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Barbara Hambly Books in Order

24 series including Star Trek: TOS (Original) Series, Star Trek: TOS (Numbered) Series and more

★ 2 NYT bestsellers 24 series 349 books Latest: Cat's Paw (Short Story) (2024)

Barbara Hambly's writing career reaches back to 1978 and spans 349 books. Across 24 series, Star Trek: TOS (Original) stands out as the longest at 112 books. Cat's Paw (2024) is the most recent addition we've catalogued.

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1 Darwath 2 Sun Wolf and Starhawk 3 Winterlands (Dragonsbane) 4 Windrose Chronicles 5 James Asher 6 Beauty and the Beast 7 Sun-Cross 8 Benjamin January 9 Magic Time 10 Silver Screen Historical Mystery 11 Sisters of the Raven 12 Anne Steelyard: The Garden of Emptiness 13 Abigail Adams Series as Barbara Hamilton 14 Sherlock Holmes Adventures 15 Colossus Films 16 Barbara Hambly Other Novels 17 Winterlands Short Stories/Novellas 18 Windrose Short Stories/Novellas 19 Benjamin January Short Stories/Novellas 20 Barbara Hambly Short Stories/Novellas 21 Star Trek: TOS (Numbered) 22 Star Wars Legends 23 Star Trek: TOS (Original) 24 Barbara Hambly Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

2 books

Barbara Hambly has placed 2 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 8 weeks on the charts.

Cover of Children of the Jedi
Children of the Jedi
Star Wars Legends Series

4 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #6 · debuted Apr 1995

Full chart history →
Cover of Planet of Twilight
Planet of Twilight
Star Wars Legends Series

4 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #13 · debuted Apr 1997

Full chart history →

Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Barbara Hambly’s complete chart history, week by week.

Reading Order

24 series · 349 books
The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambly

Darwath Series

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1 The Time of the Dark 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Walls of Air 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Armies of Daylight 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Mother of Winter 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Icefalcon's Quest 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Pretty Polly (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Whisper (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Elsewhere (Short Story) 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Ladies of Mandrigyn by Barbara Hambly

Sun Wolf and Starhawk Series

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1 The Ladies of Mandrigyn 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Witches of Wenshar 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Dark Hand of Magic 1990 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Fairest in the Land (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Nanya of the Butterflies (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 A Night With the Girls (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Hazard (Short Story) 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Gwenael (Short Story) 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly

Winterlands (Dragonsbane) Series

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1 Dragonsbane 1985 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award 1986Mythopoeic Fantasy Award 1986Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Dragonshadow 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Knight of the Demon Queen 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Dragonstar 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Cat's Paw (Short Story) 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly

Windrose Chronicles Series

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1 The Silent Tower 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Silicon Mage 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Dog Wizard 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Stranger at the Wedding 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Just Like Real People (Short Story) 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly

James Asher Series

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1 Those Who Hunt the Night 1988 🏆 Locus Award 1989Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Traveling with the Dead 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Blood Maidens 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Magistrates of Hell 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Kindred of Darkness 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Darkness on his Bones 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Pale Guardian 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Prisoner of Midnight 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Gravemould and Ectoplasm (Short Story) 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Beauty and the Beast Series

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1 Beauty and the Beast 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Masques by Ru Emerson 1990 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Song of Orpheus 1990 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Sun-Cross Series

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1 The Rainbow Abyss 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Magicians of Night 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly

Benjamin January Series

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1 A Free Man of Color 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Fever Season 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Graveyard Dust 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Sold Down the River 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Die Upon a Kiss 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Wet Grave 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Days of the Dead 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Dead Water 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Dead and Buried 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Shirt On His Back 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Ran Away 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Good Man Friday 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Crimson Angel 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Hagar (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Libre (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 There Shall Your Heart Be Also (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 A Time For Every Purpose Under Heaven (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 Death on the Moon (Short Story) 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Drinking Gourd 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Murder in July 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Cold Bayou 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Lady of Perdition 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 House of the Patriarch 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Death and Hard Cider 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 The Nubian’s Curse 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Magic Time by Barbara Hambly

Magic Time Series

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1 Magic Time 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Ghostlands by Robert Charles Wilson, Marc Scott Zicree 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Angelfire by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Scandal in Babylon by Barbara Hambly

Silver Screen Historical Mystery Series

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1 Scandal in Babylon 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 One Extra Corpse 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Saving Susy Sweetchild 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Sisters of the Raven by Barbara Hambly

Sisters of the Raven Series

0 of 2 read
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1 Sisters of the Raven 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Circle of the Moon 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Anne Steelyard: The Garden of Emptiness Series

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1 An Honorary Man (Short Story) 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Gate of Dreams and Starlight (Short Story) 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 A Thousand Waters (Short Story) 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Abigail Adams Series as Barbara Hamilton

3 books · 2009–2011

Sherlock Holmes Adventures Series

2 books · 2015

Colossus Films Series

1 book · 2016

Barbara Hambly Other Novels

7 books · 1983–2023

Winterlands Short Stories/Novellas

4 books · 2015–2017

Windrose Short Stories/Novellas

8 books · 2015–2019

Benjamin January Short Stories/Novellas

5 books · 2015–2016

Barbara Hambly Short Stories/Novellas

2 books · 2015

Star Trek: TOS (Numbered) Series

61 books · 1982–2013

Star Wars Legends Series

57 books · 1978–2013 · full reading order

Star Trek: TOS (Original) Series

112 books · 1981–2024

Barbara Hambly Anthologies

11 books · 1988–2021

About the Author

Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction. She has a bestselling mystery series featuring a free man of color, a musician and physician, in New Orleans in the antebellum years. She also wrote a novel about Mary Todd Lincoln.

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