Swords and Deviltry
Best entry point for the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories in internal chronological order.
Author guide
Fritz Leiber Books in Order
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (1910–1992) was an American writer whose career spanned science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry, drama, and nonfiction. He is especially known for the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, the Change War fiction, and influential novels including Conjure Wife, The Big Time, The Wanderer, and Our Lady of Darkness. He received multiple Hugo Awards, Nebula Awards, and the SFWA Grand Master award.
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The Big Time
The defining Change War novel and an accessible introduction to Leiber's science fiction.
The Best of Fritz Leiber
Broad representative selection of Leiber's science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
fictional-series · complete
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Sword-and-sorcery adventures featuring the two rogues Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser in the imaginary world of Nehwon.
- 1 Two Sought AdventureAmazon ↗
Book early publication collection · collection · 1957
- 2
Swords in the MistAmazon ↗Book 3 · collection · 1968
- 3
Swords Against WizardryAmazon ↗Book 4 · collection · 1968
- 4
The Swords of LankhmarAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 1968
- 5 Swords and DeviltryAmazon ↗
Book 1 · collection · 1970
- 6
Swords Against DeathAmazon ↗Book 2 · collection · 1970
- 7
Swords and Ice MagicAmazon ↗Book 6 · collection · 1977
- 8
The Knight and Knave of SwordsAmazon ↗Book 7 · collection · 1988
fictional-series · complete
Change War
Fiction concerning a covert war across time between the Spiders and Snakes.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (14)
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Conjure WifeAmazon ↗novel · 1943
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Gather, Darkness!Amazon ↗novel · 1943
- Destiny Times ThreeAmazon ↗
novel · 1945
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The Sinful OnesAmazon ↗novel · 1953
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The Green MillenniumAmazon ↗novel · 1953
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The Silver EggheadsAmazon ↗novel · 1961
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The WandererAmazon ↗novel · 1964
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Tarzan and the Valley of GoldAmazon ↗novel · 1966
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A Specter Is Haunting TexasAmazon ↗novel · 1969
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The Night of the Long KnivesAmazon ↗novella · 1960
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You're All AloneAmazon ↗novel · 1972
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Our Lady of DarknessAmazon ↗novel · 1977
- Rime IsleAmazon ↗
novella · 1977
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The Dealings of Daniel KesserichAmazon ↗novella · 1997
Nonfiction (1)
- Fafhrd and MeAmazon ↗
memoir · 1990
Essays and speeches (1)
- The Mystery of the Japanese ClockAmazon ↗
essay · 1982
Poetry (2)
Plays (1)
- Quicks Around the Zodiac: A FarceAmazon ↗
play · 1983
Other (23)
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Night's Black AgentsAmazon ↗collection · 1947
- The Mind Spider and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
collection · 1961
- Shadows with EyesAmazon ↗
collection · 1962
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A Pail of AirAmazon ↗collection · 1964
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Ships to the StarsAmazon ↗collection · 1964
- The Night of the WolfAmazon ↗
collection · 1966
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The Secret SongsAmazon ↗collection · 1968
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Night MonstersAmazon ↗collection · 1969
- The Best of Fritz LeiberAmazon ↗
collection · 1974
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The Book of Fritz LeiberAmazon ↗collection · 1974
- The Second Book of Fritz LeiberAmazon ↗
collection · 1975
- The Worlds of Fritz LeiberAmazon ↗
collection · 1976
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Bazaar of the BizarreAmazon ↗collection · 1978
- Heroes and HorrorsAmazon ↗
collection · 1978
- Ship of ShadowsAmazon ↗
collection · 1979
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The Ghost LightAmazon ↗collection · 1984
- The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz LeiberAmazon ↗
collection · 1990
- Gummitch and FriendsAmazon ↗
collection · 1992
- The Black Gondolier and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
collection · 2000
- Smoke Ghost and Other ApparitionsAmazon ↗
collection · 2002
- Day Dark, Night BrightAmazon ↗
collection · 2002
- Horrible ImaginingsAmazon ↗
collection · 2004
- Strange Wonders: A Collection of Rare Fritz Leiber WorksAmazon ↗
collection · 2010