Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| 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#
| Title |
Published |
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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#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| 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#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Basketful of Heads |
2020 |
N/A |
| The Low, Low Woods |
2020 |
Buy |
| Daphne Byrne |
2020 |
N/A |
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| 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#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| 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.