is Red(2021) - #7
A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica(2008) - #8Under in the Mere(2009)
- #9
Silently and Very Fast(2011) - #10
Fade to White(2012) - #11
Speak Easy(2015) - #12The Sin of America(2021)
- #13
L'Espirit de L'Escalier(2021) - #14
Comfort Me With Apples(2021) - #15
The Difference Between Love and Time(2022) - #16
Oracles(2005) - #17Apocrypha(2005)
- #18A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects(2008)
- #19
This Is My Letter To The World(2010) - #20Ventriloquism(2010)
- #21
Myths of Origin(2011) - #22
Six-Gun Snow White(2013) - #23
The Melancholy of Mechagirl(2013) - #24
The Bread We Eat in Dreams(2013) - #25
Indistinguishable from Magic(2014) - #26The Refrigerator Monologues(2017)
- #27
The Future is Blue(2018)
- #1
In the Night Garden(2006) - #2
In the Cities of Coin and Spice(2007)
- #1
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF (By: Yoon Ha Lee)(2009) - #2
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4 (By: Sylvia Kelso)(2010) - #3
The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5 (By: Nisi Shawl)(2011) - #4
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom (By: Alexis Lothian)(2012) - #5
The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives (By: JoSelle Vanderhooft)(2013) - #6
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9 (By: Mary Anne Mohanraj)(2015) - #7
The WisCon Chronicles 11 (By: Nisi Shawl,Jaymee Goh)(2017) - #8
Tails of Wonder and Imagination(2001) - #9
Jabberwocky 2(2006) - #10
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed(2006) - #11
Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy(2006) - #12
Interfictions(2007) - #13Japanese Dreams(2007)
- #14
Paper Cities(2008) - #15
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2(2008) - #16
Twenty-First Annual Collection(2008) - #17
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009(2008) - #18
Best New Fantasy 2(2009) - #19
Ravens in the Library(2009) - #20Federations(2009)
- #21
Unplugged(2009) - #22
The Stories in Between(2010) - #23
Realms 2(2010) - #24
Apex Magazine #16, September 2010(2010) - #25
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010) - #26
She Nailed a Stake Through His Head(2010) - #27
Apex Magazine - February 2011(2011) - #28
Apex Magazine - March 2011(2011) - #29
Whedonistas(2011) - #30
Apex Magazine - April 2011(2011) - #31
Teeth: Vampire Tales(2011) - #32
Apex Magazine - June 2011(2011) - #33The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three(2011)
- #34
Fantasy Magazine, July 2011(2011) - #35
Apex Magazine - August 2011(2011) - #36
Apex Magazine - October 2012(2011) - #37
Z: Zombie Stories(2011) - #38
Lightspeed: Year One(2011) - #39
Robots: The Recent A.I.(2012) - #40
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection(2012) - #41
The 2012 Rhysling Anthology(2012) - #42
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk(2012) - #43
The Moment of Change(2012) - #44
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012(2012) - #45
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012) - #46
The Best of Electric Velocipede(2012) - #47
Clarkesworld: Year Three(2013) - #48
Queen Victoria's Book of Spell(2013) - #49
Aliens: Recent Encounters(2013) - #50
The 2013 Rhysling Anthology(2013) - #51
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013(2013) - #52
The Book of Apex: Volume 4(2013) - #53
Clarkesworld: Year Six(2014) - #54
Wolf Warriors(2014) - #55
The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women(2014) - #56
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep(2015) - #57
Blood Sisters(2015) - #58
Sisters of the Revolution(2015) - #59
The Bestiary(2015) - #60
Press Start to Play(2015) - #61
Street Magicks(2016) - #62
The Starlit Wood(2016) - #63
The Long List Anthology Volume 2(2016) - #64
The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Eight(2017) - #65
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017(2017) - #66
Mad Hatters and March Hares(2017) - #67
Robots vs. Fairies(2018) - #68
Clarkesworld Year Nine: Volume One(2018) - #69
Current Futures(2019) - #70
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers(2019) - #71
Sharp & Sugar Tooth(2019) - #72
Mythic Journeys(2019) - #73
The Best of Uncanny(2019) - #74
Nevertheless She Persisted(2020) - #75
The 2020 Look at Mars Fiction Book(2020) - #76
Edited By(2020) - #77
From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back(2020) - #78
World of Warcraft: Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth(2021) - #79
Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy(2021) - #80
Nebula Awards Showcase 55(2021) - #81
Some of the Best of Tor.com 2021(2022) - #82
Someone in Time(2022) - #83
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 40x40(2022) - #84
Diablo(2022) - #85
Uncanny Magazine Issue 54(2023) - #86
World of Warcraft: The Voices Within(2024)
- #1
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition (By: Paula Guran)(2018) - #2The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010)
- #3
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition(2011) - #4The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012)
- #5
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition(2013) - #6
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014) - #7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition(2015) - #8
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition(2016) - #9
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition(2017) - #10The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition(2018)
- #11
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition(2020) - #12
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1(2020) - #13
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2(2021) - #14
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3(2022) - #15
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4(2023) - #16
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5(2024) - #17
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5(2024)
About Catherynne M. Valente
Catherynne M. Valente is a critically acclaimed author born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA. Growing up in Northern California, she was drawn to the rich cultural heritage of the region. Valente graduated from high school at the age of 15, pursuing her academic interests at the University of California San Diego and Edinburgh University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classics with a focus on Ancient Greek Linguistics. Her academic journey continued with a stint in a Master's program, though she eventually found herself in Japan, immersing herself in the country's unique culture. Now residing in Maine with her partner and pets, Valente's writing continues to captivate readers worldwide with her imaginative storytelling and poetic prose.
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