Women of the Otherworld
#2614.10 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 21 books Status Complete 2001–2020 Reading commitment High Kelley Armstrong Last reviewed 2026-10-30
Overview
Women of the Otherworld is a shared fantasy world created by Canadian author Kelley Armstrong. Its werewolves, witches, necromancers, sorcerers, half-demons and vampires live hidden among ordinary people in modern North America. The thirteen adult novels, from Bitten (2001) to Thirteen (2012), centre on the women of this supernatural community, among them the werewolf Elena Michaels and the witches Paige Winterbourne and Savannah Levine. They are largely episodic, and the characters' lives continue across the books. The young-adult trilogies Darkest Powers (2008-2010) and Darkness Rising (2011-2013), and the young-adult duology Wolf's Bane and Wolf's Curse (2019-2020), share the same world. Novellas and story collections are not counted.
Urban fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (21 works) counts toward ranking
Women of the Otherworld Kelley Armstrong
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bitten | 2001 | 1 | core | 4.02 (106,685 ratings) |
 | Stolen; First published in December 2002; later US printings carry a 2003 date. | 2002 | 2 | core | 4.14 (48,191 ratings) |
 | Dime Store Magic | 2004 | 3 | core | 4.07 (37,374 ratings) |
 | Industrial Magic | 2004 | 4 | core | 4.13 (37,617 ratings) |
 | Haunted; Narrated mainly by Eve Levine, who is dead. | 2005 | 5 | core | 4.08 (27,927 ratings) |
 | Broken | 2006 | 6 | core | 4.18 (32,541 ratings) |
 | No Humans Involved | 2007 | 7 | core | 4.19 (30,936 ratings) |
 | Personal Demon; Hope Adams and Lucas Cortez share the narration. | 2008 | 8 | core | 4.09 (22,278 ratings) |
 | Living with the Dead | 2008 | 9 | core | 4.04 (19,493 ratings) |
 | Frostbitten | 2009 | 10 | core | 4.27 (25,964 ratings) |
 | Waking the Witch | 2010 | 11 | core | 4.17 (19,056 ratings) |
 | Spell Bound | 2011 | 12 | core | 4.23 (15,944 ratings) |
 | Thirteen; Savannah Levine narrates; Eve, Paige, Hope, Jaime and Elena each narrate a chapter. | 2012 | 13 | core | 4.30 (14,344 ratings) |
Thirteen adult novels about supernaturals living among humans, from Bitten to Thirteen.
Darkest Powers Kelley Armstrong
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Summoning | 2008 | 1 | core | 4.02 (177,866 ratings) |
 | The Awakening | 2009 | 2 | core | 4.14 (118,620 ratings) |
 | The Reckoning | 2010 | 3 | core | 4.18 (119,493 ratings) |
Young-adult trilogy about the necromancer Chloe Saunders and the experiments of the Edison Group.
Darkness Rising Kelley Armstrong
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Gathering | 2011 | 1 | core | 4.01 (65,762 ratings) |
 | The Calling | 2012 | 2 | core | 4.08 (36,608 ratings) |
 | The Rising | 2013 | 3 | core | 4.11 (25,822 ratings) |
Young-adult trilogy about sixteen-year-old Maya Delaney, a skin-walker on Vancouver Island.
Otherworld: Kate and Logan Kelley Armstrong
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wolf's Bane; Published by the author's own imprint. | 2019 | 1 | core | 4.09 (2,466 ratings) |
 | Wolf's Curse; Published by the author's own imprint. | 2020 | 2 | core | 4.12 (2,063 ratings) |
Young-adult duology about the werewolf twins Kate and Logan Danvers, children of characters from the main series.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Women of the Otherworld? Women of the Otherworld's Core Canon is 21 books.
- What is the reading order for Women of the Otherworld? Publication order, starting with Bitten. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Women of the Otherworld finished? Complete (2001–2020).
- How much reading does Women of the Otherworld take? High reading commitment (estimated from 21 Core Canon books).
- How is Women of the Otherworld ranked? #261 in this site's official ranking, based on 987,050 reader ratings across 21 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #261?
Ranked #261 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.10 across 21 core books.
- Backed by 987k reader ratings.
- Less than 0.01 behind #260, Penryn & the End of Days (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Highly rated · 21 books · Complete · 987k ratings · Ranks #261 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running urban fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (21 Core Canon books)
- Bitten (2001)
- Stolen (2002)
- Dime Store Magic (2004)
- Industrial Magic (2004)
- Haunted (2005)
- Broken (2006)
- No Humans Involved (2007)
- Living with the Dead (2008)
- Personal Demon (2008)
- The Summoning (2008)
- Frostbitten (2009)
- The Awakening (2009)
- The Reckoning (2010)
- Waking the Witch (2010)
- Spell Bound (2011)
- The Gathering (2011)
- The Calling (2012)
- Thirteen (2012)
- The Rising (2013)
- Wolf's Bane (2019)
- Wolf's Curse (2020)
Documented internal/story order
- Bitten (2001)
- The Summoning (2008)
- The Gathering (2011)
- Wolf's Bane (2019)
- Stolen (2002)
- The Awakening (2009)
- The Calling (2012)
- Wolf's Curse (2020)
- Dime Store Magic (2004)
- The Reckoning (2010)
- The Rising (2013)
- Industrial Magic (2004)
- Haunted (2005)
- Broken (2006)
- No Humans Involved (2007)
- Personal Demon (2008)
- Living with the Dead (2008)
- Frostbitten (2009)
- Waking the Witch (2010)
- Spell Bound (2011)
- Thirteen (2012)
Awards (verified)
- International Horror Guild Award (First Novel), 2001: nominated: Bitten
- Sunburst Award (Young Adult), 2009: nominated: The Summoning
- White Pine Award (Fiction), 2012: won: The Gathering
- Aurora Award (YA Novel), 2013: nominated: The Calling
- Aurora Award (YA Novel), 2014: won: The Rising
- Aurora Award (YA Novel), 2020: nominated: Wolf's Bane
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.10 across 987,050 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)
- Women of the Otherworld (Wikipedia) Tier 2
- Kelley Armstrong (Wikipedia) Tier 2
- Darkest Powers (Wikipedia) Tier 2
- Kelley Armstrong official site Tier 2
- FictionDB series and title pages Tier 2
- Otherworld Wiki: Kelley Armstrong Tier 2
- TV Tropes: Darkest Powers Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Rule: Core Canon = the 13 Women of the Otherworld novels (Bitten, 2001, to Thirteen, 2012), the Darkest Powers trilogy (The Summoning, 2008, to The Reckoning, 2010), the Darkness Rising trilogy (The Gathering, 2011, to The Rising, 2013) and the Kate and Logan duology (Wolf's Bane, 2019, to Wolf's Curse, 2020); novellas, short stories and story collections are excluded.