Mercedes Lackey

4 universes Last reviewed 2026-08-31

Universe(s)

Books

• Arrow's Flight (1987) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Arrows of the Queen (1987) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Arrow's Fall (1988) · Valdemar Core Canon
• The Oathbound (1988) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Magic's Pawn (1989) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Oathbreakers (1989) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Magic's Price (1990) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Magic's Promise (1990) · Valdemar Core Canon
• By the Sword (1991) · Valdemar Core Canon
• The Elvenbane (1991) · The Halfblood Chronicles Core Canon
• Winds of Fate (1991) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Winds of Change (1992) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Winds of Fury (1993) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Storm Warning (1994) · Valdemar Core Canon
• The Black Gryphon (1994) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Elvenblood (1995) · The Halfblood Chronicles Core Canon
• Grey (1995) · The Elemental Masters Expanded Canon
• Storm Rising (1995) · Valdemar Core Canon
• The Fire Rose (1995) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• The White Gryphon (1995) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Storm Breaking (1996) · Valdemar Core Canon
• The Silver Gryphon (1996) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Owlflight (1997) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar (1997) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Oathblood (1998) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Owlsight (1998) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Owlknight (1999) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Brightly Burning (2000) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Take a Thief (2001) · Valdemar Core Canon
• The Serpent's Shadow (2001) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• The Valdemar Companion (2001) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Elvenborn (2002) · The Halfblood Chronicles Core Canon
• Exile's Honor (2002) · Valdemar Core Canon
• The Gates of Sleep (2002) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Exile's Valor (2003) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar (2003) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Phoenix and Ashes (2004) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• The Fairy Godmother (2004) · Five Hundred Kingdoms Core Canon
• Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar (2005) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• The Wizard of London (2005) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• One Good Knight (2006) · Five Hundred Kingdoms Core Canon
• Fortune's Fool (2007) · Five Hundred Kingdoms Core Canon
• Reserved For the Cat (2007) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Foundation (2008) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar (2008) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• The Snow Queen (2008) · Five Hundred Kingdoms Core Canon
• Changing the World (2009) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Finding the Way (2010) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Intrigues (2010) · Valdemar Core Canon
• The Sleeping Beauty (2010) · Five Hundred Kingdoms Core Canon
• Beauty and the Werewolf (2011) · Five Hundred Kingdoms Core Canon
• Changes (2011) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Under the Vale (2011) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Unnatural Issue (2011) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• A Tangled Web (2012) · Five Hundred Kingdoms Core Canon
• Elemental Magic (2012) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Home from the Sea (2012) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Redoubt (2012) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Bastion (2013) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Elementary (2013) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Steadfast (2013) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Blood Red (2014) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Closer to Home (2014) · Valdemar Core Canon
• No True Way (2014) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Closer to the Heart (2015) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Crucible (2015) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• From a High Tower (2015) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• A Study in Sable (2016) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Closer to the Chest (2016) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Tempest (2016) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• A Scandal in Battersea (2017) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Pathways (2017) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Choices (2018) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• The Bartered Brides (2018) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• The Hills Have Spies (2018) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Eye Spy (2019) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Seasons (2019) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• The Case of the Spellbound Child (2019) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Jolene (2020) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Passages (2020) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Spy, Spy Again (2020) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Beyond (2021) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Boundaries (2021) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Into the West (2022) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Shenanigans (2022) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley (2022) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Anything with Nothing (2023) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Gryphon in Light (2023) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Valdemar (2023) · Valdemar Core Canon
• Feuds (2024) · Valdemar Expanded Canon
• Miss Amelia's List (2024) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• The Cyprian (2025) · The Elemental Masters Core Canon
• Gryphon's Valor · Valdemar Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

These are separate, unrelated universes; the totals below are plain sums of already-published per-universe facts, never a blended or averaged score across them. See each universe's own figures above.

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 73 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 7 (1 won, 4 finalist mention, 2 nomination)

← All authors