Naomi Kritzer Books in Order

Sixteen-year-old violinist Eliana studies at a conservatory while famine grips her country. A classmate's death and another student's abduction reveal religious persecution, leading her toward forbidden knowledge about the old faith and the ruling magicians.

Eliana leads rebels against an oppressive regime while the Lupi's magical fires threaten her allies. Seeking information from within the enemy's ranks, she poses as a boy violinist in an imperial ensemble, risking discovery and betrayal.

Freeborn Lauria serves Kyros by infiltrating escaped slaves disguised as one of their own. Her mission among the Alashi exposes a different view of her society, forcing her to question the loyalties that have shaped her life.

Rejected by both sides of a divided society, Lauria joins Tamar in trying to free captured slaves. Their plans require magical training from a Weaver sorceress, making an apprenticeship with an enemy a dangerous necessity.

Lauria seeks to release djinn held captive by the Weavers, while Tamar works to sow discord among the Alashi. Their intertwined struggles take them toward powerful borderland magic as conflicting loyalties threaten their efforts to secure freedom.

Eleven fantasy and science fiction stories explore family, magic, bargains and uncomfortable moral choices. A golem awakens during wartime, a woman questions her missing fortune, and other characters encounter wishes, supernatural skills and schemes with consequences beyond their intentions.

This eleven-story collection brings together Naomi Kritzer’s science fiction and fantasy, including four previously unpublished works. Tales of healing, kinship, witches and household magic offer different approaches to the possibilities and complications that arise when ordinary lives meet the fantastic.

Seventeen stories explore imagined technologies and fantastical situations through characters facing unexpected connections and choices. The title story considers an artificial intelligence emerging from search-engine history, while the collection examines human relationships with humor and attention to their vulnerabilities.

Steph's mother constantly moves them to hide from her father, leaving online friends as Steph's most stable community. On CatNet, the administrator CheshireCat conceals an extraordinary identity while dangers from Steph's past begin catching up with her.

Meagan builds a Little Free Library and begins sharing books with her neighborhood. An unusual borrower turns the small exchange into an unexpected friendship, bringing mystery and enchantment to an ordinary effort to connect with other readers.

Steph and her friend Nell become involved with a mysterious online presence whose activities extend into the physical world. With the benevolent artificial intelligence CheshireCat, they investigate another entity manipulating technology and encouraging dangerous acts of violence.

Sheltered teenager Beck Garrison lives on a floating settlement founded by libertarian separatists. Investigating a debt slave’s missing sister reveals inequalities and secrets involving her own father, drawing her into dangers that powerful residents are determined to conceal.

After being acquitted for performing an abortion, Doctor Liz is kidnapped by a fundamentalist community desperate for an obstetrician. Isolated under guard, she must plan an escape while finding a way to help the girls trapped alongside her.