Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauty and the Beast | 1989 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 2 | A Rose in The Shadows | 2019 | Barbara Hambly | N/A |
| 3 | Masques | 1990 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 4 | Song of Orpheus | 1990 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
Barbara Hambly’s Beauty and the Beast books are tie-in novels based on the 1987-1990 CBS television series. The show followed Catherine Chandler, a New York attorney, and Vincent, a lion-faced man who lived in a hidden community beneath the city streets. Hambly’s novels expanded on the characters and world of the series.
The books include Beauty and the Beast (1989), Masques (1990), and Song of Orpheus (1990), plus A Rose in the Shadows published in 2019. Hambly was a natural fit for the adaptation, given her strength in writing fantasy with emotional depth and complex relationships.