Author guide
Cherie Priest Books in Order
Cherie Priest is an American novelist whose work spans Southern Gothic horror, historical and steampunk science fiction, fantasy, young adult fiction, and supernatural mystery. Her bibliography includes the Eden Moore, Clockwork Century, Cheshire Red Reports, Borden Dispatches, and Booking Agents series, as well as standalone novels, novellas, and short-fiction collections.
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Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Four and Twenty Blackbirds
Start here for the Eden Moore Southern Gothic trilogy.
Boneshaker
Start here for the Clockwork Century alternate-history steampunk series.
Maplecroft
Start here for the Borden Dispatches historical horror series.
Bloodshot
Start here for the Cheshire Red paranormal mystery series.
Grave Reservations
Start here for the Booking Agents supernatural mystery series.
The Family Plot
A standalone haunted-house mystery.
The Drowning House
A later standalone Southern Gothic horror novel.
Read in order
Books by series
novel series · completed
The Clockwork Century
An alternate-history steampunk science-fiction series set in an 1880s United States still embroiled in the Civil War.
- 1 BoneshakerAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2009
- 2
ClementineAmazon ↗Book 2 · novella · 2010
- 3
DreadnoughtAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2010
- 4
GanymedeAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2011
- 5
The InexplicablesAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2012
- 6
FiddleheadAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2013
- 7
JacarandaAmazon ↗Book 7 · novella · 2015
novel series · completed
The Cheshire Red Reports
A paranormal crime series featuring vampire thief and private investigator Raylene Pendle.
novel series · completed
The Borden Dispatches
A historical horror series centered on Lizzie and Emma Borden confronting supernatural forces.
novel series · ongoing
Booking Agents
A supernatural mystery series featuring private investigator Lillian Pentecost and her assistant.
shared world series · ongoing
Wild Cards
A shared-world science-fiction series to which Priest contributed separately published fiction.
- 1
The Button Man and the Murder Tree (Chicago, 1971)Amazon ↗Book 1 · short_story_ebook · 2013
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (11)
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Dreadful SkinAmazon ↗novel · 2007
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FathomAmazon ↗novel · 2008
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Those Who Went Remain There StillAmazon ↗novel · 2008
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I Am Princess XAmazon ↗young_adult_novel · 2015
- The Family PlotAmazon ↗
novel · 2016
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BrimstoneAmazon ↗novel · 2017
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The Agony HouseAmazon ↗young_adult_novel · 2018
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The TollAmazon ↗novel · 2019
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CinderwichAmazon ↗novella · 2024
- The Drowning HouseAmazon ↗
novel · 2024
- It Was Her House FirstAmazon ↗
novel · 2025
Short fiction (1)
- Holy TerrorAmazon ↗
short_fiction_collection · 2022
Collaborations (1)
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IndigoAmazon ↗collaborative_novel · 2017