Order of Jim C. Hines Books

Jim C. Hines is an American author renowned for his Goblin Quest series, the Magic Ex Libris series, and the Princess series. He debuted in 2006 with the publication of Goblin Quest, the first installment in the series. Hines began his writing career as a short story author, winning the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award in 1998 for his story “Blade of the Bunny.” Beyond his writing, Hines has served as a crisis counselor in East Lansing, Michigan, and held the position of Male Outreach Coordinator for the MSU Safe Place. He gained some recognition for his blog “Striking a Pose (Women and Fantasy Covers),” which addressed the unrealistic poses that women are often depicted in on fantasy book covers.

Jim C. Hines became a published novelist in 2001 with the novel The Book of All Flesh. Below is a list of Jim C. Hines's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Jig the Goblin Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Goblin Quest	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Goblin Hero	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Goblin War	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Princess Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Stepsister Scheme	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mermaid's Madness	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Red Hood's Revenge	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Snow Queen's Shadow	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Faery Taile Project Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Red's Tale / Lobo's Tale	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Magic Ex Libris Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Libriomancer	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Codex Born	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unbound	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Chupacabra's Song	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Revisionary	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Imprinted	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Terminal Alliance	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Terminal Uprising	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Terminal Peace	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Rise of the Spider Goddess	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tamora Carter: Goblin Queen	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Amelia Sand and the Silver Queens	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kitemaster	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Slayers of Old	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Goldfish Dreams	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kitemaster and Other Stories	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sister of the Hedge & Other Stories	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Goblin Master's Grimoire	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Invisible: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Invisible 2	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Invisible 3	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (With: Robert Silverberg,Mike Resnick,Fran Wilde,Esther M. Friesner,Jody Lynn Nye,Tim Pratt,Ken Liu,Heather Lindsley,Alex Shvartsman,Josh Vogt,Michelle Ann King,Konstantine Paradias,J.W. Alden,Desmond Warzel,Wade Albert White,James Beamon,Matt Mikalatos,M.C.A. Hogarth,K.G. Jewell)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unidentified Funny Objects 3 (With: Robert Silverberg,Mike Resnick,Kevin J. Anderson,Jody Lynn Nye,Karen Haber,Piers Anthony,Tim Pratt,Cat Rambo,Caroline M. Yoachim,Sarah Pinsker,Tina Connolly,Alex Shvartsman,Josh Vogt,Guy Anthony De Marco,Gini Koch,Jeremy R. Butler,Oliver Buckram,Krystal Claxton,Camille Griep,James Beamon,Matt Mikalatos,Nathaniel Lee,James A. Miller,Jakob Drud)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 (With: Mike Resnick,Jack Campbell,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Alan Dean Foster,Esther M. Friesner,Jody Lynn Nye,Laura Resnick,David Vierling,Ken Liu,Tina Connolly,Paul R. Hardy,Alex Shvartsman,Zach Shephard,Melissa Mead,Gini Koch,Langley Hyde,Bill Ferris,P.J. Sambeaux,Rod M. Santos,G.J. Koch,Tatiana Ivanova)	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Book of All Flesh	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of More Flesh	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Modern Magic	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Prime Codex	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Magic in the Mirrorstone	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Misspelled	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Time in a Bottle, Volume 1	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Happily Ever After	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When the Hero Comes Home	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When the Villain Comes Home	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Clarkesworld: Year Three	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unidentified Funny Objects 2	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Speculative Fiction 2013	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unidentified Funny Objects 3	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Death of All Things	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unidentified Funny Objects 6	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Robots vs. Fairies	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Where the Veil Is Thin	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Familiars	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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