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Carrie Vaughn Books in Order

Carrie Vaughn has written 84 books, published between 2005 and 2026. The first book is Kitty and the Midnight Hour (2005) and the newest is Blade Through the Heart (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
84
Published
2005–2026
Confirmed
84 of 84 titles
Pages on record
8,051 in 26 of 84 books
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Carrie Vaughn, born on 28 January 1973, is an American writer and the creator of the urban fantasy Kitty Norville series. Vaughn has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines, anthologies and online magazines, writes for the Wild Cards books, won the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award for Bannerless and has been a Hugo Award nominee. The catalogue opens with Kitty and the Midnight Hour (2005), then Kitty Goes to Washington (2006) and Kitty Takes a Holiday (2007), and Blade Through the Heart (2026) is the newest title. Other series include Bannerless Saga, Cormac and Amelia, Graff and Naturalist Society. Subjects include werewolves, radio talk show hosts and Las Vegas.

How many Carrie Vaughn books are there?

Carrie Vaughn has 84 books, released between 2005 and 2026. They include 11 separate series.

Carrie Vaughn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 84 Carrie Vaughn books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn, book 1 of the Kitty Norville series (2005)
  2. Cover of Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn, book 2 of the Kitty Norville series (2006)
  3. Cover of Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn, book 3 of the Kitty Norville series (2007)
  4. Cover of Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn, book 4 of the Kitty Norville series (2008)
  5. Cover of Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn, book 1 of the Voices of Dragons series (2009)
  6. Cover of Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughn, book 5 of the Kitty Norville series (2009)
  7. Cover of Kitty Raises Hell by Carrie Vaughn, book 6 of the Kitty Norville series (2009)
  8. Cover of Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn, book 7 of the Kitty Norville series (2009)
  9. Cover of Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn, book 1 of the Carrie Vaughn Standalone Novels series (2010)
  10. Cover of Kitty Goes to War by Carrie Vaughn, book 8 of the Kitty Norville series (2010)
  11. Cover of After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn, book 1 of the Golden Age series (2011)
  12. Cover of Kitty's Greatest Hits by Carrie Vaughn, book 1 of the Kitty Norville Short Story series (2011)
  13. Cover of Straying From the Path by Carrie Vaughn, book 1 of the Carrie Vaughn Short Story series (2011)
  14. Cover of Steel by Carrie Vaughn, book 2 of the Carrie Vaughn Standalone Novels series (2011)
  15. Cover of Kitty's Big Trouble by Carrie Vaughn, book 9 of the Kitty Norville series (2011)
  16. Cover of Kitty Steals the Show by Carrie Vaughn, book 11 of the Kitty Norville series (2012)
  17. Cover of Heiresses of Russ 2013 by Carrie Vaughn, book 3 of the Heiresses of Russ series (2013)
  18. Cover of Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn, book 12 of the Kitty Norville series (2013)
  19. Cover of Kitty in the Underworld by Carrie Vaughn, book 13 of the Kitty Norville series (2013)
  20. Cover of Dreams of the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn, book 2 of the Golden Age series (2014)
  21. Cover of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition by Carrie Vaughn (2014)
  22. Cover of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition by Carrie Vaughn (2015)
  23. Cover of Kitty Saves the World by Carrie Vaughn, book 17 of the Kitty Norville series (2015)
  24. Cover of Amaryllis and Other Stories by Carrie Vaughn, book 3 of the Carrie Vaughn Short Stories/Novellas series (2016)
  1. 1
    Kitty and the Midnight HourKitty Norville #12005 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005272
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  2. 2
    Kitty Goes to WashingtonKitty Norville #22006 · 342 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006342
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  3. 3
    Kitty Takes a HolidayKitty Norville #32007 · 318 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007318
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  4. 4
    Kitty and the Silver BulletKitty Norville #42008 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008352
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  5. 5
    Voices of DragonsVoices of Dragons #12009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Kitty and the Dead Man's HandKitty Norville #52009 · 301 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009301
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  7. 7
    Kitty Raises HellKitty Norville #62009 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009322
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  8. 8
    Kitty's House of HorrorsKitty Norville #72009 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009292
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  9. 9
    Discord's AppleCarrie Vaughn Standalone Novels #12010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 EditionYear's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror #12010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Kitty Goes to WarKitty Norville #82010 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010384
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  12. 12
    Ghost Girl Takes ManhattanWild Cards #182010 · confirmed 4/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    After the Golden AgeGolden Age #12011 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011304
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  14. 14
    Heiresses of Russ 2011Heiresses of Russ #12011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Kitty's Greatest HitsKitty Norville Short Story #12011 · 318 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011318
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  16. 16
    Straying From the PathCarrie Vaughn Short Story #12011 · 196 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011196
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  17. 17
    SteelCarrie Vaughn Standalone Novels #22011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  18. 18
    The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 EditionYear's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror #22011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Kitty's Big TroubleKitty Norville #92011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  20. 20
    Kitty’s Zombie New YearKitty Norville #102011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  21. 21
    Heiresses of Russ 2012Heiresses of Russ #22012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 EditionYear's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror #32012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  23. 23
    Kitty Steals the ShowKitty Norville #112012 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012352
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  24. 24
    The Best We CanCarrie Vaughn Short Stories/Novellas #12013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  25. 25
    Heiresses of Russ 2013Heiresses of Russ #32013 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  26. 26
    The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 EditionYear's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror #42013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  27. 27
    Kitty Rocks the HouseKitty Norville #122013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  28. 28
    Kitty in the UnderworldKitty Norville #132013 · 305 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013305
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  29. 29
    Dreams of the Golden AgeGolden Age #22014 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  30. 30
    Heiresses of Russ 2014Heiresses of Russ #42014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Carrie Vaughn series and characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Carrie Vaughn books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Kitty Norville books in order

19 books by Carrie Vaughn
  1. 1. Kitty and the Midnight Hour
  2. 2. Kitty Goes to Washington
  3. 3. Kitty Takes a Holiday
  4. 4. Kitty and the Silver Bullet
  5. 5. Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand
  6. 6. Kitty Raises Hell
  7. 7. Kitty's House of Horrors
  8. 8. Kitty Goes to War
  9. 9. Kitty's Big Trouble
  10. 10. Kitty’s Zombie New Year
  11. 11. Kitty Steals the Show
  12. 12. Kitty Rocks the House
  13. and 7 more in the table above

Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror in order

15 books
  1. 1. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
  2. 2. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
  3. 3. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
  4. 4. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
  5. 5. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
  6. 6. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
  7. 7. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
  8. 8. The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
  9. 9. The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
  10. 10. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
  11. 11. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
  12. 12. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
  13. and 3 more in the table above

Wild Cards books in order

7 books by Carrie Vaughn
  1. 18. Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan
  2. 23. Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza
  3. 27. The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown
  4. 33. Long is the Way
  5. 43. Grow
  6. 46. Now & Then
  7. 47. Sleeper Straddle

Cormac and Amelia in order

6 books
  1. 1. Dark Divide
  2. 2. Badlands Witch
  3. 3. Fatal Storm
  4. 4. Charmed Waters
  5. 5. The Cormac and Amelia Case Files
  6. 6. Broken Roads

Graff in order

6 books
  1. 1. Sinew and Steel and What They Told
  2. 2. An Easy Job
  3. 3. Time
  4. 4. Not the Most Romantic Thing
  5. 5. Bravado
  6. 6. Blade Through the Heart

Heiresses of Russ in order

5 books
  1. 1. Heiresses of Russ 2011
  2. 2. Heiresses of Russ 2012
  3. 3. Heiresses of Russ 2013
  4. 4. Heiresses of Russ 2014
  5. 6. Heiresses of Russ 2016

Carrie Vaughn Standalone Novels

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Carrie Vaughn Short Stories/Novellas

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Carrie Vaughn Short Story

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Bannerless Saga in order

3 books
  1. 1. Bannerless
  2. 2. The Wild Dead
  3. 3. Where Would You Be Now?

Dystopia Triptych in order

3 books
  1. 1. Ignorance Is Strength
  2. 2. Burn the Ashes
  3. 3. Or Else the Light

Voices of Dragons in order

2 books
  1. 1. Voices of Dragons
  2. 2. Refuge of Dragons

Golden Age in order

2 books
  1. 1. After the Golden Age
  2. 2. Dreams of the Golden Age

Robin Hood Stories in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Ghosts of Sherwood
  2. 2. The Heirs of Locksley

Naturalist Society in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Naturalist Society
  2. 2. The Glass Slide World

Kitty Norville Short Story

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Carrie Vaughn books in order?

You only need to read Carrie Vaughn books in order within each series: the books listed here span 11 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Carrie Vaughn

Start with Kitty and the Midnight Hour (2005), the first Kitty Norville book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Carrie Vaughn book?

Blade Through the Heart (2026) is the newest Carrie Vaughn book released so far.

Is there a new Carrie Vaughn book coming?

No next Carrie Vaughn book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Carrie Vaughn has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 12 nominations for Carrie Vaughn. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Philip K. Dick Award2018Wonfor Bannerless
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story2026Shortlistedfor Woolly
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2019Shortlistedfor The Wild Dead
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2019Shortlistedfor The Huntsman and the Beast
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2018Shortlistedfor Bannerless
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story2018Shortlistedfor I Have Been Drowned in Rain
  • Hugo Award for Best Short Story2017Shortlistedfor That Game We Played During the War
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2017Shortlistedfor The Mind Is Its Own Place
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story2017Shortlistedfor That Game We Played During the War
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2017Shortlistedfor Amaryllis and Other Stories
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2016Shortlistedfor Bannerless
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2013Shortlistedfor Astrophilia

Carrie Vaughn at a glance

Still publishing
Carrie Vaughn published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Carrie Vaughn books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
8,051 pages across the 26 of 84 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carrie Vaughn books, 46 of 84, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
5 of the 84 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Carrie Vaughn books are about

30 of the 84 Carrie Vaughn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 13 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.