Kelly Meding Books in Order

Kelly Meding has written 14 books, published between 2009 and 2019. The first book is Three Days to Dead (2009) and the newest is Stray Moon (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2009–2019
Pages on record
3,742 in 10 of 14 books
Reading time
62–94 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,742 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

Vampires, shapeshifting, telepathy and women bounty hunters appear among the recorded subjects for Kelly Meding, whose books are tagged as fantasy and paranormal fiction. The catalogue lists 14 books from Three Days to Dead (2009) to Stray Moon (2019), across four series: Dreg City, Metas, Project Files and Strays. As Lie the Dead (2010), Trance (2011), Changeling (2012), Chimera (2013) and Lazarus (2016) are other titles. The catalogue marks Meding's list as likely complete.

How many Kelly Meding books are there?

Kelly Meding has 14 books, released between 2009 and 2019. They include 4 separate series.

Kelly Meding Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Kelly Meding 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
    Three Days to DeadDreg City #12009 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009416
  2. 2
    As Lie the DeadDreg City #22010 · 423 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010423
  3. 3
    TranceMetas #12011 · 418 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011418
  4. 4
    Another Kind of DeadDreg City #32011 · 372 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011372
  5. 5
    ChangelingMetas #22012 · 373 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012373
  6. 6
    Wrong Side of DeadDreg City #42012 · 358 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012358
  7. 7
    TempestMetas #32013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  8. 8
    ChimeraMetas #42013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  9. 9
    Requiem For The DeadDreg City #52013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  10. 10
    OracleProject Files #12016 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016298
  11. 11
    LazarusProject Files #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  12. 12
    The Night Before DeadDreg City #62016 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016284
  13. 13
    Stray MagicStrays #12018 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018416
  14. 14
    Stray MoonStrays #22019 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019384

Kelly Meding 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.

Dreg City in order

6 books
  1. 1. Three Days to Dead
  2. 2. As Lie the Dead
  3. 3. Another Kind of Dead
  4. 4. Wrong Side of Dead
  5. 5. Requiem For The Dead
  6. 6. The Night Before Dead

Metas in order

4 books
  1. 1. Trance
  2. 2. Changeling
  3. 3. Tempest
  4. 4. Chimera

Project Files in order

2 books
  1. 1. Oracle
  2. 2. Lazarus

Strays in order

2 books
  1. 1. Stray Magic
  2. 2. Stray Moon

Do you have to read Kelly Meding books in order?

You only need to read Kelly Meding books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Kelly Meding

Start with Three Days to Dead (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kelly Meding book?

Stray Moon (2019) is the newest Kelly Meding book released so far.

Is there a new Kelly Meding book coming?

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

Kelly Meding at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kelly Meding title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kelly Meding books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,742 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 378 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kelly Meding books, 13 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kelly Meding books are about

8 of the 14 Kelly Meding books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: vampires is tagged on 6 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.