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Rikki Ducornet Books in Order

Rikki Ducornet has written 20 books, published between 1975 and 2023. The first book is Wild Geraniums (1975) and the newest is The Plotinus (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1975–2023
Pages on record
2,131 in 14 of 20 books
Reading time
36–53 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,131 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Rikki Ducornet, born Erica DeGre in 1943, is an American writer, poet and artist. The catalogue holds 20 books published between 1975 and 2023, from Wild Geraniums (1975) to The Plotinus (2023), with the 1990s the busiest decade in the listing. Ducornet's Tetralogy of Elements is recorded as a series. Individual titles include The Stain (1984), Entering Fire (1986), The Jade Cabinet (1993) and Phosphor in Dreamland (1995). Recorded subjects include American fantasy fiction and single-author short story collections.

How many Rikki Ducornet books are there?

Rikki Ducornet has 20 books, released between 1975 and 2023. 4 of them belong to the Tetralogy of Elements series.

Rikki Ducornet Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Rikki Ducornet 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 The Complete Butcher's Tales by Rikki Ducornet (1980)
  2. Cover of The Stain by Rikki Ducornet, book 1 of the Tetralogy of Elements series (1984)
  3. Cover of Entering Fire by Rikki Ducornet, book 2 of the Tetralogy of Elements series (1986)
  4. Cover of The Cult of Seizure by Rikki Ducornet (1989)
  5. Cover of The Fountains of Neptune by Rikki Ducornet, book 3 of the Tetralogy of Elements series (1989)
  6. Cover of The Jade Cabinet by Rikki Ducornet, book 4 of the Tetralogy of Elements series (1993)
  7. Cover of Phosphor in Dreamland by Rikki Ducornet (1995)
  8. Cover of The Word "Desire" by Rikki Ducornet (1997)
  9. Cover of The Monstrous and the Marvelous by Rikki Ducornet (1999)
  10. Cover of Gazelle by Rikki Ducornet (2003)
  11. Cover of The One Marvelous Thing by Rikki Ducornet (2008)
  12. Cover of Netsuke by Rikki Ducornet (2011)
  13. Cover of Brightfellow by Rikki Ducornet (2016)
  1. 1
    Wild Geraniums1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  2. 2
    The Complete Butcher's Tales1980 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980162
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  3. 3
    The StainTetralogy of Elements #11984 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984223
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  4. 4
    Entering FireTetralogy of Elements #21986 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986168
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  5. 5
    The Cult of Seizure1989 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198964
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  6. 6
    The Fountains of NeptuneTetralogy of Elements #31989 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989224
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  7. 7
    The Butcher's Tales1991 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199130
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  8. 8
    The Jade CabinetTetralogy of Elements #41993 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993158
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  9. 9
    Jade CabinetDalkey Archive Essentials #101993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  10. 10
    Phosphor in Dreamland1995 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995165
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  11. 11
    The Word "Desire"1997 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997193
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  12. 12
    The Monstrous and the Marvelous1999 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999124
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  13. 13
    The Fan-Maker's Inquisition of the Marquis de Sade1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  14. 14
    Gazelle2003 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003189
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  15. 15
    The One Marvelous Thing2008 · 161 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008161
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  16. 16
    Netsuke2011 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011127
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  17. 17
    The Deep Zoo2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  18. 18
    Brightfellow2016 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016143
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  19. 19
    Trafik2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  20. 20
    The Plotinus2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Rikki Ducornet 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.

Tetralogy of Elements in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Stain
  2. 2. Entering Fire
  3. 3. The Fountains of Neptune
  4. 4. The Jade Cabinet

Dalkey Archive Essentials in order

1 book
  1. 10. Jade Cabinet

Standalone books

15 books

15 Rikki Ducornet titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Rikki Ducornet books in order?

You only need to read Rikki Ducornet books in order within the Tetralogy of Elements series, which holds 4 of the 20 Rikki Ducornet books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Rikki Ducornet

Start with Wild Geraniums (1975), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Rikki Ducornet book?

The Plotinus (2023) is the newest Rikki Ducornet book released so far.

Is there a new Rikki Ducornet book coming?

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

Rikki Ducornet at a glance

Paused
No new Rikki Ducornet title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Rikki Ducornet books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,131 pages across the 14 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 162 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rikki Ducornet books, 7 of 20, were published in the 1990s.

What the Rikki Ducornet books are about

12 of the 20 Rikki Ducornet books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 3 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.