Carmen Maria Machado

Carmen Maria Machado is a reputed essayist, author, critic, and short story writer from America, who likes to write fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories. She has penned several widely acclaimed books and short story collections in her career. Machado's works are frequently published in Granta, The New Yorker, Lightspeed Magazine, and a few other publications.

The best place to start is the Best American Experimental Writing series, the earliest of Carmen Maria Machado's multi-book series: it opens with Bax 2015 (2016) and runs to 4 books across 2016–2020, ending with Bax 2020 (2020).

Carmen Maria Machado has 50 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2026. 24 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Best American Experimental Writing series with 4 books — and 26 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. Carmen Maria Machado's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Best American Experimental Writing (2016–2020, 4 books) and Hill House Comics (2020, 1 book).

This guide splits Carmen Maria Machado's 50 books into 3 named series and 26 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Best American Experimental Writing (4 books, 2016–2020); Hill House Comics (1 book, 2020); Best Horror of the Year (19 books, 2009–2026).