Tad Williams

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  • Bibliography:
    38 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1985
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Bobby Dollar

1 - The Dirty Streets of Heaven (Sep-2012)
2 - Happy Hour in Hell (Sep-2013)
3 - Sleeping Late on Judgement Day (Sep-2014)

Last King of Osten Ard

1 - The Witchwood Crown (Jul-2017)
2 - Empire of Grass (May-2019)
2.5 - Brothers of the Wind (Nov-2021)
3 - Into the Narrowdark (Jul-2022)
4 - The Navigator's Children (Nov-2024)

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn

1 - The Dragonbone Chair (1988)
2 - Stone of Farewell (Aug-1990)
3 - To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 (1993)
4 - To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 (1993)

Otherland

1 - City of Golden Shadow (Jan-1996)
2 - River of Blue Fire (Jul-1998)
3 - Mountain of Black Glass (Sep-1999)
4 - Sea of Silver Light (Apr-2001)

Shadowmarch

1 - Shadowmarch (Oct-2004)
2 - Shadowplay (Jan-2007)
3 - Shadowrise (Mar-2010)
4 - Shadowheart (Dec-2010)

Book List in Order: 38 titles

  • The Tailchaser's Song

    Meet Fritti Tailchaser, a ginger tom cat of rare courage and curiosity, a born survivor in a world of heroes and villains, of powerful feline gods and whiskery legends about those strange, furless, erect creatures called M'an. Join Tailhaser on his m...

  • The Dragonbone Chair

    Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - 1

    A WAR FUELED BY THE DARK POWERS OF SORCERY is about to engulf the peaceful land of Osten Ard--for Prester John, the High King, slayer of the dread dragon Shurakai, lies dying. And with his death, an ancient evil will at last be unleashed, as the Sto...

  • Stone of Farewell

    Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - 2

    It is a time of darkness, dread, and ultimate testing for the realm of Osten Ard, for the wild magic and terrifying minions of the undead Sithi ruler, Ineluki the Storm King, are spreading their seemingly undefeatable evil across the kingdom. With th...

  • Dragon Fantastic

  • To Green Angel Tower, Part 1

    Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - 3

    A novel of vast scope, detail, and complexity, TO GREEN ANGEL TOWER is the momentous tour-de-force finale of Tad Williams' ground-breaking series about a terrifying magical conflict which threatens to fracture the very fabric of time and space. In...

  • To Green Angel Tower, Part 2

    • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
    • Buy Buy
    Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - 4

    Replete with war, deception, adventure, sorcery, and romance, TO GREEN ANGEL TOWER is the stunning and surprising finale of Tad Williams' monumental tale of a magical conflict which fractures the very fabric of time and space, turning both humans and...

  • Child of an Ancient City

    On a dangerous journey from fabled Baghdad to the desolate mountains of Armenia, a caravan of soldiers and diplomats is stalked by a mysterious vampyr, and the only way for the men to ward the demon off is to tell stories of magic and enchantment. Re...

  • Caliban's Hour

    Discovering the beautiful Miranda, the daughter of Prospero, Caliban the Beast has a single evening in which to tell her the most compelling stories she has ever heard. By the author of Tailchaser's Song. Reprint....

  • City of Golden Shadow

    Otherland - 1

    OTHERLAND... Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming th...



  • Mirror World: An Illustrated Novel

    Tad Williams' popular TechoComics series Mirror World introduced a fictional world so original and yet so compelling, so bizarre and yet so reminiscent of our own reality, that no reader who experienced it was ever quite the same again.

    Mirror Wo...

  • River of Blue Fire

    Otherland - 2

    In many ways it is humankind's most stunning achievement: a private, multidimensional universe built over two generations by the greatest minds of the twenty-first century. But this most exclusive of places is also one of the world's best kept secret...

  • Tad Williams' Mirror World

    It is June of 1999 and a strange phenomenon has suddenly appeared throughout the world's major cities: giant mirrors which split the cities in half. Dividing natural parkways and cutting buildings in two, these mirrors, are as dangerous as they are b...

  • Mountain of Black Glass

    Otherland - 3

    "The Grail Brotherhood has built the most powerful, sophisticated, simulation network imaginable. At the same time, they have manipulated and injured the minds of thousands of children." This proclamation from the mysterious Mr. Sellars confirmed ...

  • Sea of Silver Light

    Otherland - 4

    THE END OF A UNIVERSE... Otherland--the private, multidimensional universe created and controlled by The Grail Brotherhood, an organization made up of the world's most powerful and ruthless individuals--was crumbling. The Brotherhood's plans for i...

  • Not With a Whimper, Either

    in 30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction
    • / Science Fiction
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    Such masters of the Science Fiction genre as Tad Williams, Brian Aldiss, Frederik Pohl, Kate Elliot, C.J. Cherryh, and Julie E. Czerneda contribute all new, original pieces of short fiction to this commemorative volume honoring DAW Books thirtieth ye...

  • The War of the Flowers

    Theo Vilmas' life is about to take a turn for the worse. A thirty-year-old lead singer in a not-terribly-successful band, Theo once had enormous charisma both onstage off--but now, life has taken its toll on him. He finds If alone, heartbroken, an...

  • Shadowmarch

    Shadowmarch - 1

    The first Marchlands kingdom, Southmarch (commonly called “Shadowmarch”), lies directly on the edge of the mysterious Shadowline, a shroud of endless mist that marks the entrance to the realm of the fairy-folk, the Qar. Crossing the Shadowline is...

  • Shadowplay

    Shadowmarch - 2

    Fledgling wizard Tony is now an assistant director on "Darkest Night," the syndicated TV series about a vampire detective. But it's hard to concentrate on the latest episode when a Demonic Convergence is allowing lesser demons entry to our world, and...

  • Rite: Short Work

    Rite: Short Work gives ample evidence of Tad Williams as an accomplished practitioner of the short form! Within you'll find a knockout novella later expanded to novel length (Child of an Ancient City), riffs on the great fantasist Michael Moorcock (T...



  • Shadowrise

    Shadowmarch - 3

    With King Olin imprisoned and Prince Kendrick slain, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have been forced to flee their homeland. But both families and nations must still find a way to reclaim their kingdom and rescue their home....

  • Shadowheart

    Shadowmarch - 4

    Southmarch Castle is about to be caught between two implacable enemies, the ancient, immortal Qar and the insane god-king, the Autarch of Xis. Meanwhile, its two young defenders, Princess Briony and Prince Barrick, are both trapped far away from hom...

  • The Secrets of Ordinary Farm

  • A Stark and Wormy Knight

    Tad Williams is an acknowledged master of the multi-volume epic. Through such popular series as Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn and Otherland, he has acquired a huge and devoted body of readers who eagerly await each new publication. A Stark and Wormy Knig...

  • The Dirty Streets of Heaven

    Bobby Dollar - 1

    This modern urban fantasy is the start of a wild roller coaster ride that takes you from a fictitious town in modern-day California on a pell-mell trip straight through the gates of Heaven and Hell. Bobby Dollar is an angel -- a real one. He knows...

  • Diary of a Dragon

    You hold in your hand a sacred trust--a dragon's diary. My diary. And that trust has been horribly violated by that dreadful Princess Lillian, or you wouldn't be holding it. My own personal diary, published for all to see! That human female has no sh...

  • The Old Scale Game

    in Unfettered

    Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short...

  • Happy Hour in Hell

    Bobby Dollar - 2

    I’ve been told to go to Hell more times than I can count. But this time I’m actually going. My name’s Bobby Dollar, sometimes known as Doloriel, and of course, Hell isn’t a great place for someone like me -- I’m an angel. They don’t...

  • The Very Best of Tad Williams

    "This marvelous short fiction retrospective testifies to the breadth of Williams’s creativity." -- Publishers Weekly, starred reviewWithin these pages you will find such delightful and curious things as a strange storytelling vampire, two...

  • Sleeping Late on Judgement Day

    Bobby Dollar - 3

    Where does an angel go when he's been to Hell and back? Renegade angel Bobby Dollar does not have an easy afterlife. After surviving the myriad gruesome dangers Hell oh-so-kindly offered him, Bobby has returned empty-handed -- his demon girlfriend...



  • To Green Angel Tower: Storm

  • To Green Angel Tower: Siege

  • The Heart of What Was Lost

    The perfect introduction to the epic fantasy world of Osten Ard, "The Heart of What Was Lost" is Tad Williams’ follow-up to his internationally bestselling landmark trilogy. Osten Ard inspired a generation of modern fantasy writers, including Georg...

  • The Witchwood Crown

    Last King of Osten Ard - 1

    New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams ground-breaking epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle in Volume One of The Last King of Osten Ard! Enter the epic fantasy world that inspired a generation of modern fantasy writers, in...

  • Empire of Grass

    Last King of Osten Ard - 2

    Set in Williams' New York Times bestselling fantasy world, the second book of The Last King of Osten Ard returns to the trials of King Simon and Queen Miriamele as threats to their kingdom loom...The kingdoms of Osten Ard have been at peace...

  • The Dragons of Ordinary Farm

    Tyler and Lucinda have to spend summer vacation with their ancient uncle Gideon, a farmer. They think they're in for six weeks of cows, sheep, horses, and pigs. But when they arrive in deserted Standard Valley, California, they discover that Ordinary...

  • Brothers of the Wind

    Last King of Osten Ard - 2.5

    Set in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard, this short novel continues the saga that inspired a generation of fantasistsPride often goes before a fall, but sometimes that prideful fall is so catastrophic that it changes history itself.A...

  • Into the Narrowdark

    Last King of Osten Ard - 3

    The New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard returns in the third Last King of Osten Ard novel, as threats to the kingdom loom...The High Throne of Erkynland is tottering, its royal family divided and diminished. Queen Miriamele has been ca...

  • The Navigator's Children

    Last King of Osten Ard - 4

    The latest saga in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard concludes in the fourth and final Last King of Osten Ard novel.The Hayholt is besieged by the Norns. Once the home of their immortal brethren, the Sithi, now capital of the kingdom ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tad Williams has published 38 books.

Tad Williams does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Navigator's Children, was published in November 2024.

The first book by Tad Williams, The Tailchaser's Song, was published in December 1985.

Yes. Tad Williams has 5 series.
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