Author guide
Lois McMaster Bujold Books in Order
Lois McMaster Bujold is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Her fiction is noted for character-driven space opera, ethical and political complexity, disability representation, and richly developed fantasy worlds. Her major bodies of work are the Vorkosigan Saga, the World of the Five Gods, and The Sharing Knife. She has received multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.
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Shards of Honor
Author-recommended beginning of the Vorkosigan Saga and the first novel published in the series.
The Curse of Chalion
Best entry to the Chalion branch and the World of the Five Gods.
Penric's Demon
Beginning of the Penric and Desdemona subseries.
Beguilement
Beginning of the continuous Sharing Knife tale.
The Spirit Ring
A fully self-contained fantasy novel.
Read in order
Books by series
series · ongoing
Vorkosigan Saga
A character-driven science-fiction saga centered on the Vorkosigan family, Barrayar, and the wider interstellar society of the future.
- 1 Shards of HonorAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1986
- 2
The Warrior's ApprenticeAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1986
- 3
Ethan of AthosAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1986
- 4
Falling FreeAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 1988
- 5
The Borders of InfinityAmazon ↗Book 5 · novella · 1987
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Brothers in ArmsAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1989
- 7
The Mountains of MourningAmazon ↗Book 7 · novella · 1989
- 8
LabyrinthAmazon ↗Book 8 · novella · 1989
- 9 Borders of InfinityAmazon ↗
Book 9 · collection · 1989
- 10
The Vor GameAmazon ↗Book 10 · novel · 1990
- 11 WeathermanAmazon ↗
Book 11 · novella · 1990
- 12
BarrayarAmazon ↗Book 12 · novel · 1991
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Mirror DanceAmazon ↗Book 13 · novel · 1994
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CetagandaAmazon ↗Book 14 · novel · 1996
- 15
MemoryAmazon ↗Book 15 · novel · 1996
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KomarrAmazon ↗Book 16 · novel · 1998
- 17
A Civil CampaignAmazon ↗Book 17 · novel · 1999
- 18
Diplomatic ImmunityAmazon ↗Book 18 · novel · 2002
- 19
Winterfair GiftsAmazon ↗Book 19 · novella · 2004
- 20
CryoBurnAmazon ↗Book 20 · novel · 2010
- 21
Captain Vorpatril's AllianceAmazon ↗Book 21 · novel · 2012
- 22
Gentleman Jole and the Red QueenAmazon ↗Book 22 · novel · 2016
- 23
The Flowers of VashnoiAmazon ↗Book 23 · novella · 2018
series · ongoing
World of the Five Gods
An interconnected fantasy universe shaped by five gods, including the Chalion novels and the Penric and Desdemona stories.
- 1 The Curse of ChalionAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2001
- 2
Paladin of SoulsAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2003
- 3
The Hallowed HuntAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2005
- 4 Penric's DemonAmazon ↗
Book 4.1 · novella · 2015
- 5
Penric and the ShamanAmazon ↗Book 4.2 · novella · 2016
- 6
Penric's MissionAmazon ↗Book 4.3 · novella · 2016
- 7
Mira's Last DanceAmazon ↗Book 4.4 · novella · 2017
- 8
Penric's FoxAmazon ↗Book 4.5 · novella · 2017
- 9
The Prisoner of LimnosAmazon ↗Book 4.6 · novella · 2017
- 10
The Orphans of RaspayAmazon ↗Book 4.7 · novella · 2019
- 11
The Physicians of VilnocAmazon ↗Book 4.8 · novella · 2020
- 12
Masquerade in LodiAmazon ↗Book 4.9 · novella · 2020
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The Assassins of ThasalonAmazon ↗Book 4.10 · novel · 2021
- 14
Knot of ShadowsAmazon ↗Book 4.11 · novella · 2021
- 15
Demon DaughterAmazon ↗Book 4.12 · novella · 2024
- 16
Penric and the BanditAmazon ↗Book 4.13 · novella · 2024
- 17
The Adventure of the Demonic OxAmazon ↗Book 4.14 · novella · 2025
- 18
Testimony of Mute ThingsAmazon ↗Book 4.15 · novella · 2025
- 19 Darksight DareAmazon ↗
Book 4.16 · novella · 2026
subseries · complete
Chalion
The Chalion subseries of the World of the Five Gods, following the political and spiritual struggles of Ista and Cazaril's world.
subseries · ongoing
Penric and Desdemona
A novella series within the World of the Five Gods about the learned Penric and the demon Desdemona.
- 1 Penric's DemonAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novella · 2015
- 2 Penric and the ShamanAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novella · 2016
- 5 Penric's FoxAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novella · 2017
- 15 Testimony of Mute ThingsAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novella · 2025
- 9 Masquerade in LodiAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novella · 2020
- 3 Penric's MissionAmazon ↗
Book 6 · novella · 2016
- 4 Mira's Last DanceAmazon ↗
Book 7 · novella · 2017
- 6 The Prisoner of LimnosAmazon ↗
Book 8 · novella · 2017
- 7 The Orphans of RaspayAmazon ↗
Book 9 · novella · 2019
- 8 The Physicians of VilnocAmazon ↗
Book 10 · novella · 2020
- 10 The Assassins of ThasalonAmazon ↗
Book 11 · novel · 2021
- 11 Knot of ShadowsAmazon ↗
Book 12 · novella · 2021
- 12 Demon DaughterAmazon ↗
Book 13 · novella · 2024
- 13 Penric and the BanditAmazon ↗
Book 14 · novella · 2024
- 14 The Adventure of the Demonic OxAmazon ↗
Book 15 · novella · 2025
- 16 Darksight DareAmazon ↗
Book 16 · novella · 2026
series · complete
The Sharing Knife
A continuous fantasy tale about Fawn Bluefield and Dag Redwing Hickory, followed by the related novella Knife Children.
Outside the series
