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Fritz Leiber Books in Order

88 books are credited to Fritz Leiber, published between 1943 and 2024; 32 of them appeared after Fritz Leiber's death in 1992. The first book is Gather, Darkness! (1943) and the newest is Victory Harben: Tales from the Void (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
88
Published
1943–2024
Pages on record
9,261 in 43 of 88 books
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Photo of Fritz Leiber, author

Fritz Leiber was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, and a Hugo Award winner. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is the signature creation, a fantasy adventure pairing with a graphic novel line of its own. Ninety-four titles are catalogued from 1943 to 2024, opening with Conjure Wife (1943) and Gather, Darkness! (1943), and taking in the Change War stories and several short fiction collections.

How many Fritz Leiber books are there?

Fritz Leiber has 88 books, released between 1943 and 2024. 32 of them were published after Fritz Leiber's death in 1992. They include 3 series and 72 titles listed outside any series.

Fritz Leiber Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 88 Fritz Leiber 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 Gather, Darkness! by Fritz Leiber (1943)
  2. Cover of Destiny Times Three by Fritz Leiber (1945)
  3. Cover of Night's Black Agents by Fritz Leiber (1947)
  4. Cover of Night Monsters by Fritz Leiber (1953)
  5. Cover of The Big Time by Fritz Leiber, book 2 of the Change War series (1958)
  6. Cover of The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber (1960)
  7. Cover of The Silver Eggheads by Fritz Leiber (1961)
  8. Cover of Shadows With Eyes by Fritz Leiber (1962)
  9. Cover of No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber (1963)
  10. Cover of The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber (1964)
  11. Cover of Tarzan and the Valley of Gold by Fritz Leiber, book 1 of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe series (1966)
  12. Cover of Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber (1967)
  13. Cover of The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber, book 1 of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series (1968)
  14. Cover of Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber, book 2 of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series (1968)
  15. Cover of Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber, book 3 of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series (1968)
  16. Cover of The Secret Songs by Fritz Leiber (1968)
  17. Cover of Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber, book 4 of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series (1970)
  18. Cover of Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber, book 5 of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series (1970)
  19. Cover of Swords and Ice Magic by Fritz Leiber, book 6 of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series (1977)
  20. Cover of Rime Isle by Fritz Leiber (1977)
  21. Cover of The Button Molder by Fritz Leiber (1979)
  22. Cover of Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (1982)
  23. Cover of Changewar by Fritz Leiber, book 3 of the Change War series (1983)
  24. Cover of The Ghost Light by Fritz Leiber (1984)
  1. 1
    Gather, Darkness!1943 · 172 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1943172
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  2. 2
    Conjure Wife1943 · confirmed 2/4
    1943–
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  3. 3
    Destiny Times Three1945 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1945128
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  4. 4
    Night's Black Agents1947 · 143 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1947143
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  5. 5
    Coming Attraction1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  6. 6
    The Sinful Ones1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  7. 7
    A Pail of Air1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  8. 8
    The Moon Is Green1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  9. 9
    Night Monsters1953 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1953192
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  10. 10
    The Green Millennium1953 · confirmed 2/4
    1953–
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  11. 11
    What's He Doing in There?1957 · confirmed 2/4
    1957–
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  12. 12
    The Big Time - Includes No Great Magic!Change War #11958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  13. 13
    The Big TimeChange War #21958 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1958128
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  14. 14
    Bread Overhead1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  15. 15
    The Night of the Long Knives1960 · 92 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196092
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  16. 17
    The Silver Eggheads1961 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961192
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  17. 18
    The Creature from Cleveland Depths1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  18. 19
    Shadows With Eyes1962 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962128
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  19. 20
    The Unholy Grail1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  20. 21
    No Great Magic1963 · 72 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196372
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  21. 22
    Ships to the Stars1964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  22. 23
    The Wanderer1964 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964320
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  23. 24
    Tarzan and the Valley of GoldEdgar Rice Burroughs Universe #11966 · 317 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966317
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  24. 25
    The Night of the Wolf1966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  25. 26
    Gonna Roll the Bones1967 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196732
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  26. 27
    The Swords of LankhmarFafhrd and the Gray Mouser #11968 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968224
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  27. 28
    Swords in the MistFafhrd and the Gray Mouser #21968 · 168 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968168
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  28. 29
    Swords Against WizardryFafhrd and the Gray Mouser #31968 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968224
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  29. 30
    A Specter Is Haunting Texas1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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Fritz Leiber 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.

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Swords of Lankhmar
  2. 2. Swords in the Mist
  3. 3. Swords Against Wizardry
  4. 4. Swords Against Death
  5. 5. Swords and Deviltry
  6. 6. Swords and Ice Magic
  7. 7. The Knight and Knave of Swords

Change War in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Big Time - Includes No Great Magic!
  2. 2. The Big Time
  3. 3. Changewar

Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe in order

3 books
  1. 1. Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
  2. 6. Victory Harben: Fires of Halos
  3. 8. Victory Harben: Tales from the Void

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Graphic Novels in order

3 books
  1. 1. Ill Met in Lankhmar
  2. 2. The Circle Curse/The Howling Tower
  3. 3. Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Standalone books

72 books

72 Fritz Leiber titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Fritz Leiber books in order?

You only need to read Fritz Leiber books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Fritz Leiber

Start with Gather, Darkness! (1943), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Fritz Leiber book?

Victory Harben: Tales from the Void (2024) is the newest Fritz Leiber book released so far.

Is there a new Fritz Leiber book coming?

No next Fritz Leiber 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 Fritz Leiber has won

Wikidata records 22 awards and 40 nominations for Fritz Leiber. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel2019Wonfor Conjure Wife
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2011Wonfor Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame2001Won
  • Geffen Award1999Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement1987Won
  • Locus Award for Best Collection1985Wonfor The Ghost Light
  • Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award1981Won
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1980Wonfor The Button Molder
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Novel1978Wonfor Our Lady of Darkness
  • Nebula Award for Best Short Story1976Wonfor Catch That Zeppelin!
  • Hugo Award for Best Short Story1976Wonfor Catch That Zeppelin!
  • World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement1976Won

Fritz Leiber at a glance

Died
Fritz Leiber died in 1992, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Fritz Leiber are still being published after Fritz Leiber's death in 1992; the newest appeared in 2024.
Release pace
Fritz Leiber books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,261 pages across the 43 of 88 books with a recorded length, a median of 200 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Fritz Leiber books, 20 of 88, were published in the 2010s.

What the Fritz Leiber books are about

46 of the 88 Fritz Leiber 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 18 of 46. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.