Patricia Briggs is best known for the Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega urban fantasy series, but her bibliography began with traditional fantasy. This guide to the Patricia Briggs books in order covers every novel series, her standalone novel, significant short fiction and collections, and the released graphic novels.
Most of her series are simple to follow in publication order. The main complication is the shared Mercy Thompson World, where Alpha & Omega and several stories overlap with Mercy’s timeline. I’ve kept the main lists straightforward here and linked the detailed combined timeline where it genuinely helps.
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- Patricia Briggs Books by Series
- Patricia Briggs Short Stories and Collections
- Patricia Briggs Graphic Novels
- About Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs Books by Series
The series below are arranged by the publication year of their first book. I’d start with whichever world interests you most, since Briggs’s traditional fantasy series are separate from the Mercy Thompson World.
Sianim Books
Sianim is Briggs’s earliest fantasy world. Masques and Wolfsbane form a direct pair, while Steal the Dragon and When Demons Walk tell self-contained stories in the same setting.
- Masques (1993)
- Steal the Dragon (1995)
- When Demons Walk (1998)
- Wolfsbane (2010)
I recommend reading Masques before Wolfsbane. Briggs substantially revised Masques for its 2010 reissue, but it is still the same novel and belongs only once in the reading order.
The Hob’s Bargain
The Hob’s Bargain is Briggs’s only standalone novel. It is a traditional fantasy with a Beauty and the Beast influence, but it is not connected to Sianim, Hurog, Raven, or the Mercy Thompson World.
- The Hob’s Bargain (2001)
Hurog Books
The Hurog duology follows Ward of Hurog. Dragon Bones has a satisfying arc of its own, but Dragon Blood continues the same central story, so I’d read the two books back to back.
- Dragon Bones (2002)
- Dragon Blood (2002)
Raven Books
Raven’s Shadow and Raven’s Strike form one complete traditional fantasy story centered on Seraph and her family. My advice is to read this duology in publication order.
- Raven’s Shadow (2004)
- Raven’s Strike (2005)
Mercy Thompson Series
The Mercy Thompson series follows Mercedes “Mercy” Thompson, a Volkswagen mechanic and walker who can shift into a coyote. Her alternate version of the Tri-Cities is filled with werewolves, fae, vampires, witches, and other supernatural beings.
- Moon Called (2006)
- Blood Bound (2007)
- Iron Kissed (2008)
- Bone Crossed (2009)
- Silver Borne (2010)
- River Marked (2011)
- Frost Burned (2013)
- Night Broken (2014)
- Fire Touched (2016)
- Silence Fallen (2017)
- Storm Cursed (2019)
- Smoke Bitten (2020)
- Soul Taken (2022)
- Winter Lost (2024)
The novels should be read in publication order. For a complete timeline that interleaves Mercy’s novels with Alpha & Omega, short fiction, and graphic stories, use my Mercy Thompson Books in Order guide. I prefer that version for a full Mercy Thompson World read-through.
Alpha & Omega Books
Alpha & Omega is a Mercy Thompson World spinoff centered on Anna Latham and Charles Cornick. Start with the Alpha and Omega novella, which introduces Anna and Charles, then continue with the numbered novels. Cry Wolf begins immediately after the novella ends.
Read this novella first:
- Alpha and Omega (2007) (Novella)
- Cry Wolf (2008)
- Hunting Ground (2009)
- Fair Game (2012)
- Dead Heat (2015)
- Burn Bright (2018)
- Wild Sign (2021)
- Steel Rain (2027)
The novella was first published in the anthology On the Prowl in 2007 and later released separately. Its events overlap with Moon Called, but publication order is the simplest approach for first-time readers. Blind Date with a Werewolf centers on Asil and appears with the collections below; it is not a numbered Alpha & Omega novel.
Patricia Briggs Short Stories and Collections
For a useful Patricia Briggs short-fiction bibliography, I’ve listed the stories themselves rather than every anthology that has reprinted them. Each distinct work appears once by its first publication year. The Alpha and Omega novella remains with its series above.
Patricia Briggs Short Stories
- Wishing Well (1999) (Short Story)
- The Price (1999) (Short Story) (found in Silver Birch, Blood Moon)
- The Star of David (2008) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- Seeing Eye (2009) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- Fairy Gifts (2011) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- Gray (2011) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- In Red, with Pearls (2011) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- Silver (2014) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- Roses in Winter (2014) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- Redemption (2014) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- Hollow (2014) (Short Story) (found in Shifting Shadows)
- Unappreciated Gifts (2014) (Short Story) (found in Blind Date with a Werewolf)
- Asil and the Not-Date (2020) (Short Story) (found in Blind Date with a Werewolf)
- Dating Terrors (2022) (Short Story) (found in Blind Date with a Werewolf)
- A Memory of Witches (2023) (Short Story) (found in Instinct)
- Must Love Cats: Aftermath (2025) (Short Story) (found in Blind Date with a Werewolf)
- Scheherazade (2025) (Short Story) (found in Blind Date with a Werewolf)
Patricia Briggs Collections
- Shifting Shadows (2014)
- Blind Date with a Werewolf (2025)
Shifting Shadows gathers ten Mercy Thompson World stories. Four stories were new to the collection: “Silver,” “Roses in Winter,” “Redemption,” and “Hollow.” It also contains deleted scenes from Silver Borne and Night Broken.
Blind Date with a Werewolf is a connected Asil novel in stories made up of five pieces. “Must Love Cats: Aftermath” and “Scheherazade” first appeared in the collection. I’d treat both books as companion reading rather than numbered novels, and they are most rewarding once you know the central Mercy Thompson World characters.
Patricia Briggs Graphic Novels
Briggs’s graphic bibliography includes original stories and adaptations of prose novels. I’ve listed the released collected books instead of every individual comic issue, so the same storyline is not repeated several times.
Original Mercy Thompson Graphic Stories
- Mercy Thompson: Homecoming (2009)
- Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly (2015)
Homecoming is an original prequel set before Moon Called. A few details do not align perfectly with the later prose continuity, so I treat the novels as the controlling version when they conflict. Hopcross Jilly is also an original Mercy Thompson World story.
Moon Called Graphic Adaptation
- Moon Called Volume 1 (2011)
- Moon Called Volume 2 (2012)
Volume 1 collects comic issues #1–4. Volume 2 collects issues #5–8 and includes an additional eight-page story.
Cry Wolf Graphic Adaptation
These two books collect the eight-issue adaptation of Cry Wolf. Volume One contains the first four comics and bonus material, while Volume Two contains the remaining four.
About Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs is a bestselling fantasy author best known for the Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega series. She began publishing traditional fantasy in the 1990s before moving into the urban fantasy world that introduced Mercy Thompson, Anna Latham, and Charles Cornick.
Masques, published in 1993, was Briggs’s first novel. Her early work includes the Sianim, Hurog, and Raven books, along with the standalone novel The Hob’s Bargain. She wrote Wolfsbane as a sequel to Masques much earlier in her career, but it did not reach readers until 2010, when Masques was also released in a substantially revised edition.
Moon Called began the Mercy Thompson series in 2006. Briggs expanded that setting through Alpha & Omega, short fiction, collections, and original graphic stories, creating one shared world that can be enjoyed as separate series or as a combined timeline.
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