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Emma Bull Books in Order

Emma Bull has written 27 books, published between 1985 and 2014. The first book is Falcon (1985) and the newest is Shadow Unit 15 (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
27
Published
1985–2014
Confirmed
13 of 27 titles
Pages on record
1,600 in 6 of 27 books
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Emma Bull, born in 1954, is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Bone Dance drew Hugo and Nebula nominations, and War for the Oaks is urban fantasy. Liavek is a shared universe Bull created with her husband, Will Shetterly, and ran as a run of anthologies. Bull has also sung and played guitar in the Minneapolis bands Cats Laughing and The Flash Girls. The catalogue holds 27 books from Falcon (1985) to Shadow Unit 15 (2014), and other names appear on the listed titles: Elizabeth Bear on 13, Will Shetterly on 10, Leah Bobet on 8 and Sarah Monette on 4.

How many Emma Bull books are there?

Emma Bull has 27 books, released between 1985 and 2014. They include 2 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Emma Bull Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 27 Emma Bull 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 Falcon by Emma Bull (1985)
  2. Cover of Liavek, book 1 of the Liavek series (1985)
  3. Cover of The Players of Luck, book 2 of the Liavek series (1986)
  4. Cover of War for the Oaks by Emma Bull (1987)
  5. Cover of Wizard's Row, book 3 of the Liavek series (1987)
  6. Cover of Spells of Binding, book 4 of the Liavek series (1988)
  7. Cover of Bone Dance by Emma Bull (1991)
  8. Cover of Double Feature by Emma Bull (1994)
  9. Cover of Finder by Emma Bull, book 3 of the Borderland series (1994)
  10. Cover of The Princess and the Lord of Night by Emma Bull (1994)
  11. Cover of Nightspeeder by Emma Bull (2004)
  1. 1
    Falcon1985 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985281
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    LiavekLiavek #11985 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985274
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  3. 3
    The Players of LuckLiavek #21986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  4. 4
    War for the Oaks1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  5. 5
    Wizard's RowLiavek #31987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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  6. 6
    Spells of BindingLiavek #41988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  7. 7
    Festival WeekLiavek #51990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  8. 8
    Bone Dance1991 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991320
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  9. 9
    Double Feature1994 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994264
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  10. 10
    FinderBorderland #31994 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994317
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  11. 11
    The Princess and the Lord of Night1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  12. 12
    Nightspeeder2004 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004144
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  13. 13
    Territory2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  14. 14
    Shadow Unit 1Shadow Unit #12011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  15. 15
    Shadow Unit 2Shadow Unit #22011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  16. 16
    Shadow Unit 3Shadow Unit #32011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  17. 17
    Shadow Unit 4Shadow Unit #42011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  18. 18
    Shadow Unit 5Shadow Unit #52011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  19. 19
    Shadow Unit 6Shadow Unit #62011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  20. 20
    Shadow Unit 9Shadow Unit #92011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  21. 21
    Shadow Unit 10Shadow Unit #102011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  22. 23
    Shadow Unit 11Shadow Unit #112012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  23. 24
    Shadow Unit 12Shadow Unit #122012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  24. 25
    Shadow Unit 13Shadow Unit #132013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  25. 26
    Shadow Unit 14Shadow Unit #142014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  26. 27
    Shadow Unit 15Shadow Unit #152014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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Emma Bull 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.

Shadow Unit in order

13 books
  1. 1. Shadow Unit 1
  2. 2. Shadow Unit 2
  3. 3. Shadow Unit 3
  4. 4. Shadow Unit 4
  5. 5. Shadow Unit 5
  6. 6. Shadow Unit 6
  7. 9. Shadow Unit 9
  8. 10. Shadow Unit 10
  9. 11. Shadow Unit 11
  10. 12. Shadow Unit 12
  11. 13. Shadow Unit 13
  12. 14. Shadow Unit 14
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Liavek in order

5 books
  1. 1. Liavek
  2. 2. The Players of Luck
  3. 3. Wizard's Row
  4. 4. Spells of Binding
  5. 5. Festival Week

Borderland in order

1 book
  1. 3. Finder

Standalone books

8 books

8 Emma Bull titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Emma Bull books in order?

You only need to read Emma Bull books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Emma Bull

Start with Falcon (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Emma Bull book?

Shadow Unit 15 (2014) is the newest Emma Bull book released so far.

Is there a new Emma Bull book coming?

No next Emma Bull 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 Emma Bull has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 17 nominations for Emma Bull. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Locus Award for Best First Novel1988Wonfor War for the Oaks
  • Locus Award for Best Novella2010Shortlistedfor Cuckoo
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2008Shortlistedfor Territory
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2008Shortlistedfor Territory
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2007Shortlistedfor What Used to Be Good Still Is
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1998Shortlistedfor Freedom & necessity
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1995Shortlistedfor Finder
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature1995Shortlistedfor The Princess and the Lord of Night
  • Nebula Award for Best Novella1993Shortlistedfor Silver or Gold
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel1992Shortlistedfor Bone Dance
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1992Shortlistedfor Bone Dance
  • Nebula Award for Best Novel1992Shortlistedfor Bone Dance

Emma Bull at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Emma Bull title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Emma Bull books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,600 pages across the 6 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 278 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Emma Bull books, 14 of 27, were published in the 2010s.

What the Emma Bull books are about

10 of the 27 Emma Bull books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.