Piers Anthony
Books in Order by Date of Publication
Piers Anthony is a renowned author celebrated for his engaging and imaginative storytelling style which has captivated readers across various genres for decades. His vast array of works spans fantasy science fiction comedy and adventure often blending multiple elements to create unique and captivating narratives. Anthony's writing is characterized by his clever use of wordplay humor and satire as evident in his popular Xanth series. This series follows the magical land of Xanth where every individual has a unique magical gift and its inhabitants embark on exciting adventures and misadventures. His books have become popular due to their entertaining and accessible style making them appealing to a broad range of readers from young adults to adults. With over 253 books in publication order Piers Anthony's impressive bibliography showcases his prolific writing career cementing his status as a beloved and respected author in the literary world.
1. Isle of Woman (1920) Buy on Amazon
2. Again Dangerous Visions (1967) Buy on Amazon
3. Chthon (1967) Buy on Amazon
4. Chton (1967) Buy on Amazon
5. Omnivore (1968) Buy on Amazon
6. The Ring (1968) Buy on Amazon
7. Sos the rope (1968) Buy on Amazon
8. Macroscope (1969) Buy on Amazon
9. Var the Stick (1969) Buy on Amazon
10. Orn (1970) Buy on Amazon
11. Prostho Plus (1971) Buy on Amazon
12. Race Against Time (1973) Buy on Amazon
13. Mistress of Death (1974) Buy on Amazon
14. Triple Detente (1974) Buy on Amazon
15. Rings of Ice (1974) Buy on Amazon
16. The Bamboo Bloodbath (#3 in the violent new series featuring Jason Striker Master of Martial Arts) (1974) Buy on Amazon
17. Phthor (1975) Buy on Amazon
18. Neq the Sword (1975) Buy on Amazon
19. Ox (1976) Buy on Amazon
20. Steppe (1976) Buy on Amazon
21. But What of Earth? (1976) Buy on Amazon
22. A Spell for Chameleon (1977) Buy on Amazon
23. Cluster (Cluster series Bk. 1) (1977) Buy on Amazon
24. Hasan (1977) Buy on Amazon
25. Battle Circle (1978) Buy on Amazon
26. Chaining the lady (1978) Buy on Amazon
27. Kirlian Quest (1978) Buy on Amazon
28. The Source of Magic (1979) Buy on Amazon
29. Castle Roogna (1979) Buy on Amazon
30. God of Tarot (1979) Buy on Amazon
31. Pretender (1979) Buy on Amazon
32. Vicinity cluster (1979) Buy on Amazon
33. By Piers Anthony Tarot (1979) Buy on Amazon
34. Split infinity (1980) Buy on Amazon
35. Faith Of Tarot (1980) Buy on Amazon
36. Vision of Tarot (1980) Buy on Amazon
37. Thousandstar (1980) Buy on Amazon
38. Centaur Aisle (1981) Buy on Amazon
39. Blue Adept (1981) Buy on Amazon
40. The Magic of Xanth (1981) Buy on Amazon
41. Mute (1981) Buy on Amazon
42. Ogre Ogre (1982) Buy on Amazon
43. Juxtaposition (Apprentice Adept (1982) Buy on Amazon
44. Double Exposure (1982) Buy on Amazon
45. Viscous Circle (1982) Buy on Amazon
46. Science Fiction A to Z (1982) Buy on Amazon
47. On a pale horse (1983) Buy on Amazon
48. Dragon on a Pedestal (1983) Buy on Amazon
49. Night Mare (1983) Buy on Amazon
50. Apprentice Adept-3 Vol. (Boxed) (Apprentice Adept (1983) Buy on Amazon
51. Magic of Xanth-3 Vols. (Boxed) (1983) Buy on Amazon
52. Bearing an Hourglass (1984) Buy on Amazon
53. Crewel Lye (1984) Buy on Amazon
54. Young extraterrestrials (1984) Buy on Amazon
55. X10 Shrinkwrap Anthony Piers (1984) Buy on Amazon
56. The Science fictional olympics (1984) Buy on Amazon
57. With a Tangled Skein (1985) Buy on Amazon
58. Executive Vol. 4 (1985) Buy on Amazon
59. Politician Vol. 3 (1985) Buy on Amazon
60. Anthonology (1985) Buy on Amazon
61. Test Your Knowledge (1985) Buy on Amazon
62. Golem in the Gears (1986) Buy on Amazon
63. Wielding a red sword (1986) Buy on Amazon
64. Shade of the tree (1986) Buy on Amazon
65. Ghost (1986) Buy on Amazon
66. The E.S.P. Worm (1986) Buy on Amazon
67. Of Man and Manta (1986) Buy on Amazon
68. Statesman (Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol 5) (1986) Buy on Amazon
69. Piers Anthony (1986) Buy on Amazon
70. Magic of Xanth-3 Vol.-Boxed (1986) Buy on Amazon
71. More Magic of Xanth-3 Vol. (Boxed) (1986) Buy on Amazon
72. Being a green mother (1987) Buy on Amazon
73. Vale of the Vole (Magic of Xanth) (1987) Buy on Amazon
74. Out of Phaze (1987) Buy on Amazon
75. Dragon's Gold (1987) Buy on Amazon
76. Statesman (1987) Buy on Amazon
77. Tarot (1987) Buy on Amazon
78. Crewel Lye (Xanth) (1987) Buy on Amazon
79. For love of evil (1988) Buy on Amazon
80. Heaven cent (1988) Buy on Amazon
81. Robot Adept (1988) Buy on Amazon
82. Serpent's silver (1988) Buy on Amazon
83. Bio of an ogre (1988) Buy on Amazon
84. Pornucopia (1988) Buy on Amazon
85. Heaven Cent [Xanth series] (1988) Buy on Amazon
86. Vaya! Level 1 Libro 1 Tchr Resource Book (Vaya!) (1988) Buy on Amazon
87. Vaya! Level 3 Libro 3 Tchr Resource Book (Vaya!) (1988) Buy on Amazon
88. Total Recall (1989) Buy on Amazon
89. Unicorn point (1989) Buy on Amazon
90. Centaur Aisle Ogre Ogre Night Mare (1989) Buy on Amazon
91. Through the Ice (1989) Buy on Amazon
92. Stdt Book-Vaya Level 4 Libro 4 (Vaya) (1989) Buy on Amazon
93. Piers Anthony Presents (1989) Buy on Amazon
94. And Eternity (1990) Buy on Amazon
95. Isle of View (1990) Buy on Amazon
96. Man from Mundania (1990) Buy on Amazon
97. Firefly (1990) Buy on Amazon
98. Phaze doubt (1990) Buy on Amazon
99. Chimaera's Copper (1990) Buy on Amazon
100. Hard sell (1990) Buy on Amazon
101. Orc's opal (1990) Buy on Amazon
102. Dead Morn (1990) Buy on Amazon
103. Balook (1990) Buy on Amazon
104. The adventures of Kelvin of Rud (1990) Buy on Amazon
105. Invasions (1990) Buy on Amazon
106. Question Quest (1991) Buy on Amazon
107. Virtual Mode (1991) Buy on Amazon
108. Mercycle (1991) Buy on Amazon
109. Tatham Mound (1991) Buy on Amazon
110. Incarnations of Immortality Set (Books 1-7) 1983-1990; on a Pale Horse Bearing an Hourglass with a Tangled Skein Weilding a Red Sword Being a Green Mother for Love of Evil & and Eternity (1991) Buy on Amazon
111. The Color of Her Panties (1992) Buy on Amazon
112. Fractal Mode (1992) Buy on Amazon
113. Mouvar's Magic (1992) Buy on Amazon
114. Alien Plot (1992) Buy on Amazon
115. The caterpillar's question (1992) Buy on Amazon
116. Vaya! Level 1 Libro 1 Student Book (Vaya) (1992) Buy on Amazon
117. Vaya! Level 3 Libro 3 Student Book (Vaya) (1992) Buy on Amazon
118. Vaya! Level 4 Libro 4 Tchr Resource Book (Vaya!) (1992) Buy on Amazon
119. Xanth - Question Quest (1992) Buy on Amazon
120. Demons Don't Dream (1993) Buy on Amazon
121. Harpy Thyme (1993) Buy on Amazon
122. Chaos Mode (1993) Buy on Amazon
123. Letters to Jenny (1993) Buy on Amazon
124. Killobyte (1993) Buy on Amazon
125. Pier's Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality-On A Pale Horse Book 5 (Hot Smoke and Beaucracy) (1993) Buy on Amazon
126. Pier's Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality-On A Pale Horse Book 4 (Carnival of Ghosts) (1993) Buy on Amazon
127. Geis of the Gargoyle (1994) Buy on Amazon
128. Shame of Man (1994) Buy on Amazon
129. Tales from the great turtle (1994) Buy on Amazon
130. Roc and a Hard Place (1995) Buy on Amazon
131. Yon Ill Wind (1996) Buy on Amazon
132. Volk (1996) Buy on Amazon
133. The Willing Spirit (1996) Buy on Amazon
134. Faun & games (1997) Buy on Amazon
135. Hope of Earth (1997) Buy on Amazon
136. Vaya! Nuevo 3 (1997) Buy on Amazon
137. Vaya! Stage 1 Student Book 2ed (Vaya Nuevo) (1997) Buy on Amazon
138. Vaya! Stage 1 Teachers Resource Book (Vaya) (1997) Buy on Amazon
139. Vaya! Stage 2 Copymasters (Vaya Nuevo) (1997) Buy on Amazon
140. Vaya! Stage 2 Teacher's Resource Book (Vaya Nuevo) (1997) Buy on Amazon
141. Zombie lover (1998) Buy on Amazon
142. Dream a little dream (1998) Buy on Amazon
143. Quest for the Fallen Star (1998) Buy on Amazon
144. Spider Legs (1998) Buy on Amazon
145. Xone of Contention (1999) Buy on Amazon
146. Realty Check (1999) Buy on Amazon
147. Muse of art (1999) Buy on Amazon
148. The Dastard (2000) Buy on Amazon
149. The Gutbucket Quest (2000) Buy on Amazon
150. The secret of spring (2000) Buy on Amazon
151. Swell Foop (2001) Buy on Amazon
152. DoOon mode (2001) Buy on Amazon
153. How Precious Was that While (2001) Buy on Amazon
154. Jason Striker Martial Arts (2001) Buy on Amazon
155. Jason Striker Martial Arts Series Volume 2 (2001) Buy on Amazon
156. Piers Anthony's Amazing Fantasies (2001) Buy on Amazon
157. Up in a heaval (2002) Buy on Amazon
158. Xanth (2002) Buy on Amazon
159. The Iron Maiden Vol. 6 (2002) Buy on Amazon
160. A Spell for Chameleon & The Source of Magic (2002) Buy on Amazon
161. Cube route (2003) Buy on Amazon
162. The magic fart (2003) Buy on Amazon
163. Key to Chroma (2003) Buy on Amazon
164. Key to Havoc (2003) Buy on Amazon
165. Currant events (2004) Buy on Amazon
166. Key to Destiny (2004) Buy on Amazon
167. Pet Peeve (2005) Buy on Amazon
168. Stork Naked (Xanth) (2006) Buy on Amazon
169. Relationships (2006) Buy on Amazon
170. Under a Velvet Cloak (2007) Buy on Amazon
171. Air Apparent (Xanth) (2007) Buy on Amazon
172. Key to Liberty (2007) Buy on Amazon
173. Tortoise Reform (2007) Buy on Amazon
174. Relationships I (2007) Buy on Amazon
175. Stork Naked (2007) Buy on Amazon
176. Up In a Heaval see ISBN 978-1-4299-2473-3 (2007) Buy on Amazon
177. Air Apparent (2007) Buy on Amazon
178. Two to the Fifth (Xanth) (2008) Buy on Amazon
179. Two to the Fifth SEE 978-1-4299-3265-3 (2008) Buy on Amazon
180. Jumper cable (2009) Buy on Amazon
181. Serial (2009) Buy on Amazon
182. Juliet (2009) Buy on Amazon
183. Jumper Cable SEE 978-1-4299-3268-4 (2009) Buy on Amazon
184. Crossed Genres Issue 5 (2009) Buy on Amazon
185. Knot Gneiss (2010) Buy on Amazon
186. Climate of change (2010) Buy on Amazon
187. Xanth by two (2010) Buy on Amazon
188. Knot Gneiss see ISBN 978-1-4299-3269-1 (2010) Buy on Amazon
189. Cluster (2010) Buy on Amazon
190. Well-tempered clavicle (2011) Buy on Amazon
191. Trail Mix Vol #2: Beetle Juice (Trail Mix Series) (2011) Buy on Amazon
192. Eroma (2011) Buy on Amazon
193. Amoeba (Trail Mix) (2011) Buy on Amazon
194. Relationships 4 (2011) Buy on Amazon
195. Luck of the draw (2012) Buy on Amazon
196. Spell for Chameleon (the Parallel Edition... Simplified) (2012) Buy on Amazon
197. Ring (2012) Buy on Amazon
198. Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol. 5. Statesman (2012) Buy on Amazon
199. Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol. 4. Executive (2012) Buy on Amazon
200. Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol. 6. the Iron Maiden (2012) Buy on Amazon
201. Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol. 3. Politician (2012) Buy on Amazon
202. Board Stiff (Xanth) (2013) Buy on Amazon
203. Esrever Doom: A Fun-Filled Adventure in the Magical Land of Xanth (2013) Buy on Amazon
204. Pandora Park (2013) Buy on Amazon
205. Dolfin Tayle (2013) Buy on Amazon
206. One and Wonder (2013) Buy on Amazon
207. Five Portraits (2014) Buy on Amazon
208. Cautionary Tales (2014) Buy on Amazon
209. WereWoman (2014) Buy on Amazon
210. Aliena (2014) Buy on Amazon
211. Kiai! (2014) Buy on Amazon
212. Odd Exam (2014) Buy on Amazon
213. Flytrap (2014) Buy on Amazon
214. Shepherd (2014) Buy on Amazon
215. Aliena Too (2014) Buy on Amazon
216. Sopaths (2014) Buy on Amazon
217. To Be a Woman (2014) Buy on Amazon
218. Awares (2014) Buy on Amazon
219. Everyone's a Genius (2014) Buy on Amazon
220. Mercenary (2014) Buy on Amazon
221. Iron Maiden (2014) Buy on Amazon
222. Secret of Spring (2014) Buy on Amazon
223. Refugee (2014) Buy on Amazon
224. Executive (2014) Buy on Amazon
225. Politician (2014) Buy on Amazon
226. Board Stiff (2014) Buy on Amazon
227. Fantasy For Good (2014) Buy on Amazon
228. Aladdin Sins Bad (2014) Buy on Amazon
229. Aladdin and the Flying Dutchman (2014) Buy on Amazon
230. Lavabull (2015) Buy on Amazon
231. Isis orb (2016) Buy on Amazon
232. Pira (2016) Buy on Amazon
233. Neris (2016) Buy on Amazon
234. Soul of the Cell (2016) Buy on Amazon
235. Captive (2016) Buy on Amazon
236. Writer's Retweet (2016) Buy on Amazon
237. Ghost writer in the sky (2017) Buy on Amazon
238. Board Stiff Five Portraits and Isis Orb (2017) Buy on Amazon
239. Journey (2017) Buy on Amazon
240. Cluster Series (2018) Buy on Amazon
241. Fire Sail (2019) Buy on Amazon
242. Jest Right (2020) Buy on Amazon
243. Skeleton Key (2021) Buy on Amazon
244. Tryst of Fate (2021) Buy on Amazon
245. Read the Read (2021) Buy on Amazon
246. Isle of Women (2021) Buy on Amazon
247. Quick Draw! (2021) Buy on Amazon
248. Six Crystal Princesses (2022) Buy on Amazon
249. Xanth Novels Books 41-43 (2022) Buy on Amazon
250. Biography of Queen Elizabeth II (2022) Buy on Amazon
251. Misfits of Magic (2022) Buy on Amazon
252. Apoca Lips (2023) Buy on Amazon
253. Color of Her Panties (2024) Buy on Amazon
About Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is a renowned American author and novelist best known for his captivating fantasy series that have left an indelible mark on the literary world. Born in 1934 Anthony's early life laid the foundation for his creative pursuits with his mother encouraging his love for reading and his father instilling in him a sense of curiosity and adventure. This early exposure to the world of books would eventually shape his writing style and influence the diverse array of stories he would go on to create.
Anthony's writing style is characterized by its unique blend of humor wit and imagination making his books an instant hit among fantasy enthusiasts. His ability to craft engaging stories that seamlessly blend elements of science fiction fantasy and humor has endeared him to readers worldwide. With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of the human condition Anthony's novels are often described as 'delightfully absurd' and 'hilariously satirical' offering readers a refreshing respite from the mundane world.
Throughout his illustrious career Anthony has built a loyal following of readers who eagerly anticipate each new series and novel. His books have been translated into numerous languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide cementing his status as one of the most beloved and respected authors in the fantasy genre. With his irreverent style and boundless creativity Piers Anthony continues to captivate readers of all ages solidifying his place as a true master of fantasy literature.