Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 |
1981 |
Buy |
| Fantasy Annual III |
1981 |
Buy |
| Fantasy Annual IV |
1981 |
Buy |
| Nebula Awards 16 |
1982 |
Buy |
| A Very Large Array |
1987 |
Buy |
| Nebula Awards No. 22 |
1988 |
Buy |
| Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 1989 |
1989 |
Buy |
| Skin of the Soul |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Seaharp Hotel |
1990 |
Buy |
| A Whisper of Blood |
1991 |
Buy |
| Omni Best Science Fiction One |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction |
1993 |
Buy |
| The New Hugo Winners, Vol. 3 |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves |
1994 |
Buy |
| Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women |
1995 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, March 1996 |
1996 |
Buy |
| Women Who Run with the Werewolves |
1996 |
Buy |
| Visions of Wonder |
1996 |
Buy |
| Modern Classics of Fantasy |
1997 |
Buy |
| Blood Thirst |
1997 |
Buy |
| Children of the Night |
1999 |
Buy |
| Isaac Asimov’s Werewolves |
1999 |
Buy |
| Vanishing Acts |
2000 |
Buy |
| The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1 |
2007 |
Buy |
| Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition |
2010 |
Buy |
| Teeth: Vampire Tales |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012 |
2012 |
Buy |
| Blood Sisters |
2015 |
Buy |
Best Horror of the Year Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen |
2025 |
Buy |
Holdfast Chronicles Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Walk to the End of the World |
1974 |
Buy |
| Motherlines |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Furies |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Conqueror’s Child |
1999 |
Buy |
Suzy Charnas Plays#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Vampire Dreams |
2001 |
Buy |
Suzy Charnas Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Unicorn Tapestry |
1980 |
Buy |
| Boobs (in Asimov’s) |
1989 |
Buy |
| Advocates |
1991 |
N/A |
| Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast (in Asimov’s) |
1996 |
Buy |
Suzy Charnas Short Story Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Vampire Tapestry |
1980 |
Buy |
| Moonstone and Tiger-Eye |
1992 |
Buy |
| Listening to Brahms |
1998 |
Buy |
| Music of the Night |
2001 |
Buy |
| Stagestruck Vampires and Other Phantasms |
2004 |
Buy |
| SnackReads Generations 1 |
2016 |
Buy |
Suzy Charnas Standalone Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dorothea Dreams |
1986 |
Buy |
| The Kingdom of Kevin Malone |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Ruby Tear |
1997 |
Buy |
| Strange Seas |
2001 |
Buy |
| My Father’s Ghost |
2002 |
Buy |
| Life’s Greatest Battles: Awareness is the start of breakthrough |
2019 |
Buy |
The Sorcery Hall Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Bronze King |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Silver Glove |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Golden Thread |
1989 |
Buy |
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 |
2024 |
Buy |
Suzy McKee Charnas has been writing speculative fiction since the 1970s, and her work sits at the intersection of science fiction, fantasy, and feminist literature. The Holdfast Chronicles, beginning with Walk to the End of the World (1974), imagines a post-apocalyptic society where men have enslaved women, and traces the long struggle for liberation across four books spanning 25 years.
Her Vampire Tapestry (1980) takes a different approach to vampire fiction, presenting its vampire as an academic rather than a gothic monster. The story “Unicorn Tapestry” won a Nebula Award. Charnas has also written the Sorcery Hall Trilogy for younger readers, several standalone novels, plays, and short fiction. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies of dark fantasy and horror, and her short story “Boobs” is a widely anthologized werewolf tale.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Suzy McKee Charnas written?
Suzy McKee Charnas has written 88 books across nine series.
What was Suzy McKee Charnas's first book?
Suzy McKee Charnas’s first book is Walk to the End of the World, published in 1974.
What is Suzy McKee Charnas best known for?
Charnas is best known for the Holdfast Chronicles, a four-book feminist science fiction series beginning with Walk to the End of the World (1974), and for The Vampire Tapestry (1980), a collection of linked stories about a vampire who is also a university professor.