Mur Lafferty Books in Order
Explore Mur Lafferty books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and tips on where to start with Six Wakes, Midsolar Murders, and more.
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Mur Lafferty books in publication order
25 books
Heaven
by Mur Lafferty
2006
After dying, friends Kate and Daniel find Heaven less satisfying than they expected. They travel through afterlives belonging to different religions and species, uncovering personal secrets and signs that their wandering connects to upheaval in the world they left.
Tricks of the Podcasting Masters
by Mur Lafferty
2006
This guide helps established beginners improve their podcasts through listener engagement, interviews, sponsorship, and sustained motivation. Drawing on the authors’ experience and conversations with other podcasters, it examines how stronger production practices can support an audience and a business.
Earth
by Mur Lafferty
2007
Recently deceased Kate and Daniel are assigned to renew Earth for a new age despite having little preparation for divine responsibilities. Opposition from powerful forces and growing strain in their friendship turn rebuilding the world into an uncertain undertaking.
Hell
by Mur Lafferty
2007
Kate and Daniel reunite to search Hell for stolen souls enduring undeserved punishment. Changed by their encounters with divine powers, the friends must navigate resentment and uncertainty while deciding whether their bond can survive the pressures of their mission.
Playing For Keeps
by Mur Lafferty
2008
Bar owner Keepsie Branson possesses an apparently modest power: anything she holds cannot be stolen. Among people with overlooked abilities, she confronts a world dominated by arrogant superheroes and manipulative villains, where her unusual gift may matter more than expected.
Wasteland
by Mur Lafferty
2008
Exiled Daniel attempts to restore Kate and discovers a new world emerging from the Wasteland. Exploring its unfamiliar landscapes and powers draws them into fresh relationships, while the endangered realms of Heaven and Earth remain an unresolved responsibility.
War
by Mur Lafferty
2009
Kate and Daniel face the task of freeing imprisoned gods and defending Heaven and Earth against Chaos. Their long journey through the afterlife reaches a confrontation in which the survival of multiple worlds depends on the allies they can gather.
Marco and the Red Granny
by Mur Lafferty
2010
Struggling artist Marco receives coveted alien patronage and travels to a lunar cultural center where art can cross sensory boundaries. His new opportunity proves unsettling, and an elderly reality-show blood-sport star becomes an unlikely friend with secrets of her own.
Nanovor
by Mur Lafferty
2010
Lucas’s fortune-telling machine draws crowds at the science fair until the Lab Rats discover someone stealing personal information from its data stream. Entering the nanosphere, Lucas and his friends must defeat a hostile swarm and stop the intrusion.
Pawn, Deception, and Sacrifice
by Mur Lafferty
2011
Half-vampire Valdia protects the village of Shoel, but rescuing a child abducted by ghouls uncovers a more dangerous scheme. Her struggle against their plans tests her darker instincts and raises questions about her vampire father’s involvement.
Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers and Other Stories
by Mur Lafferty
2012
These Christmas stories blend science fiction and fantasy with seasonal traditions, from an artificial intelligence learning about the holiday to a captive family's coded letter. Familiar rituals become settings for unusual encounters, resistance and unexpected kinds of transformation.
The Shambling Guide to New York City
by Mur Lafferty
2013
Seeking a fresh start, travel editor Zoe Norris joins a New York publisher staffed by supernatural beings. Writing a city guide for the undead exposes her to a hidden society whose deteriorating relationship with humans puts her in danger.
The Ghost Train to New Orleans
by Mur Lafferty
2014
Zoe Norris travels to New Orleans with her supernatural colleagues to research another guide for undead visitors. She also seeks someone who can save her boyfriend from zombism, while a threat targeting people who communicate with cities closes in.
A Sorcerer's Apprentice
by Mur Lafferty
2015
Sal and Asanti travel to Scotland for the funeral of Asanti’s mentor, leaving their teammates behind. A restaurant operated by his surviving relative has gripped the city’s attention, drawing the pair into a magical conflict without their usual backup.
Shore Leave
by Mur Lafferty
2015
Grace intends to enjoy her rare annual day off despite mounting troubles among the Bookburners. Sal’s sleepwalking, a suspiciously concerned tour guide, and a magical artifact slowing time across Rome threaten to turn a personal break into another emergency.
Stones
by Mur Lafferty
2015
Kate and Daniel abandon divine power for a peaceful existence as sun and moon. When children form a disturbing cult seeking dead gods, the pair intervene again, embarking on a journey through a new afterlife called the Reach.
Under My Skin
by Mur Lafferty
2015
The Bookburners travel to Las Vegas after participants in a televised tattoo competition begin dying. Investigating the show’s artists and customers forces the team to look beyond appearances as demonic ink threatens to claim more victims.
I Should Be Writing
by Mur Lafferty
2017
Lafferty combines guidance on writing habits, creative confidence, drafting, and revision with exercises designed to encourage regular practice. Addressing persistent myths and self-doubt, the workshop-style journal helps aspiring writers turn stalled intentions into work they can develop.
Six Wakes
by Mur Lafferty
2017
Six cloned spaceship crew members awaken beside their murdered previous bodies with decades missing from memory. Maria Arena and her companions must repair sabotaged equipment and uncover buried secrets, knowing the killer may be one of them.
Solo
by Mur Lafferty
2018
Young Han Solo escapes Corellia but leaves Qi’ra behind, beginning a search for the freedom to return for her. His path through Imperial service and smuggling brings encounters with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and a dangerous criminal heist.
The Lost Journals
by Mur Lafferty
2019
Alison and Max follow a journal into the Nether to find Max’s missing uncle Nicholas. Joined by Freya and her unlikely canine companion, they confront dangerous creatures and cryptic clues while trying to reunite a fractured family.
Station Eternity
by Mur Lafferty
2022
Mallory Viridian escapes her uncanny involvement in murders by living among aliens aboard a sentient space station. The arrival of more humans brings new deaths, forcing her to investigate before the mystery endangers everyone sharing her refuge.
The Ophelia Network
by Mur Lafferty
2022
Under a fascist government that controls online communication, resistance members devise a covert network using a children's puppet show and household artificial intelligence. The show's unsuspecting host, Bailey, has no idea what messages his broadcasts carry.
Chaos Terminal
by Mur Lafferty
2023
Mallory Viridian fled Earth to escape the murders that follow her, but new arrivals bring another killing to Station Eternity. Investigating becomes harder as old acquaintances, fugitive friends and the living station's strange behavior threaten a larger catastrophe.
Infinite Archive
by Mur Lafferty
2025
A vast data ship carrying Earth's internet and a mystery convention arrives near Station Eternity, ending Mallory Viridian's quiet spell. Her literary agent's murder forces her to investigate amid unfamiliar aliens and technology with seemingly impossible abilities.
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