Tanith Lee

Tanith Lee

Tanith Lee (1947-2015) was a British writer of science fiction, horror and fantasy. She was the author of over 90 novels and 300 short stories, a children's picture book (Animal Castle), and many poems. She also wrote two episodes of BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award (also known as the August Derleth Award), for her book Death's Master (1980).

She also wrote under the pseudonym Esther Garber.

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Books by Tanith Lee

The Dragon Hoard

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Animal Castle

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Princess Hynchatti & Some Other Surprises

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The Birthgrave (The Birthgrave Trilogy #1)

★ 5.08 / 24

Companions on the Road

⧗ 8.00 / 1

The Winter Players

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Don't Bite the Sun (The Four-BEE Series #1)

★ 6.00 / 1

The Storm Lord (The Novels of Vis #1)

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Shadowfire (The Birthgrave Trilogy #2)

★ 6.00 / 1

Volkhavaar

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Drinking Sapphire Wine (The Four-BEE Series #2)

★ 8.00 / 1

East of Midnight

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Quest for the White Witch (The Birthgrave Trilogy #3)

★ 6.00 / 1

Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

★ 7.66 / 3

The Castle of Dark (Castle of Dark #1)

★ 6.00 / 1

Electric Forest

★ 8.00 / 1

Shon the Taken

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Death's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #2)

★ 8.00 / 1

Sabella, or The Blood Stone (Blood Stone #2)

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Sometimes, After Sunset

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Day By Night

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Kill the Dead (Blood Stone #1)

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Unsilent Night

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The Silver Metal Lover (The S.I.L.V.E.R. Series #1)

★ 7.00 / 2

Lycanthia, or The Children of Wolves

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Delusion's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #3)

★ 8.00 / 1

Cyrion

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Prince on a White Horse (Castle of Dark #2)

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Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer

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Anackire (The Novels of Vis #2)

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Sung in Shadow

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Tamastara, or The Indian Nights

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The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

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Days of Grass

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Dreams of Dark and Light: The Great Short Fiction of Tanith Lee

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Delirium's Mistress (Tales from the Flat Earth #4)

★ 8.00 / 1

Dark Castle, White Horse

★ 6.00 / 1

Night's Sorceries (Tales from the Flat Earth #5)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Book of the Damned (The Secret Books of Paradys #1)

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The Book of the Beast (The Secret Books of Paradys #2)

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The White Serpent (The Novels of Vis #3)

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Madame Two Swords

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Women as Demons: The Male Perception of Women through Space and Time

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Forests of the Night

⧗ 8.00 / 1

Black Unicorn (Tanaquil #1)

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A Heroine of the World

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The Blood of Roses

★ 10.00 / 1

Into Gold

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The Book of the Dead (The Secret Books of Paradys #3)

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Dark Dance (The Blood Opera #1)

★ 5.10 / 20

Louisa the Poisoner

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Heart-Beast

★ 6.14 / 15

Personal Darkness (The Blood Opera #2)

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Elephantasm

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Nightshades: Thirteen Journeys Into Shadow

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The Book of the Mad (The Secret Books of Paradys #4)

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Darkness, I (The Blood Opera #3)

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Eva Fairdeath

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Gold Unicorn (Tanaquil #2)

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When the Lights Go Out

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Vivia

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Reigning Cats and Dogs

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The Gods Are Thirsty

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Red Unicorn (Tanaquil #3)

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Faces Under Water (The Secret Books of Venus #1)

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Law of the Wolf Tower (The Claudi Journals #1)

★ 6.00 / 1

Saint Fire (The Secret Books of Venus #2)

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Islands in the Sky (Voyage of the Basset #1)

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White as Snow

★ 10.00 / 1

Wolf Star Rise (The Claudi Journals #2)

★ 4.00 / 1

Queen of the Wolves (The Claudi Journals #3)

★ 6.00 / 1

Wolf Wing (The Claudi Journals #4)

★ 6.00 / 1

A Bed of Earth (The Secret Books of Venus #3)

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Mortal Suns

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When Darkness Falls

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Venus Preserved (The Secret Books of Venus #4)

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Cast a Bright Shadow (The Lionwolf Trilogy #1)

★ 7.00 / 1

Death of the Day

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Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure Upon the High Seas (Piratica #1)

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Here in Cold Hell (The Lionwolf Trilogy #2)

★ 8.00 / 1

Metallic Love (The S.I.L.V.E.R. Series #2)

★ 6.00 / 1

Winter Moon

★ 8.00 / 2

L'Amber

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Piratica II - Being: The Return of a most Intrepid Heroine to Sea and Secrets (Piratica #2)

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No Flame But Mine (The Lionwolf Trilogy #3)

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Piratica III - Being: The Gallant Tale of a Fearless Heroine and a Fatal Secret (Piratica #3)

★ 10.00 / 1

Indigara

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Immortal

★ 6.00 / 1

Tempting the Gods (The Selected Stories of Tanith Lee #1)

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Hunting the Shadows (The Selected Stories of Tanith Lee #2)

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Disturbed by Her Song

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Greyglass

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To Indigo

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Cold Grey Stones (Imaginings #1)

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Killing Violets

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Ivoria

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Cruel Pink

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Space Is Just a Starry Night

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Colder Greyer Stones (Imaginings #2)

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Turquoiselle

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Ghosteria, Volume 1: The Stories (Ghosteria #1)

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Ghosteria, Volume 2: The Novel: Zircons May be Mistaken (Ghosteria #2)

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Phantasya

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Blood 20: Tales of Vampire Horror

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A Different City

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Legenda Maris

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Dancing Through the Fire

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Redder Than Blood

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Tanith by Choice: The Best of Tanith Lee

⧗ 8.00 / 1

Series by Tanith Lee

The Fairy Tale Series (4 books)

Tales from the Flat Earth (5 books)

The Birthgrave Trilogy (3 books)

The Four-BEE Series (2 books)

The Novels of Vis (3 books)

Castle of Dark (3 books)

Blood Stone (3 books)

The S.I.L.V.E.R. Series (2 books)

The Secret Books of Paradys (4 books)

Tanaquil (3 books)

The Blood Opera (3 books)

The Secret Books of Venus (4 books)

The Claudi Journals (4 books)

The Lionwolf Trilogy (3 books)

Piratica (3 books)

Voyage of the Basset (6 books)

Imaginings (2 books)

The Selected Stories of Tanith Lee (2 books)

Ghosteria (2 books)

Speculative Fiction Books

Tanith by Choice: The Best of Tanith Lee

2017 | fantasy, horror, short stories

Redder Than Blood

2017 | fantasy, short stories

Dancing Through the Fire

2015 | fantasy, short stories

2015 | fantasy, short stories

A Different City

2015 | fantasy, dark fantasy, horror, short stories

Blood 20: Tales of Vampire Horror

2015 | horror, short stories

Ghosteria, Volume 2: The Novel: Zircons May be Mistaken (Ghosteria #2 / 2)

2014 | fantasy, horror

Ghosteria, Volume 1: The Stories (Ghosteria #1 / 2)

2014 | fantasy, horror, short stories

2014 | fantasy, thriller

2014 | fantasy, short stories

Colder Greyer Stones (Imaginings #2 / 2)

2013 | fantasy, horror, short stories

Space Is Just a Starry Night

2013 | science fiction, short stories

2013 | fantasy

Cold Grey Stones (Imaginings #1 / 2)

2012 | fantasy, horror, short stories

Hunting the Shadows (The Selected Stories of Tanith Lee #2 / 2)

2009 | fantasy, horror, short stories

Tempting the Gods (The Selected Stories of Tanith Lee #1 / 2)

2009 | fantasy, horror, short stories

Piratica III - Being: The Gallant Tale of a Fearless Heroine and a Fatal Secret (Piratica #3 / 3)

2007 | fantasy, alternate history

No Flame But Mine (The Lionwolf Trilogy #3 / 3)

2007 | fantasy

2007 | science fiction, young adult

Piratica II - Being: The Return of a most Intrepid Heroine to Sea and Secrets (Piratica #2 / 3)

2006 | fantasy, alternate history

Metallic Love (The S.I.L.V.E.R. Series #2 / 2)

2005 | science fiction

Here in Cold Hell (The Lionwolf Trilogy #2 / 3)

2005 | fantasy

Cast a Bright Shadow (The Lionwolf Trilogy #1 / 3)

2004 | fantasy

Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure Upon the High Seas (Piratica #1 / 3)

2004 | fantasy, alternate history

Venus Preserved (The Secret Books of Venus #4 / 4)

2003 | science fiction, alternate history

2003 | fantasy

Wolf Wing (The Claudi Journals #4 / 4)

2002 | fantasy, childrens

A Bed of Earth (The Secret Books of Venus #3 / 4)

2002 | fantasy, alternate history

Queen of the Wolves (The Claudi Journals #3 / 4)

2001 | fantasy, childrens

Wolf Star Rise (The Claudi Journals #2 / 4)

2000 | fantasy, childrens

White as Snow (The Fairy Tale Series)

2000 | fantasy

Saint Fire (The Secret Books of Venus #2 / 4)

1999 | fantasy, alternate history

Islands in the Sky (Voyage of the Basset #1 / 5)

1999 | fantasy, young adult

Faces Under Water (The Secret Books of Venus #1 / 4)

1998 | fantasy, alternate history

Law of the Wolf Tower (The Claudi Journals #1 / 4)

1998 | fantasy, childrens

Red Unicorn (Tanaquil #3 / 3)

1997 | fantasy

1995 | fantasy, horror

Reigning Cats and Dogs

1995 | horror

Darkness, I (The Blood Opera #3 / 3)

1994 | horror

Gold Unicorn (Tanaquil #2 / 3)

1994 | fantasy

1994 | fantasy

The Book of the Mad (The Secret Books of Paradys #4 / 4)

1993 | fantasy, horror

Personal Darkness (The Blood Opera #2 / 3)

1993 | horror

1993 | fantasy

Nightshades: Thirteen Journeys Into Shadow

1993 | fantasy, horror, short stories

Dark Dance (The Blood Opera #1 / 3)

1992 | horror

Louisa the Poisoner

1992 | fantasy

1992 | horror

The Book of the Dead (The Secret Books of Paradys #3 / 4)

1991 | fantasy, horror, short stories

1991 | fantasy, alternate history

The Blood of Roses

1990 | fantasy

Black Unicorn (Tanaquil #1 / 3)

1989 | fantasy

A Heroine of the World

1989 | fantasy

Women as Demons: The Male Perception of Women through Space and Time

1989 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories

Forests of the Night

1989 | fantasy, horror, short stories

The White Serpent (The Novels of Vis #3 / 3)

1988 | science fiction

The Book of the Beast (The Secret Books of Paradys #2 / 4)

1988 | fantasy, horror

The Book of the Damned (The Secret Books of Paradys #1 / 4)

1988 | fantasy, horror

Madame Two Swords

1988 | fantasy

Night's Sorceries (Tales from the Flat Earth #5 / 5)

1987 | fantasy, short stories

Delirium's Mistress (Tales from the Flat Earth #4 / 5)

1986 | fantasy

Dark Castle, White Horse (Castle of Dark)

1986 | fantasy, young adult

Dreams of Dark and Light: The Great Short Fiction of Tanith Lee

1986 | science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories

1985 | science fiction

The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

1985 | fantasy, horror, short stories

The Beautiful Biting Machine

1984 | science fiction

Tamastara, or The Indian Nights

1984 | fantasy, short stories

Anackire (The Novels of Vis #2 / 3)

1983 | science fiction

1983 | fantasy

Prince on a White Horse (Castle of Dark #2 / 2)

1982 | fantasy, young adult

1982 | fantasy, short stories

Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer

1982 | fantasy, short stories

Delusion's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #3 / 5)

1981 | fantasy

The Silver Metal Lover (The S.I.L.V.E.R. Series #1 / 2)

1981 | science fiction

Lycanthia, or The Children of Wolves

1981 | horror

1981 | fantasy, short stories

Sabella, or The Blood Stone (Blood Stone #2 / 2)

1980 | science fiction, horror

Kill the Dead (Blood Stone #1 / 2)

1980 | fantasy, horror

Sometimes, After Sunset (Blood Stone)

1980 | science fiction, fantasy, horror

1980 | science fiction

Death's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #2 / 5)

1979 | fantasy

Electric Forest

1979 | science fiction

1979 | fantasy, young adult

The Castle of Dark (Castle of Dark #1 / 2)

1978 | fantasy, young adult

Quest for the White Witch (The Birthgrave Trilogy #3 / 3)

1978 | fantasy

Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1 / 5)

1978 | fantasy

Shadowfire (The Birthgrave Trilogy #2 / 3)

1977 | fantasy

Drinking Sapphire Wine (The Four-BEE Series #2 / 2)

1977 | science fiction

East of Midnight

1977 | fantasy, childrens

1977 | fantasy

Don't Bite the Sun (The Four-BEE Series #1 / 2)

1976 | science fiction

The Storm Lord (The Novels of Vis #1 / 3)

1976 | science fiction

The Winter Players

1976 | science fiction

Companions on the Road

1975 | fantasy, horror

The Birthgrave (The Birthgrave Trilogy #1 / 3)

1975 | fantasy

1972 | fantasy, childrens

Princess Hynchatti & Some Other Surprises

1972 | fantasy, short stories, young adult

The Dragon Hoard

1971 | fantasy, young adult

Comics and Anthology

2008 | fantasy, anthology

2005 | fantasy, anthology

When Darkness Falls

2003 | fantasy, anthology

Fictions and Others

2012 | thriller

Killing Violets

2012 | thriller

2011 | thriller

2011 | thriller

Disturbed by Her Song

2010 | magical realism, short stories

2006 | thriller

Death of the Day

2004 | thriller

The Gods Are Thirsty

1996 | mainstream

When the Lights Go Out

1995 | magical realism, thriller