Piers Anthony

Author Piers Anthony is a famous novelist and short story writer from Oxford, England. He was born on 6th August 1934, named Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob and has established himself as an English American writer under the pen name Piers Anthony over the years. His writings mainly include the fantasy and science fiction genres.

The best place to start is the Aton series, the earliest of Piers Anthony's multi-book series: it opens with Chthon (1967) and runs to 4 books across 1967–1989, ending with Soma (1989). Piers Anthony's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Piers Anthony has 239 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1967 and 2027. 150 of them belong to 24 named series — the largest being the Xanth series with 50 books — and 89 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. Piers Anthony's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Aton (1967–1989, 4 books), Battle Circle (1968–1975, 3 books) and Of Man and Manta (1968–1976, 3 books), plus 20 more.

This guide splits Piers Anthony's 239 books into 24 named series and 89 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Xanth (50 books, 1977–2027); Incarnations Of Immortality (8 books, 1983–2007); Apprentice Adept (7 books, 1980–1990); Bio Of A Space Tyrant (6 books, 1983–2002); Jason Striker (6 books, 1974–1976), plus 19 further series.