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ⓘ About Melanie Karsak
Melanie Karsak is a USA Today and NY Times bestselling writer of science fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy stories. She hails from Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, and has several popular novel series to her name. The list of series written by her includes The Harvesting series, the Steampunk Red Riding Hood novels, The Celtic Blood book series, the Steampunk Fairy Tales, and The Airship Racing Chronicles series. Her novels are widely famous for their rich content, exciting characters, amazing storylines, and wonderful settings. Karsak considers herself a zombie whisperer and a steampunk connoisseur. Currently, she resides in Florida along with her beloved husband a couple of kids.
All Book Series by Melanie Karsak
Queen of Ash and Iron of Boudica
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2023
Short and Sweet
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2017 Pen name · Poppy Lawless
Poisonous Temptation
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2017 Anthology · Isadora Brown
Pirate's Curse
Book 5 of 10 · published 2017 Anthology · Rebecca Hamilton,LeighAnderson
Wicked Passion
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2019 Anthology · Angela Fristoe
Falling in Deep: 14 Tales of the Sea
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2015
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Melanie Karsak?
Melanie Karsak is a USA Today and NY Times bestselling writer of science fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy stories. She hails from Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, and has several popular novel series to her name. The list of series written by her includes The Harvesting series, the Steampunk Red Riding Hood novels, The Celtic Blood book series, the Steampunk Fairy Tales, and The Airship Racing Chronicles series.
Which Melanie Karsak series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Harvesting series, the earliest of Melanie Karsak's multi-book series: it opens with The Harvesting (2012) and runs to 5 books across 2012–2016, ending with The Torn World (2016). Melanie Karsak's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Melanie Karsak written?
Melanie Karsak has 74 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2025. 65 of them belong to 16 named series — the largest being The Berkano Vampire Collection series with 10 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Melanie Karsak's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Melanie Karsak's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Harvesting (2012–2016, 5 books), The Airship Racing Chronicles (2013–2014, 2 books) and Celtic Blood (2014–2019, 4 books), plus 13 more.
How are Melanie Karsak's books organised into series?
This guide splits Melanie Karsak's 74 books into 16 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Berkano Vampire Collection (10 books, 2017–2019); Steampunk Fairy Tales (8 books, 2017–2020); The Road to Valhalla (7 books, 2020–2021); Steampunk Red Riding Hood (6 books, 2018–2019); The Harvesting (5 books, 2012–2016), plus 11 further series.