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The World of Riverside Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The World of Riverside books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the The World of Riverside series? Start with "Swordspoint (By: Ellen Kushner)" (1987) and follow publication order through all 48 books.
The complete The World of Riverside reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Swordspoint (By: Ellen Kushner)
1987
The Fall of the Kings (With: Ellen Kushner)
2002
The Privilege of the Sword (By: Ellen Kushner)
2006
Swords of Riverside (By: Ellen Kushner)
2006
The Man with the Knives (By: Ellen Kushner)
2010
First Annual Collection
1988
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
1988
Third Annual Collection
1989
The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989
1990
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
1995
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection
1996
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy
1997
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
1998
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
Silver Birch, Blood Moon
1999
Black Heart, Ivory Bones
2000
Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower
2000
Fourteenth Annual Collection
2001
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest
2002
Firebirds
2003
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm
2004
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection
2006
Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy
2006
Best New Paranormal Romance
2006
Interfictions
2007
Best New Romantic Fantasy 2
2007
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
2007
So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction
2007
TwentiethAnnual Collection
2007
Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
2008
Twenty-First Annual Collection
2008
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
2008
Interfictions 2
2009
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People
2009
Teeth: Vampire Tales
2011
The Moment of Change
2012
Queen Victoria's Book of Spell
2013
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2014
2014
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep
2015
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2015
2015
Whitehall - Season One Volume One
2016
Whitehall - Season One Volume Two
2016
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition
2017
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps
2017
Mad Hatters and March Hares
2017
Mechanical Animals
2018
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