Order of Charles De Lint Books
Charles de Lint is a Canadian author of fantasy novels. He writes the Newford series (among other series). He has also written horror novels as Samuel M. Key. Charles writes books for adults, young adults and children. He spent his late 20s and early 30s working in a record store, then playing with a Celtic band during the weekends. He began writing in 1983 and has been writing full-time since that time. Aside from writing, he is also a musician, songwriter, artist, performer and folklorist. Charles lives in Ottawa, Ontario with his wife (and manager), MaryAnn Harris.
Charles de Lint made his debut as a published author in 1984 with the novels The Riddle of the Wren and Moonheart. Below is a list of Charles de Lint’s books in order of when they were first released:
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Publication Order of Moonheart Books
| Moonheart | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ascian in Rose | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Westlin Wind | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghostwood | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Spiritwalk | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Cerin Songweaver Books
| The Harp of the Grey Rose | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghosts of Wind and Shadow | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jack of Kinrowan Books
| Jack, the Giant Killer | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Drink Down the Moon | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Philip Jose Farmer's The Dungeon Books
(with Richard A. Lupoff, Philip Jose Farmer, Robin Wayne Bailey)
| Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Black Tower | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lake of Fire | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Valley of Thunder | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Final Battle | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hidden City | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dungeon | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon Vol. 6, The Final Battle | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dragonflight Books
| Letters from Atlantis | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dreaming Place | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dragon's Plunder | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wishing Season | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Born of Elven Blood | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Monet's Ghost | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Newford Books
(as Samuel Key)
Publication Order of Brian Froud's Faerielands Books
| The Wild Wood | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Something Rich and Strange | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Wildlings Books
| Under My Skin | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Over My Head | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Out of This World | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Hedgework and Guessery | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Triskell Tales | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Waifs and Strays | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Handful of Coppers | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Quicksilver & Shadow | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Triskell Tales 2 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What the Mouse Found and Other Stories | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Woods and Waters Wild | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Very Best of Charles de Lint | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| A Circle of Cats | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Chapter Books
| This Moment | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Author's Choice Monthly Books
| Daily Voices | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Legacy of Fire | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Swatting at the Cosmos | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Neon Twilight | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| True Minds | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hedgework & Guessery | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Unthreatened by the Morning Light | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| It's Been Fun | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wong's Lost and Found Emporium and Other Oddities | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Year's Best Fantasy Books
| Year's Best Fantasy | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy 2 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy 3 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy 4 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy 5 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy 6 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy 7 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy 8 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy 9 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
| Dragons & Dreams | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Borderland | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Annual Collection | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Second Annual Collection | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Third Annual Collection | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7 | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Drabble II: Double Century | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fourth Annual Collection | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Life on the Border | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fifth Annual Collection | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Asimov's Science Fiction, Mid-December 1992 | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Wizard's Dozen | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Snow White, Blood Red | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Temporary Walls | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Seventh Annual Collection | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Love in Vein | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Excalibur | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eleventh Annual Collection | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What If...? | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Black Heart, Ivory Bones | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fourteenth Annual Collection | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fifteenth Annual Collection | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| New Magics | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dreams and Visions | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| TwentiethAnnual Collection | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard's Name | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2010 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Happily Ever After | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Season of Wonder | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2013 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Woman: An Anthology | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2016 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Angel of Darkness, From a Whisper to a Scream, and I’ll Be Watching You were written as Samuel M. Key. The Wild Wood was written with Brian Froud.
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