Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian |
2003 |
Buy |
| New Voices In Science Fiction |
2003 |
Buy |
| ReVisions |
2004 |
Buy |
| Space Cadets |
2006 |
Buy |
| Fast Forward 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Best of Talebones |
2010 |
Buy |
| Solaris Rising 2 |
2013 |
Buy |
Dark Talents Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| At the Table of Wolves |
2017 |
Buy |
| Serpent in the Heather |
2018 |
Buy |
| Nest of the Monarch |
2019 |
Buy |
Entire and the Rose Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bright of the Sky |
2007 |
Buy |
| A World Too Near |
2008 |
Buy |
| City Without End |
2010 |
Buy |
| Prince of Storms |
2010 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Book of Faces |
2015 |
Buy |
| Castoff World |
2015 |
Buy |
| Kingdom Come |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Last Wave |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Spires of Greme |
2015 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dystopia |
2019 |
Buy |
| Worlds Near and Far |
2019 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Seeds of Time |
1997 |
Buy |
| Leap Point |
1998 |
Buy |
| Rift |
1999 |
Buy |
| Tropic of Creation |
2000 |
Buy |
| Maximum Ice |
2002 |
Buy |
| Braided World |
2003 |
Buy |
| A Thousand Perfect Things |
2013 |
Buy |
| Queen of the Deep |
2015 |
Buy |
The Arisen Worlds Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Girl Who Fell Into Myth |
2023 |
Buy |
| Stranger in the Twisted Realm |
2023 |
N/A |
| Servant of the Lost Power |
2024 |
Buy |
| Keeper of the Mythos Gate |
2024 |
Buy |
Kay Kenyon began her career with The Seeds of Time in 1997 and spent her early years writing standalone science fiction novels. Books like Rift, Maximum Ice, and Tropic of Creation explored alien worlds, post-apocalyptic landscapes, and biological frontiers. Maximum Ice (2002) was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award.
Her breakthrough came with the Entire and the Rose quartet (2007-2010), a four-book series set in a vast parallel universe called the Entire, connected to our own reality (the Rose) through tunnels of space-time. The series combined big-canvas worldbuilding with political intrigue and earned Kenyon comparisons to writers like Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe. She shifted genres with the Dark Talents trilogy (2017-2019), set in a 1930s England where ordinary citizens possess supernatural abilities, blending espionage and alternate history against the looming threat of Nazi Germany. More recently, The Arisen Worlds (2023-2024) follows a woman who stumbles into a mythological realm and discovers a hidden connection to its fate. Kenyon has also published individual short stories, two short fiction collections, and contributed to several science fiction anthologies.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Kay Kenyon written?
Kay Kenyon has written 33 books across seven series.
What was Kay Kenyon's first book?
Kay Kenyon’s first book is The Seeds of Time, published in 1997.
What is the best starting point for reading Kay Kenyon?
For epic science fiction, start with Bright of the Sky (2007), the first book in the Entire and the Rose quartet. For historical spy fantasy, start with At the Table of Wolves (2017), the first Dark Talents novel. For portal fantasy, start with The Girl Who Fell Into Myth (2023), book one of The Arisen Worlds.