Author guide
Marjorie M. Liu Books in Order
Marjorie M. Liu is an attorney-turned New York Times bestselling novelist and comic-book writer. She is the author of the Dirk & Steele and Hunter Kiss novels and co-creator, with Sana Takeda, of the graphic series Monstress and The Night Eaters. Her Marvel work includes X-23, Black Widow, Dark Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men, NYX, and Han Solo. She also writes middle-grade graphic novels, including the Wingbearer Saga, and teaches comic-book writing at MIT.
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Tiger Eye
The first Dirk & Steele novel and Liu's breakout paranormal romance.
The Iron Hunt
The first Hunter Kiss novel and the best entry to Maxine Kiss's story.
X-Men: Dark Mirror
A self-contained X-Men novel.
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
The first volume of Liu's acclaimed creator-owned epic fantasy.
She Eats the Night
The self-contained opening volume of The Night Eaters trilogy.
Wingbearer
The opening volume of Liu's middle-grade fantasy saga.
The Tangleroot Palace
A standalone collection showcasing Liu's short fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
prose-fiction · completed
Dirk & Steele
A paranormal-romance series about a secretive organization whose agents possess extraordinary abilities.
- 1 Tiger EyeAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2005
- 2
Shadow TouchAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2006
- 3
The Red Heart of JadeAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2006
- 4
Eye of HeavenAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2006
- 5
Soul SongAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2007
- 6
The Last TwilightAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2008
- 7
The Wild RoadAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2008
- 8
The Fire KingAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2009
- 9
In the Dark of DreamsAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 2010
- 10
Within the FlamesAmazon ↗Book 11 · novel · 2011
prose-fiction · completed
Hunter Kiss
An urban-fantasy series about Maxine Kiss, the last living demon hunter, and her tattoo-born demonic army.
prose-fiction · completed
Crimson City
A shared-world paranormal-romance series; Liu contributed the second novel.
- 2
A Taste of CrimsonAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2005
- 1 Beacon in the DarkAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2012
- 1 NYX: No Way HomeAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2009
- 1 Dark Wolverine, Volume 1: The PrinceAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2010
- 2 Dark Wolverine, Volume 2: My HeroAmazon ↗
Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2010
- 3 Dark Wolverine: Siege: X-MenAmazon ↗
Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2011
- 4 Dark Wolverine: The ReckoningAmazon ↗
Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2011
- 5 Dark Wolverine: PunisherAmazon ↗
Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2011
graphic-fiction · completed
Daken: Dark Wolverine
Marvel graphic collections written by Liu with Daniel Way.
graphic-fiction · completed
X-23
Marvel graphic collections featuring the mutant character X-23, written by Liu.
graphic-fiction · completed
Black Widow
A Marvel graphic collection collecting Liu's Black Widow storyline.
- 1
Black Widow: The Name of the RoseAmazon ↗Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2011
graphic-fiction · completed
Astonishing X-Men
Marvel graphic collections covering Liu's run on Astonishing X-Men.
- 1 Star Wars: Han SoloAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2017
graphic-fiction · ongoing
Monstress
An ongoing creator-owned epic-fantasy graphic series created by Liu and Sana Takeda.
- 1 Monstress, Volume 1: AwakeningAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2016
- 2
Monstress, Volume 2: The BloodAmazon ↗Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2017
- 3
Monstress, Volume 3: HavenAmazon ↗Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2018
- 4
Monstress, Volume 4: The ChosenAmazon ↗Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2019
- 5 Monstress, Volume 5: WarchildAmazon ↗
Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2020
- 6
Monstress, Volume 6: The VowAmazon ↗Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2021
- 7
Monstress, Volume 7: DevourerAmazon ↗Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2022
- 8
Monstress, Volume 8: InfernoAmazon ↗Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2023
- 9
Monstress, Volume 9: The PossessedAmazon ↗Book 9 · graphic-novel · 2024
- 10 Monstress, Volume 10: Hollow GodsAmazon ↗
Book 10 · graphic-novel · 2025
graphic-fiction · completed
The Night Eaters
A horror-comedy graphic-novel trilogy created by Liu and Sana Takeda.
Outside the series