Book Series Guide

Author guide

Max Gladstone

Max Gladstone is the author of the Craft Sequence, Empress of Forever, Last Exit, and This Is How You Lose the Time War with Amal El-Mohtar.

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novel series · unknown

Craft Sequence

A postindustrial fantasy series about law, finance, and dead gods after the God Wars.

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  1. 1 Cover of Three Parts Dead
    Three Parts Dead

    Book 1 · novel · 2012

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  2. 2 Cover of Two Serpents Rise
    Two Serpents Rise

    Book 2 · novel · 2013

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  3. 3 Cover of Full Fathom Five
    Full Fathom Five

    Book 3 · novel · 2014

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  4. 4 Cover of Last First Snow
    Last First Snow

    Book 4 · novel · 2015

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  5. 5 Cover of Four Roads Cross
    Four Roads Cross

    Book 5 · novel · 2016

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  6. 6 Cover of The Ruin of Angels
    The Ruin of Angels

    Book 6 · novel · 2017

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  7. 7 Cover of Dead Country
    Dead Country

    Book 7 · novel · 2023

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  8. 8 Cover of Wicked Problems
    Wicked Problems

    Book 8 · novel · 2024

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  9. 9 Cover of Dead Hand Rule
    Dead Hand Rule

    Book 9 · novel · 2025

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The Craft Wars

A trilogy that drives the Craft Sequence toward its conclusion.

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  1. 1 Cover of Dead Country
    Dead Country

    Book 1 · novel · 2023

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  2. 2 Cover of Wicked Problems
    Wicked Problems

    Book 2 · novel · 2024

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  3. 3 Cover of Dead Hand Rule
    Dead Hand Rule

    Book 3 · novel · 2025

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Bookburners

An urban-fantasy serial about a Vatican-backed team fighting hungry magic and demons.

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  1. 1
    Badge, Book, and Candle

    Book 1.1 · novella · 2015

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  2. 2
    Shore Leave

    Book 1.10 · novella · 2015

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  3. 3
    Codex Umbra

    Book 1.11 · novella · 2015

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  4. 4
    Now and Then

    Book 1.7 · novella · 2015

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  5. 5
    Creepy Town

    Book 2.1 · novella · 2016

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  6. 6
    One With the World

    Book 2.10 · novella · 2016

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  7. 7
    The End of the Day

    Book 2.13 · novella · 2016

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  8. 8
    Incognita

    Book 2.6 · novella · 2016

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  9. 9
    The Village

    Book 2.9 · novella · 2017

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  10. 10
    Bubbles of Earth

    Book 3.1 · novella · 2017

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  11. 11
    Live in London

    Book 3.13 · novella · 2017

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  12. 12
    Oracle Bones

    Book 3.6 · novella · 2017

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The Witch Who Came In From The Cold

A Cold War spy serial where sorcerers and intelligence agencies collide.

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  1. 1
    Anchises

    Book 1.10 · novella · 2016

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  2. 2
    King's Gambit Accepted

    Book 1.11 · novella · 2016

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  3. 3
    She'll Lie Down in the Snow

    Book 1.12 · novella · 2016

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  4. 4
    Company Time

    Book 1.13 · novella · 2016

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  5. 5
    Head Case

    Book 1.9 · novella · 2016

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  6. 6
    Absent Friends

    Book 2.11 · novella · 2017

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  7. 7
    Zügzwang

    Book 2.12 · novella · 2017

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  8. 8
    We All Fall Down

    Book 2.13 · novella · 2017

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  9. 9
    Complicating Factors

    Book 2.2 · novella · 2017

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  10. 10
    Old Game, New Players

    Book 2.3 · novella · 2017

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  11. 11
    Trust, But Verify

    Book 2.5 · novella · 2017

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  12. 12
    Talisman

    Book 2.6 · novella · 2017

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  13. 13
    Bishop Takes Queen

    Book 2.7 · novella · 2017

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  14. 14
    What's Gone, What's Left Behind

    Book 2.8 · novella · 2017

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shared universe · unknown

Wild Cards

A long-running shared-world superhero universe.

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  1. 1
    Fitting In

    Book 27.1 · short_story

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Outside the series

Standalone and other books

  1. Cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War
    This Is How You Lose the Time War

    novel · 2019

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  2. Cover of Empress of Forever
    Empress of Forever

    novel · 2019

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  3. Cover of Last Exit
    Last Exit

    novel · 2022

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  4. A Kiss With Teeth

    short_story · 2014

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  5. The Angelus Guns

    short_story · 2014

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  6. The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom

    short_story · 2017

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  7. The Iron Man

    short_story

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  8. Puppets

    novella · 2015

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