Ellen Kushner Books in Order

Swordsman Richard St. Vier earns his living fighting the aristocracy's disputes in a city divided between privilege and poverty. When one killing provokes outrage, he and his lover Alec become entangled in increasingly dangerous political maneuvering.

Gifted minstrel Thomas attracts the Queen of Elfland and is taken from the people he loves into her otherworldly realm. This retelling of the Scottish legend explores captivity, longing, and the consequences of a magical gift involving truth.

St. Nicholas and the inhabitants of the Valley Beyond face a riddle that challenges their magical community. Richard Burhans's paintings accompany an allegorical Christmas tale exploring gift-giving and humanity's relationship with the natural world around it.

Young nobleman Theron Campion meets scholar Basil St. Cloud, whose fascination with the ancient kings challenges accepted history. Their relationship draws them toward forgotten connections between royalty and wizardry, threatening their society's confident assumptions about its past.

This omnibus brings together three interconnected Riverside novels, following a professional swordsman, a young woman learning swordplay, and a nobleman's relationship with a scholar. Across their stories, personal loyalties intersect with aristocratic rivalries and dangerous secrets.

Country girl Katherine arrives expecting the familiar rules of polite society, but her unconventional uncle orders her to learn swordplay. Navigating Riverside's intrigues with a blade offers her a different path toward independence, influence, and understanding herself.

Sara receives a strange golden dreydl at her family's Chanukah celebration and discovers an enchanted princess within it. Drawn into a magical world, she must use her wits against the Demon King to help her new companion.

Set in the Riverside world, this short work follows the circumstances linking the Mad Duke to Sophia, a foreign healer. Their story explores how the man who departed with his swordsman lover came to return with a wife.

Duchess Diane, scholar Rafe, newly arrived trader Ixkaab, and mathematically gifted farm girl Micah begin intersecting lives in an invented city. This opening Tremontaine episode introduces the ambitions, commercial interests, and social barriers shaping their paths.

As the city's nobles gather for the autumn opening of the Council, Duchess Diane pursues opportunities while her husband remains away. New diplomatic and trading arrivals add complications to the alliances and personal rivalries around her.

The third Tremontaine season opens with Duchess Diane struggling to maintain control while Ixkaab assumes greater trading authority. Their competing ambitions unfold amid escalating conflict between Riverside and the City, where personal loyalties carry political consequences.