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Suzy McKee Charnas Books in Order

Suzy McKee Charnas has written 21 books, published between 1974 and 2019. The first book is Walk to the End of the World (1974) and the newest is Life's Greatest Battles: Awareness is the start of breakthrough (As: Rebecca Brand) (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Suzy McKee Charnas also publishes as Rebecca Brand.

Books
21
Published
1974–2019
Pages on record
3,411 in 13 of 21 books
Reading time
57–85 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,411 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Suzy McKee Charnas, author

Suzy McKee Charnas (1939–2023) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and short fiction. Charnas won the Hugo, the Nebula and the James Tiptree Jr. Award. The Holdfast Chronicles, 4 volumes written across almost thirty years from Walk to the End of the World (1974) to The Conqueror's Child (1999), is regarded as her major work. Stagestruck Vampires and Other Phantasms (2004) collects her short fiction, and the Sorcery Hall Trilogy is among 21 catalogued books.

How many Suzy McKee Charnas books are there?

Suzy McKee Charnas has 21 books, released between 1974 and 2019. They include 3 separate series.

Suzy McKee Charnas Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Suzy McKee Charnas 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 Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 1 of the Holdfast Chronicles (1974)
  2. Cover of Motherlines by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 2 of the Holdfast Chronicles (1978)
  3. Cover of Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 1 of the Suzy Charnas Short Stories/Novellas series (1980)
  4. Cover of The Bronze King by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 1 of the Sorcery Hall Trilogy (1985)
  5. Cover of Dorothea Dreams by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 1 of the Suzy Charnas Standalone Novels series (1986)
  6. Cover of The Silver Glove by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 2 of the Sorcery Hall Trilogy (1988)
  7. Cover of The Golden Thread by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 3 of the Sorcery Hall Trilogy (1989)
  8. Cover of The Kingdom of Kevin Malone by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 2 of the Suzy Charnas Standalone Novels series (1993)
  9. Cover of The Furies by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 3 of the Holdfast Chronicles (1994)
  10. Cover of The Ruby Tear (As: Rebecca Brand) by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 3 of the Suzy Charnas Standalone Novels series (1997)
  11. Cover of The Conqueror's Child by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 4 of the Holdfast Chronicles (1999)
  12. Cover of Vampire Dreams by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 1 of the Suzy Charnas Plays series (2001)
  13. Cover of My Father's Ghost by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 5 of the Suzy Charnas Standalone Novels series (2002)
  14. Cover of Stagestruck Vampires and Other Phantasms by Suzy McKee Charnas, book 5 of the Suzy Charnas Short Story series (2004)
  15. Cover of Life's Greatest Battles: Awareness is the start of breakthrough (As: Rebecca Brand) by Suzy McKee Charnas (2019)
  1. 1
    Walk to the End of the WorldHoldfast Chronicles #11974 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974246
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  2. 2
    MotherlinesHoldfast Chronicles #21978 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978273
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  3. 3
    Unicorn TapestrySuzy Charnas Short Stories/Novellas #11980 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980285
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  4. 4
    The Bronze KingSorcery Hall Trilogy #11985 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985196
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  5. 5
    Dorothea DreamsSuzy Charnas Standalone Novels #11986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  6. 6
    The Silver GloveSorcery Hall Trilogy #21988 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988162
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  7. 7
    The Golden ThreadSorcery Hall Trilogy #31989 · 209 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989209
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  8. 8
    Moonstone and Tiger-EyeSuzy Charnas Short Story #21992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  9. 9
    The Kingdom of Kevin MaloneSuzy Charnas Standalone Novels #21993 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993255
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  10. 10
    The FuriesHoldfast Chronicles #31994 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994384
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  11. 11
    Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast (in Asimov's)Suzy Charnas Short Stories/Novellas #41996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  12. 12
    The Ruby Tear (As: Rebecca Brand)Suzy Charnas Standalone Novels #31997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  13. 13
    Listening to BrahmsSuzy Charnas Short Story #31998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  14. 14
    The Conqueror's ChildHoldfast Chronicles #41999 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999432
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  15. 15
    Vampire DreamsSuzy Charnas Plays #12001 · 69 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200169
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  16. 16
    Music of the NightSuzy Charnas Short Story #42001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  17. 17
    Strange SeasSuzy Charnas Standalone Novels #42001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  18. 18
    My Father's GhostSuzy Charnas Standalone Novels #52002 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002306
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  19. 19
    Stagestruck Vampires and Other PhantasmsSuzy Charnas Short Story #52004 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004328
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  20. 20
    SnackReads Generations 1Suzy Charnas Short Story #62016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  21. 21
    Life's Greatest Battles: Awareness is the start of breakthrough (As: Rebecca Brand)Suzy Charnas Standalone Novels #62019 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019266
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Suzy McKee Charnas 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.

Suzy Charnas Standalone Novels

6 books

6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Suzy Charnas Short Story

5 books

5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Holdfast Chronicles in order

4 books
  1. 1. Walk to the End of the World
  2. 2. Motherlines
  3. 3. The Furies
  4. 4. The Conqueror's Child

Sorcery Hall Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Bronze King
  2. 2. The Silver Glove
  3. 3. The Golden Thread

Suzy Charnas Short Stories/Novellas

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Suzy Charnas Plays in order

1 book
  1. 1. Vampire Dreams

Do you have to read Suzy McKee Charnas books in order?

You only need to read Suzy McKee Charnas 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 Suzy McKee Charnas

Start with Walk to the End of the World (1974), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Suzy McKee Charnas book?

Life's Greatest Battles: Awareness is the start of breakthrough (As: Rebecca Brand) (2019) is the newest Suzy McKee Charnas book released so far.

Is there a new Suzy McKee Charnas book coming?

No next Suzy McKee Charnas 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 Suzy McKee Charnas has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 19 nominations for Suzy McKee Charnas. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Suzy McKee Charnas at a glance

Died
Suzy McKee Charnas died in 2023, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Suzy McKee Charnas on record dates from 2019.
Release pace
Suzy McKee Charnas books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,411 pages across the 13 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 266 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Suzy McKee Charnas books, 7 of 21, were published in the 1990s.

What the Suzy McKee Charnas books are about

13 of the 21 Suzy McKee Charnas 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 5 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.