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Beth Revis Books in Order

Browse Beth Revis books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, co-written novels, and easy where-to-start advice for her sci-fi and fantasy books.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

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29 books

Across the Universe

by Beth Revis

2011

Amy expects to wake on a new planet three hundred years in the future, but someone unplugs her cryo chamber fifty years too soon. Trapped on Godspeed, she joins future leader Elder to stop a killer and uncover the ship's lies.

A Million Suns

by Beth Revis

2012

With Eldest gone, Elder tries to remake life aboard Godspeed while Amy keeps digging for the truth. Their search uncovers new lies, rising unrest, and the sense that the ship's past is still steering its future.

The Other Elder

by Beth Revis

2012

This short prequel looks at one of the boys shaped to become Elder aboard Godspeed long before Amy wakes. It adds another unsettling layer to the ship's history and to the system that trains leaders through isolation and control.

Miasma

by Carrie Ryan

2013

Set in the world of Godspeed, this short story turns toward the emotional cost of survival in a tightly controlled society. It looks at how love, loyalty, and sacrifice can become choices people have to make under pressure.

Night Swimming

by Beth Revis

2013

This brief return to the world of Godspeed follows a quiet, dangerous moment where private knowledge carries real risk. It adds one more dark corner to the ship's history and reminds you how little safety exists there.

Shades of Earth

by Beth Revis

2013

Amy and Elder finally leave Godspeed behind and reach Centauri-Earth, hoping to start over. Instead they find a new world full of danger, buried secrets, and hard choices about what kind of future they can build.

The Body Electric

by Beth Revis

2014

Ella Shepherd can enter dreams and memories through technology her mother created, which makes her valuable and vulnerable. When dead people appear in her mind and a rebel claims they were once in love, Ella learns someone has tampered with her past.

Paper Hearts, Volume 1

by Beth Revis

2015

The first Paper Hearts guide focuses on writing itself, from ideas and characters to structure and revision. Revis keeps the advice practical, direct, and useful for writers who want clear help instead of vague inspiration.

Paper Hearts, Volume 2

by Beth Revis

2015

This volume turns to publishing, covering agents, queries, traditional paths, and self-publishing choices. It is a grounded guide for writers who have a draft in hand and want a clearer sense of what comes next.

Paper Hearts, Volume 3

by Beth Revis

2015

The third Paper Hearts book looks at marketing, platform, and promotion for working writers. Revis keeps the focus practical, helping authors think about visibility without losing sight of the work itself.

The Future Collection

by Beth Revis

2015

This science fiction collection gathers Beth Revis short stories about memory, time travel, technology, and identity. The ideas are sharp, the futures uneasy, and the endings often land with a sting.

The Girl & the Machine

by Beth Revis

2015

Franklin can travel only into his own past, until Heather appears claiming to know his future. Her machine offers a far greater kind of time travel, but the chance to change everything comes with a darker edge.

A World Without You

by Beth Revis

2016

After the loss of the girl he loves, Bo believes he can travel through time and fix what happened. Set inside a school for deeply troubled teens, the story blurs grief, memory, and reality until even Bo is hard to read.

Paper Hearts Workbook

by Beth Revis

2017

A hands-on companion to Beth Revis's writing guides, packed with exercises for goals, characters, plot, voice, and revision. It is built for writers who want to move from a rough idea toward a finished draft.

Rebel Rising

by Beth Revis

2017

After her mother's murder and her father's capture by the Empire, Jyn Erso is raised by Saw Gerrera and his fighters. As the rebellion hardens around her, Jyn must decide what she believes in and who she can still trust.

Forces of Destiny

by Delilah S Dawson

2018

In this Star Wars comic adventure, Ahsoka Tano and Padmé Amidala team up for a quick mission that turns dangerous fast. It is a compact Clone Wars story built on action, trust, and two fan-favorite heroes.

Give the Dark My Love

by Beth Revis

2018

Scholarship student Nedra Brysstain goes to Yugen Academy determined to master medicinal alchemy and stop the plague ravaging Lunar Island. Desperation drives her toward forbidden necromancy, and Grey may be the only person who can reach her before she falls too far.

Bid My Soul Farewell

by Beth Revis

2019

Nedra helped heal Lunar Island, but the necromancy that made it possible is changing her and the world around her. As Grey faces impossible loyalties and her revenants grow harder to control, both must confront the true cost of the cure.

Blood and Feathers

by Beth Revis

2022

The spare princess Sine guards the wall that protects her kingdom from wild magic and the people beyond it. On the other side, Rigby wants that wall destroyed, and their conflict uncovers dangerous truths about monsters, loyalty, and power.

Museum of Magic

by Beth Revis

2022

Emmi Castor grew up in a house turned museum near Salem and has always believed magic is fake. Then a fae boy appears, her grandfather vanishes, and the old stories around her home stop looking like stories.

The Princess and the Scoundrel

by Beth Revis

2022

Han Solo and Leia Organa finally get married, then head off on a honeymoon that refuses to stay peaceful. While the galaxy reels after Endor, old enemies and public hopes test what their new marriage can actually hold.

Night of the Witch

by Beth Revis

2023

Fritzi wants vengeance for her destroyed coven. Otto travels with the witch hunters only as cover for his own revenge, and when the two are forced together, they uncover a darker plot in the Black Forest.

Full Speed to a Crash Landing

by Beth Revis

2024

Ada Lamarr reaches a wrecked spaceship first, then gets hauled aboard a government salvage mission that does not want her there. Stuck with suspicious agent Rian White, she turns a rescue into a fast, funny mess of secrets and attraction.

How to Steal a Galaxy

by Beth Revis

2024

Ada takes an undercover job at a glittering charity gala where Rian is already working the room, and the chemistry is still terrible in the best way. Beneath the luxury, both uncover a deeper conspiracy tied to stolen nanobot plans.

The Fate of Magic

by Beth Revis

2024

Now among the witches of the Black Forest, Fritzi steps into her role as champion while Otto becomes her sworn protector. New secrets and old enemies threaten their bond, their magic, and the wider world.

House of Hex

by Beth Revis

2025

After bargaining with a fae king and giving up her magic, Emmi hopes life can settle down again. Instead the Museum of Magic twists into a place of secrets and hexes, and powerless Emmi must protect the people she loves.

Last Chance to Save the World

by Beth Revis

2025

With malware-tainted nanobots about to be released on Earth, Ada and Rian have one last impossible job ahead of them. Saving the world means a high-security break-in, very little time, and trusting each other more than either of them likes.

The Crimson Throne

by Beth Revis

2025

Cursed spy Samson Calthorpe enters Mary Queen of Scots's court to break the magic isolating him. There he clashes, and connects, with Alyth, a half-fae guardian hunting the same deadly plot from the other side.

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The Blood Queen

by Beth Revis

2026

Alyth and Samson flee to the fae court after learning how large the Red Caps' threat really is. To save both mortal and fae worlds, they need allies, answers, and a love strong enough to survive court intrigue.

Where should I start?

If you want YA space suspense: Across the UniverseA Million SunsShades of Earth
If you want dark fantasy: Give the Dark My LoveBid My Soul Farewell
If you want Star Wars with heart: Rebel RisingThe Princess and the Scoundrel
If you want adult sci-fi fun: Full Speed to a Crash LandingHow to Steal a GalaxyLast Chance to Save the World
If you're writing a book yourself: Paper Hearts, Volume 1Paper Hearts, Volume 2Paper Hearts, Volume 3

Author bio

Beth Revis grew up in North Carolina, in the Appalachian foothills, and one detail from her own bio tells you a lot about the stories she likes to tell: there was a cemetery in her backyard. She has joked that this is probably why she prefers dark twists. Even when she writes space adventure, romance, or fantasy, there is usually some shadow at the edges.

She stayed close to home for school. Revis earned a BA in English Education from NC State, along with a minor in history, and then completed a master's degree in English literature soon after. Fantasy was her area of concentration. Before she became a full-time author, she spent six years teaching high school English, which helps explain why her writing advice is so practical and clear.

She wrote for years before anything sold.

Revis has talked openly about the long stretch before publication. She wrote for about five years, finished several practice novels, and kept going while balancing teaching, grading, and lesson plans. The breakthrough came with the manuscript that became Across the Universe, a young adult science fiction novel that mixed cryogenic sleep, a generation ship, romance, and murder mystery in one very tight setup.

That debut arrived in January 2011 and landed on the New York Times bestseller list. Readers who found Revis through Across the Universe often stayed for the sequels, A Million Suns and Shades of Earth, because the books do more than play with a cool setting. They are interested in control, memory, power, and what happens to people inside systems built on secrets. Revis later returned to the same far-future universe with The Body Electric.

Those questions keep showing up even when the genre changes. A World Without You turns toward grief, time, and mental health. Give the Dark My Love starts with a girl trying to cure a plague and follows that urge into darker and darker magic. In her Star Wars books, including Rebel Rising and The Princess and the Scoundrel, Revis still focuses on people under pressure, especially characters trying to hold onto love or identity when history keeps pushing back.

She also has a strong teacher streak.

That side of her work is easy to see in the Paper Hearts books, which grew out of advice she shared with aspiring writers. They are direct, useful guides about writing, publishing, and marketing, and they feel connected to the years she spent in the classroom. More recently, she has moved further into adult science fiction with the Chaotic Orbits novellas, a fast, funny run of space-heist stories that show off a lighter, sharper comic rhythm.

Revis also likes collaboration. With Sara Raasch, she has co-written historical fantasy and romantasy novels like Night of the Witch and The Crimson Throne. Across all these books, certain things keep returning: closed worlds, unreliable memories, dangerous systems, and characters forced to choose what they are willing to risk for other people.

She still lives in rural North Carolina with her family, and she also helps writers through workshops and the Paper Hearts guides. That mix makes sense. Beth Revis writes books full of pressure and hard choices, but she also seems to enjoy pulling the curtain back and showing other writers how the work gets done.

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