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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Nicola Griffith books in publication order
10 books
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.
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