Peter S. Beagle

Peter S. Beagle's is an American fantasy and nonfiction author. He's also a guitarist, screenplays writer, and folk singer. The author's first novel was A fine and Private Place which he wrote at nineteen.

The best place to start is The Last Unicorn series, the earliest of Peter S. Beagle's multi-book series: it opens with The Last Unicorn (1968) and runs to 3 books across 1968–2023, ending with The Way Home (2023). Peter S. Beagle's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Peter S. Beagle has 135 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1960 and 2024. 64 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Innkeeper's World series with 3 books — and 71 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. Peter S. Beagle's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Last Unicorn (1968–2023, 3 books), Innkeeper's World (1993–2010, 3 books) and The Last Unicorn (Graphic Novels) (2010, 1 book), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Peter S. Beagle's 135 books into 6 named series and 71 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Innkeeper's World (3 books, 1993–2010); The Last Unicorn (3 books, 1968–2023); The Last Unicorn (Graphic Novels) (1 book, 2010); The Essential Peter S. Beagle (1 book, 2023); Smart Pop (41 books, 2003–2015), plus 1 further series.