Nicola Griffith

Hild is a blend of intuition and knowledge. She is brave and does not shrink from the violence that comes to her doorstep. However, she is also a lover of people, both male, and female and it is amazing how she serves them with a full heart.

The best place to start is the Conversation Pieces series, the earliest of Nicola Griffith's multi-book series: it opens with Alien Bootlegger (1993) and runs to 112 books across 1993–2025, ending with Parallax (2025). Nicola Griffith's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Nicola Griffith has 186 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2026. 166 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Conversation Pieces series with 112 books — and 20 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. Nicola Griffith's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Conversation Pieces (1993–2025, 112 books), Aud Torvingen (1998–2007, 3 books) and Light of the World (2013–2023, 2 books).

This guide splits Nicola Griffith's 186 books into 6 named series and 20 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Conversation Pieces (112 books, 1993–2025); Aud Torvingen (3 books, 1998–2007); Light of the World (2 books, 2013–2023); Outspoken Authors (32 books, 1984–2026); Year's Best Fantasy (9 books, 2001–2009), plus 1 further series.