Seanan McGuire has published 56 novels, 8 novellas and 12 other books, beginning with Rosemary and Rue (2009). The 4 series include October Daye (9 books, starting with Rosemary and Rue), Wayward Children (6 books, starting with Every Heart a Doorway) and InCryptid (4 books, starting with Discount Armageddon). The best-known is Every Heart a Doorway (2016). The latest is Silver and Lead (2025).
Updated September 2026
October Daye books in order (9)Series page
Reading order: 1 Rosemary and Rue (2009) · 2 A Local Habitation (2010) · 3 An Artificial Night (2010) · 7 Chimes at Midnight (2013) · 8 The Winter Long (2014) · 10 Once Broken Faith (2016) · 11 The Brightest Fell (2017) · 12 Night and Silence (2018) · 13 The Unkindest Tide (2019)
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Rosemary and Rue (2009)
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A Local Habitation (2010)
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An Artificial Night (2010)
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Chimes at Midnight (Sep 2013)
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The Winter Long (Sep 2014)
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Once Broken Faith (Sep 2016)
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The Brightest Fell (Sep 2017)
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Night and Silence (Sep 2018)
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The Unkindest Tide (Sep 2019)
Wayward Children books in order (6)Series page
Reading order: 1 Every Heart a Doorway (2016) · 2 Down Among the Sticks and Bones (2017) · 3 Beneath the Sugar Sky (2018) · 4 In an Absent Dream (2019) · 6 Across the Green Grass Fields (2021) · 8 Lost in the Moment and Found (2023)
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Every Heart a Doorway (Apr 2016)
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Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Jun 2017)
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Beneath the Sugar Sky (Jan 2018)
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In an Absent Dream (Jan 2019)
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Across the Green Grass Fields (Jan 2021)
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Lost in the Moment and Found (Jan 2023)
InCryptid books in order (4)Series page
Reading order: 1 Discount Armageddon (2012) · 2 Midnight Blue-Light Special (2013) · 3 Half-Off Ragnarok (2014) · 4 Pocket Apocalypse (2015)
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Discount Armageddon (2012)
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Midnight Blue-Light Special (Mar 2013)
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Half-Off Ragnarok (Mar 2014)
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Pocket Apocalypse (Mar 2015)
Newsflesh books in order (3)Series page
Reading order: 1 Feed (2010) · 2 Deadline (2011) · 3 Blackout (2012)
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Feed (Apr 2010)
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Deadline (Jun 2011)
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Blackout (Jun 2012)
Where to start with Seanan McGuire
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Every Heart a Doorway
Seanan McGuire's most-read book and the first of the 6 Wayward Children books.
Newest
Silver and Lead
Published 2025.
Standalone novels in order
A Red Rose Chain (Toby Daye) (2001)
Countdown (2011)
One Salt Sea (2011)
Ashes Of Honor An October Daye Novel (2012)
Indexing (2013)
Midnight BlueLight Special Incryptid Novel (2013)
Parasite (Oct 2013)
Sparrow Hill Road (2014)
Symbiont (2014)
Chimera (2015)
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus (2015)
Feedback (2016)
Rise: A Newsflesh Collection (2016)
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day (2017)
Into the Drowning Deep (Nov 2017)
Coming to You Live (2018)
Shades Within Us (2018)
Alien (2019)
That Ain't Witchcraft (2019)
Middlegame (May 2019)
A Killing Frost (2020)
Come Tumbling Down (2020)
Imaginary Numbers (2020)
Over the Woodward Wall (2020)
Along the Saltwise Sea (2021)
Angel of the Overpass (2021)
Calculated Risks (2021)
When Sorrows Come (2021)
Into the Windwracked Wilds (2022)
Spelunking Through Hell (2022)
Where the Drowned Girls Go (2022)
Overwatch: Declassified (2023)
Sleep No More (2023)
The Innocent Sleep (2023)
Marvel (2024)
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (2024)
What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings? (2024)
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (2025)
Installment Immortality (2025)
Silver and Lead (2025)
Novellas in order
Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell (2014)
Final Girls (2017)
Other books in order
Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box (2011)
Late Eclipses (2011)
Ashes of Honor (2012)
Kingdom of Needle and Bone (2018)
Alien: Echo (2019)
In the Shadow of Spindrift House (2019)
Laughter at the Academy (2019)
Rolling in the Deep (2019)
Be the Serpent (2022)
In Mercy, Rain (2022)
Seasonal Fears (2022)
Through Gates of Garnet and Gold (2025)
About Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire is an American author and filker. McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/horror and the pseudonym A. Deborah Baker to write the "Up-and-Under" children's portal fantasy series.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Seanan McGuire FAQ
- How many books has Seanan McGuire written?
- Seanan McGuire has published 56 novels, 8 novellas and 12 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Seanan McGuire's books in?
- Read each series in its own order: start October Daye with Rosemary and Rue, Wayward Children with Every Heart a Doorway and InCryptid with Discount Armageddon. The other books stand alone and can be read in any order.
- What is Seanan McGuire's latest book?
- Silver and Lead (2025).
- What is Seanan McGuire's most famous book?
- Every Heart a Doorway (2016) is Seanan McGuire's most widely read book.
- Are Seanan McGuire's books connected?
- 22 books belong to 4 series (October Daye, Wayward Children, InCryptid and Newsflesh); the other 54 books stand alone.
- Does Seanan McGuire write under a pen name?
- Yes: Seanan McGuire has also published as Mira Grant and A. Deborah Baker.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.