Jane Yellowrock
#714.27 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 21 books Status Ongoing 2009–present Reading commitment High Faith Hunter Last reviewed 2026-10-30
Overview
Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock world begins with Skinwalker (2009) and runs through fifteen novels to Final Heir (2022), published by Roc and then Ace. Jane is a Cherokee skinwalker who can take animal shapes and hunts vampires for pay, sharing her body with a mountain lion spirit she calls Beast. Her base is New Orleans, where she serves the vampire Master Leo Pellissier and later takes a place of power among vampires. The Soulwood series (2016 onward) follows Nell Ingram, a woman who draws power from the earth and works for PsyLED, a federal agency that polices paranormal crime. It is set in the same world, and Jane refers Nell to PsyLED in the first book. A seventh Soulwood novel is listed for 2027.
Urban fantasy, Dark fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (21 works) counts toward ranking
Jane Yellowrock Faith Hunter
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Skinwalker | 2009 | 1 | core | 3.95 (40,016 ratings) |
 | Blood Cross | 2010 | 2 | core | 4.16 (25,948 ratings) |
 | Mercy Blade | 2011 | 3 | core | 4.23 (23,291 ratings) |
 | Raven Cursed | 2012 | 4 | core | 4.24 (18,954 ratings) |
 | Death's Rival | 2012 | 5 | core | 4.30 (17,199 ratings) |
 | Blood Trade | 2013 | 6 | core | 4.30 (14,585 ratings) |
 | Black Arts | 2014 | 7 | core | 4.36 (13,178 ratings) |
 | Broken Soul | 2014 | 8 | core | 4.36 (12,024 ratings) |
 | Dark Heir | 2015 | 9 | core | 4.33 (10,623 ratings) |
 | Shadow Rites | 2016 | 10 | core | 4.39 (9,312 ratings) |
 | Cold Reign | 2017 | 11 | core | 4.45 (8,218 ratings) |
 | Dark Queen | 2018 | 12 | core | 4.54 (7,529 ratings) |
 | Shattered Bonds | 2019 | 13 | core | 4.47 (6,443 ratings) |
 | True Dead | 2021 | 14 | core | 4.46 (5,177 ratings) |
 | Final Heir | 2022 | 15 | core | 4.58 (4,691 ratings) |
Fifteen novels following skinwalker and vampire hunter Jane Yellowrock from New Orleans to the Appalachians and back.
Soulwood Faith Hunter
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Blood of the Earth | 2016 | 1 | core | 4.28 (9,053 ratings) |
 | Curse on the Land | 2016 | 2 | core | 4.34 (6,624 ratings) |
 | Flame in the Dark | 2017 | 3 | core | 4.46 (6,124 ratings) |
 | Circle of the Moon | 2019 | 4 | core | 4.48 (5,204 ratings) |
 | Spells for the Dead | 2020 | 5 | core | 4.52 (4,535 ratings) |
 | Rift in the Soul | 2024 | 6 | core | 4.57 (3,248 ratings) |
Novels about earth-magic user Nell Ingram and her PsyLED team, set in the Jane Yellowrock world.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Jane Yellowrock? Jane Yellowrock's Core Canon is 21 books.
- What is the reading order for Jane Yellowrock? Publication order, starting with Skinwalker. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Jane Yellowrock finished? Ongoing (2009–present).
- How much reading does Jane Yellowrock take? High reading commitment (estimated from 21 Core Canon books).
- How is Jane Yellowrock ranked? #71 in this site's official ranking, based on 251,976 reader ratings across 21 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #71?
Ranked #71 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.27 across 21 core books.
- Backed by 252k reader ratings.
- Uneven reception: its books range from 3.95 to 4.58.
- Less than 0.01 behind #70, The Gentleman Bastards (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Top-tier rated · 21 books · Ongoing · 252k ratings · Ranks #71 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running urban fantasy universe that's still ongoing, with new books still coming.
Reading order
Publication order (21 Core Canon books)
- Skinwalker (2009)
- Blood Cross (2010)
- Mercy Blade (2011)
- Death's Rival (2012)
- Raven Cursed (2012)
- Blood Trade (2013)
- Black Arts (2014)
- Broken Soul (2014)
- Dark Heir (2015)
- Blood of the Earth (2016)
- Curse on the Land (2016)
- Shadow Rites (2016)
- Cold Reign (2017)
- Flame in the Dark (2017)
- Dark Queen (2018)
- Circle of the Moon (2019)
- Shattered Bonds (2019)
- Spells for the Dead (2020)
- True Dead (2021)
- Final Heir (2022)
- Rift in the Soul (2024)
Documented internal/story order
- Skinwalker (2009)
- Blood of the Earth (2016)
- Blood Cross (2010)
- Curse on the Land (2016)
- Mercy Blade (2011)
- Flame in the Dark (2017)
- Raven Cursed (2012)
- Circle of the Moon (2019)
- Death's Rival (2012)
- Spells for the Dead (2020)
- Blood Trade (2013)
- Rift in the Soul (2024)
- Black Arts (2014)
- Broken Soul (2014)
- Dark Heir (2015)
- Shadow Rites (2016)
- Cold Reign (2017)
- Dark Queen (2018)
- Shattered Bonds (2019)
- True Dead (2021)
- Final Heir (2022)
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.27 across 251,976 ratings on 21 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: Women of the Otherworld, Weather Warden, The Morganville Vampires, The Walker Papers, Jane Yellowrock, Mithgar, Opowieści z meekhańskiego pogranicza, Tarean and Woran-Saga accepted 2026-10-30
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Faith Hunter reading order Tier 2
- Wikipedia: Faith Hunter Tier 2
- Penguin Random House series page Tier 2
- FictionDB Tier 2
- Monster Complex Soulwood list Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Rule: Core Canon = the fifteen Jane Yellowrock novels (Skinwalker, 2009, to Final Heir, 2022) and the six Soulwood novels (Blood of the Earth, 2016, to Rift in the Soul, 2024), which share one world; novellas, short stories, collections, companion books and crossovers are excluded.