Order of Fritz Leiber Books

Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) was an American novelist of fantasy, horror and science fiction. In addition to being an author, Leiber was also a poet, actor, playwright, chess player and a champion fencer. He is considered to be one of the fathers of Sword and Sorcery fantasy, along with Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock. He is best known for his Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.

Fritz Leiber made his debut as a novelist in 1943 with the novel Gather, Darkness!. Below is a list of Fritz Leiber’s books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Books

The Swords of Lankhmar	(1968)
Swords in the Mist	(1968)
Swords Against Wizardry	(1968)
Swords and Deviltry	(1970)
Swords Against Death	(1970)
Swords and Ice Magic	(1977)
The Knight and Knave of Swords	(1988)
Swords Against the Shadowlands (By: Robin Wayne Bailey)	(1994)

Chronological Order of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Books

Swords and Deviltry	(1970)
Swords Against Death	(1970)
Swords in the Mist	(1968)
Swords Against Wizardry	(1968)
The Swords of Lankhmar	(1968)
Swords and Ice Magic	(1977)
The Knight and Knave of Swords	(1988)
Swords Against the Shadowlands (By: Robin Wayne Bailey)	(1994)

Publication Order of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (comics) Books

Ill Met in Lankhmar (By: Howard Chaykin)	(1990)
The Circle Curse/The Howling Tower	(1991)
Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (By: Howard Chaykin)	(2007)

Publication Order of Change War Books

The Big Time	(1958)
Changewar	(1983)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Gather, Darkness!	(1943)
Conjure Wife	(1943)
Destiny Times Three	(1945)
The Sinful Ones	(1950)
The Green Millennium	(1953)
The Silver Eggheads	(1961)
The Wanderer	(1964)
A Specter Is Haunting Texas	(1968)
Our Lady of Darkness	(1977)
Rime Isle	(1977)
No Truce with Kings & Ship of Shadows (With: Poul Anderson)	(1989)
The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich	(1996)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Coming Attraction	(1950)
The Moon Is Green	(1952)
What's He Doing in There?	(1957)
Bread Overhead	(1958)
The Night of the Long Knives	(1960)
No Great Magic	(1963)
Gonna Roll the Bones	(1967)
The Last Letter	(2011)
The Dead Man	(2011)
Mariana	(2011)
Claws from the Night	(2014)
Yesterday House	(2016)
Nice Girl with 5 Husbands	(2016)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Night's Black Agents	(1947)
A Pail of Air	(1951)
Night Monsters	(1953)
The Big Time / The Mind Spider and Other Stories	(1961)
The Creature from Cleveland Depths	(1962)
Shadows With Eyes	(1962)
Ships to the Stars	(1964)
The Night of the Wolf	(1966)
The Secret Songs	(1968)
The Book of Fritz Leiber	(1974)
The Best of Fritz Leiber	(1974)
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber	(1975)
The Worlds of Fritz Leiber	(1976)
Heroes and Horrors	(1978)
Ervool	(1980)
Ship of Shadows	(1982)
The Mystery of the Japanese Clock	(1982)
The Ghost Light	(1984)
Bazaar of the Bizarre	(1984)
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber	(1990)
Dark Ladies	(1991)
Gummitch and Friends	(1992)
Kreativity for Kats and Other Feline Fantasies	(1992)
The Black Gondolier	(1998)
Selected Stories	(2001)
Smoke Ghost	(2002)
Smoke Ghost& Other Apparitions	(2002)
Day Dark, Night Bright	(2002)
Horrible Imaginings	(2004)
The Creature from Cleveland Depths and Other Tales	(2007)
Poor Superman and Others	(2009)
Strange Wonders	(2010)
Horror Gems, Vol. Two	(2011)
Science Fiction Collection 001	(2011)
The Night of the Long Knives and Other Works	(2011)
Science Fiction Collection 002	(2011)
The Lords of Quarmall / The Beacon to Elsewhere	(2011)
Snakes & Spiders	(2012)
Hatchery of Dreams	(2012)
The Moon Is Green and Other Tales	(2013)
The Frost Monstreme	(2014)
Fritz Leiber	(2016)
Bullet with His Name and Other Tales	(2016)
A Hitch in Space and Other Tales	(2016)
The Science Fiction Archive #2	(2018)

Publication Order of SF Authors Choice Books

SF Authors' Choice 2 (By: Harry Harrison)	(1970)
SF Authors' Choice 3 (By: Harry Harrison)	(1973)

Publication Order of The Book of Cthulhu Books

The Book of Cthulhu	(2011)
The Book of Cthulhu II	(2012)
Anthology series. Numerous authors.

Publication Order of Weird Heroes Books

Weird Heroes Volume 1 (By: Philip José Farmer)	(1975)
Weird Heroes, A New American Pulp	(1975)
Weird Heroes Volume 2 (By: Steve Englehart)	(1975)
Weird Heroes: Nightshade (By: Byron Preiss)	(1976)
Quest of the Gypsy (By: Ron Goulart)	(1976)
Weird Heroes Volume 6 (By: Robert Bloch)	(1977)
Weird Heroes, Volume 5 (By: Ted White)	(1977)
Eye of the Vulture (By: Ron Goulart)	(1977)
Weird Heroes Volume 8 (By: Byron Preiss)	(1977)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963	(1963)
Dangerous Visions	(1967)
Backdrop of Stars	(1968)
Swords Against Tomorrow	(1970)
Six Science Fiction Plays	(1975)
Whispers	(1977)
Barbarians	(1986)
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr	(1987)
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds	(1987)
The Horror Hall of Fame	(1991)
Cats in Space... and Other Places	(1992)
Space Soldiers	(2001)
In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction	(2004)
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction	(2010)
The Wildside Book of Fantasy	(2012)
The Best of Galaxy, Volume Two	(2016)
Blood Is Not Enough	(2019)

Notes: Gonna Roll the Bones is written by David Wiesner, based on a story by Fritz Leiber. Lords of Quarmall & Beacon to Elsewhere was co-authored with with Harry Fischer. Science Fiction Collection 001 was co-authored with Harry Harrison. Science Fiction Collection 002 was co-authored with Kurt Vonnegut. The Sinful Ones was also published under the title You’re All Alone. Farewell to Lankhmar was later re-titled The Knight and Knave of Swords. Swords Against the Shadowland was co-authored by Robin W. Bailey.

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