Author guide
Tessa Gratton Books in Order
Tessa Gratton is a New York Times bestselling author of adult and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Their work includes The Blood Journals, the United States of Asgard novels, Strange Grace, Night Shine, The Queens of Innis Lear, Lady Hotspur, the Moon Heresies, and novels of Star Wars: The High Republic. Gratton is queer and nonbinary and lives in Kansas with their wife.
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Tessa Gratton's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
Blood Magic
The first novel in The Blood Journals.
The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories
The first volume of a collaborative fiction-and-writing collection.
The Lost Sun
The first publication in the United States of Asgard setting.
The Queens of Innis Lear
The first Innis Lear novel and Gratton's adult epic-fantasy debut.
Strange Grace
A standalone queer fairy-tale fantasy.
Night Shine
A standalone queer young adult fantasy.
Path of Deceit
Gratton's first Star Wars: The High Republic novel.
Chaos & Flame
The first novel in the Chaos & Flame duology.
The Mercy Makers
The first novel in The Moon Heresies.
Read in order
Books by series
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The Blood Journals
A young adult fantasy series about blood magic, inherited curses, and the relationships formed around them.
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The Curiosities
Collaborative collections combining fantasy fiction with annotations and reflections on the writing process by Tessa Gratton, Maggie Stiefvater, and Brenna Yovanoff.
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United States of Asgard
A contemporary young adult fantasy setting in which Norse gods, berserkers, Valkyries, trolls, and other mythic beings shape a modern North American nation.
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The Innis Lear Novels
Epic fantasy novels inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear and set in the world of Innis Lear.
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The Moon Heresies
A romantic epic fantasy series about forbidden magic, transformation, empire, and love.
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Chaos & Flame
A young adult fantasy duology co-written with Justina Ireland about rival factions, ancient magic, and enemies drawn into romance.
series · ongoing
Star Wars: The High Republic
Tessa Gratton's novels in the multi-author Star Wars: The High Republic publishing initiative.
Outside the series
