The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 16 books · 1977 to 1990

Piers Anthony

FantasyEpic and high fantasyUrban fantasyComic fantasy

Piers Anthony's Xanth is a land shaped like Florida, where everyone has a magical talent and nearly everything is a pun. His Incarnations of Immortality novels follow ordinary people who take on the offices of Death, Time, Fate, War and Nature.

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. Xanth now runs to more than forty books; the first nine are charted.

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Piers Anthony books in order

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Xanth

9 books · Set in invented worldsComic fantasy
  1. 1A Spell for Chameleon1977Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Source of Magic1979Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Castle Roogna1979With DorBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Centaur Aisle1982With DorBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Ogre, Ogre1982With SmashBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Night Mare1983With ImbriBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Dragon on a Pedestal1983Buy on Amazon
  8. 8Crewel Lye1984Buy on Amazon
  9. 9Golem in the Gears1986With GrundyBuy on Amazon

Incarnations of Immortality

7 books · Set in invented worldsUrban fantasyEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1On a Pale Horse1983Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Bearing an Hourglass1984With NortonBuy on Amazon
  3. 3With a Tangled Skein1985With NiobeBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Wielding a Red Sword1986With MymBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Being a Green Mother1987With OrbBuy on Amazon
  6. 6For Love of Evil1988With ParryBuy on Amazon
  7. 7And Eternity1990Buy on Amazon

Characters

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

Xanth

The Incarnations