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Nicola Griffith Books in Order

Explore Nicola Griffith’s books in order, with summaries of Aud Torvingen’s thrillers, Hild’s historical world, and speculative novels about identity and belonging.

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Ammonite

by Nicola Griffith

1992

Anthropologist Marghe Taishan travels to Jeep to test a vaccine against a virus that killed the planet’s men. Living among its surviving women, she investigates their unfamiliar biology and cultures while the company controlling the mission weighs abandoning its people.

Slow River

by Nicola Griffith

1995

Kidnapped heiress Lore van de Oest escapes without her identity implant and falls in with Spanner, a thief who offers shelter. As she learns to survive through deception and crime, Lore must decide what kind of identity she wants to rebuild.

The Blue Place

by Nicola Griffith

1998

Aud Torvingen collides with a fleeing woman shortly before a nearby house explodes. When Julia later seeks her protection, Aud becomes entangled in art forgery, drugs, money laundering, and murder, confronting the violent impulses that make her both useful and dangerous.

Stay

by Nicola Griffith

1999

After a devastating loss, Aud Torvingen retreats to the Appalachian Mountains to rebuild a cabin. Her friend Dornan draws her back into danger by asking her to find his missing fiancée, a search that pits Aud against a calculating, seemingly untouchable adversary.

Always

by Nicola Griffith

2007

While teaching self-defense in Atlanta, Aud Torvingen faces the consequences of helping others use violence. A trip to Seattle brings a reunion with her mother and an investigation into an investment property, where a movie production conceals fraud and sabotage.

Hild

by Nicola Griffith

2013

In seventh-century Britain, the observant young niece of King Edwin of Northumbria becomes his seer. As rival kingdoms and religions struggle for power, Hild learns to read people and events, navigating the dangerous politics that surround her uncle’s court.

Cold Wind

by Nicola Griffith

2014

During the Christmas holidays, a woman enters a Seattle bar in the midst of bitter winter weather, searching for someone. Her pursuit leads into a dark encounter where hidden identities and danger complicate the boundary between hunter and hunted.

So Lucky

by Nicola Griffith

2018

Within a week, Mara Tagarelli loses her marriage, receives a multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and sees her career unravel. Once confident in her physical strength, she confronts a changed body, threats to her safety, and the difficult work of finding support.

Spear

by Nicola Griffith

2022

A young woman leaves her isolated upbringing to seek a place at King Artos’s court in Caer Leon. Armed with a stolen spear and uncertain knowledge of her own magic, she encounters warriors, sorcerers, and love in this Arthurian retelling.

Menewood

by Nicola Griffith

2023

In seventh-century Britain, Hild builds a stronghold for her people as royal alliances fracture and war approaches. Recalled to an increasingly volatile king’s court, she must find a path through political turmoil while preparing to protect the community she has formed.

Nicola Griffith sub-series and character series

Aud Torvingen books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Blue Place"

    The Blue Place

    by Nicola Griffith

    1998Aud Torvingen, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Stay"

    Stay

    by Nicola Griffith

    1999Aud Torvingen, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Always"

    Always

    by Nicola Griffith

    2007Aud Torvingen, Book 3

Light of the World books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "Hild"

    Hild

    by Nicola Griffith

    2013Light of the World, Book 1

Standalone Nicola Griffith books

  1. Book cover for "Ammonite"

    Ammonite

    by Nicola Griffith

    1992
  2. Book cover for "Slow River"

    Slow River

    by Nicola Griffith

    1995
  3. Book cover for "Cold Wind"

    Cold Wind

    by Nicola Griffith

    2014
  4. Book cover for "So Lucky"

    So Lucky

    by Nicola Griffith

    2018
  5. Book cover for "Spear"

    Spear

    by Nicola Griffith

    2022
  6. Book cover for "Menewood"

    Menewood

    by Nicola Griffith

    2023

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