Author guide
Aliette de Bodard Books in Order
Aliette de Bodard is a French science fiction and fantasy author based in Paris. Her work includes the Aztec noir Obsidian and Blood trilogy, the Gothic fantasy Dominion of the Fallen series, the Dragons and Blades spin-off series, and the Vietnamese-inspired Universe of Xuya shared universe featuring sentient spaceships. She writes novels, novellas, and short-fiction collections spanning space opera, dark fantasy, historical fantasy, mystery, and romantic fantasy. Her honors include multiple Nebula Awards, a Locus Award, a British Fantasy Award, a European Science Fiction Society award, an Ignyte Award, and several BSFA Awards.
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Servant of the Underworld
The first book of the Obsidian and Blood trilogy.
The House of Shattered Wings
The first book of the Dominion of the Fallen series.
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders
The first book of Dragons and Blades and a standalone spin-off entry.
The Tea Master and the Detective
A self-contained, award-winning novella and accessible entry to the Universe of Xuya.
Fireheart Tiger
A self-contained romantic fantasy novella.
Navigational Entanglements
A self-contained xianxia-inspired space-opera novel.
Read in order
Books by series
trilogy · completed
Obsidian and Blood
An Aztec noir fantasy trilogy following Acatl, High Priest for the Dead, as he investigates crimes in Tenochtitlan.
series · completed
Dominion of the Fallen
A Gothic fantasy series set in a ruined turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war.
- 1 The House of Shattered WingsAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2015
- 2
The House of Binding ThornsAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2017
- 3
The House of Sundering FlamesAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2019
- 4 Of Dragons, Feasts and MurdersAmazon ↗
Book 3.5 · novella · 2020 Optional
- 5
Of Charms, Ghosts and GrievancesAmazon ↗Book 3.6 · novella · 2022 Optional
spin-off series · ongoing
Dragons and Blades
A romantic fantasy spin-off of Dominion of the Fallen set in an alternate Vietnamese-inspired court of dragons and Fallen angels.
shared-universe series · ongoing
The Universe of Xuya
A Vietnamese- and Chinese-inspired space-opera shared universe in which sentient spaceships belong to familial lineages and Confucian galactic empires span the stars.
- 1 Scattered Among Strange WorldsAmazon ↗
Book 1 · short-fiction-collection · 2012
- 2
On a Red Station, DriftingAmazon ↗Book 2 · novella · 2012
- 3
The Citadel of Weeping PearlsAmazon ↗Book 3 · novella · 2015
- 4 The Tea Master and the DetectiveAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novella · 2018
- 5
Of Wars, and Memories, and StarlightAmazon ↗Book 5 · short-fiction-collection · 2019
- 6
Seven of InfinitiesAmazon ↗Book 6 · novella · 2020
- 7
The Red Scholar's WakeAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2022
- 8
A Fire Born of ExileAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2023
- 9 In the Shadow of the ShipAmazon ↗
Book 9 · novel · 2024
romance subseries · ongoing
Xuya Universe Romances
Sapphic romantic space operas set within the Universe of Xuya.
Outside the series
