Maria Dahvana Headley Books in Order

Maria Dahvana Headley has written 13 books, published between 2005 and 2020. The first book is The Year of Yes (2005) and the newest is The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 13
Published: 2005–2020
Pages on record: 1,965 in 7 of 13 books
Reading time: 33–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,965 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Maria Dahvana Headley, born June 21, 1977, is an American novelist, memoirist, poet, playwright, editor and translator. Headley's translation of Beowulf won the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Related Work and the 2021 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award. Magonia is a young-adult space fantasy, Queen of Kings is alternate-history fantasy about Cleopatra, and The Mere Wife retells Beowulf. The short story Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream earned a 2012 Nebula nomination, and The Traditional was a 2013 Shirley Jackson Award finalist. The catalogue lists 13 books from The Year of Yes (2005) to The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods (2020).

How many Maria Dahvana Headley books are there?

Maria Dahvana Headley has 13 books, released between 2005 and 2020. 2 of them belong to the Magonia series.

Maria Dahvana Headley 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.

Magonia in order

2 books

1. Magonia
2. Aerie

Standalone books

11 books

11 Maria Dahvana Headley titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Maria Dahvana Headley books in order?

You only need to read Maria Dahvana Headley books in order within the Magonia series, which holds 2 of the 13 Maria Dahvana Headley books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Maria Dahvana Headley

Start with The Year of Yes (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Maria Dahvana Headley book?

The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods (2020) is the newest Maria Dahvana Headley book released so far.

Is there a new Maria Dahvana Headley book coming?

No next Maria Dahvana Headley 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 Maria Dahvana Headley has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 13 nominations for Maria Dahvana Headley. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award2021Wonfor Beowulf: A New Translation
Hugo Award for Best Related Work2021Wonfor Beowulf: A New Translation
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction2020Wonfor Read After Burning
Locus Award for Best Horror Novel2021Shortlistedfor Beowulf: A New Translation
Locus Award for Best Short Story2021Shortlistedfor The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2019Shortlistedfor The Mere Wife
Locus Award for Best Short Story2019Shortlistedfor You Pretend Like You Never Met Me, and I'll Pretend Like I Never Met You
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2019Shortlistedfor The Mere Wife
Locus Award for Best Novelette2018Shortlistedfor The Thule Stowaway
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction2017Shortlistedfor Little Widow
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2017Shortlistedfor Aerie
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2016Shortlistedfor Magonia

Maria Dahvana Headley at a glance

No recent titles: The newest Maria Dahvana Headley title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace: Maria Dahvana Headley books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 1,965 pages across the 7 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Maria Dahvana Headley books, 10 of 13, were published in the 2010s.