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Legends Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Legends books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Legends series? Start with "The Drabble Project" (1988) and follow publication order through all 34 books.
The complete Legends reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Drabble Project
1988
Zenith 2: The Best In New British Science Fiction
1989
Tarot Tales
1989
Now We Are Sick
1991
Dante's Disciples
1991
Tombs
1994
Black Thorn, White Rose
1994
Dark Terrors 3
1997
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8
1997
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
1998
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women
2001
Ravens in the Library
2009
The Sixty
2011
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
2011
Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire
2012
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane
2012
Looking Landwards
2013
Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell
2013
Astrologica: Stories of the Zodiac
2013
La Femme
2014
Blood Sisters
2015
Creeping Crawlers
2015
Night's Nieces
2015
Para Animalia
2016
Dark in the Day
2016
Best New Horror 27
2017
The Darkest Midnight in December
2017
Songs to Earth and Sky
2018
Para Spectral
2018
What October Brings: A Lovecraftian Celebration of Halloween
2018
The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors
2018
Shadows on the Hillside
2021
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
2021
Crawling Horror
2025
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