Chuck Wendig books

Chuck Wendig is an American author known for the Miriam Black series, the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy, horror novels like The Book of Accidents and Black River Orchard, and popular writing advice books.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
World of Darkness: Ghost Stories 2004 Buy
The Bones 2010 Buy
Feeding Kate 2012 Buy
Gimme Shelter 2012 Buy
Don’t Read This Book 2012 Buy
The Malfeasance Occasional 2013 Buy
Trouble in the Heartland 2014 Buy
Exigencies 2015 Buy
Appalachian Strong: A Charity Anthology Benefiting the Survivors of Hurricane Helene 2025 Buy

Atlanta Burns Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Shotgun Gravy 2011 N/A
Bait Dog 2012 N/A
Atlanta Burns 2015 Buy
The Hunt 2016 Buy

Dinocalypse Trilogy Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Dinocalypse Now 2012 Buy
Beyond Dinocalypse 2013 Buy

Double Dead Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Double Dead 2011 Buy
Bad Blood 2016 Buy

Gods & Monsters Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Unclean Spirits 2013 Buy
Mythbreaker 2014 Buy
Food of the Gods 2017 Buy
The Last Supper Before Ragnarok 2019 Buy
Snake Eyes 2016 Buy

Iron Druid Chronicles Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Clan Rathskeller 2010 N/A
Gehetzt 2011 N/A
A Test of Mettle 2010 N/A
Hounded 2011 Buy
Test of Mettle 2011 N/A
Hexed 2011 Buy
Hammered 2011 Buy
Kaibab Unbound 2011 N/A
Gejagt 2013 N/A
Tricked 2012 Buy
Three Slices 2015 N/A
Two Ravens and One Crow 2012 Buy
First Dangle and Other Stories 2019 N/A
Trapped 2012 Buy
Besieged: Stories from the Iron Druid Chronicles 2017 N/A
Death & Honey 2019 N/A
Hunted 2013 Buy
Grimoire of the Lamb 2013 Buy
Shattered 2014 Buy
The Chapel Perilous 2014 Buy
The Demon Barker of Wheat Street 2014 Buy
A Prelude to War (Three Slices) 2015 Buy
Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles 2015 Buy
Staked 2016 Buy
The Purloined Poodle 2016 Buy
Besieged 2017 Buy
The Squirrel on the Train 2017 Buy
Scourged 2018 Buy
Death and Honey 2019 Buy
Oberon’s Bathtime Stories 2025 Buy
The Great Big Bear and Other Stories of the Iron Druid Chronicles 2026 Buy

Journey To Star Wars: The Force Awakens Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Aftermath 2015 Buy
Life Debt 2016 Buy
Empire’s End 2017 Buy

Magnus Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Magnus #1 2017 Buy
Magnus #2 2017 N/A
Magnus #3 2017 Buy
Magnus #4 2017 N/A
Magnus #5 2017 N/A

Miriam Black Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Blackbirds 2012 Buy
Mockingbird 2012 Buy
The Cormorant 2013 Buy
Three Slices 2015 N/A
Thunderbird 2017 Buy
The Raptor & the Wren 2018 Buy
Vultures 2019 Buy

Mookie Pearl Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Blue Blazes 2013 Buy
The Hellsblood Bride 2014 Buy
Red Devils Rise 2015 Buy

New World of Darkness Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Mage: The Awakening 2005 Buy
Armory 2006 Buy
Shadows of Mexico 2006 Buy
World of Darkness: The Harvesters 2011 Buy
Vampire: The Requiem 2004 Buy
Monte Cook’s World of Darkness 2007 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey 2011 Buy
250 Things You Should Know About Writing 2011 Buy
Revenge of the Penmonkey 2011 Buy
500 Ways to Be a Better Writer 2011 Buy
500 More Ways To Be A Better Writer 2012 Buy
500 Ways to Tell a Better Story 2012 Buy
The Kick-Ass Writer 2013 Buy
30 Days in the Word Mines 2014 Buy
You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton! 2023 Buy
Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself 2023 Buy

Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Purloined Poodle 2016 Buy
The Squirrel on the Train 2017 Buy
Canines and Cocktails 2024 Buy

Red / Dark Circle Graphic Novels Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Hangman, Vol. 1 2016 Buy
The Shield, Vol. 1: Daughter of the Revolution 2016 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Wind Has Teeth Tonight 2014 Buy
The Forever Endeavor 2016 N/A

Short Story Collections

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Irregular Creatures 2009 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Damn Fine Story 2017 Buy
The Book of Accidents 2021 Buy
Dust & Grim 2021 Buy
Black River Orchard 2023 Buy
The Staircase in the Woods 2025 Buy

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Adaptation Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Adaptation 2016 N/A
The Force Awakens, Volume 3 2016 Buy
The Force Awakens, Volume 5 2016 Buy
The Force Awakens, Volume 6 2017 Buy

The Heartland Trilogy Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Wind Has Teeth Tonight: A Gwennie Story 2014 N/A
Under the Empyrean Sky 2013 Buy
Blightborn 2014 Buy
The Harvest 2015 Buy

The Shield Single Issues Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Daughter of the Revolution 2015 N/A
The Shield #1 2015 Buy
The Shield #3 2016 Buy
The Shield #4 2016 Buy

The Sovereigns Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Sovereigns #0 2017 Buy
The Sovereigns #1 2017 Buy
The Sovereigns #2 2017 N/A
The Sovereigns #3 2017 N/A
The Sovereigns #4 2017 Buy
The Sovereigns #5 2017 N/A

Turok Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Turok, Vol. 1 2018 N/A
Turok#2 2017 Buy
Turok#3 2017 Buy
Turok#4 2017 Buy
Turok#5 2017 Buy

Wanderers Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Wanderers 2019 Buy
Wayward 2022 Buy
Dunstan the Wanderer 2025 N/A

Zer0es Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Zeroes 2015 Buy
Invasive 2016 Buy

Chuck Wendig is an American novelist, screenwriter, comic book writer, and blogger. He got his start writing tabletop RPG sourcebooks for White Wolf’s World of Darkness line before turning to fiction full-time. His blog, terribleminds, became a popular destination for blunt writing advice, which he later collected into books like Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey and The Kick-Ass Writer.

Wendig’s breakout fiction came with Blackbirds (2012), the first book in the Miriam Black series about a drifter who can see how people will die just by touching them. He went on to write the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy for Lucasfilm, which tells the story of the galaxy between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. His work spans horror, sci-fi, fantasy, comics, and YA fiction, with standalone novels like The Book of Accidents (2021) and Black River Orchard (2023) earning him a growing reputation in horror.

Beyond novels, Wendig has written comics for Dynamite Entertainment, including runs on Turok, Magnus, and The Shield. He has also contributed to Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles through the Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries companion novellas written from the perspective of Atticus O’Sullivan’s wolfhound.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Chuck Wendig written?

Chuck Wendig has written 128 books across 24 series.

What was Chuck Wendig's first book?

Chuck Wendig’s first book is Vampire: The Requiem, published in 2004.

What is Chuck Wendig best known for?

Wendig is best known for the Miriam Black urban fantasy series, the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy that bridges Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and his horror novels The Book of Accidents and Black River Orchard. He also has a large following for his writing advice books and his long-running blog, terribleminds.

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