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Lish McBride Books in Order

Lish McBride has written 14 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (2010) and the newest is Most Likely to Murder (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2010–2026
Pages on record
2,188 in 7 of 14 books
Reading time
36–55 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,188 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Lish McBride is an American urban fantasy writer. The debut, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (2010), is a young-adult novel in which a fast-food fry cook discovers a talent for necromancy; it won a 2011 Washington State Book Award and reached the finalist list for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award. Necromancing the Stone followed in September 2012. McBride grew up outside Seattle, earned an MFA in fiction at the University of New Orleans, and returned to Seattle afterwards. The catalogue lists 14 books through Most Likely to Murder (2026), across the Necromancer, Firebug and An Uncanny Romance series.

How many Lish McBride books are there?

Lish McBride has 14 books, released between 2010 and 2026. They include 3 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Lish McBride Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Lish McBride 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 Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride, book 1 of the Necromancer series (2010)
  2. Cover of Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride, book 3 of the Necromancer series (2012)
  3. Cover of Firebug by Lish McBride, book 1 of the Firebug series (2014)
  4. Cover of Freaks & Other Family: Two Stories by Lish McBride, book 5 of the Necromancer series (2016)
  5. Cover of Pyromantic by Lish McBride, book 3 of the Firebug series (2017)
  6. Cover of Curses by Lish McBride (2021)
  7. Cover of A Little Too Familiar by Lish McBride (2022)
  1. 1
    Hold Me Closer, NecromancerNecromancer #12010 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010342
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  2. 2
    NecromancerNecromancer #22011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  3. 3
    Necromancing the StoneNecromancer #32012 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012368
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  4. 4
    Heads Will RollNecromancer #42012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    FirebugFirebug #12014 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014336
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  6. 6
    Burnt SugarFirebug #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  7. 7
    Freaks & Other Family: Two StoriesNecromancer #52016 · 54 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201654
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  8. 8
    PyromanticFirebug #32017 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017326
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  9. 9
    Curses2021 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021448
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  10. 10
    A Little Too Familiar2022 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022314
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  11. 11
    Rough Around the HedgesAn Uncanny Romance #12023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  12. 12
    Red in Tooth and Claw2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  13. 13
    The Suitcase Swap2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  14. 14
    Most Likely to Murder2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Lish McBride 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.

Necromancer in order

5 books
  1. 1. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
  2. 2. Necromancer
  3. 3. Necromancing the Stone
  4. 4. Heads Will Roll
  5. 5. Freaks & Other Family: Two Stories

Firebug in order

3 books
  1. 1. Firebug
  2. 2. Burnt Sugar
  3. 3. Pyromantic

An Uncanny Romance in order

1 book
  1. 1. Rough Around the Hedges

Standalone books

5 books

5 Lish McBride titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lish McBride books in order?

You only need to read Lish McBride 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 Lish McBride

Start with Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lish McBride book?

Most Likely to Murder (2026) is the newest Lish McBride book released so far.

Is there a new Lish McBride book coming?

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

Lish McBride at a glance

Still publishing
Lish McBride published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Lish McBride books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,188 pages across the 7 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lish McBride books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lish McBride books are about

4 of the 14 Lish McBride books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magic is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.