Lev Grossman books

Lev Grossman is an American novelist and journalist best known for The Magicians trilogy and The Bright Sword. He has written 37 books across fantasy, literary fiction, and children's literature.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
110 Stories 2004 Buy
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities 2011 Buy
Steampunk III 2012 Buy
Who Done It? 2013 Buy
Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World 2013 Buy
Airmail: Taking Women of Letters to the World 2015 Buy
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy 2019 Buy
Eat Joy 2019 Buy

Into Shadow Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Six Deaths of the Saint 2022 Buy
Undercover 2022 Buy
What the Dead Know 2022 Buy
The Garden 2022 Buy
Persephone 2022 Buy
Out of the Mirror, Darkness 2022 Buy
The Candles Are Burning 2022 Buy

Magician’s Graphic Novels Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Magicians #1 2019 Buy
The Magicians: Alice’s Story 2019 Buy
The Magicians #4 2020 Buy
The Magicians #5 2020 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things 2021 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Warp 1997 Buy
Codex 2004 Buy
The Bright Sword 2024 Buy

The Magicians Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Mágové 2009 N/A
The Magicians 2009 Buy
Il Re Mago 2011 N/A
The Magician King 2011 Buy
The Magician’s Land 2014 Buy
Земля волшебника 2014 N/A

The Magicians Graphic Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Magicians #1 2019 N/A
The Magicians: The New Class 2020 Buy
The Magicians #2 2019 N/A
The Magicians #3 2020 N/A
The Magicians #4 2020 N/A
The Magicians #5 2020 N/A

The Silver Arrow Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Silver Arrow 2020 Buy
The Golden Swift 2022 Buy

Lev Grossman worked as the book critic and lead technology writer for Time magazine for over a decade before his fiction career took off. His debut novel Warp came out in 1997, but it was The Magicians in 2009 that brought him wide recognition. The book took the idea of a Narnia-like fantasy world and filtered it through an adult, often cynical lens, earning comparisons to both C.S. Lewis and Bret Easton Ellis.

After completing The Magicians trilogy with The Magician King (2011) and The Magician’s Land (2014), Grossman turned to Arthurian legend with The Bright Sword (2024). He has also written children’s books, including The Silver Arrow series, and contributed short fiction to various anthologies. His novella The Map of Tiny Perfect Things was adapted into an Amazon Prime film in 2021.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Lev Grossman written?

Lev Grossman has written 37 books across eight series.

What was Lev Grossman's first book?

Lev Grossman’s first book is Warp, published in 1997.

What is Lev Grossman's most popular series?

The Magicians trilogy is Grossman’s most popular work. The three novels follow Quentin Coldwater through a magical education and were adapted into a successful TV series on Syfy that ran for five seasons.

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