Order of Tad Williams Books
Tad Williams is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He has worked as a shoe salesman, managed a financial institution, sang in a band, delivered newspapers, designed military manuals, hosted a syndicated radio show for ten years, taught grade school and college classes and much more. Besides writing novels, Tad also writes comic books and film and television scripts.
Tad Williams became a published novelist in 1985 with the standalone title Tailchaser’s Song. Below is a list of Tad Williams’ books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Osten Ard Books
| The Heart of What Was Lost | (2017) |    |
Publication Order of The Last King of Osten Ard Books
| The Witchwood Crown | (2017) | |
| Empire of Grass | (2018) | |
| Brothers of the Wind | (2021) | |
| Into the Narrowdark | (2022) | |
| The Navigator's Children | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Bobby Dollar Books
| The Dirty Streets of Heaven | (2012) | |
| Happy Hour in Hell | (2013) | |
| Sleeping Late on Judgement Day | (2014) | |
| God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlepig | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Legends Books
(with Diana Gabaldon, Anne McCaffrey, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Terry Brooks, Robert Silverberg, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Haydon)
| Legends | (1998) | |
| Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King | (1998) | |
| Legends 3 | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Books
| The Dragonbone Chair | (1988) | |
| Stone of Farewell | (1990) | |
| To Green Angel Tower | (1993) | |
| To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 | (1993) | |
Publication Order of Ordinary Farm Adventures Books
| The Dragons of Ordinary Farm | (2009) | |
| The Secrets of Ordinary Farm | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Otherland Books
(with John Joseph Adams)
| City of Golden Shadow | (1996) | |
| River of Blue Fire | (1998) | |
| Mountain of Black Glass | (1999) | |
| Sea of Silver Light | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Shadowmarch Books
| Shadowmarch | (2004) | |
| Shadowplay | (2007) | |
| Shadowrise | (2010) | |
| Shadowheart | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Tailchaser's Song | (1985) | |
| Child of an Ancient City | (1992) | |
| Caliban's Hour | (1994) | |
| Tad Williams' Mirror World | (1998) | |
| The War of the Flowers | (2003) | |
| Diary of a Dragon | (2012) | |
| War of the Flowers | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Rite: Short Work | (2006) | |
| A Stark and Wormy Knight | (2011) | |
| The Very Best of Tad Williams | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Oz Reimagined Books
| Dorothy Dreams | (2013) | |
| Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust | (2013) | |
| The Boy Detective of Oz | (2013) | |
| A Meeting in Oz | (2013) | |
| Off to See the Emperor | (2013) | |
| The Cobbler of Oz | (2013) | |
| Lost Girls of Oz | (2013) | |
| Blown Away | (2013) | |
| A Tornado of Dorothys | (2013) | |
| The Veiled Shanghai | (2013) | |
| Dead Blue | (2013) | |
| The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz | (2013) | |
| Beyond the Naked Eye | (2013) | |
| City So Bright | (2013) | |
| One Flew Over the Rainbow | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Unfettered Books
| Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy | (2016) | |
| Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy | (2019) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of The Dying Earth Books
| The Dying Earth / Mazirian the Magician | (1950) | |
| Cugel's Saga / Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight | (1966) | |
| The Eyes of the Overworld / Cugel the Clever | (1966) | |
| A Quest for Simbilis | (1974) | |
| A Quest for Simbilis | (1974) | |
| Morreion | (1978) | |
| The Seventeen Virgins | (1979) | |
| The Bagful of Dreams | (1979) | |
| Rhialto the Marvellous | (1984) | |
| The Laughing Magician | (2006) | |
| Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | (2009) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural | (1994) | |
| Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | (2003) | |
| The Wood Boy / The Burning Man | (2005) | |
| Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | (2009) | |
| Oz Reimagined | (2013) | |
Notes: The Ordinary Farm Adventures series is co-authored by Deborah Beale. Child of an Ancient City was co-authored by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
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