The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 9 books · 2012 to 2019

Marissa Meyer

Young adultYA fantasyYA dystopian and science fiction

Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles retell fairy tales as science fiction: Cinder is a cyborg mechanic in New Beijing; Scarlet, Cress and Winter join her against the cruel Queen Levana of the Moon. Renegades is about a girl who wants to destroy the superheroes.

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Marissa Meyer books in order

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Lunar Chronicles

5 books · Set in invented worldsYA fantasyYA dystopian and science fiction
  1. 1Cinder2012With Linh CinderBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Scarlet2013With Linh Cinder and Scarlet BenoitBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Cress2014With Linh Cinder and CressBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Fairest2015With Queen LevanaBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Winter2015With Linh Cinder and Winter Hayle-BlackburnBuy on Amazon

Renegades

3 books · Set in invented worldsYA dystopian and science fiction
  1. 1Renegades2017With Nova Artino and Adrian EverhartBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Archenemies2018With Nova Artino and Adrian EverhartBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Supernova2019With Nova Artino and Adrian EverhartBuy on Amazon

Standalone

1 book · Set in invented worldsYA fantasy
  1. 1Heartless2016With Catherine PinkertonBuy on Amazon

Characters

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

The Eastern Commonwealth and Luna

Gatlon City

Standalone leads