Melissa Marr

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  • Bibliography:
    70 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2007
  • Latest Book:
    August 2025
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About the Author

Melissa grew up believing in faeries, ghosts, and various other creatures. After teaching college lit for a decade, she applied her fascination with folklore to writing. Wicked Lovely, the first novel, was simultaneously released in the US and UK by HarperCollins in 2007 (with translation rights also sold in twenty-seven countries). It debuted as a NY Times Bestseller. Critical responses both here and abroad have been positive. Ink Exchange, the second novel, released in late April 2008 in North America. Currently, Melissa lives in the DC area, writes full time, and still believes in faeries and ghosts.

Full Series List in Order

Carnival of Souls

1 - Carnival of Souls (Sep-2012)

A Course in Magic

1 - Remedial Magic (Feb-2024)
2 - Reluctant Witch (Apr-2025)

Faery Bargains

1 - The Wicked & The Dead (Sep-2020)
1.5 - Blood Martinis & Mistletoe (May-2021)
2 - The Kiss & The Killer (Apr-2021)
2.5 - Daiquiris and Daggers (Jul-2021)
2.6 - Champagne & Commitments (Nov-2021)
2.7 - Daiquiris & Daggers (Jan-2022)
3 - The Hexed & The Hunted (Aug-2022)

Graveminder

1 - Graveminder (May-2011)
1.5 - Guns for the Dead (Jul-2011)
3 - Cursed by Death (Oct-2020)

Seven Black Diamonds

1 - Seven Black Diamonds (Mar-2016)
2 - One Blood Ruby (Mar-2017)

Untamed City

0.5 - Carnival of Lies (Dec-2014)
1 - Carnival of Secrets (Sep-2012)
2 - Untamed City Omnibus (Sep-2015)

Wicked Lovely

0.5 - Cold Iron Heart (May-2020)
1 - Wicked Lovely (Jun-2007)
2 - Ink Exchange (May-2008)
2.5 - Old Habits (Jan-2011)
2.5 - Stopping Time and Old Habits (Feb-2011)
3 - Fragile Eternity (May-2009)
4 - Radiant Shadows (Apr-2010)
5 - Darkest Mercy (Mar-2011)
5.5 - Merely Mortal (Sep-2011)
6 - Dark Sun (Mar-2022)

Wicked Lovely Desert Tales

1 - Sanctuary (May-2009)
2 - Challenge (Apr-2010)
Desert Tales (Oct-2013)

Book List in Order: 70 titles

  • Wicked Lovely

    Wicked Lovely - 1

    Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty--especially if they learn of her Sight--and wishes she were as blind to their presen...

  • Ink Exchange

    Wicked Lovely - 2

    Seventeen-year-old Leslie knows nothing of faeries or their shadowy power struggles. When she is attracted to an eerily beautiful tattoo, all she knows is that she has to have it, convinced it is a tangible symbol of changes she desperately craves fo...

  • Love Struck

    in Love Is Hell

    Sure, love is hell. But it,s totally worth it. In these supernatural stories by five of today's hottest writers--Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely), Scott Westerfeld (Specials), Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere), and ...

  • Fragile Eternity

    Wicked Lovely - 3

    Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone--but that was before Aislinn. She is everything he'd ever dreamed of, and he wants to be with her forever. Forever takes on new meaning, though, when your girlfriend is an immortal faery qu...

  • Sanctuary

    Wicked Lovely Desert Tales - 1

    The world of Melissa Mar's New York Times bestselling dark fantasy series Wicked Lovely comes to manga! This three-volume series focuses on Rika, a minor character in Wicked Lovely: formerly a mortal, formerly a Winter Girl, and formerly loved by...

  • Two Lines

    in Unbound

    Not all hunters are bound by human laws . . . Revisiting the paranormal realms they've made famous in their wildly popular fiction, New York Times bestselling authors Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, and Jocelynn Drake -- plus New Y...

  • Radiant Shadows

    Wicked Lovely - 4

    Hunger for nourishment. Hunger for touch. Hunger to belong. Half-human and half-faery, Ani is driven by her hungers. Those same appetites also attract powerful enemies and uncertain allies, including Devlin. He was created as an assas...

  • Stopping Time

    Leslie walked away from the Dark Court, determined to reclaim her life and live it on her own termseven if it meant leaving behind the two faeries who love her. She knows Niall and Irial watch over her, and she would give almost anything to keep them...

  • Challenge

    Wicked Lovely Desert Tales - 2

    The stakes are rising, and Rika finds it harder to ignore Faerie politics. As a former mortal and now a solitary faery, she has relished the isolation and freedom of the desert. But new players are seeking power, and old allies are imperiled. As tens...



  • Old Habits

    Wicked Lovely - 2.5

    Melissa Marr returns to the ravishing world of Faerie with a story set between her bestselling novels Ink Exchange and Fragile Eternity . Recently anointed king of the Dark Court, Niall struggles to forge a new relationship with his subjectsand ...

  • Stopping Time and Old Habits

    Wicked Lovely - 2.5

    With "Old Habits," Melissa Marr returns to the ravishing world of Faerie with a story set between her bestselling novels Ink Exchang e and Fragile Eternity . Recently anointed king of the Dark Court, Niall struggles to forge a new relationship with...

  • Darkest Mercy

    Wicked Lovely - 5

    The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey. Aislinn tends to the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn...

  • Graveminder

    Graveminder - 1

    Three sips to mind the dead . . . Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the attention her grandmother Maylene bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the small town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn't a funeral that Maylene didn't attend, and at each...

  • Guns for the Dead

    in Naked City
    Graveminder - 1.5

    In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today's hottest paranormal authors delight, thrill, and captivate readers with otherworldly tales of magic and mischief. In Jim Butcher's "Curses" Harry Dresden investigates how to lift a cu...

  • The Blood on the Wal

    in Home Improvement: Undead Edition

    There's nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the closet or otherwordly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who's ever wondered, "What's that creaking sound?" or fans of "how to" television who'd like a little unreality mixed...

  • Merely Mortal

    in Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions
    Wicked Lovely - 5.5

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire. Sixteen of today's hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, a...

  • Faery Tales & Nightmares

    Dangerous promises and beguiling threats swirl together in a dozen stories of enchantments, dark and light, by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr. Uncanny and unexpected creatures appear from behind bushes, rise from under the seas, or ma...

  • Carnival of Souls

    Carnival of Souls - 1

    In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly comp...

  • Carnival of Secrets

    Untamed City - 1

    Warriors Kaleb and Aya will stop at nothing to destroy their competition. But when Kaleb finds his fate entwined with that of Mallory, a seventeen-year-old human girl, he can't seem to separate the vicious Carnival contest he's entered from his sudde...



  • The Strength Inside

  • Corpse Eaters

    The world is gone, destroyed by human, ecological, or supernatural causes. Survivors dodge chemical warfare and cruel gods; they travel the reaches of space and inhabit underground caverns. Their enemies are disease, corrupt corporations, and one ano...

  • The Arrivals

    The Wasteland is a world beyond our own. It is a rough and ragged landscape under a two-moon sky, inhabited by monsters and creatures that could almost pass for human. Into this alternate world unwitting people are brought, from both past and present...

  • Awakened

    Tonight, unlike every other night I have walked on the shore, a man stands on the beach near my hiding place. I hadn't expected anyone to be on the beach at this hour, and I'm not sure what to do about the man who stands watching me with such intensi...

  • Desert Tales

    Wicked Lovely Desert Tales

    Return to the world of Melissa Marr's bestselling series and discover how the events of Wicked Lovely set a different faery tale in motion. . . . Originally presented as a manga series and now available for the first time as a stand-alone novel, Dese...

  • Rags & Bones

    The best writers of our generation retell classic tales. From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and...

  • Made for You

    WHEN EVA TILLING wakes up in the hospital, she's confused -- who in her sleepy little North Carolina town could have hit her with their car? And why? It seems impossible that anyone would have it out for the town darling. Thanks to her family's di...

  • Carnival of Lies

    Untamed City - 0.5

    Fans of Melissa Marr's tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny will thrill at this revealing 43-page prequel to Carnival of Secrets.

    This is a captivating glimpse into the world of the Untamed City -- b...

  • Bunny Roo, I Love You

    A warm and tender welcome to the world! In a gorgeous picture book that’s playfully sweet and visually captivating, New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr and talented new illustrator Teagan White celebrate the many ways parents make ...

  • Untamed City Omnibus

    Untamed City - 2

    From the bestselling author of Wicked Lovely, Melissa Marr, comes Carnival of Secrets, a tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny -- told for the first time alongside the revealing online-only prequel Carnival of L...



  • Undaunted

  • The Maiden Thief

    "The Maiden Thief" by Melissa Marr is a dark fantasy novelette about a teenager whose town is plagued by the annual disappearances of girls and young women. Her father blames her when one of her sisters is one of the taken.At the Publisher's request...

  • Seven Black Diamonds

    Seven Black Diamonds - 1

    Melissa Marr returns to faery in a dramatic story of the precarious space between two worlds -- and the people who must thrive there. The combination of ethereal fae powers, tumultuous romance, and a bloodthirsty faery queen will have longtime fans a...

  • One Blood Ruby

    Seven Black Diamonds - 2

    In this gripping follow-up to Melissa Marr’s lush Seven Black Diamonds, Lily and her friends are forced to reckon with the truth of their own lineage and to protect one of their own, no matter what -- or who -- comes between them. Now that Lilyw...

  • This Fond Madness

    This Fond Madness is a book length collection of fairy tale and fantasy stories. It contains the following previously published stories: "Awakened" (a selchie story), "Guns For the Dead" (a Graveminder story), "Corpse Eater" (a dystopian Norse myth),...

  • Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon!

    A dauntless lass and a hyperactive dragon learn to keep pace with each other as they forge a friendship. Baby Dragon loves to swoop and soar through the kingdom, which can cause quite a stir. But one little girl is up for the challenge of spending...

  • Unlawful

    Forbidden love, stolen money, and hard choices . . .Sasha's made plenty of bad decisions. She doesn't want to ruin the one good thing in her life--her friendship with Adam. She might fantasize about him, but she keeps her fantasies to herself.The Har...

  • Dark Court Faery Tales

    Return to the world of Wicked Lovely with an all new Dark Court short story. Set after the end of the series, “Love Hurts” catches up with Irial, Niall, and Leslie -- and offers clues about the upcoming Wicked Lovely prequel novel, Cold Iron Hear...

  • Tales of Folk & Fey

    Return to the world of Wicked Lovely with an all new Dark Court short story. Set after the end of the series, “Love Hurts” catches up with Irial, Niall, and Leslie—and offers clues about the upcoming Wicked Lovely prequel ...

  • Bullets for the Dead

    Return to the land of the dead with two GRAVEMINDER short stories and bonus materials.In the never-before-published Changing Guards, the former Graveminder Alicia negotiates with Mr D (Death) for replacing the Undertaker. . . but her style of negotia...



  • The Faery Queen's Daughter

    To save the magical creatures in the Land of Faery, Ivy--eldest daughter of the queen of Faery--must use her wits and her heart.  As the queen's madness grows, the land shifts in dangerous, hostile ways.When Ivy rescued a baby from the Wi...

  • Unruly

  • Love Hurts

    Set after the end of the series, Love Hurts catches up with Irial, Niall, and Leslie—and offers clues about the upcoming Wicked Lovely prequel novel, Cold Iron Heart.It is also available in the July 2019 anthologies DARK COURT TALES and TALES...

  • Stronger Spirits

    "Stronger Spirits," a short sequel story to Graveminder things in the land of the dead are fracturing, leading to permanent deaths and uncovered secrets. NOTE: This story was also INCLUDED in the 2019 BULLETS FOR THE DEAD collection. This is a standa...

  • Once Upon A Ghost

    A HUNTER'S MEMORY OF WINTER - Annie BelletKa is a hunter for hire. She'll kill anything, for a price. When her latest client wants her to kill a legendary being, she's up for the challenge. But this job will require more than just a bullet... for her...

  • Red Seas

    RED SEAS collects four tales of folklore at sea--three salty and one sweet. All four stories (plus one poem) can be found in other collections or in magazines.Awakened: A selchie is trapped in an abusive relationship. How far is too far to go for fr...

  • Cold Iron Heart

    Wicked Lovely - 0.5

    In this prequel to the international bestselling WICKED LOVELY series, the Faery Courts collide a century before the mortals in Wicked Lovely are born. Thelma Foy, a jeweler with the Second Sight in iron-bedecked 1890s New Orleans, wasn’t expe...

  • Of Roses and Kings

    Melissa Marr's Tor.com Original short story, "Of Roses and Kings", is a dark, skewed take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.Alice is now the Red Queen, and her maid must tread the fine line between favor and blame in this strange world. “To the...

  • Summer Bound

    After centuries of frolicking as a Summer Girl, Siobhan isn't sure she's ready for her new life. Promoted to Summer Court advisor alongside Tavish, Siobhan suddenly has responsibilities and a chance at romance--until she and Tavish are at odds as the...

  • The Wicked & The Dead

    Faery Bargains - 1

    Enter a new faery world written by the author of the internationally bestselling Wicked Lovely series...for readers of Patricia Briggs, Chloe Neill, and Jeaniene Frost. Half witch, half killer, wholly unpreparedly for a Faery Bargain...Geneviève ...



  • Cursed by Death

    Graveminder - 3

    The dead don’t always stay dead in Claysville . . . and in the afterlife, Death himself can’t be trusted. Amity Blue has begun to remember strange impossible events, her ex trying to bite her and people vanishing like mist. Everyone in town s...

  • Pretty Broken Things

    A sultry, twisty thriller set in the shadowy edges of New Orleans' French Quarter After receiving a lead from an unlikely source, Juliana, the mortician tasked with the bodies of victims of the 'Carolina Creeper, ' the South's most notorious serial ...

  • Winter Dreams

    A Wicked Lovely ebook prequel. The Summer King has spent eternity romancing women, stealing their mortality as he seeks his missing Summer Queen. When he met Donia, he knew that she would either break his heart or h...

  • Bunny Roo and Duckling Too

    A loving mama has fun sharing the various animals her growing child resembles, in this delightful companion to Bunny Roo, I Love You.When you touched the water, you squawked and splashed.I thought you'd become a duckling, so I jumped in to play with ...

  • Of Maidens & Swords

    Girls Night Out has never been so much fun--but what are they going to do with all these bodies? New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors Kelley Armstrong, Jeaniene Frost, and Melissa Marr deliver a sexy summer read with this novel-...

  • The Kiss & The Killer

    Faery Bargains - 2

    "It’s not all blood and magic in my business, despite what people wanted to believe. Sometimes it was blood, magic, and cartoon bandages." Half witch, half killer, wholly unsuccessful at every Faery Bargain so far...Geneviève Crowe make...

  • Blood Martinis & Mistletoe

    Faery Bargains - 1.5

    Half-dead witch Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead--and spends her free time trying not to get too attached to her business partner, Eli Stonecroft, a faery prince in self-imposed exile in New Orleans. A walking-dead relative and...

  • The Hidden Knife

    “Unique and gripping.” -- Tamora Pierce New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr invites readers into a magical world where stone gargoyles live among humans, ferocious water horses infiltrate the sea, and school hallways are riddled w...

  • Daiquiris and Daggers

    in Hex on the Beach
    Faery Bargains - 2.5

    Girls Night Out has never been so much fun--but what are they going to do with all these bodies?New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors Kelley Armstrong, Jeaniene Frost, and Melissa Marr deliver a sexy summer read with this novel-length anth...

  • Champagne & Commitments

    Faery Bargains - 2.6

    Half-dead witch Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead--and trying to make sense of life as an accidental faery princess. She's bonded to Eli Stonecroft, a faery prince in self-imposed exile in New Orleans, but bonded for eternity...

  • Daiquiris & Daggers

    Faery Bargains - 2.7

    Half-dead witch Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead--but since she bonded to Eli Stonecroft, a faery prince in self-imposed exile in New Orleans, her magic has vanished. A fun spa weekend away with friends in a city free...

  • Dark Sun

    Wicked Lovely - 6

    Katherine has spent her life aware that her bloodlines are only half-mortal. When one of the creatures she's been hiding from discovers her in the desert, she expects danger—instead, she feels fascinated by Uri in a way she never dreamed possi...

  • The Fanged & The Fae

  • Wild Horses

    Gorgeous photographs and an evocative text sing the praises of a real-life herd of wild horses running free in Arizona, in this ode to the beauty of these glorious creatures. Between one breath and the next, / the Wild Horses appear.Gliding thro...

  • The Hexed & The Hunted

    Faery Bargains - 3

    Death or Flight? Hexed or Hunted? This is not the honeymoon Gen and Eli were planning.In the third novel in a new faery and fanged world written by the author of the internationally bestselling Wicked Lovely series, half-dead witch Geneviève Cro...

  • The Hidden Dragon

    A sea-faring girl and her friends take on pirates and grown-ups, and bond with dragons, as they work to make the world a better place, in this spellbinding fantasy by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr.Otter (short for Ottilie) is a girl ...

  • Remedial Magic

    A Course in Magic - 1

    “No one builds worlds like Melissa Marr.” ―Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author on GraveminderThe Magicians meets One Last Stop in this brand-new fantasy romance Remedial Magic, about an unassuming librarian who 1) has fallen in ...

  • Family is Family

    Celebrate the many wonderful ways families are unique and chickens are adorable!On the way to school, Little Chick notices all the other kids are traveling with a mom or a dad, a big brother or a big sister. Little Chick doesn’t have a dad or sibli...

  • The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley

    A new YA take on how Harleen became Harley! When Harleen signs up to participate in a clinical research trial with her girlfriend, Pamela, her only goals are extra cash and a chance to control her anxiety. But what she gets instead are increasingly l...

  • Reluctant Witch

    A Course in Magic - 2

    The Magicians meets One Last Stop in the sequel to Remedial Magic by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr!After discovering she's a witch and being whisked away to the magical land of Crenshaw, Ellie wants nothing more than to spend time wi...

  • Toni and Addie Go Viral

    Mistakes Were Made meets Delilah Green Doesn't Care in a charming lesbian romance from New York Times bestselling author Melissa MarrHot new author and her lead actress stun fans in a secret wedding—is it all a publicity stunt? Or something mor...

Award-Winning Books by Melissa Marr

Graveminder
2011 Goodreads Choice Award -- Horror
2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Paranormal Fiction
Radiant Shadows
2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Young Adult Paranormal/Fantasy Novel
Wicked Lovely
2008 Rita Award -- Young Adult Romance


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Melissa Marr has published 70 books.

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The first book by Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely, was published in June 2007.

Yes. Melissa Marr has 8 series.
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