Adventures of Tom Derringer Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Tom Derringer and the Aluminum Airship |
2014 |
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| Tom Derringer in the Tunnels of Terror |
2017 |
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| Tom Derringer and the Steam-Powered Saurians |
2020 |
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Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 |
1990 |
Buy |
| Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991 |
1991 |
Buy |
| Once Upon a Time |
1991 |
Buy |
| Deathport |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Beast Within |
1994 |
Buy |
| 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories |
1995 |
Buy |
| Superheroes |
1995 |
Buy |
| Cthulhu 2000 |
1995 |
Buy |
| Strange City |
1996 |
Buy |
| Between the Darkness and the Fire |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 |
1999 |
Buy |
| Prom Night |
1999 |
Buy |
| Seven Seasons of Buffy |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Wildside Book of Fantasy |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF |
2013 |
Buy |
| Unidentified Funny Objects 6 |
2017 |
Buy |
Harry’s All Night Hamburgers Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers |
1987 |
Buy |
| A Flying Saucer with Minnesota Plates |
2013 |
Buy |
Legend of Ethshar Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Misenchanted Sword |
1985 |
Buy |
| With a Single Spell |
1987 |
Buy |
| The Unwilling Warlord |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Nightmare People |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Blood of a Dragon |
1991 |
Buy |
| Taking Flight |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Spell of the Black Dagger |
1993 |
Buy |
| Night of Madness |
2000 |
Buy |
| Ithanalin’s Restoration |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Spriggan Mirror |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Vondish Ambassador |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Unwelcome Warlock |
2012 |
Buy |
| Tales of Ethshar |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Sorcerer’s Widow |
2013 |
Buy |
| Relics of War |
2014 |
Buy |
| Stone Unturned |
2018 |
Buy |
| Charming Sharra |
2023 |
Buy |
Nightside City Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Nightside City |
1989 |
Buy |
| Realms of Light |
2010 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Turtle Moves! |
2008 |
Buy |
| Mind Candy |
2013 |
Buy |
Obsidian Chronicles Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dragon Weather |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Dragon Society |
2001 |
Buy |
| Dragon Venom |
2003 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
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| Dead Things Don’t Move |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Ghost Taker |
2011 |
Buy |
| Heart of Stone |
2011 |
Buy |
| Hearts and Flowers |
2011 |
Buy |
| Parade |
2011 |
Buy |
| Stab |
2011 |
Buy |
| Jim Tuckerman’s Angel |
2011 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Crosstime Traffic |
1992 |
Buy |
| Celestial Debris |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Final Folly of Captain Dancy |
2011 |
Buy |
| In the Blood |
2011 |
Buy |
| Hazmat & Other Toxic Stories |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Lawrence Watt-Evans Fantasy Megapack |
2017 |
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Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Chromosomal Code |
1984 |
Buy |
| Shining Steel |
1986 |
Buy |
| Denner’s Wreck / Among The Powers |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Rebirth of Wonder |
1992 |
Buy |
| Split Heirs |
1993 |
Buy |
| Touched by the Gods |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Spartacus File |
2005 |
Buy |
| One Eyed Jack |
2011 |
Buy |
The Annals of the Chosen Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Wizard Lord |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Ninth Talisman |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Summer Palace |
2008 |
Buy |
The Fall of the Sorcerers Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| A Young Man Without Magic |
2009 |
Buy |
| Above His Proper Station |
2010 |
Buy |
The Lords of Dûs Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Lure of the Basilisk |
1980 |
Buy |
| The Seven Altars of Dûsarra |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Sword of Bheleu |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Book of Silence |
1983 |
Buy |
Three Worlds Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Out of This World |
1994 |
Buy |
| In the Empire of Shadow |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Reign of the Brown Magician |
1996 |
Buy |
War Surplus Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Cyborg and the Sorcerers |
1982 |
N/A |
| The Cyborg and the Sorcerers / The Cyborg and the Sorceress |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Wizard and the War Machine |
1987 |
Buy |
Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is an American author who has been writing fantasy and science fiction since 1980. He started his career with The Lure of the Basilisk, the first book in his Lords of Dus quartet, and quickly established himself as a reliable voice in genre fiction. Over the decades he has produced work across a wide range of subgenres, from sword-and-sorcery to science fiction to steampunk adventure.
His best-known work is the Legend of Ethshar series, which began with The Misenchanted Sword in 1985 and has grown to 17 books. The Ethshar novels are set in a shared fantasy world but each one follows different characters, so readers can pick up almost any entry as a starting point. Watt-Evans has described the series as his attempt to write “fantasy of manners” where everyday people deal with magic as part of their normal lives.
Beyond Ethshar, Watt-Evans has written the Obsidian Chronicles (a dragon-focused fantasy trilogy), the Annals of the Chosen, the Three Worlds trilogy, and the Adventures of Tom Derringer steampunk series. He has also contributed to numerous anthologies and published several short story collections. His non-fiction includes The Turtle Moves!, a book about Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Lawrence Watt-Evans written?
Lawrence Watt-Evans has written 82 books across fifteen series.
What was Lawrence Watt-Evans's first book?
Lawrence Watt-Evans’s first book is The Lure of the Basilisk, published in 1980.
What is Lawrence Watt-Evans's most popular series?
His most popular series is the Legend of Ethshar, a long-running fantasy sequence with 17 books published between 1985 and 2023. Each novel tells a self-contained story set in the same world, making it possible to read them in any order.