American novelist and short story writer · 1950
Mercedes Lackey Books in Order
120 books · 7 series · 1987-2023
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels include interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores.
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| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Fire Rose | 1995 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | The Serpent's Shadow | 2001 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | The Gates of Sleep | 2002 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | Phoenix and Ashes | 2004 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | The Wizard of London | 2005 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | Reserved for the Cat | 2007 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | Unnatural Issue | 2011 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | Home From the Sea | 2012 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | Steadfast | 2013 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | Blood Red | 2014 | Amazon |
| 11 |  | From a High Tower | 2015 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | A study in sable | 2016 | Amazon |
| 13 |  | A Scandal in Battersea | 2017 | Amazon |
| 14 |  | The Bartered Brides | 2018 | Amazon |
| 15 |  | The Case of the Spellbound Child | 2019 | Amazon |
| 16 |  | Jolene | 2020 | Amazon |
| 17 |  | The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley | 2022 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Arrows of the Queen | 1987 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Arrow's Flight | 1987 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Arrow's Fall | 1988 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Winds of Fate | 1991 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Winds of Change | 1992 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Winds of Fury | 1993 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Magic's Pawn | 1989 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Magic's Promise | 1990 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Magic's Price | 1991 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Outstretched Shadow | 2003 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | To Light a Candle | 2004 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | When Darkness Falls | 2006 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Oathbound | 1988 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Oathbreakers | 1989 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Oathblood | 1998 | Amazon |
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Reading Mercedes Lackey in order
Mercedes Lackey has 7 series in our catalogue. Each one above is listed in reading order with its position number, so you can start at book one and work forward.
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