The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 34 books · 1993 to 2016 · Mostly set in St. Louis

Laurell K. Hamilton

Crime and mysteryRomanceFantasyPrivate eyeParanormal romanceUrban fantasy

Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake novels follow a necromancer who raises the dead for a living and hunts rogue vampires in a St Louis where the supernatural is legal. The early books are hard-boiled mysteries; later ones are paranormal romance. Merry Gentry is a faerie princess working as a Los Angeles detective.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. The first twenty-five Anita Blake novels and the Merry Gentry series are charted.

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Laurell K. Hamilton books in order

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Anita Blake

25 books · Set in St. LouisUrban fantasyParanormal romancePrivate eye
  1. 1Guilty Pleasures1993With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Laughing Corpse1994With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Circus of the Damned1995With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Lunatic Cafe1996With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Bloody Bones1996With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Killing Dance1997With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Burnt Offerings1998With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Blue Moon1998With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Obsidian Butterfly2000With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Narcissus in Chains2001With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Cerulean Sins2003With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  12. 12Incubus Dreams2004With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  13. 13Micah2006With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  14. 14Danse Macabre2006With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  15. 15The Harlequin2007With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  16. 16Blood Noir2008With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  17. 17Skin Trade2009With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  18. 18Flirt2010With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  19. 19Bullet2010With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  20. 20Hit List2011With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  21. 21Kiss the Dead2012With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  22. 22Affliction2013With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  23. 23Jason2014With Jason SchuylerBuy on Amazon
  24. 24Dead Ice2015With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon
  25. 25Crimson Death2016With Anita BlakeBuy on Amazon

Merry Gentry

9 books · Set in Los AngelesUrban fantasyParanormal romance
  1. 1A Kiss of Shadows2000With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon
  2. 2A Caress of Twilight2002With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Seduced by Moonlight2004With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon
  4. 4A Stroke of Midnight2005With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Mistral's Kiss2006With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon
  6. 6A Lick of Frost2007With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Swallowing Darkness2008With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Divine Misdemeanors2009With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon
  9. 9A Shiver of Light2014With Meredith GentryBuy on Amazon

Characters

12 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

St Louis

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