Gail Carriger Books in Order

In ancient times, warrior Mithra must stop a Roman legion with an unusual, unexpectedly tasty weapon. A brief historical fantasy with wit and a clever battlefield twist.

Cups, a wingless fairy under a dangerous promise, disguises herself as a castle jester to earn her future. A sweet, funny tale of friendship, magic, and finding a place to belong.

In an alternate Victorian London full of vampires and werewolves, Alexia Tarabotti accidentally kills a vampire and lands under suspicion. Her lack of a soul makes her dangerous, useful, and impossible for Lord Maccon to ignore.

Cast out by society and hunted by vampires, Alexia leaves England to uncover the truth about her increasingly inconvenient condition. Italy offers answers, assassins, and more trouble than even she expected.

Now married to Lord Maccon, Alexia faces a spreading supernatural crisis when her husband vanishes. With soldiers, ghosts, and pack politics closing in, her parasol may not be enough.

Alec, a troubled werewolf, is forced to investigate alongside Marvin, a shamelessly flirtatious merman. This prequel short shows how the San Andreas Shifters' central romance first begins.

Eight months pregnant and still impossible to sideline, Alexia investigates a threat to Queen Victoria and a trail leading into Lord Maccon's past. Mad ghosts, odd inventions, and zombie porcupines do not help.

Alexia Tarabotti's first encounter with murderous vampires and infuriating werewolf Lord Maccon gets a lively manga treatment. It keeps the wit, flirtation, and parasol-fighting spirit of the novel.

The manga continues Alexia's story as marriage, pack trouble, and a spreading supernatural crisis send her toward Scotland. A brisk, stylish adaptation of the next Parasolverse adventure.

Domestic life never lasts long for Alexia. A summons to Egypt pulls her, Conall, and their unruly circle into fresh mysteries involving the God-Breaker Plague, family secrets, and supernatural politics.

Back at Mademoiselle Geraldine's, Sophronia sneaks through boiler rooms and ballrooms while a larger conspiracy takes shape. To survive London society and save her friends, she will need every trick she has learned.

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is sent to finishing school, only to learn the lessons include espionage and assassination. In a floating school full of gadgets and secrets, being troublesome suddenly becomes useful.

Alexia's troubles grow sharper in this manga adaptation as scandal, pursuit, and a search for answers drive her out of England. Victorian manners and supernatural danger stay equally important.

Alexia's father, Alessandro Tarabotti, goes to Egypt with his valet and stumbles into a tangle of mummies, werewolves, and family complications. A quick Parasolverse story with adventure and sly humor.

A school trip turns into a train hijacking and a chase involving Picklemen, flywaymen, and Sophronia's closest friends. As London edges toward chaos, she may have to give up the freedom she prizes most.

With a major plot finally coming to a head, Sophronia must put all her finishing school lessons to work. The finale brings espionage, friendship, and a dramatic fight to save the school and London itself.

Prudence Maccon Akeldama inherits a dirigible and promptly heads to India in search of adventure and a proper cup of tea. What she finds instead is kidnapping, political trouble, and secrets tied to her unusual powers.

Returning from India, Rue and the Spotted Custard crew bring home discoveries that unsettle scientists, vampires, and werewolves alike. Family tensions and fresh mysteries make the voyage even messier.

Lady Preshea Villentia is a notorious widow and an efficient assassin on what should be a simple assignment. Then a gentle Highland officer from the wrong side of the game complicates everything.

Parlormaid Imogene Hale takes a job in a vampire hive and falls hard for imprisoned inventor Genevieve Lefoux. Class barriers, danger, and desire turn a rescue into a very personal revolution.

Biffy, now Alpha of the London Pack, faces chaos at Christmas just as Professor Lyall returns after years away. Their long-delayed second chance mixes pack politics, babies on the doorstep, and real tenderness.

Max cleans up magical messes for a living and has no patience for werewolves, especially handsome ones. But Beta Bryan is determined to prove that pack loyalty and romance might be worth the risk.

Stranded in Singapore, Primrose Tunstell must save her airship, investigate strange new vampires, and manage a crew full of complications. The adventure grows bigger as her feelings and loyalties get harder to ignore.

Ruined by scandal, Faith crosses the Atlantic to make a practical marriage with a London werewolf. Her bargain with Major Channing quickly turns into a clash of pride, hurt, and unexpected affection.

Tank spots a bartender no werewolf can smell and realizes something is badly wrong. Isaac is hiding from his past, and trusting a wolf may be the most dangerous choice he has left.

Percival Tunstell heads to Japan with the Spotted Custard crew and finds spies, floating cities, and a doctor who unsettles his carefully ordered life. The final Custard Protocol novel ties romance to one last grand journey.

Exiled alien Tristol joins human detective Drey Hastion to investigate a murder aboard a ship from Tristol's own people. The mystery is clever, but the real draw is the sweet, awkward romance at its center.

Dimity Plumleigh-Teignmott and her long-suffering bodyguard Crispin are sent to deal with a vampire hive that has gone dramatically Goth. Espionage, redecorating, and romance collide in the most Gail Carriger way possible.

Before the Parasol Protectorate begins, Alexia Tarabotti meets the new werewolf Alpha at a dull London party. It ends with bad manners, sharp banter, and a hedgehog.

Judd thinks he may finally have found a pack and a man worth staying for, until trouble starts circling Colin. Selkie gangsters, federal attention, and pack tensions turn courtship into a full-scale problem.

Carriger breaks down the heroine's journey as a story pattern and shows how it differs from the better-known hero's journey. It is a practical, lively guide for writers, readers, and pop culture fans.

Legendary spy Agatha Woosmoss goes to ground with the one man who has loved her for years, Professor Pillover Plumleigh-Teignmott. Old loyalties and long-suppressed feelings finally catch up with them.

When Maura ages out of the dangerous work that keeps her space station alive, she is cast aside to fend for herself. With only a murmel and an odd new ally, she has to turn rejection into escape.

Now touring the galaxy as part of a wildly popular pantheon, Phex learns how dangerous his gift really is. As the truth behind the divinity deepens, loyalty and love are both put under pressure.

Phex is a barista on a forgotten moon until his singing voice gets him recruited into an alien entertainment machine that treats performers like gods. Fame, found family, and danger arrive all at once.

Phex and his fellow performers finally learn what their music is doing to the galaxy, and the cost of stopping it may be enormous. The trilogy closes with harder choices, bigger stakes, and the same warm heart.

Trick, an otter shifter with a past he cannot outrun, lands among the San Andreas pack and a cozy cafe scene. Then the sea sends old trouble back to him, and second chances get messy.