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Mur Lafferty Books in Order

Mur Lafferty has written 25 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is Heaven (2006) and the newest is Infinite Archive (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
2006–2025
Confirmed
1 of 25 titles
Pages on record
2,843 in 9 of 25 books
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Photo of Mur Lafferty, author

Based in Durham, North Carolina, Mur Lafferty is an American podcaster and writer born July 25, 1973. Lafferty created and hosts the podcast I Should Be Writing, edited and hosted Escape Pod from 2010 to 2012, co-edited Pseudopod until July 2007, and was editor-in-chief of the magazine Mothership Zeta until its 2016 hiatus. The catalogue lists 25 books from Heaven (2006) to Infinite Archive (2025), including Tricks of the Podcasting Masters (2006) and the Midsolar Murders, Shambling Guides and Shadowsfall Legends series.

How many Mur Lafferty books are there?

Mur Lafferty has 25 books, released between 2006 and 2025. They include 3 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Mur Lafferty Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Mur Lafferty 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 Tricks of the Podcasting Masters by Mur Lafferty (2006)
  2. Cover of Playing For Keeps by Mur Lafferty (2008)
  3. Cover of Nanovor: Hacked by Mur Lafferty (2010)
  4. Cover of The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty, book 1 of the Shambling Guides series (2013)
  5. Cover of The Ghost Train to New Orleans by Mur Lafferty, book 2 of the Shambling Guides series (2014)
  6. Cover of I Should Be Writing by Mur Lafferty (2017)
  7. Cover of Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (2017)
  8. Cover of Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty, book 1 of the Midsolar Murders series (2022)
  9. Cover of Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty, book 2 of the Midsolar Murders series (2023)
  1. 1
    HeavenAfterlife #12006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  2. 2
    Tricks of the Podcasting Masters2006 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006362
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  3. 3
    HellAfterlife #22007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  4. 4
    EarthAfterlife #32007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  5. 5
    Playing For Keeps2008 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008248
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  6. 6
    WastelandAfterlife #42008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    WarAfterlife #52009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    Nanovor: Hacked2010 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010124
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Marco and the Red Granny2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Pawn, Deception, and SacrificeShadowsfall Legends #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  11. 12
    The Shambling Guide to New York CityShambling Guides #12013 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013368
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  12. 13
    The Ghost Train to New OrleansShambling Guides #22014 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014342
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  13. 14
    A Sorcerer's ApprenticeBookburners #12015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  14. 15
    Under My SkinBookburners #32015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 16
    Shore LeaveBookburners #42015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 17
    StonesAfterlife #62015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 18
    I Should Be Writing2017 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017160
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 19
    Six Wakes2017 · 391 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017391
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  19. 20
    SoloStar Wars: Movie Novelizations #102018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  20. 21
    The Lost JournalsMinecraft #32019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  21. 22
    Station EternityMidsolar Murders #12022 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022464
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  22. 23
    The Ophelia Network2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  23. 24
    Chaos TerminalMidsolar Murders #22023 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023384
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  24. 25
    Infinite ArchiveMidsolar Murders #32025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Mur Lafferty 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.

Afterlife in order

6 books
  1. 1. Heaven
  2. 2. Hell
  3. 3. Earth
  4. 4. Wasteland
  5. 5. War
  6. 6. Stones

Bookburners in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Sorcerer's Apprentice
  2. 3. Under My Skin
  3. 4. Shore Leave

Midsolar Murders in order

3 books
  1. 1. Station Eternity
  2. 2. Chaos Terminal
  3. 3. Infinite Archive

Shambling Guides in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Shambling Guide to New York City
  2. 2. The Ghost Train to New Orleans

Shadowsfall Legends in order

1 book
  1. 1. Pawn, Deception, and Sacrifice

Minecraft in order

1 book
  1. 3. The Lost Journals

Star Wars: Movie Novelizations in order

1 book
  1. 10. Solo

Standalone books

8 books

8 Mur Lafferty titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mur Lafferty books in order?

You only need to read Mur Lafferty 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 Mur Lafferty

Start with Heaven (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mur Lafferty book?

Infinite Archive (2025) is the newest Mur Lafferty book released so far.

Is there a new Mur Lafferty book coming?

No next Mur Lafferty 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 Mur Lafferty has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 4 nominations for Mur Lafferty. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Manly Wade Wellman Award2015Won
  • Manly Wade Wellman Award2014Won
  • Astounding Award for Best New Writer2013Won
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel2018Shortlistedfor Six Wakes
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2018Shortlistedfor Six Wakes
  • Nebula Award for Best Novel2018Shortlistedfor Six Wakes
  • Philip K. Dick Award2018Shortlistedfor Six Wakes

Mur Lafferty at a glance

Still publishing
Mur Lafferty published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Mur Lafferty books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,843 pages across the 9 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mur Lafferty books, 14 of 25, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mur Lafferty books are about

8 of the 25 Mur Lafferty books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.