Amber Benson

Amber Nicole Benson gained popularity as an astounding author after her series “Ghosts of Albion” (with Christopher Golden) recorded huge mainstream success. Since then, she has authored many other series of books as well as stand-alone novels. Born to a Jewish father and Baptist mother on January 8, 1977, in Birmingham, Alabama, Benson grew up attending a Reform temple in Alabama.

The best place to start is the Ghosts of Albion series, the earliest of Amber Benson's multi-book series: it opens with Ghosts of Albion: Astray (2004) and runs to 4 books across 2004–2006, ending with Initiation (2006). Amber Benson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Amber Benson has 41 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2023. 20 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Calliope Reaper-Jones series with 5 books — and 21 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Amber Benson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Ghosts of Albion (2004–2006, 4 books), Shadowplay Comic (2005–2006, 4 books) and Calliope Reaper-Jones (2009–2013, 5 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Amber Benson's 41 books into 6 named series and 21 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Calliope Reaper-Jones (5 books, 2009–2013); Ghosts of Albion (4 books, 2004–2006); Shadowplay Comic (4 books, 2005–2006); The Witches of Echo Park (3 books, 2015–2017); Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2 books, 2017–2018), plus 1 further series.