Catherynne M. Valente

Catherynne M. Valente is an American well- known writer who writes books that revolve around various genres like science fiction and fantasy. She also creates poets and brief narratives. Catherynne currently lives in the coastline of Maine with her spouse together with their pets.

The best place to start is the Fairyland series, the earliest of Catherynne M. Valente's multi-book series: it opens with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (2011) and runs to 7 books across 2011–2016, ending with The Beasts Who Fought for Fairyland Until the Very End and Further Still (2016). Catherynne M. Valente's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Catherynne M. Valente has 201 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2001 and 2028. 90 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being the Fairyland series with 7 books — and 111 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. Catherynne M. Valente's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Orphan's Tales (2006–2007, 2 books), A Dirge for Prester John (2010–2011, 2 books) and Fairyland (2011–2016, 7 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Catherynne M. Valente's 201 books into 11 named series and 111 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Fairyland (7 books, 2011–2016); Mass Effect: Andromeda (3 books, 2017–2018); A Dirge for Prester John (2 books, 2010–2011); The Orphan's Tales (2 books, 2006–2007); Space Opera (2 books, 2018–2024), plus 6 further series.