Fever
#984.23 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 11 books Status Unfinished 2006–2021 Reading commitment High Karen Marie Moning Last reviewed 2026-11-01
Overview
Fever is an urban fantasy series by American author Karen Marie Moning, in eleven novels from 2006 to 2021. It is set in Dublin, Ireland, where the Tuatha De Danann, or Fae, an ancient immortal race, have lived hidden among humans for thousands of years. MacKayla Lane travels from Georgia to Dublin to find her sister's killer and learns that she can see through Fae glamour. She is drawn into a hunt for the Sinsar Dubh, a book of dark magic, alongside the dangerous Jericho Barrons and the Fae prince V'lane. After the barrier between the worlds falls, the later books follow Mac, Barrons, Ryodan and the young sidhe-seer Dani O'Malley in a Dublin overrun by Seelie and Unseelie Fae.
Urban fantasy, Dark fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (11 works) counts toward ranking
Fever Karen Marie Moning
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Darkfever | 2006 | 1 | core | 4.05 (192,370 ratings) |
 | Bloodfever | 2007 | 2 | core | 4.24 (115,052 ratings) |
 | Faefever | 2008 | 3 | core | 4.28 (108,710 ratings) |
 | Dreamfever | 2009 | 4 | core | 4.37 (107,216 ratings) |
 | Shadowfever | 2011 | 5 | core | 4.39 (113,761 ratings) |
 | Iced | 2012 | 6 | core | 4.08 (48,178 ratings) |
 | Burned | 2015 | 7 | core | 4.17 (39,805 ratings) |
 | Feverborn | 2016 | 8 | core | 4.24 (28,155 ratings) |
 | Feversong | 2017 | 9 | core | 4.39 (24,431 ratings) |
 | High Voltage | 2018 | 10 | core | 4.31 (18,211 ratings) |
 | Kingdom of Shadow and Light; Published by Delacorte Press in hardcover in 2021. | 2021 | 11 | core | 4.20 (10,125 ratings) |
Eleven novels following MacKayla Lane, Jericho Barrons and Dani O'Malley in Fae-ridden Dublin.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Fever? Fever's Core Canon is 11 books.
- What is the reading order for Fever? Publication order, starting with Darkfever. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Fever finished? Unfinished (2006–2021).
- How much reading does Fever take? High reading commitment (estimated from 11 Core Canon books).
- How is Fever ranked? #98 in this site's official ranking, based on 806,014 reader ratings across 11 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #98?
Ranked #98 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.23 across 11 core books.
- Backed by 806k reader ratings.
- Less than 0.01 behind #97, The Winternight Trilogy (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Top-tier rated · 11 books · Unfinished · 806k ratings · Ranks #98 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running urban fantasy universe.
Reading order
Publication order (11 Core Canon books)
- Darkfever (2006)
- Bloodfever (2007)
- Faefever (2008)
- Dreamfever (2009)
- Shadowfever (2011)
- Iced (2012)
- Burned (2015)
- Feverborn (2016)
- Feversong (2017)
- High Voltage (2018)
- Kingdom of Shadow and Light (2021)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.23 across 806,014 ratings on 11 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: Fever accepted 2026-11-01
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Karen Marie Moning official site Tier 2
- Wikipedia: Karen Marie Moning Tier 2
- Penguin Random House: Highlander series Tier 2
- Fever World wiki Tier 2
- Series listing for ratings Tier 2
- Bookwire listing (Delacorte hardcover, Jan 2017) Tier 2
- Schweitzer Fachinformationen listing (Delacorte hardcover, 6 Mar 2018) Tier 2
- Knetbooks listing (Delacorte hardcover, Feb 2021) Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-01
Rule: Core Canon = the eleven Fever novels, from Darkfever (2006) to Kingdom of Shadow and Light (2021). Excluded: the Highlander romances, the Fever novella and graphic novel (The Alpha Alternative, Fever Moon), and Into the Dreaming.