Margaret Killjoy

Margaret Killjoy is an anarchist and trans woman author of several steampunk novels. She is also the editor of several novels and other literary works that include short fiction and magazines. She is the author of the choose your adventure type novel "What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower", and co-edited the critically acclaimed anthology "We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation", and founded "Steampunk Magazine".

The best place to start is the Danielle Cain series, the earliest of Margaret Killjoy's multi-book series: it opens with The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (2017) and runs to 3 books across 2017–2025, ending with The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice (2025).

Margaret Killjoy has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2007 and 2025. 4 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Danielle Cain series with 3 books — and 14 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. Margaret Killjoy's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Danielle Cain (2017–2025, 3 books) and Daughters of the Empty Throne (2024, 1 book).

This guide splits Margaret Killjoy's 18 books into 2 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Danielle Cain (3 books, 2017–2025); Daughters of the Empty Throne (1 book, 2024).