Darcie Little Badger books

Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache author of speculative fiction, known for Elatsoe and A Snake Falls to Earth, which draw on Indigenous traditions and mythology.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Apex Book of World SF 5 2015 Buy
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time 2016 Buy
People of Color Take over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination 2017 Buy
The New Voices of Science Fiction 2019 Buy
Ignorance Is Strength 2020 Buy
Burn the Ashes 2020 Buy
Or Else the Light 2020 Buy
New Suns 2 2023 Buy
The Book of Witches 2023 Buy
Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For 2023 Buy

Death in the Mouth Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Death in the Mouth, Vol. 1 2022 Buy
Death in the Mouth, Vol. 2 2025 Buy

Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Shapeshifters Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Children of Lir 2022 Buy
The Dancers 2022 Buy
Come and Sleep 2022 Buy
Ole Heg 2022 Buy

Marvel’s Voices Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Marvel’s Voices 2020 Buy
Indigenous Voices 2020 Buy
Legacy 2021 Buy
Pride 2021 Buy
Identity 2021 Buy
Community 2021 Buy
Heritage 2022 Buy
Legacy2 2022 Buy
Identity2 2022 Buy
Pride 2 2022 Buy
Community 2 2022 Buy
Wakanda Forever 2023 Buy
Spider-Verse 2023 Buy
Pride3 2023 Buy
X-Men 2023 Buy
Avengers 2023 Buy
Legends 2024 Buy
Reshaper of Worlds 2024 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Né łe! 2018 N/A

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Elatsoe 2020 Buy
A Snake Falls to Earth 2021 Buy
Sheine Lende 2024 Buy
Children of Owl 2026 Buy

The Dystopia Triptych Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Ignorance Is Strength 2020 Buy
Burn the Ashes 2020 Buy
Or Else the Light 2020 Buy

Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache author and geoscientist who writes speculative fiction grounded in Indigenous culture and traditions. Her debut novel Elatsoe (2020) follows an asexual Lipan Apache teenager who can wake the ghosts of dead animals, and it won the Locus Award for Best First Novel. A Snake Falls to Earth (2021) moves between the human world and a realm of animal spirits.

Beyond her novels, Little Badger has contributed short fiction and comics to a wide range of projects, including the Marvel’s Voices series, which highlights stories by and about people of color in the Marvel universe. She has also written for Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Shapeshifters and contributed to numerous speculative fiction anthologies. Her work consistently centers Indigenous perspectives in genres where they have historically been underrepresented.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Darcie Little Badger written?

Darcie Little Badger has written 42 books across seven series.

What was Darcie Little Badger's first book?

Darcie Little Badger’s first book is The Apex Book of World SF 5, published in 2015.

How does Darcie Little Badger incorporate Indigenous culture into her fiction?

Little Badger, who is Lipan Apache, weaves Indigenous mythology, traditions, and contemporary Native American life into her speculative fiction. Her novels like Elatsoe and A Snake Falls to Earth feature Indigenous protagonists and draw on Apache storytelling traditions alongside modern fantasy and science fiction elements.

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