Margaret Killjoy Books in Order
Margaret Killjoy has written 13 books, published between 2007 and 2025. The first book is A Steampunk's Guide to the Apocalypse (2007) and the newest is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2007–2025
- Pages on record
- 997 in 6 of 13 books
Margaret Killjoy is an American author, musician and podcast host. Killjoy is best known for speculative fiction in fantasy and folk horror, especially the three-book Danielle Cain series. Killjoy founded the feminist black metal band Feminazgûl in 2018 and hosts the podcasts Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff and Live Like The World is Dying. The catalogue holds 13 books from A Steampunk's Guide to the Apocalypse (2007) to The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice (2025), including the Daughters of the Empty Throne series.
How many Margaret Killjoy books are there?
Margaret Killjoy has 13 books, released between 2007 and 2025. They include 2 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Margaret Killjoy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Margaret Killjoy 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.
- 1A Steampunk's Guide to the Apocalypse2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 2Mythmakers and Lawbreakers2009 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/420092181/4
- 3What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower2011 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420111921/4
- 4White Is the Color of Death2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 5A Country of Ghosts2014 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/420142121/4
- 6Everything That Isn't Winter2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 720171281/4
- 8Into the Gray2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 920181451/4
- 10We Won't Be Here Tomorrow2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 11Escape from Incel Island2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 122024–1/4
- 1320251021/4
Margaret Killjoy 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.
Danielle Cain in order
3 booksDaughters of the Empty Throne in order
1 bookStandalone books
9 books9 Margaret Killjoy titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Margaret Killjoy books in order?
You only need to read Margaret Killjoy 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 Margaret Killjoy
Start with A Steampunk's Guide to the Apocalypse (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Margaret Killjoy book?
The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice (2025) is the newest Margaret Killjoy book released so far.
Is there a new Margaret Killjoy book coming?
No next Margaret Killjoy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Margaret Killjoy
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Margaret Killjoy. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Novella2018Shortlistedfor The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
Margaret Killjoy at a glance
- Still publishing
- Margaret Killjoy published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Margaret Killjoy books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 997 pages across the 6 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 168 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Margaret Killjoy books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the Margaret Killjoy books are about
7 of the 13 Margaret Killjoy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.