Order of Tanith Lee Books
Tanith Lee was a British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer best known for writing the Claidi Journals series, the Unicorn series, the Tales from the Flat Earth series, and many more. In her career, she published 77 novels, 14 collections, four radio plays, and nearly 300 short stories.
Prior to making her career as a writer, Tanith worked as a file clerk, an assistant librarian, a shop assistant, and a waitress. She published her first short story in 1968 and then The Dragon Hoard, her first novel, was published in 1971, but it wasn’t until The Birthgrave was published for mass-market paperback in 1975 that her career really took off. After that, Lee twice won the World Fantasy Award and was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Master of Horror in 2009.
Publication Order of Birthgrave Books
The Birthgrave | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Shadowfire / Vazkor, Son of Vazko | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Hunting the White Witch / Quest for the White Witch | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Novels of Vis Books
The Storm Lord | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Anackire | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The White Serpent | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Four-BEE Books
Don't Bite the Sun | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Biting the Sun | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Drinking Sapphire Wine | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tales from the Flat Earth Books
Night's Master | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Death's Master | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Delusion's Master | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Delirium's Mistress | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night's Sorceries | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Castle of Dark Books
The Castle of Dark | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Prince on a White Horse | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dark Castle, White Horse | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Blood Stone Books
Sabella, or, The Bloodstone | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Sabella | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Kill the Dead | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Silver Metal Lover Books
The Silver Metal Lover | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Metallic Love | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Secret Books of Paradys Books
The Book of the Damned | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Book of the Beast | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Book of the Dead aka Paradys | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Book of the Mad | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Unicorn Books
Black Unicorn | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Gold Unicorn | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Red Unicorn | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Blood Opera Books
Dark Dance | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Personal Darkness | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Darkness, I | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Secret Books of Venus Books
Faces Under Water | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Saint Fire | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A Bed of Earth | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Venus Preserved | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Claidi Journals Books
Law of the Wolf Tower aka Wolf Tower | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Wolf Star aka Wolf Star Rise | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Queen of the Wolves aka Wolf Queen | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Queen of the Wolves | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Wolf Wing | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Claidi Journals | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Piratica Books
Piratica | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Return to Parrot Island | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Family Sea | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Lionwolf Trilogy Books
Cast a Bright Shadow | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Here in Cold Hell | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
No Flame But Mine | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ghosteria Books
Ghosteria Volume 1 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Ghosteria Volume 2 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Imaginings Books
Colder Greyer Stones | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Last and First Contacts | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Stories from the Northern Road | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Microcosmos | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Feast and Famine | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Twember | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Strange Visitors | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Saint Rebor | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Sleeps With Angels | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Light Warden | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mementoes | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Selected Stories of Tanith Lee Books
Tempting the Gods | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Hunting the Shadows | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Voyage of the Basset Books
Islands in the Sky | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Raven Queen | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Journey to Otherwhere | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Thor's Hammer | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fire Bird | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Betrothed | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Animal Castle | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Winter Players | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Red As Blood | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Gorgon | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
White As Sin, Now | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nunc Dimittis | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Jedella Ghost | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Scarlet and Gold | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Where Does the Town Go at Night? | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
UOUS | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Indigara | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Heart of the Moon | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tanith Lee Colouring Books
Turquoiselle | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
Princess Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Companions on the Road | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Companions on the Road and The Winter Players | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Cyrion | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Tamastara, or The Indian Nights | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dreams of Dark and Light | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Women as Demons | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Forests of the Night | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightshades | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Sounds and Furies | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Disturbed by Her Song | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Animate Objects | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Space Is Just a Starry Night | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Phantasya | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Blood 20 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Legenda Maris | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dancing Through the Fire | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Redder Than Blood | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Tanith By Choice | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Weird Tales of Tanith Lee | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Venus Burning | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Strindberg's Ghost Sonata and Other Uncollected Tales | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Love in a Time of Dragons and Other Rare Tales | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Legends Books
(with Juliet E. McKenna, Stan Nicholls, Ian Whates, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Joe Abercrombie, James Barclay)
Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Night Visions Books
Night Visions: In the Blood | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions 2 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions 3 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions: The Hellbound Heart | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions 6 | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions 8 | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions 9 | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions 10 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions 11 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Night Visions 12 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1979 | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Heroic Fantasy | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Other Worlds Volume 2 | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chrysalis 8 | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chrysalis 9 | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chrysalis 10 | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Tales From the Forbidden Planet | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dragons and Warrior Daughters | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Arrows Of Eros | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Hidden Turnings | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Second Annual Collection | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Third Annual Collection | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dark Fantasies | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Spells of Enchantment | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1991 | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mammoth Book of Vampires | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Snow White, Blood Red | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Ultimate Witch | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1995 | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Killing Me Softly | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Modern Classics of Fantasy | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Interzone 135 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Interzone 147 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Silver Birch, Blood Moon | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dark Terrors 5 | (2000) | 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 |
Graven Images | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fourteenth Annual Collection | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dark Terrors 6 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Dark: New Ghost Stories | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mammoth Book of New Terror | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Many Faces of Van Helsing | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Winter Moon | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Best New Horror 16 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Sages & Swords | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mammoth Book of Monsters | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Immortal: Love Stories With Bite | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Ghost Quartet | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Twenty-First Annual Collection | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Best New Horror 20 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lace and Blade 2 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Clockwork Phoenix 2 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Last Drink Bird Head | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
From Twilight Till Dawn | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Bitten Word | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Songs of Love and Death | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Human for a Day | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Teeth: Vampire Tales | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Vampires | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Evolve 2 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Best Gay Stories 2011 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Danse Macabre | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Hauntings | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Wildside Book of Fantasy | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Songs of Love Lost and Found | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Clockwork Phoenix 4 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fearie Tales | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Time Traveler's Almanac | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Best New Horror 25 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Handsome Devil: Stories of Sin and Seduction | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Best British Horror 2014 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The World and the Stars | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories By Women | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Sisters of the Revolution | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Warrior Women | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Obsidian | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Blood Is Not Enough | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Best New Horror #31 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
If You Like Tanith Lee Books, You’ll Love…
The Birthgrave is arguably Lee’s most popular novel. The story sees a mysterious woman waking up in the heart of a volcano. She escapes into an ancient world dominated by genocidal pestilence, fierce beauty, and cultural devastation. She has no memories of who she is or what she was in her previous life. She is then compelled by Karrakaz to search for the mysterious Jade that is the answer to her secret self and that search sends her on a journey of timeless wonder.
Claidi Journals is a teen fantasy series by Lee that starts off with Wolf Tower. The story follows Claidi, a 16-year-old orphan who is forced to serve as a handmaiden. She is meant to serve the royal family in the House and they are rather cruel and oppressive. Claidi doesn’t quite fit here as she is outspoken. She’s also ready for romance which quickly sees her embroiled in a plot to rescue a handsome, intriguing prisoner.