Author guide
Sarah Gailey Books in Order
Sarah Gailey is a Hugo Award-winning and British Fantasy Award-winning American author of speculative fiction, horror, mystery, short stories, essays, and comics. Their books include the American Hippo novellas, Magic for Liars, When We Were Magic, The Echo Wife, Just Like Home, Spread Me, and Make Me Better. They have also written original and licensed comics for BOOM! Studios and Marvel.
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Sarah Gailey's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Magic for Liars
A standalone adult fantasy-mystery novel and accessible entry point to Gailey's fiction.
River of Teeth
The first novella in the American Hippo series.
Just Like Home
A standalone gothic horror novel.
Read in order
Books by series
novella series · complete
American Hippo
A complete alternate-history novella series about feral hippos, outlaws, and mercenary hippo wranglers in the American South.
novella series · ongoing
Sand in the Gears
A science-fiction neo-Western series set in a future American Southwest shaped by fascism, resistance, and queer librarians.
- 1
Upright Women WantedAmazon ↗Book 1 · novella · 2020
comic series · complete
Eat the Rich
A complete horror comic miniseries about an affluent town concealing a deadly secret.
- 1 Eat the RichAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic_work · 2021
comic series · complete
The Vampire Slayer
A complete Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic series written by Sarah Gailey.
- 1 The Vampire SlayerAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic_work · 2022
comic series · complete
Know Your Station
A complete science-fiction mystery comic series about murder and class conflict aboard an orbital sanctuary for the wealthy.
- 1 Know Your StationAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic_work · 2022
comic series · complete
White Widow
A complete Marvel comic series following Yelena Belova as she builds a new life and identity in Idylhaven.
- 1 White WidowAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic_work · 2023
comic series · ongoing
Neighborhood Watch
An ongoing mystery comic series about two neighboring communities forced to investigate a murder together.
- 1 Neighborhood WatchAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic_work · 2026
Outside the series
