Castaways Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Castaways |
2025 |
Buy |
| Firebreak |
2025 |
Buy |
Charlie McCabe Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Loot |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Insider |
2020 |
Buy |
Daniel Faust Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Way Down |
2014 |
Buy |
| The White Gold Score |
2016 |
Buy |
| Redemption Song |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Living End |
2014 |
Buy |
| A Plain-Dealing Villain |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Killing Floor Blues |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Castle Doctrine |
2016 |
Buy |
| Double or Nothing |
2017 |
Buy |
| Full Metal Magic |
2016 |
N/A |
| Urban Enemies |
2017 |
N/A |
| The Neon Boneyard |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Locust Job |
2020 |
Buy |
| Down Among the Dead Men |
2022 |
Buy |
| Dig Two Graves |
2024 |
Buy |
Ghosts Of Gotham Saga Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Ghosts of Gotham |
2019 |
Buy |
| A Time for Witches |
2020 |
Buy |
Harmony Black Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Harmony Black |
2016 |
Buy |
| Red Knight Falling |
2016 |
Buy |
| Glass Predator |
2017 |
Buy |
| Cold Spectrum |
2017 |
Buy |
| Right to the Kill |
2019 |
Buy |
| Black Tie Required |
2020 |
Buy |
| Never Send Roses |
2023 |
Buy |
| Snake Oil Bullet |
2024 |
Buy |
Midnight Scoop Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Hungry Dreaming |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Wise Men of Gotham |
2023 |
Buy |
Neon Meridian#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Catch and Kill |
2026 |
Buy |
Revanche Cycle Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Winter’s Reach |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Instruments of Control |
2015 |
Buy |
| Terms of Surrender |
2015 |
Buy |
| Queen of the Night |
2016 |
Buy |
The Midnight Jury Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Any Minor World |
2022 |
N/A |
| The Midnight Jury |
2022 |
Buy |
The Wisdom’s Grave Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sworn to the Night |
2018 |
Buy |
| Detonation Boulevard |
2018 |
Buy |
| Bring the Fire |
2018 |
Buy |
Craig Schaefer writes dark, gritty urban fantasy with a heavy crime fiction influence. His work centers on a shared universe where magic runs beneath the surface of modern cities, and morally gray characters make deals with dangerous forces. The Daniel Faust series, his longest running work, follows a sorcerer and con artist in Las Vegas who gets tangled up with demons, mobsters, and federal agents.
Schaefer’s Harmony Black series is a spinoff featuring an FBI agent who handles supernatural cases, and it crosses over regularly with the Faust books. Beyond his urban fantasy work, he has written the Revanche Cycle, a secondary-world dark fantasy series with political intrigue and betrayal, and the Charlie McCabe series, a pair of crime thrillers published through Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer imprint.
His newer projects include The Wisdom’s Grave Trilogy, which ties together threads from his other series, and the Castaways duology. Schaefer self-publishes much of his work and has built a dedicated readership through consistent output and tightly plotted stories.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Craig Schaefer written?
Craig Schaefer has written 40 books across ten series.
What was Craig Schaefer's first book?
Craig Schaefer’s first book is Redemption Song, published in 2014.
What is the best reading order for Craig Schaefer's connected series?
Most readers start with the Daniel Faust series beginning with The Long Way Down, then move to the Harmony Black series. The Wisdom’s Grave Trilogy and Ghosts of Gotham Saga share the same universe, so reading Daniel Faust and Harmony Black first gives the most background.