Chicks In Chainmail Books in Order
Chicks In Chainmail contains 8 books, published between 1994 and 2015. The first book is Chicks Ahoy! (1994) and the newest is Chicks and Balances (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1994–2015
- Total pages
- 3,258 across 8 books
- Reading time
- 54–81 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,258 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Chicks In Chainmail is a fantasy series of short story collections, with Esther M. Friesner credited on seven of its eight catalogued books. Titles run from Chicks Ahoy! (1994) to Chicks and Balances (2015), an average of three years apart. Recorded subjects include American short stories, heroines, Amazons and women soldiers. Did You Say Chicks?! (1998), Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999), The Chick is in the Mail (2000) and Turn the Other Chick (2004) fall in the middle of the run.
How many Chicks In Chainmail books are there?
Chicks In Chainmail has 8 books, released between 1994 and 2015.
Chicks In Chainmail Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Chicks In Chainmail 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.
- 1Chicks Ahoy!1994 · 880 pages · confirmed 1/419948801/4
- 2Chicks in Chainmail1995 · 341 pages · confirmed 1/419953411/4
- 3Mathemagics1996 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419963521/4
- 4Did You Say Chicks?!1998 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/419983091/4
- 5Chicks 'n Chained Males1999 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419993201/4
- 6The Chick is in the Mail2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420003201/4
- 7Turn the Other Chick2004 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420044001/4
- 8Chicks and Balances2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420153361/4
Do you have to read Chicks In Chainmail books in order?
You should read the Chicks In Chainmail books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Chicks In Chainmail book also stands alone.
Where to start with Chicks In Chainmail
Start with Chicks Ahoy! (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Chicks In Chainmail book?
Chicks and Balances (2015) is the newest Chicks In Chainmail book released so far.
Is there a new Chicks In Chainmail book coming?
No next Chicks In Chainmail 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 Chicks In Chainmail
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Chicks In Chainmail. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Anthology1996Shortlistedfor Chicks in Chainmail
Chicks In Chainmail at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Chicks In Chainmail title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Chicks In Chainmail books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,258 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 338 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Chicks In Chainmail books, 5 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 8 titles, 7 are credited to Esther M. Friesner and 1 to Margaret Ball.
What the Chicks In Chainmail books are about
All 8 Chicks In Chainmail 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 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.