Andre Norton Books in Order

American-raised Michael Karl unexpectedly becomes heir to Morvania's throne and wants no part of the role. Captured by a rebel leader and escaping under an assumed identity, he is drawn into the kingdom's political struggles.

Three young Ralestones return to their family's plantation after their guardian squanders their money. Hoping to recover a legendary sword associated with the family's fortunes, they confront strange events and an apparent haunting at Pirate's Haven.

Johanna Lovell and her brother return to England hoping to claim their inheritance, but an accusation of treason destroys their plans. When Gerrit is taken across the Atlantic into bondage, Johanna follows, determined to find him.

During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, young Lorens van Norreys is entrusted with his family's future. Protecting a priceless necklace from the invaders draws him into dangerous journeys and the struggle to preserve the House of Norreys.

Baron Reynard the fox pursues his fortunes through tricks and misdeeds in this retelling of the medieval beast saga. His encounters with other animals bring him into conflict with the authority of King Lion's court.

Pilot Garin Featherstone investigates strange readings during an Antarctic expedition and is drawn into a mysterious crater. A hidden alien people and an ancient evil turn his exploration into a struggle to survive and escape.

Young Scarface sails with Captain Cheap's pirates from Tortuga into the dangerous waters of the Spanish Main. The captain's ambitious attack on an old enemy draws the boy into a battle bound up with his unknown identity.

After the Second World War, Lorens van Norreys searches for lost treasure while two former intelligence officers seek a missing American flyer. Their investigations converge among Indonesia's islands, bringing encounters with pirates and a mysterious forbidden place.

Huon, the young Duke of Bordeaux, unknowingly kills Charlemagne's son while defending his brother from an attack. To escape execution, he must undertake an apparently impossible quest, with the fairy king Oberon offering unexpected aid.

Rejected by his mountain clan, Fors sets out across an Earth scarred by atomic war with his mutant hunting cat. Ruined cities, dangerous creatures, and competing groups of survivors test his search for knowledge and a place to belong.

Spacer Cliff Moran pursues the legendary derelict Empress of Mars with Steena and her cat, Bat. What appears to be a salvage opportunity becomes a struggle against an unseen menace, where Steena's unusual perception may prove essential.

As galactic authority crumbles, Kartr and fellow Space Patrol survivors crash on an unfamiliar planet. Exploring their refuge forces them to confront threats within their own ranks and question whether the old order still deserves their loyalty.

Quinn Anders seeks Lorens van Norreys's help after his brother's murder, uncovering a connection to a set of medieval figures. His search for answers takes him to the Netherlands, where a quest for justice brings danger and intrigue.

In a dictatorship that persecutes scientists, Dard Nordis flees after his brother is murdered. Seeking the surviving researchers' hidden refuge, he becomes involved in a desperate attempt to build a starship and escape Earth's oppressive regime.

Apprentice cargo master Dane Thorson joins the Solar Queen's crew on a venture to the supposedly worthless planet Limbo. Their bargain trading rights lead them into a discovery that threatens both the expedition and their chances of leaving.

Terran soldier Kana Karr travels to the hostile planet Fronn on his first assignment under galactic Central Control. What begins as a mercenary mission draws him into conflicts that challenge his understanding of loyalty and humanity's restricted place among the stars.

Fitzhugh Lyon intends to join the Revolutionary army but is mistakenly forced aboard the privateer Retaliation. Life at sea brings wartime raids, conflict with an officer, and the hazards of carrying America's fight into British waters.

Dane Thorson and the Solar Queen's crew establish trade with Sargol's catlike inhabitants, despite interference from a rival company. A mysterious illness during their return journey threatens the crew and turns their commercial success into a crisis.

Blake Walker's unusual intuition leads him to prevent a murder and discover travelers from alternate versions of Earth. Drawn into their secret conflict, he must help stop a dangerous man whose advanced technology threatens his own world.

A research team on a West Indian island survives nuclear war, only to face a new threat from the ocean. Strange sea creatures attack under the direction of a hostile intelligence, making survival depend on more than enduring the aftermath.

Centuries after fugitives from Earth settled Astra, a new expedition arrives without knowing their descendants live there. Contact with apparently friendly aliens brings danger as the visitors and earlier colonists face a threat to their shared future.

The Star Lords leave Gorth through a gate to a parallel version of their world. There they discover that their counterparts have enslaved the inhabitants, drawing the travelers into a confrontation with people who reflect their own origins.

Small-time criminal Ross Murdock enters a secret American project investigating enemy access to advanced technology through time travel. Disguised as a Bronze Age trader, he ventures into ancient Britain, where human rivals are only part of the danger.

Travis Fox joins time agents traveling into prehistoric America to recover an alien spacecraft. An accident activates the ship's controls, carrying the team into space on a programmed journey they neither understand nor know how to stop.

Orphan Joktar knows how to evade trouble in interstellar New York, but cannot explain why authorities across the galaxy are suddenly hunting him. His flight takes him to frozen Fenris, where he must confront his pursuers and seek his freedom.

After Earth's destruction, former soldier Hosteen Storm arrives on Arzor with the animals linked to him through telepathy. Seeking refuge and a livelihood, he also pursues the man he believes responsible for his father's death.

A flyer crash strands Dane Thorson, Captain Jellico, and medic Tau in Khatka's jungle. Dangerous alien wildlife and a powerful local priest stand between the visitors and safety, turning their planetary excursion into a fight to survive.

In ancient Egypt, a young Nubian noble joins a ruler's effort to reunite the land and challenge the Hyksos. His experience as a border scout becomes crucial as archers and royal forces prepare for a dangerous campaign.

Shann Lantee returns to the Terran camp on Warlock to find it destroyed by hostile Throgs. With the base gone, he must evade the attackers and navigate the planet's unfamiliar inhabitants while searching for a way to survive.

Space Service agent Kade Whitehawk arrives on Klor and encounters the enslaved Ikkinni. His conviction that all beings deserve freedom conflicts with official rules, forcing him to choose between obedience and helping them resist their oppressive masters.

Refugee Troy Horan finds work in a luxury pet shop and discovers he can communicate mentally with its animals. An espionage plot threatens his precarious livelihood, turning his unexpected bond with the creatures into a possible means of escape.

Fifteen-year-old Drew Rennie runs away to join Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Riding with General Morgan's campaign, he faces the dangers of military life and must test whether youthful courage can carry him through combat.

Orphan Vye Lansor becomes a pawn in a scheme to steal an interstellar trading fortune, with false memories imposed on him. On a dangerous alien world, recovering his identity becomes entangled with escaping a threatening intelligence.

Rees Naper survives a violent uprising on an alien planet but is cut off from the remaining fortified outposts. Crossing hostile jungle and avoiding Ishkurian forces requires him to understand the creatures whose attacks threaten his life.

Hosteen Storm investigates unrest among Arzor's native Norbies as tension with human settlers threatens to erupt. Rumors of a gathering in the dangerous Blue region, where his brother is trapped, draw him toward the forces behind the crisis.

After fighting in the Civil War, Drew Rennie learns that the father he believed dead may still be alive. His search for family leads him into new dangers as he tries to establish both his father's whereabouts and his own identity.

Apache operatives led by Travis Fox arrive on Topaz with ancestral memories activated by a government experiment. Encounters with similarly altered Russian agents create a struggle over control, survival, and alien technology that neither side can safely ignore.

Naill Renfro sells himself into servitude on Janus, where his employers destroy remnants of an ancient civilization. After trying to preserve an artifact, he is cast into the jungle and begins experiencing memories of a life that was not human.

Ross Murdock accompanies settlers to the apparently deserted water world Hawaika, hoping to investigate its past. A journey through a time gate strands him ten thousand years earlier, where surviving the unfamiliar world becomes his immediate challenge.

Fleeing danger on Earth, Simon Tregarth passes through a mysterious gate into a world ruled by witches. Helping Jaelithe escape pursuing enemies draws him into a wider conflict with the Kolder, whose threat extends beyond the world he first encounters.

Disfigured refugee Nik Kolherne accepts a chance to gain a new face by helping criminals abduct a warlord's son. But the assignment draws him into political intrigue, forcing him to question the bargain and protect the boy.

Sold to a trader seeking business with the Wyverns of Warlock, Charis becomes entangled in an alien struggle she barely understands. Contact with the planet's powerful inhabitants challenges her captivity and her assumptions about their world.

Jaelithe discovers that marriage has not destroyed her magic when an urgent summons warns of danger. She and Simon Tregarth answer their ally Loyse's call while the Kolder's technology continues to threaten their hard-won peace.

Newly trained crosstime agent Blake Walker joins the search for a missing woman across alternate Earths. Her disappearance draws him toward a struggle over the power to travel between worlds and exploit their inhabitants.

Sara and her brothers cross into Arthur's world while exploring an old estate. To return home, they must recover three stolen magical objects and protect Avalon from forces threatening both its realm and their own.

Unable to fit into his father's refined new society, Diskan steals a spaceship and heads for unexplored Mimir. Alien ruins and strange creatures draw him into a conflict where his unusual abilities may finally matter.

When Estcarp's witches seize Kaththea for her magical gifts, her brothers rescue her and flee with her beyond the eastern mountains. Their shared powers become essential as the triplets seek safety in a dangerous land.

To escape life in an abbey, Gillan secretly takes another woman's place among brides promised to the shapeshifting Were Riders. Her journey into the Wastes reveals unexpected magical abilities and a bond that others oppose.

Trader Krip Vorlund encounters the mysterious animal-show owner Maelen during a visit to Yiktor. Her powers trap his mind in an animal's body as rival forces struggle for control of the planet and its secrets.

Transformed Naill Renfro and his companions fight to defend Janus and the alien people whose heritage they share. A destructive force threatens their survival, forcing them to confront the power behind the planet's ongoing slaughter.

Four boys exploring an abandoned house find a dragon puzzle that carries each into a different legendary past. Viking, Nubian, Arthurian and Chinese adventures test their courage as they encounter conflicts shaped by dragons and magic.

After rescuing a kitten, lonely Lorrie gains entry to the mysterious Octagon House. Its miniature dollhouse draws her into adventures in the past, while changes in the present threaten the refuge she has come to love.

Photographer Ray Osborne is thrown into the distant past while working at an Ohio burial mound. Caught in the war between Atlantis and Mu, he must choose allies and survive conflicts far beyond his experience.

Kemoc struggles to save his sister Kaththea from a dark magician who has gained her trust. Her growing entanglement threatens the defenders of their valley, making his family loyalty inseparable from a wider magical battle.

Vere Collis and his friends are trapped in caves when explosions devastate Beltane's surface. Their escape becomes a fight for survival, and reaching daylight may only expose them to the strange creatures awaiting them above.

Uncomfortable on his uncle's Idaho ranch, Cory is transported into a world of animal tribes and transformed into a beaver. He must face the dangerous Changer while finding the courage to recover his human form.

Deprived of her magical powers, Kaththea seeks an ancient adept capable of restoring them. Calling on Hilarion may offer the guidance she needs, but the forces she invokes could threaten everything she hopes to protect.

Young soldier Ritchie Peters joins the First Dragoons in Santa Fe before the Civil War. Raids, difficult comrades and the harsh Southwestern landscape test him as he comes to understand the human cost of frontier conflict.

After his father's murder, apprentice gem trader Murdoc Jern carries a mysterious ring into a dangerous search for answers. With the unusual feline Eet beside him, he faces pursuers determined to obtain the stone's secrets.

Rejected by his community's explorers, Fors ventures into the ruins of a world devastated by nuclear war. Accompanied by his mutant cat, he seeks the lost city his father pursued and a chance to prove his worth.

Dane Thorson returns to the Solar Queen after being drugged and finds a dead impostor in his bunk. As unusual changes affect the ship's animal cargo, the crew must unravel a conspiracy behind their mail run.

Murdoc Jern and his feline companion Eet search the fringes of inhabited space for ancient Forerunner treasure. Ruthless rivals pursue the same prize, turning their journey into a struggle to uncover secrets and stay alive.

Governess Kilda discovers that a child's invisible companion is real when it leads her young charges into another dimension. Following them into a realm resembling Faerie, she faces unfamiliar dangers to bring them safely home.

Five stories explore sorcery through a fugitive crossing worlds, a needle linked to disappearances, dangerous prayers and dreams that reshape reality. Including a Witch World tale, the collection follows people confronting powers with unpredictable consequences.

Archaeologist Roane visits a restricted planet whose inhabitants have been given false memories and conditioned to obey their rulers. Searching for a powerful artifact, she becomes involved in a struggle to free them from imposed control.

Prince Andas Kastor awakens in an alien prison with other captives who may have been replaced by doubles. Escaping to his home world, he finds another ruler in his place and must establish his own identity.

Sisters Bertie and May leave their rural Ohio mill-house for town life before the turn of the twentieth century. A new school, unfamiliar neighbors and family money worries test their confidence as they adapt together.

Krip Vorlund and Maelen travel aboard the Lydis as civil war on Thoth forces the crew to transport ancient treasure. A forced landing places them in danger from alien powers with secrets of their own.

Simsa has always looked different from the other inhabitants of Kuxortal's ancient port, but her mentor concealed her origins. After the mentor's death, a star ranger's arrival draws her toward answers that others want to control.

After humans abandon a polluted Earth, their surviving pets evolve into new intelligent peoples. The catlike People build lives amid the ruins, but humanity's return raises the threat of renewed domination by those who left them behind.

This collection follows Garan through linked lives as an explorer, a figure in a lost land and a defender of a distant world. Additional stories, including a Witch World tale, explore strange powers and recurring destinies.

Three Witch World stories follow separated twins, a silversmith and heiress, and an unwanted bride in High Hallack. War, enchanted materials and concealed magic shape their struggles against forces that threaten their freedom and relationships.

Kerovan's unusual birth and troubled inheritance separate him from those around him, while his arranged bride Joisan wears a mysterious crystal gryphon. As danger threatens their lands, its hidden powers bind their distant lives together.

Mind reader Ziantha encounters a green stone that sends her consciousness into the ancient Forerunner past. Trapped in another person's identity, she must navigate unfamiliar worlds whose hidden knowledge and treasures draw her deeper into danger.

Edited by Andre Norton and Ernestine Donaldy, this anthology introduces science fiction through twelve stories by different writers. Alien encounters, changed worlds and human survival provide varied entry points, with contributions from Bradbury, Leiber and Sheckley.

Nick and Linda follow a road into an unfamiliar world of mythical creatures and threatening aerial visitors. A mysterious Herald offers protection, but accepting his terms may cost them more than remaining fugitives in the wilderness.

Raised by the bearlike People, Johnny considers them his family until humans arrive by spaceship. Their wish to exploit his protectors forces him to choose between the life he knows and the heritage he has lost.

Sent to their grandparents after their father disappears in Vietnam, three siblings find a maze that leads to colonial New England. There, rival witches draw them into a struggle to protect a healer and their town.

Kristie and her brother live among survivors in a sealed dome on a polluted Earth. When the mysterious Rhyming Man appears, his promise of the world outside tempts her to leave the only home she knows.

Seven stories span fantasy and science fiction, including a return to Witch World in The Toads of Grimmerdale. Essays by and about Norton, alongside a bibliography, place the shorter adventures within the wider range of her writing.

Kethan's relatives hope to control him as heir to Car Do Prawn, but a magical leopard-skin belt creates a more immediate danger. Its powers transform his body and force him to confront the struggle within himself.

A car accident plunges a man tormented by nightmares into the world he has seen in his dreams. There he possesses a nobleman's identity and must use unfamiliar powers to resist the forces threatening his life.

Guided by an alien intelligence, Merlin must help humanity rebuild civilization and reach toward the stars. Arthur's hidden stellar heritage and the Lady of the Lake's celestial orders reshape the familiar struggle over Britain's future.

After catastrophe destroys civilization, young metalsmith Sander searches for the knowledge of the Before People. Joining the shaman Fanyi and their animal companions, he crosses a dangerous landscape where the surviving past may conceal unexpected threats.

Ten-year-old Hal and his cat Susie answer a desperate appeal from friendly aliens imprisoned inside a mountain. To help their small allies, Hal must devise a way to resist the Ness and its plans for Earth.

Saranna Stowell becomes governess to Damaris at a manor near Baltimore filled with treasures from China. Strange apparitions complicate her efforts to protect the child from a scheming stepmother determined to gain control of her inheritance.

In these stories, dreams offer passage into other worlds and dangers that cannot be dismissed upon waking. Dreamer Tamisan guides an injured star traveler toward an imagined recovery, only to encounter a presence threatening them both.

New stepsiblings Chris and Nan resent their blended family until a model English inn draws them into shared historical adventures. Facing danger together helps them confront bullying and dishonest classmates while learning to trust each other.

Intelligent alien cats return to Earth to rescue their feline kin from humans they distrust. Their attachment to two orphans, Jim and Elly Mae, draws the children into a dangerous mission that challenges the visitors' assumptions.

Jim and Elly Mae travel to their alien feline friends' planet but struggle to use its thought-controlled technology. Seeking independence, they enter a forbidden city whose surviving machines pose a deadly threat to their Ka'at companions.

Jim, Elly Mae, and their Ka'at companions journey to another feline colony, where ordinary creatures have grown into enormous threats. With the colonists nearly exterminated, the travelers must investigate a world whose ecology has become dangerously altered.

Examining ancient artifacts transports archaeology student Tallahassee Mitford into the Nubian kingdom of Meroe and the identity of warrior princess Ashake. She must help its queen resist Khasti, an enemy able to cross the barriers between timelines.

Shipwrecked on Lost Lady Key, Persis Rooke is rescued by Captain Leverett but finds troubling secrets on the island. A ghostly woman and a jeweled fan draw her into a mystery whose dangers also entangle her growing attraction.

An ancient sword draws young warrior Yonan into the struggle of a hero from the past. As he and Uruk confront the Darkness across time, untrained witch Crytha must resist a sorceress threatening those left behind.

Tamaris Penfold is hired to protect Victorine Sauvage from another scandal, but strange objects appear among her own belongings. Questions about Victorine's necklace and concealed past suggest danger is approaching everyone at Rancho del Sol.

Hunted as a possible threat to humanity, Joktar flees into a region inhabited by refugees and outcasts. Refusing to accept the accusations against him, he seeks allies willing to defend him while he confronts his mysterious identity.

A group of role-playing gamers is transported into a fantasy world resembling their games. Bound together by magic, they must learn to cooperate and uncover the secret of their summoning while searching for a possible route home.

On Zacar, the mountain-dwelling telepathic Yurth and the plains-dwelling Raski are bitter rivals. A young Yurth woman's vision quest brings her together with a Raski warrior, and their discoveries threaten the beliefs sustaining their world's divisions.

Brixia scavenges the ruined Dales with her cat Uta until she meets a troubled lord and his devoted squire. Their search for Zarsthor's Bane draws them into the Waste, where ancient magic makes the promised treasure perilous.

Foster children Monnie and Bim put their names on an abandoned mailbox and begin receiving mysterious gifts. A week of magical messages, strange doubles, and tests forces them to confront wishes that carry consequences they did not expect.