The most common question I get at this juncture in my career?
IN WHAT ORDER SHOULD I READ YOUR BOOKS?
First: Here is a printable Downloadable Checklist PDF of everything! (Find Gail in person and she has a bookmark of this.)
HERE IS THE DEFINITIVE GAIL CARRIGER BOOK READING ORDER
STEAMPUNK
1. The Curious Case short story
2. The Finishing School series
(start with Etiquette & Espionage)
3. The Delightfully Deadly books
4. The Parasol Protectorate series
(start with Meat Cute)
5. Romancing the Inventor novella
6. Prudence & Imprudence
(First 2 Custard Protocol Books, Rue’s POV)
7. Romancing the Werewolf novella
8. Competence & Reticence
(3rd & 4th Custard Protocol books, the twins’ POVs)
9. The Claw & Courtship books
CONTEMPORARY URBAN FANTASY
10. The San Andreas Shifter series
(3 PNR books, 2 shorts, start with a prequel short, Marine Biology) * ongoing
SCIENCE FICTION
11. The Tinkered Stars Universe
The Tinkered Starsong series, The Tinkered Stars, Tinkered Stars Mysteries
(sci-fi, start with Divinity 36 or Crudrat or The 5th Gender) * ongoing
all Tinkered Stars sub-series occur around the same time
DOWNLOAD CHECKLIST
My books are designed so that you should be able to pick up any one of the novellas or any first book in any of the series and use that as a jumping in point, or simply to decide if you like my style of writing for that universe.
Hopefully this makes sense.
- All my books with cover art can be found here.
- Here is a free downloadable printable pdf checklist of all my books.
I try to keep all these lists updated but do please know that new books are announced to my newsletter first.
Find these books on:
Amazon | Kobo | Apple | Bookshop.org | Barnes & Noble | Chapters | Foyles
and pretty much everywhere else. You can also buy digitally directly from me on this website (each book has a page, each page has buy links).
Here’s a full explanation video (end of 2021).
And here is what the office looked like after I completed the above video:
Here’s an earlier video with many of the book on a shelf, in which I also talk about some research books.
In the above I walk you through my books in chronological order (as of early 2019) and suggested reading order.
Books Mentioned
- Things a Lady Would Like to Know by Henry Southgate
- Mangnall’s Questions (In which I get cute and pretend Mangnall Wrote My Author Bio)
- A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia Edwards
Not All Fans Agree With Me!
Reading order is hotly contested by my fans. As a completest, I myself would read them in chronological order as above. However, many of the members of my Facebook fan group contend they ought to be read in order written.
So if you started with Soulless then this is for you!
- Parasol Protectorate
- Finishing School
- Delightfully Deadly
- Custard Protocol
- Supernatural Society
- Claw & Courtship
- San Andreas Shifters
- Tinkered Stars
Would you like all the Parasolverse books…
Written order (by publication date)
In world chronological order
Hopefully you’ve found what you needed, please drop me a calling card?
Miss Gail
All My Books
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Here’s a printable Downloadable Checklist of ALL my books!
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GAIL’S DAILY DOSE
Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Self & Lilliput
Quote of the Day:
“Now, Faith dear…”
“Yes, cousin?”
“Of course, you look absolutely ravishing, but perhaps no mention of rocks right away?”
“Not a single sedimentary sequence shall pass my lips, I promise.” Faith attempted to look grave.
“I don’t know what that means, dear, but thank you.”
~ Gail Carriger, How To Marry A Werewolf
And, finally because it is so LONG here’s the bookmark linear version of the checklist. You can get these bookmarks from me whenever you see me in person.
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