Clark Ashton Smith Books in Order

75 books are credited to Clark Ashton Smith, published between 1912 and 2022; 59 of them appeared after Clark Ashton Smith's death in 1961. The first book is The Star-Treader and other poems (Short Story) (1912) and the newest is Lair of the Eldritch Dark (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Clark Ashton Smith also publishes as Klarkash-Ton.

Books: 75
Published: 1912–2022
Pages on record: 9,725 in 46 of 75 books
Reading time: 162–243 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,725 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 46 of 75 titles with a page count on record.

See all 75 books in order Printable Clark Ashton Smith checklist

Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, a poet and an artist, who lived from 1893 to 1961. Smith first drew notice in California for traditional verse in the manner of Swinburne, and is grouped with the West Coast Romantics beside Joaquin Miller, George Sterling and Nora May French, under the names The Last of the Great Romantics and The Bard of Auburn. Tales of Zothique, the Averoigne cycle and the Book of Hyperborea gather his invented worlds. The catalogue records 75 Smith titles from The Star-Treader (1912) onward.

How many Clark Ashton Smith books are there?

Clark Ashton Smith has 75 books, released between 1912 and 2022. 59 of them were published after Clark Ashton Smith's death in 1961. They include 9 separate series.

Clark Ashton Smith series in order

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

Clark Ashton Smith books in order 28 books

Clark Ashton Smith books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Clark Ashton Smith Short Stories/Novellas

12 books

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

Clark Ashton Smith Poetry in order

7 books

1. The Star-Treader and other poems (Short Story)
2. Odes and Sonnets (Short Story)
3. A Phantasy And Other Prose Poems (Short Story)
4. Ebony and Crystal: Poems in Verse and Prose (Short Story)
5. Selected Poems
6. Shadows Seen and Unseen: Poetry from the Shadows: Works of Clark Ashton Smith
7. Moonlight and Other Poems

Tales of Zothique in order

7 books

1. Xeethra
2. Witchcraft Of Ulua
3. The Dark Eidolon (Short Story)
4. Necromancy in Naat (Short Story)
5. The Voyage of King Eurovan (Short Story)
6. The Death of Ilalotha (Short Story)
7. The Garden of Adompha (Short Story)

Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in order

5 books

1. The End of the Story
2. The Last Hieroglyph
3. The Door to Saturn
4. A Vintage From Atlantis
5. The Maze of the Enchanter

Averoigne Chronicles in order

4 books

1. A Rendezvous in Averoigne
2. Mother of Toads
3. The Maker of Gargoyles
4. The Colossus of Ylourgne (Short Story)

Clark Ashton Smith Standalone Novels

3 books

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

Complete Poetry and Translations of Clark Ashton Smith in order

3 books

1. The Complete Poetry and Translations Volume 1
2. The Complete Poetry and Translations Volume 2
3. The Complete Poetry and Translations Volume 3

Book of Hyperborea in order

2 books

1. The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan (Short Story)
2. The Coming of the White Worm (Short Story)

Clark Ashton Smith Non-Fiction

2 books

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

Clark Ashton Smith Graphic Novels in order

1 book

1. The Maker of Gargoyles and Other Stories

Averoigne Cycle in order

1 book

1. The Averoigne Archives

Do you have to read Clark Ashton Smith books in order?

You only need to read Clark Ashton Smith books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Clark Ashton Smith

Start with The Return of the Sorcerer (1931), the first Clark Ashton Smith book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Star-Treader and other poems (Short Story) (1912).

What is the newest Clark Ashton Smith book?

Lair of the Eldritch Dark (2022) is the newest Clark Ashton Smith book released so far.

Is there a new Clark Ashton Smith book coming?

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

Award nominations for Clark Ashton Smith

Wikidata records 3 nominations for Clark Ashton Smith. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

British Fantasy Award for Best Collection2003Shortlistedfor The Emperor of Dreams
Locus Award for Best Collection1996Shortlistedfor Tales of Zothique
Locus Award for Best Collection1989Shortlistedfor A Rendezvous in Averoigne

Clark Ashton Smith at a glance

Died: Clark Ashton Smith died in 1961, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to Clark Ashton Smith are still being published after Clark Ashton Smith's death in 1961; the newest appeared in 2022.
Release pace: Clark Ashton Smith books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length: 9,725 pages across the 46 of 75 books with a recorded length, a median of 196 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Clark Ashton Smith books, 28 of 75, were published in the 2000s.

What the Clark Ashton Smith books are about

30 of the 75 Clark Ashton Smith 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 10 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Fantasy 10 of 30 books
Fantasy, short stories 4 of 30 books
Science fiction 4 of 30 books
Authors 3 of 30 books
Horror 3 of 30 books
Poetry 2 of 30 books
Correspondence 2 of 30 books
Fantasy, collections & anthologies 2 of 30 books
Historical fiction 2 of 30 books