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Non-Fiction

Bio of an Ogre (Autobiography to age 50)  1988

Letters to Jenny (nonfiction) 1993

How Precious Was That While (memoir) 2001

Hilltop Farm history of parents, 2021; see also Alfred in Fiction list 

“My Rose With Thorns” novelette (unpublished)

Xanth

1. A Spell for Chameleon  1977

2. The Source of Magic 1979 

3. Castle Roogna 1979 

4. Centaur Aisle 1982 

5. Ogre, Ogre 1982

6. Night Mare 1983

7. Dragon on a Pedestal 1983

8. Crewel Lye 1985

9. Golem in the Gears 1986

10. Vale of the Vole 1987

11. Heaven Cent 1988

12. Man from Mundania 1989

13. Isle of View  1990

14. Question Quest 1991

15. The Color of Her Panties 1992

16. Demons Don’t Dream 1993

17. Harpy Thyme 1994

18. Geis of the Gargoyle 1995

19. Roc and a Hard Place 1995

20. Yon Ill Wind 1996

21. Faun & Games 1997

22. Zombie Lover 1998 

23. Xone of Contention 1999

24. The Dastard 2000

25. Swell Foop 2001

26. Up in a Heaval 2002

27. Cube Route 2003

28. Currant Events 2004

29. Pet Peeve 2005

30. Stork Naked 2006

31. Air Apparent 2007 

32. Two to the Fifth 2008

33. Jumper Cable 2009

34. Knot Gneiss 2010

35. Well-Tempered Clavicle 2011

36. Luck of the Draw 2012

37. Esrever Doom  2013

38. Board Stiff  2013

39. Five Portraits 2014

40. Isis Orb 2016

41. Ghost Writer in the Sky 2017

42. Fire Sail 2019

43. Jest Right 2020

44. Skeleton Key 2021

45. A Tryst of Fate 2021

46. Six Crystal Princesses 2022

47. Apoca Lips 2023

48. Three Novel Nymphs 2025

49. Knickelpede Knight December 2025

50. Limbo(forthcoming)

51. Fusia’s Friends (proofreading)

52. Sirens (in progress)

Incarnations of Immortality

1. On a Pale Horse 1983

2. Bearing an Hourglass 1984

3. With a Tangled Skein 1985

4. Wielding a Red Sword  1986 

5. Being a Green Mother 1987

6. For Love of Evil 1988

7. And Eternity 1990

8. Under a Velvet Cloak 2007

Audio vol. 1-7 from Recorded Books

Apprentice Adept

1. Split Infinity 1980

2. Blue Adept 1981 

3. Juxtaposition 1982

4. Out of Phaze 1987

5. Robot Adept 1988

6. Unicorn Point 1989

7. Phaze Doubt 1990

Audio from Audible.com

Bio of a Space Tyrant

1. Refugee 1983

2. Mercenary 1984

3. Politician 1985

4. Executive 1985

5. Statesman 1986

6. The Iron Maiden 2002

Geodyssey

1. Isle of Woman 1993

2. Shame of Man 1994

3. Hope of Earth 1997

4. Muse of Art 1999

5. Climate of Change 2010

Mode

1. Virtual Mode 1991

2. Fractal Mode 1992

3. Chaos Mode 1993

4. DoOon Mode 2001

Cluster

1. Cluster  1977

2. Chaining the Lady 1978

3. Kirlian Quest 1978

4. Thousandstar 1980 

5. Viscous Circle 1982

Chromagic

1. Key to Havoc 2003

2. Key to Chroma 2003

3. Key to Destiny 2004

4. Key to Liberty 2007

5. Key to Survival 2007

Tarot

1. God of Tarot

2. Faith of Tarot

3. Vision of Tarot 

Tarot (collected edition)

Aton/Worlds of Chthon

Chthon (pronounced “Thone”) 1967

Phthor (pronounced “Thore”) 1975

Battle Circle

1. Sos the Rope (1968)

2. Var the Stick (1972)

3. Neq the Sword (1975)

Books 1–3 were omnibused as Battle Circle (1978)

Of Man and Manta

1. Omnivore 1968

2. Orn 1971

3. OX 1976

All 3 in one volume, 1986 

Trail Mix

Trail Mix: Amoeba 2011

Trail Mix: Beetle Juice 2011

Hair

Hair Power 2016 

Hair Suite 2017

Hair Peace 2019

Erotic Fantasy

Pornucopia 1989

The Magic Fart 2003

Collaborations

with Robert E. Margroff: 

The Ring Ace 1968

The E.S.P. Worm 1970

DRAGON’S GOLD series (Kelvin of Rudd) with Margroff

Dragon’s Gold 1987

Serpent’s Silver 1988

Chimaera’s Copper 1990

Orc’s Opal 1990

Mouvar’s Magic 1992 

Dragon’s Gold ~ Serpent’s Silver ~ Chimaera’s Copper ~ Orc’s Opal ~ Mouvar’s Magic (Kelvin of Rud) 1987

The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud: Final Magic (Orc’s Opal & Mouvar’s Magic), 1992 

with Frances T. Hall: 

Pretender 1979

with Roberto Fuentes: 

Kiai! 1974

Mistress of Death 1974 

Bamboo Bloodbath 1974

Ninja’s Revenge 1975 

Amazon Slaughter 1976

Curse of the Ninja 2001

Dead Morn 1990

with J.R. Rain: 

Aladdin Relighted 2011

Aladdin Sins Bad 2011

Aladdin and the Flying Dutchman 2012

The Aladdin Trilogy (3 book series) 2013

Dragon Assassin 2013

Dolfin Tayle 2013

Jack and the Giants 2014 

Lavabull 2015 

The Worm Returns 2016

The Journey 2017

with Ken Kelly: 

Virtue Inverted 2015

Amazon Expedient 2015

Magenta Salvation 2016

with other collaborators: 

Uncollected Stars w/Malzberg/Greenberg/Waugh (anthology); 1986 

Visual Guide to Xanth w/Jody Lynn Nye 1989

Through the Ice w/Robert Kornwise 1989;

Caterpillar’s Question w/Philip José Farmer 1992 

If I Pay Thee Not in Gold w/Mercedes Lackey 1993

Tales From the Great Turtle w/Richard Gilliam (anthology) 1994

The Willing Spirit w/Alfred Tella 1996

Spider Legs w/Clifford Pickover 1998

Quest for the Fallen Star w/J R Goolsby and Alan Riggs 1998

Dream a Little Dream w/Julie Brady 1999

The Secret of Spring w/Jo Anne Taeusch 2000

The Gutbucket Quest w/Ron Leming 2000

One and Wonder editor w/Evan Filipek (anthology)Press 2013

Other Novels

The Unstilled World 1956 (unsold novel)

Macroscope 1969

Prostho Plus 1973

Race Against Time 1973

Rings of Ice 1974

Triple Detente 1974

Steppe (England 1976) 1985

But What of Earth?  1976; 1989 (corrected edition)

Hasan 1977

Mute 1981; 2001 (restored edition)

Shade of the Tree 1986

Ghost  1986

Total Recall 1989

Hard Sell  1990

Balook 1990

Firefly 1990

MerCycle  1991

Tatham Mound 1991

Killobyte 1994

Volk 1996

Realty Check 1998

Tortoise Reform (children’s 8-12) 2007 (out of print)

Alfred a fictionalized biography 2007

Eroma (erotic romance) 2011

Pandora Park (children’s fantasy)  2006

The Sopaths  (horror)  2011

Aliena 2013

WereWoman 2014

Metal Maiden ebook (4 novellas): 

To Be a Woman ebook, Shepherd ebook, Flytrap ebook, Awares ebook) 2014 

Aliena Too 2014

Service Goat 2016 

Novellas (e-published)

Odd Exam 2014

Neris 2016

Captive 2016

Noah’s Brick 2016

Pira 2016

Soul of the Cell 2016

Read the Read: Three Tiny Tales 2021

Short Stories

“Knave” 2009, included in Cautionary Tales, see Story Collections list

“Serial”  2010 included in Cautionary Tales

“Juliet”  2010 included in Cautionary Tales

“Medusa” 2011 included in Cautionary Tales

“Rat Bait” 2011 included in Cautionary Tales

“Lost Things” The Horror Zine July 2010; 

“What Fears Become” (Horror Zine Anthonogy) 2011

Story Collections

Anthonology ( stories from 1963-85) 1985

Alien Plot (stories from 1963-91) 1992

Relationships 2006

Relationships 2  Phaze 2008

Relationships 3 with Inabnit Phaze 2009

Relationships 4 Phaze 2010

Relationships 5 (erotic stories) Phaze 2012

Cautionary Tales 2014

Writer’s Retweet 2016

Relationships 6  2018 

Relationships 7   2019 

Relationships 8   2020 

Relationships 9  (to come) 

BOOKS PUBLISHED THROUGH 2024: 209 

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is a bestselling American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. His works include the Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality, Bio of a Space Tyrant and Geodyssey series as well as dozens of other novels, novellas and short stories. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife MaryLee where he continues to work on future Xanth novels and follow the development of the Split Infinity TV series based on his Apprentice Adept novels.

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