Charles De Lint

Charles De Lint is a Canadian Writer born in 1951. De Lint grew popular in the 1980s alongside writers like Emma Bull and John Crowley, riding on the coattails of the rising interest in urban fantasy. The author has made a name for himself working with magical realism and mythical fiction. +Biography Charles De Lint was born in the Netherlands.

The best place to start is the Moonheart series, the earliest of Charles De Lint's multi-book series: it opens with Moonheart (1984) and runs to 5 books across 1984–1992, ending with Spiritwalk (1992). Charles De Lint's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Charles De Lint has 215 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2026. 97 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Newford series with 29 books — and 118 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. Charles De Lint's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Moonheart (1984–1992, 5 books), Cerin Songweaver (1985–1990, 2 books) and Jack of Kinrowan (1987–1990, 2 books), plus 7 more.

This guide splits Charles De Lint's 215 books into 12 named series and 118 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Newford (29 books, 1990–2022); Author's Choice Monthly (13 books, 1989–1991); Philip Jose Farmer's The Dungeon (9 books, 1988–2017); Dragonflight (6 books, 1990–1997); Moonheart (5 books, 1984–1992), plus 7 further series.