Carmen Maria Machado books

Carmen Maria Machado is an award-winning author known for Her Body and Other Parties and In the Dream House, writing across literary fiction, horror, memoir, and comics.

Anthologies

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The New Voices of Fantasy 2013 Buy
Mothership 2013 Buy
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014 2014 Buy
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 2015 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018 Buy
PEN America Issue 21: Mythologies 2018 Buy
What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence 2019 Buy
Eat Joy 2019 Buy
The Best of Uncanny 2019 Buy
Latinx Rising 2020 Buy
Body Shocks 2021 Buy
This Is Life 2022 N/A

Best American Experimental Writing Reading Order

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Bax 2015 2016 Buy
Bax 2016 2017 Buy
Bax 2018 2018 Buy
Bax 2020 2020 Buy

Best Horror of the Year Reading Order

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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One 2009 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine 2017 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four 2012 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five 2013 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven 2015 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 2020 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011 Buy
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven 2019 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen 2022 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen 2024 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen 2024 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen 2025 Buy

Collections

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Her Body and Other Parties 2017 Buy
The Backbone of the World 2022 N/A
Stag 2022 N/A
A Righteous Man 2022 N/A
Bloody Summer 2022 N/A

Hill House Comics Reading Order

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Basketful of Heads 2020 N/A
The Low, Low Woods 2020 Buy
Daphne Byrne 2020 N/A

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet Reading Order

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Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 12 2003 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 13 2003 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 14 2003 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 15 2005 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 16 2005 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 17 2005 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 18 2006 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 19 2006 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 20 2007 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 21 2007 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 22 2008 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 23 2008 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 24 2009 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 25 2009 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, No.26 December 2010 2010 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 27 2011 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 28 2012 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 29 2013 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 30 2013 N/A
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 31 2014 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 33 2015 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 34 2016 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 36 2017 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 37 2018 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 38 2018 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 42 2020 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 45 2022 Buy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 43 2023 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women 2019 Buy
In the Dream House 2019 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

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Bloody Summer: Big Cats in the Children’s Hand-Games of Never-Again, Pennsylvania 2022 Buy

Carmen Maria Machado is an award-winning writer whose work spans literary fiction, horror, memoir, and comics. Her debut collection Her Body and Other Parties (2017) was a National Book Award finalist and established her as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary fiction, blending horror, fantasy, and feminist themes.

In the Dream House (2019) is a memoir about an abusive same-sex relationship, told through an experimental structure that uses genre tropes to frame real experiences. Machado has also written for DC Comics’ Hill House Comics imprint (Basketful of Heads, The Low, Low Woods) and has been widely anthologized in horror and literary fiction collections.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Carmen Maria Machado written?

Carmen Maria Machado has written 74 books across eight series.

What was Carmen Maria Machado's first book?

Carmen Maria Machado’s first book is Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 12, published in 2003.

What is Carmen Maria Machado known for?

Carmen Maria Machado is known for Her Body and Other Parties (2017), a short story collection that was a National Book Award finalist, and In the Dream House (2019), a genre-bending memoir about an abusive relationship. She also writes comics and has edited horror anthologies.

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