The Navigator's Children
novel · First published 2024
Author guide
Tad Williams Books in Order
Tad Williams is a California-based American author whose career began with Tailchaser's Song (1985). He is best known for the epic-fantasy Memory, Sorrow and Thorn and its Osten Ard continuation The Last King of Osten Ard, the Otherland science-fiction saga, Shadowmarch, the Bobby Dollar novels, and the co-authored Ordinary Farm Adventures. He has also published standalone novels, story collections, novellas, and comics.
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Catalog record updated .
Tad Williams's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Dragonbone Chair
The recommended entry point to Tad Williams's foundational epic-fantasy world, Osten Ard.
The Witchwood Crown
A direct entry point to The Last King of Osten Ard for readers who want the later Osten Ard sequence.
City of Golden Shadow
The opening of the complete Otherland science-fiction saga.
Tailchaser's Song
A self-contained standalone fantasy novel and Williams's first published novel.
The War of the Flowers
A self-contained contemporary fantasy novel.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · complete
The Last King of Osten Ard
A return to Osten Ard, continuing the history of the earlier trilogy and including two prequel novels.
- 1 The Heart of What Was Lost
Book prequel-1 · novel · 2017 Optional
- 2 The Witchwood Crown
Book 1 · novel · 2017
- 3 Empire of Grass
Book 2 · novel · 2019
- 4 Brothers of the Wind
Book prequel-2 · novel · 2021 Optional
- 5 Into the Narrowdark
Book 3 · novel · 2022
novel-series · complete
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
An epic-fantasy trilogy set in Osten Ard, following Simon's coming-of-age amid war, ancient magic, and conflict between humans and immortal peoples.
- 1 The Dragonbone Chair
Book 1 · novel · 1988
- 2 Stone of Farewell
Book 2 · novel · 1990
- 3 To Green Angel Tower
Book 3 · novel · 1993
- 4 The Burning Man
Book side-story · graphic-novel · 2005 Optional
novel-series · complete
Otherland
A science-fiction quartet about a vast networked virtual-reality world, the secretive Grail Brotherhood, and people drawn into a dangerous quest.
- 1 City of Golden Shadow
Book 1 · novel · 1996
- 2 River of Blue Fire
Book 2 · novel · 1998
- 3 Mountain of Black Glass
Book 3 · novel · 1999
- 4 Sea of Silver Light
Book 4 · novel · 2001
- 5 The Boy Detective of Oz
Book side-story · novelette · 2013 Optional
novel-series · complete
Shadowmarch
An epic-fantasy series about Southmarch, imperial ambition, and the return of the mysterious Twilight People.
- 1 Shadowmarch
Book 1 · novel · 2004
- 2 Shadowplay
Book 2 · novel · 2007
- 3 Shadowrise
Book 3 · novel · 2010
- 4 Shadowheart
Book 4 · novel · 2010
novel-series · ongoing
The Ordinary Farm Adventures
Young-adult fantasy adventures at a California farm that shelters extraordinary and legendary creatures; written with Deborah Beale.
- 1 The Dragons of Ordinary Farm
Book 1 · novel · 2009
- 2 The Secrets of Ordinary Farm
Book 2 · novel · 2011
novel-series · complete
The Bobby Dollar Books
Noir-tinged urban-fantasy thrillers about Bobby Dollar, an advocate for the newly dead caught between Heaven and Hell.
- 1 The Dirty Streets of Heaven
Book 1 · novel · 2012
- 2 Happy Hour in Hell
Book 2 · novel · 2013
- 3 Sleeping Late on Judgement Day
Book 3 · novel · 2014
- 4 God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlepig
Book side-story · novella · 2014 Optional
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (4)
- Tailchaser's Song
novel · 1985
- Child of an Ancient City
novel · 1992
- Caliban's Hour
novel · 1994
- The War of the Flowers
novel · 2003
Short fiction (2)
- Rite: Short Work
short-story-collection · 2006
- A Stark and Wormy Knight
short-story-collection · 2012
Other (5)
- Diary of a Dragon
chapbook · 2013
- Mirrorworld: Rain
comic-book-series · 1997
- The Next
comic-book-series · 2006
- Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis
comic-book-run · 2007
- Ibis the Invincible: The Helmet of Fate
comic-book-one-shot · 2007