Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiver | 2009 | Maggie Stiefvater | Buy |
| 2 | Shiver Trilogy Boxset | 2010 | Maggie Stiefvater | N/A |
| 3 | Linger | 2010 | Maggie Stiefvater | Buy |
| 4 | Копнеж | 2010 | Maggie Stiefvater | N/A |
| 5 | Forever | 2011 | Maggie Stiefvater | Buy |
| 6 | Forever - Örökké | 2011 | Maggie Stiefvater | N/A |
| 7 | Sinner | 2014 | Maggie Stiefvater | Buy |
The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater begins with Shiver (2009) and the relationship between Grace and Sam — a girl who survived a wolf attack and a boy who loses his human form every winter. The premise is a werewolf romance, but Stiefvater grounds it in temperature, seasons, and the specific landscape of rural Minnesota.
The series expanded to include Linger (2010), Forever (2011), and Sinner (2014), the last of which shifts focus to a new character. The books found a large YA readership during the post-Twilight paranormal romance wave, but Stiefvater’s atmospheric prose and her focus on the melancholy of impermanence gave the series its own identity.