Abigail Adams Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Ninth Daughter |
2009 |
Buy |
| A Marked Man |
2010 |
Buy |
| Sup with the Devil |
2011 |
Buy |
Akashic Noir Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| San Francisco Noir |
2002 |
Buy |
| Seattle Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Bronx Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir |
2004 |
Buy |
| Hasidic Noir |
2004 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 |
2005 |
Buy |
| Chicago Noir |
2005 |
Buy |
| Dublin Noir |
2005 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Miami Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| D.C. Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Baltimore Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Twin Cities Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| London Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| New Orleans Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Wall Street Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Havana Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Detroit Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Queens Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth |
2008 |
Buy |
| Toronto Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Las Vegas Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Trinidad Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| D.C. Noir 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Noir 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Paris Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Istanbul Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Boston Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Rome Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| San Francisco Noir 2 |
2009 |
Buy |
| Portland Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Delhi Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Phoenix Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 |
2010 |
Buy |
| Mexico City Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Richmond Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Orange County Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Indian Country Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Moscow Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Philadelphia Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Haiti Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Copenhagen Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Pittsburgh Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| San Diego Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Barcelona Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Cape Cod Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| New Jersey Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Staten Island Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mumbai Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Long Island Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Venice Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kingston Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| St. Petersburg Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kansas City Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Boston Noir 2 |
2012 |
Buy |
| USA Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Manila Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Buffalo Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Dallas Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Haiti Noir 2 |
2013 |
Buy |
| Singapore Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Prison Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Tel Aviv Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Tehran Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Belfast Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Helsinki Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Rio Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Providence Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics |
2015 |
Buy |
| Memphis Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Zagreb Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Marseille Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Beirut Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| New Orleans Noir: The Classics |
2016 |
Buy |
| Stockholm Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Brussels Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Mississippi Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| St. Louis Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Prague Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| San Juan Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Oakland Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Trinidad Noir: The Classics |
2017 |
Buy |
| Atlanta Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| New Haven Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Montana Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Buenos Aires Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Montreal Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Berlin Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| São Paulo Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Santa Cruz Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Lagos Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Marrakech Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Baghdad Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Vancouver Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Sydney Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Hong Kong Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Amsterdam Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Milwaukee Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Houston Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Nairobi Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Columbus Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Santa Fe Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Alabama Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Berkeley Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Addis Ababa Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Tampa Bay Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Miami Noir: The Classics |
2020 |
Buy |
| Accra Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Belgrade Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Palm Springs Noir |
2021 |
Buy |
| Paris Noir: The Suburbs |
2022 |
Buy |
| Denver Noir |
2022 |
Buy |
| South Central Noir |
2022 |
Buy |
| Cleveland Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| East Jerusalem Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| West Jerusalem Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| Honolulu Noir |
2024 |
Buy |
| Sacramento Noir |
2025 |
Buy |
| Hamburg Noir |
2025 |
Buy |
Anne Steelyard: The Garden of Emptiness Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| An Honorary Man |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Gate of Dreams and Starlight |
2009 |
Buy |
| A Thousand Waters |
2011 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Gaslight & Ghosts |
1988 |
Buy |
| Once Upon a Time |
1991 |
Buy |
| Sisters of the Night |
1995 |
Buy |
| War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches |
1996 |
Buy |
| Bending the Landscape: Horror |
2001 |
Buy |
| My Sherlock Holmes |
2003 |
Buy |
| Night’s Edge |
2004 |
Buy |
| Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes |
2008 |
Buy |
| Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who |
2012 |
Buy |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook |
2012 |
Buy |
| Shapers of Worlds Volume II |
2021 |
Buy |
Beauty and the Beast Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Beauty and the Beast |
1989 |
Buy |
| A Rose in The Shadows |
2019 |
N/A |
| Masques |
1990 |
Buy |
| Song of Orpheus |
1990 |
Buy |
Benjamin January Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Free Man of Color |
1997 |
Buy |
| Fever Season |
1998 |
Buy |
| Graveyard Dust |
1999 |
Buy |
| Sold Down the River |
2000 |
Buy |
| Die Upon a Kiss |
2001 |
Buy |
| Wet Grave |
2002 |
Buy |
| Days of the Dead |
2003 |
Buy |
| Dead Water |
2004 |
Buy |
| Dead and Buried |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Shirt On His Back |
2011 |
Buy |
| Ran Away |
2011 |
Buy |
| Good Man Friday |
2013 |
Buy |
| Crimson Angel |
2014 |
Buy |
| Hagar |
2015 |
Buy |
| Drinking Gourd |
2016 |
Buy |
| Libre |
2015 |
Buy |
| Murder in July |
2017 |
Buy |
| There Shall Your Heart Be Also |
2015 |
Buy |
| Cold Bayou |
2018 |
Buy |
| A Time For Every Purpose Under Heaven |
2015 |
Buy |
| Death on the Moon |
2016 |
Buy |
| Death and Hard Cider |
2022 |
Buy |
| Lady of Perdition |
2019 |
Buy |
| House of the Patriarch |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Nubian’s Curse |
2024 |
Buy |
| Murder in the Trembling Lands |
2025 |
Buy |
Benjamin January Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hagar |
2015 |
Buy |
| Libre |
2015 |
Buy |
| There Shall Your Heart Be Also |
2015 |
Buy |
| A Time For Every Purpose Under Heaven |
2015 |
Buy |
| Death on the Moon |
2016 |
Buy |
Colossus Films#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Castle of Horror |
2016 |
Buy |
Darwath Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Time of the Dark |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Walls of Air |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Armies of Daylight |
1983 |
Buy |
| Mother of Winter |
1996 |
Buy |
| Icefalcon’s Quest |
1998 |
Buy |
| Pretty Polly |
2015 |
Buy |
| Whisper |
2015 |
Buy |
| Elsewhere |
2017 |
Buy |
James Asher Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Those Who Hunt the Night |
1988 |
Buy |
| Те, кто охотятся в ночи |
1988 |
N/A |
| Traveling with the Dead |
1995 |
Buy |
| Blood Maidens |
2010 |
Buy |
| Magistrates of Hell |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Kindred of Darkness |
2013 |
Buy |
| Darkness on his Bones |
2015 |
Buy |
| Pale Guardian |
2016 |
Buy |
| Prisoner of Midnight |
2019 |
Buy |
| Gravemould and Ectoplasm |
2019 |
Buy |
Magic Time Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Magic Time |
2001 |
Buy |
| Angelfire |
2009 |
Buy |
| Ghostlands |
2003 |
Buy |
Sherlock Holmes Adventures Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sherlock Holmes - Adventure of the Lost Boy |
2015 |
Buy |
| Sherlock Holmes - Adventure of the Sinister Chinaman |
2015 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sunrise On Running Water |
2015 |
Buy |
| Sherlock Holmes - The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk |
2015 |
Buy |
| Temporary Quarters |
2024 |
Buy |
Silver Screen Historical Mystery Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Scandal in Babylon |
2021 |
Buy |
| One Extra Corpse |
2023 |
Buy |
| Saving Susy Sweetchild |
2024 |
Buy |
| Death in the Palace |
2026 |
Buy |
| Bride of the Rat God |
1994 |
Buy |
Sisters of the Raven Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sisters of the Raven |
2002 |
Buy |
| Circle of the Moon |
2005 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Quirinal Hill Affair/Search the Seven Hills |
1983 |
Buy |
| Bride of the Rat God |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Emancipator’s Wife |
2005 |
Buy |
| Renfield |
2006 |
Buy |
| Patriot Hearts |
2007 |
Buy |
| Homeland |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Iron Princess |
2023 |
Buy |
Sun Wolf and Starhawk Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Det svarta citadellet |
1984 |
N/A |
| The Ladies of Mandrigyn |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Witches of Wenshar |
1987 |
Buy |
| The Dark Hand of Magic |
1990 |
Buy |
| Did You Say Chicks?! |
1998 |
N/A |
| Fairest in the Land |
2015 |
Buy |
| Nanya of the Butterflies |
2015 |
Buy |
| A Night With the Girls |
2015 |
Buy |
| Hazard |
2017 |
Buy |
| Gwenael |
2018 |
Buy |
Sun-Cross Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Rainbow Abyss |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Magicians of Night |
1992 |
Buy |
Windrose Chronicles Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Silent Tower |
1986 |
Buy |
| The Silicon Mage |
1988 |
Buy |
| Dog Wizard |
1992 |
Buy |
| Stranger at the Wedding |
1994 |
Buy |
| Just Like Real People |
2019 |
Buy |
| Firemaggot |
2009 |
N/A |
| Corridor |
2011 |
N/A |
| Plus-One |
2012 |
N/A |
| Zenobie |
2015 |
N/A |
| Personal Paradise |
2015 |
N/A |
| And Pretty Maids All In A Row |
2015 |
N/A |
Windrose Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Corridor |
2015 |
Buy |
| Firemaggot |
2015 |
Buy |
| Personal Paradise |
2015 |
Buy |
| Plus-One |
2015 |
Buy |
| Zenobie |
2015 |
Buy |
| And Pretty Maids All In A Row |
2015 |
Buy |
| Karate Masters vs the Invaders From Outer Space |
2017 |
Buy |
| Just Like Real People |
2019 |
Buy |
Winterlands (Dragonsbane) Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dragonsbane |
1985 |
Buy |
| Dragonshadow |
1999 |
Buy |
| Knight of the Demon Queen |
2000 |
Buy |
| Dragonstar |
2002 |
Buy |
| Cat’s Paw |
2024 |
Buy |
Winterlands Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Shadowbaby |
2015 |
Buy |
| Princess |
2015 |
Buy |
| Damselblossom |
2015 |
Buy |
| Hag in the Water |
2017 |
Buy |
Barbara Hambly was born in 1951 in San Diego, California, and holds a Master’s degree in Medieval History from UC Riverside. She has worked as a high school teacher, technical editor, and karate instructor, among other jobs, while building a career that spans more than four decades and dozens of novels.
Her fantasy work includes the Darwath trilogy, the Winterlands series (beginning with Dragonsbane), and the Windrose Chronicles. On the mystery side, her Benjamin January series follows a free man of color and trained physician in 1830s New Orleans through more than two dozen novels. She also writes the James Asher vampire series, the Abigail Adams mysteries, and the Silver Screen Historical Mystery series. Hambly served as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 1994 to 1996 and won the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel for Those Who Hunt the Night.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Barbara Hambly written?
Barbara Hambly has written 254 books across 22 series.
What was Barbara Hambly's first book?
Barbara Hambly’s first book is The Time of the Dark, published in 1982.
What genres does Barbara Hambly write in?
Barbara Hambly writes fantasy, historical mystery, and historical fiction. Her fantasy work includes the Darwath trilogy and the Winterlands series. Her historical mysteries include the Benjamin January series set in 1830s New Orleans and the Silver Screen Historical Mystery series set in 1920s Hollywood.