Jo Graham Books in Order

Jo Graham has written 20 books, published between 2008 and 2025. The first book is Black Ships (2008) and the newest is The Blood of the Bull (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2008–2025
Confirmed
4 of 20 titles
Pages on record
736 in 3 of 20 books

Jo Graham is an American novelist, born in 1968, who debuted with Black Ships in 2008 - a retelling of the Aeneid that earned a Locus Award nomination for Best First Novel. Hand of Isis, published in 2009, returns the central figure of that first book in a new incarnation. Her catalogue of 20 titles crosses historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction, runs through The Blood of the Bull in 2025, and includes one book shared with Amy Griswold. Graham writes the Numinous World, Calpurnian Wars and Memoirs of the Borgia Sibyl series.

How many Jo Graham books are there?

Jo Graham has 20 books, released between 2008 and 2025. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Jo Graham Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Jo Graham 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. 1
    Black ShipsNuminous World #12008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  2. 2
    Hand of IsisNuminous World #22009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  3. 3
    Stealing FireNuminous World #32010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  4. 5
    Death GameStargate Atlantis #192011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011
  5. 6
    The LostStargate Atlantis #202011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011
  6. 7
    The General's MistressNuminous World #52012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  7. 8
    The FuriesStargate Atlantis #222012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  8. 9
    Cythera2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  9. 10
    The Emperor's AgentNuminous World #62013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  10. 11
    The Marshal's LoverNuminous World #72017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  11. 122020240
  12. 132020224
  13. 14
    UnascendedStargate Atlantis #252020 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020272
  14. 15
    Sounding DarkCalpurnian Wars #12021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  15. 16
    WarladyCalpurnian Wars #22022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  16. 17
    A Blackened MirrorMemoirs of the Borgia Sibyl #12023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  17. 18
    Fortune's FavorCalpurnian Wars #32023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  18. 19
    The Borgia DoveMemoirs of the Borgia Sibyl #22024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024
  19. 20
    The Blood of the BullMemoirs of the Borgia Sibyl #32025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Jo Graham 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.

Numinous World in order

7 books
  1. 1. Black Ships
  2. 2. Hand of Isis
  3. 3. Stealing Fire
  4. 4. The Ravens of Falkenau and Other Stories
  5. 5. The General's Mistress
  6. 6. The Emperor's Agent
  7. 7. The Marshal's Lover

Stargate Atlantis in order

4 books
  1. 19. Death Game
  2. 20. The Lost
  3. 22. The Furies
  4. 25. Unascended

Calpurnian Wars in order

3 books
  1. 1. Sounding Dark
  2. 2. Warlady
  3. 3. Fortune's Favor

Memoirs of the Borgia Sibyl in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Blackened Mirror
  2. 2. The Borgia Dove
  3. 3. The Blood of the Bull

Standalone books

3 books

3 Jo Graham titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jo Graham books in order?

You only need to read Jo Graham 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 Jo Graham

Start with Black Ships (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jo Graham book?

The Blood of the Bull (2025) is the newest Jo Graham book released so far.

Is there a new Jo Graham book coming?

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

Jo Graham at a glance

Still publishing
Jo Graham published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jo Graham books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
736 pages across the 3 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jo Graham books, 9 of 20, were published in the 2020s.

What the Jo Graham books are about

3 of the 20 Jo Graham books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.