Insanity books in order

The Insanity series by Cameron Jace is a dark fantasy reimagining of Alice in Wonderland spanning eleven books, where Alice is an asylum patient who may or may not have actually visited a very real and dangerous Wonderland.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Insanity 2013 Cameron Jace Buy
2 Figment 2014 Cameron Jace Buy
3 Circus 2015 Cameron Jace Buy
4 Hookah 2015 Cameron Jace Buy
5 Wonder 2016 Cameron Jace Buy
6 Checkmate 2016 Cameron Jace Buy
7 Family 2016 Cameron Jace Buy
8 Mushrooms 2018 Cameron Jace Buy
9 Looking Glass 2020 Cameron Jace Buy
10 Happy Halloween, Alice Wonder! - Cameron Jace N/A
11 Rabbit Hole 2023 Cameron Jace Buy

The Insanity series is Cameron Jace’s longest and best-known work. Eleven books published between 2013 and 2023 reimagine Alice in Wonderland as a psychological thriller set partly in an asylum and partly in a version of Wonderland that would give Lewis Carroll nightmares. The central question — is Alice insane, or is Wonderland real? — carries the series through escalating encounters with twisted versions of Carroll’s characters.

Each book title pulls from the Wonderland mythology: Figment, Circus, Hookah, Wonder, Mushrooms, Looking Glass, Rabbit Hole. The Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts all appear in forms that range from menacing to terrifying. Jace treats Carroll’s source material as a framework for horror rather than whimsy, and the asylum setting grounds the fantasy in a reality that makes the Wonderland sequences hit harder.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Insanity series?

There are eleven books in the Insanity series, published between 2013 and 2023.

What is the first book in the Insanity series?

The first book in the Insanity series is Insanity, published in 2013.

How does the Insanity series reimagine Alice in Wonderland?

In the Insanity series, Alice is a patient at a mental asylum who claims to have been to Wonderland. The question of whether she is insane or whether Wonderland is real drives the eleven-book series, with characters from Lewis Carroll’s work — the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts — appearing as dangerous figures in both the asylum and a Wonderland that is far more sinister than the original. Each book title references a Wonderland element (Hookah, Mushrooms, Looking Glass, Rabbit Hole).

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