Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire has written at least 275 books. Their most popular book is Every Heart a Doorway with 652 saves with an average rating of 3.91⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Adventure, and Young Adult.

Adventurous, mysterious, and emotional are their most common moods. Their next book, Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear, is scheduled for release on 1/7/2025.

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Details	Rating	Readers Count
Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire	3.91	395 reads
Middlegame Seanan McGuire	4.14	119 reads
Down Among the Sticks and Bones Seanan McGuire	4.14	213 reads
Beneath the Sugar Sky Seanan McGuire	3.89	169 reads
In an Absent Dream Seanan McGuire	4.14	134 reads
Come Tumbling Down Seanan McGuire	3.8	122 reads
Rosemary and Rue Seanan McGuire	3.41	79 reads
Across the Green Grass Fields Seanan McGuire	3.83	95 reads
Where the Drowned Girls Go Seanan McGuire	4.08	83 reads
Lost in the Moment and Found Seanan McGuire	4.52	64 reads
Discount Armageddon Seanan McGuire	3.69	47 reads
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known Seanan McGuire	4.2	30 reads
Seasonal Fears Seanan McGuire	3.9	16 reads
A Local Habitation Seanan McGuire	3.7	50 reads
One Salt Sea Seanan McGuire	4.21	44 reads
An Artificial Night Seanan McGuire	4.03	40 reads
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy Megan Lindholm John Gwynne David Anthony Durham Callie Bates Jason Denzel Carrie Vaughn Deborah A. Wolf Anna Stephens Patrick Swenson Peter Orullian Lev Grossman Mark Lawrence Brian Herbert Brandon Sanderson Todd Lockwood Cat Rambo Ken Scholes Scott Sigler Anna Smith Spark Marc Turner Terry Brooks Seanan McGuire Tad Williams Kevin J. Anderson Robert Jordan Naomi Novik Delilah S. Dawson Katherine Arden Ramon Terrell Robert V.S. Redick	4.08	14 reads
Sparrow Hill Road Seanan McGuire	3.77	21 reads
Juice Like Wounds Seanan McGuire	3.95	24 reads
Wastelands	3.63	19 reads
Late Eclipses Seanan McGuire	4.19	37 reads
Indexing Seanan McGuire	3.59	22 reads
Chimes at Midnight Seanan McGuire	4.16	30 reads
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers Charlie Jane Anders A. Merc Rustad Lizz Huerta Maria Dahvana Headley Malka Ann Older Sam J. Miller Tananarive Due Ashok K. Banker Omar El Akkad Daniel José Older Lesley Nneka Arimah Justina Ireland Violet Allen Gabby Rivera Tobias S. Buckell Jamie Ford N.K. Jemisin Charles Yu Kai Cheng Thom Daniel H. Wilson Alice Sola Kim Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente G. Willow Wilson Hugh Howey	4	8 reads
The Winter Long Seanan McGuire	4.13	29 reads
Ashes of Honor Seanan McGuire	4.33	28 reads
Once Broken Faith Seanan McGuire	4.26	25 reads
A Red-Rose Chain Seanan McGuire	3.94	23 reads
The Brightest Fell Seanan McGuire	4.31	24 reads
Night and Silence Seanan McGuire	4.31	24 reads
A Killing Frost Seanan McGuire	4.08	20 reads
Pocket Apocalypse Seanan McGuire	3.5	21 reads
In Mercy, Rain Seanan McGuire	3.68	15 reads
The Unkindest Tide Seanan McGuire	4.07	19 reads
Midnight Blue-Light Special Seanan McGuire	3.87	19 reads
Half-Off Ragnarok Seanan McGuire	3.44	20 reads
Skeleton Song Seanan McGuire	4	14 reads
Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers	3.25	4 reads
The End is Nigh	3.89	10 reads
Shadowed Souls	3.78	14 reads
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day Seanan McGuire	4.11	12 reads
When Sorrows Come Seanan McGuire	4.13	13 reads
Chaos Choreography Seanan McGuire	3.82	15 reads
The Mythic Dream	4.67	4 reads
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown Seanan McGuire	4	9 reads
Unbound	4.33	4 reads
Untitled Untitled Seanan McGuire	0	0 reads
The Starlit Wood Garth Nix Margo Lanagan Marjorie M. Liu Sofia Samatar Karin Tidbeck Genevieve Valentine Amal El-Mohtar Charlie Jane Anders Aliette de Bodard Jeffrey Ford Max Gladstone Theodora Goss Daryl Gregory Kat Howard Stephen Graham Jones Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente Naomi Novik	3.83	6 reads
Magic for Nothing Seanan McGuire	3.8	12 reads
When Things Get Dark Joyce Carol Oates Karen Heuler Elizabeth Hand Benjamin Percy Josh Malerman Paul Tremblay Richard Kadrey Stephen Graham Jones Cassandra Khaw John Langan Laird Barron M. Rickert Genevieve Valentine Seanan McGuire	3.67	8 reads
Carniepunk Rob Thurman Delilah S. Dawson Kevin Hearne Mark Henry Jaye Wells Allison Pang Hillary Jacques Jennifer Estep Kelly Meding Nicole Peeler Jackie Kessler Kelly Gay Seanan McGuire	3.88	10 reads
Be the Serpent Seanan McGuire	4.14	12 reads
Someone in Time Nina Allan Zen Cho Rowan Coleman Jeffrey Ford Sarah Gailey Theodora Goss Elizabeth Hand Alix E. Harrow Ellen Klages Lavanya Lakshminarayan Margo Lanagan Seanan McGuire Sam J. Miller Sameem Sadiqui Catherynne M. Valente Carrie Vaughn	3.92	8 reads
Tricks for Free Seanan McGuire	3.78	12 reads
That Ain't Witchcraft Seanan McGuire	4.25	12 reads
Reflections Seanan McGuire	4.22	13 reads
Imaginary Numbers Seanan McGuire	4.43	8 reads
Future Visions Future Visions	3.75	9 reads
The Innocent Sleep Seanan McGuire	3.38	6 reads
These Violent Delights These Violent Delights Seanan McGuire	3.5	2 reads
Full of Briars Seanan McGuire	3.71	11 reads
Angel of the Overpass Seanan McGuire	4.4	7 reads
Nevertheless, She Persisted Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project Charlie Jane Anders Brooke Bolander Amal El-Mohtar Maria Dahvana Headley Kameron Hurley Nisi Shawl Carrie Vaughn Jo Walton Alyssa Wong Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente	3.92	8 reads
Calculated Risks Seanan McGuire	4.13	10 reads
The End is Now The End is Now John Joseph Adams Scott Sigler Elizabeth Bear Jamie Ford Ben H. Winters Jonathan Maberry Daniel H. Wilson Robin Wasserman Seanan McGuire Hugh Howey	3.83	6 reads
Laughter at the Academy Seanan McGuire	4	3 reads
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius Jeffrey Ford Naomi Novik Diana Gabaldon Mary Robinette Kowal L.A. Banks Laird Barron David Farland Alan Dean Foster Theodora Goss Austin Grossman Grady Hendrix David D. Levine Heather Lindsley Marjorie M. Liu Seanan McGuire L.E. Modesitt Jr. Jeremiah Tolbert Genevieve Valentine Carrie Vaughn Daniel H. Wilson Ben H. Winters Harry Turtledove	3.33	3 reads
In Sea-Salt Tears In Sea-Salt Tears Seanan McGuire	4	8 reads
Tidal Creatures Seanan McGuire	5	1 read
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition Siobhan Carroll John Chu Greg Egan Kathleen Ann Goonan S.L. Huang Carole Johnstone K.J. Kabza Erinn L. Kemper Rich Larson M. Evan MacGriogair Seanan McGuire Lis Mitchell Mimi Mondal Annalee Newitz Silvia Park Laurie Penny Brenda Peynado Christopher Rowe Rivers Solomon Karin Tidbeck J.Y. Yang E. Lily Yu Elizabeth Bear Mary Robinette Kowal	2.33	5 reads
Body Shocks	4	2 reads
The Devil and the Deep	3	2 reads
Backpacking Through Bedlam Seanan McGuire	3.83	5 reads
The End Has Come Charlie Jane Anders Megan Arkenberg Chris Avellone Annie Bellet Tananarive Due Jamie Ford Mira Grant Jake Kerr Nancy Kress Sarah Langan Ken Liu Jonathan Maberry Will McIntosh Leife Shallcross Scott Sigler Carrie Vaughn Robin Wasserman David Wellington Ben H. Winters Seanan McGuire Hugh Howey Elizabeth Bear	3.67	4 reads
Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld Seanan McGuire	4	7 reads
Rocket Fuel Rocket Fuel	2.5	3 reads
Home Improvement: Undead Edition	3.5	6 reads
Sleep No More (October Daye, #16) Sleep No More (October Daye, #16) Seanan McGuire	4	4 reads
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear Seanan McGuire	0	0 reads
The Long List Anthology Volume 2	1	4 reads
Spider-Geddon Seanan McGuire	3	3 reads
One Hell of a Ride One Hell of a Ride Seanan McGuire	3.2	5 reads
Dying with Her Cheer Pants On Seanan McGuire	4.25	5 reads
The First Fall The First Fall Seanan McGuire	3.75	4 reads
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition Charlie Jane Anders Dale Bailey Kelly Barnhill Richard Bowes Marie Brennan Adam Christopher John Chu A.M. Dellamonica Ruthanna Emrys Max Gladstone Kathleen Ann Goonan Nicola Griffith Maria Dahvana Headley Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Ken Liu Daniel José Older Mary Rickert John Scalzi Veronica Schanoes Genevieve Valentine Jo Walton Kai Ashante Wilson Ray Wood Isabel Yap Seanan McGuire Yoon Ha Lee	4.5	3 reads
Sweet Poison Wine Sweet Poison Wine Seanan McGuire	3.2	5 reads
Ghost-Spider, Vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over Seanan McGuire	3	2 reads
The Best of Uncanny Ken Liu (Translator)	4	3 reads
Any Way the Wind Blows Seanan McGuire	3.75	4 reads
No Place Like Home No Place Like Home Seanan McGuire	3.2	5 reads
Help Fund my Robot Army!!! & Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects	3.67	3 reads
Aftermarket Afterlife Seanan McGuire	4.5	3 reads
Forbid the Sea Forbid the Sea Seanan McGuire	4	4 reads
Loch and Key Seanan McGuire	3.5	4 reads
Heaps of Pearl Heaps of Pearl Seanan McGuire	4.25	5 reads
No Sooner Met No Sooner Met Seanan McGuire	4	5 reads
Married in Green Married in Green Seanan McGuire	3.2	5 reads
Glitter & Mayhem	3.33	3 reads
The Ghosts of Bourbon Street The Ghosts of Bourbon Street Seanan McGuire	3.33	3 reads
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 Theodora Goss Neil Gaiman Susan Palwick Adam-Troy Castro Sam J. Miller Daniel H. Wilson Nathan Ballingrud Kelly Link Jess Row Kelly Sandoval A. Merc Rustad Sofia Samatar Carmen Maria Machado Cat Rambo Karen Russell Alaya Dawn Johnson Jo Walton Seanan McGuire T.C. Boyle	4.5	2 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire	3.91	395 reads
Middlegame Seanan McGuire	4.14	119 reads
Down Among the Sticks and Bones Seanan McGuire	4.14	213 reads
Beneath the Sugar Sky Seanan McGuire	3.89	169 reads
In an Absent Dream Seanan McGuire	4.14	134 reads
Come Tumbling Down Seanan McGuire	3.8	122 reads
Rosemary and Rue Seanan McGuire	3.41	79 reads
Across the Green Grass Fields Seanan McGuire	3.83	95 reads
Where the Drowned Girls Go Seanan McGuire	4.08	83 reads
Lost in the Moment and Found Seanan McGuire	4.52	64 reads
Discount Armageddon Seanan McGuire	3.69	47 reads
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known Seanan McGuire	4.2	30 reads
Seasonal Fears Seanan McGuire	3.9	16 reads
A Local Habitation Seanan McGuire	3.7	50 reads
One Salt Sea Seanan McGuire	4.21	44 reads
An Artificial Night Seanan McGuire	4.03	40 reads
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy Megan Lindholm John Gwynne David Anthony Durham Callie Bates Jason Denzel Carrie Vaughn Deborah A. Wolf Anna Stephens Patrick Swenson Peter Orullian Lev Grossman Mark Lawrence Brian Herbert Brandon Sanderson Todd Lockwood Cat Rambo Ken Scholes Scott Sigler Anna Smith Spark Marc Turner Terry Brooks Seanan McGuire Tad Williams Kevin J. Anderson Robert Jordan Naomi Novik Delilah S. Dawson Katherine Arden Ramon Terrell Robert V.S. Redick	4.08	14 reads
Sparrow Hill Road Seanan McGuire	3.77	21 reads
Juice Like Wounds Seanan McGuire	3.95	24 reads
Wastelands	3.63	19 reads
Late Eclipses Seanan McGuire	4.19	37 reads
Indexing Seanan McGuire	3.59	22 reads
Chimes at Midnight Seanan McGuire	4.16	30 reads
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers Charlie Jane Anders A. Merc Rustad Lizz Huerta Maria Dahvana Headley Malka Ann Older Sam J. Miller Tananarive Due Ashok K. Banker Omar El Akkad Daniel José Older Lesley Nneka Arimah Justina Ireland Violet Allen Gabby Rivera Tobias S. Buckell Jamie Ford N.K. Jemisin Charles Yu Kai Cheng Thom Daniel H. Wilson Alice Sola Kim Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente G. Willow Wilson Hugh Howey	4	8 reads
The Winter Long Seanan McGuire	4.13	29 reads
Ashes of Honor Seanan McGuire	4.33	28 reads
Once Broken Faith Seanan McGuire	4.26	25 reads
A Red-Rose Chain Seanan McGuire	3.94	23 reads
The Brightest Fell Seanan McGuire	4.31	24 reads
Night and Silence Seanan McGuire	4.31	24 reads
A Killing Frost Seanan McGuire	4.08	20 reads
Pocket Apocalypse Seanan McGuire	3.5	21 reads
In Mercy, Rain Seanan McGuire	3.68	15 reads
The Unkindest Tide Seanan McGuire	4.07	19 reads
Midnight Blue-Light Special Seanan McGuire	3.87	19 reads
Half-Off Ragnarok Seanan McGuire	3.44	20 reads
Skeleton Song Seanan McGuire	4	14 reads
Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers	3.25	4 reads
The End is Nigh	3.89	10 reads
Shadowed Souls	3.78	14 reads
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day Seanan McGuire	4.11	12 reads
When Sorrows Come Seanan McGuire	4.13	13 reads
Chaos Choreography Seanan McGuire	3.82	15 reads
The Mythic Dream	4.67	4 reads
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown Seanan McGuire	4	9 reads
Unbound	4.33	4 reads
Untitled Untitled Seanan McGuire	0	0 reads
The Starlit Wood Garth Nix Margo Lanagan Marjorie M. Liu Sofia Samatar Karin Tidbeck Genevieve Valentine Amal El-Mohtar Charlie Jane Anders Aliette de Bodard Jeffrey Ford Max Gladstone Theodora Goss Daryl Gregory Kat Howard Stephen Graham Jones Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente Naomi Novik	3.83	6 reads
Magic for Nothing Seanan McGuire	3.8	12 reads
When Things Get Dark Joyce Carol Oates Karen Heuler Elizabeth Hand Benjamin Percy Josh Malerman Paul Tremblay Richard Kadrey Stephen Graham Jones Cassandra Khaw John Langan Laird Barron M. Rickert Genevieve Valentine Seanan McGuire	3.67	8 reads
Carniepunk Rob Thurman Delilah S. Dawson Kevin Hearne Mark Henry Jaye Wells Allison Pang Hillary Jacques Jennifer Estep Kelly Meding Nicole Peeler Jackie Kessler Kelly Gay Seanan McGuire	3.88	10 reads
Be the Serpent Seanan McGuire	4.14	12 reads
Someone in Time Nina Allan Zen Cho Rowan Coleman Jeffrey Ford Sarah Gailey Theodora Goss Elizabeth Hand Alix E. Harrow Ellen Klages Lavanya Lakshminarayan Margo Lanagan Seanan McGuire Sam J. Miller Sameem Sadiqui Catherynne M. Valente Carrie Vaughn	3.92	8 reads
Tricks for Free Seanan McGuire	3.78	12 reads
That Ain't Witchcraft Seanan McGuire	4.25	12 reads
Reflections Seanan McGuire	4.22	13 reads
Imaginary Numbers Seanan McGuire	4.43	8 reads
Future Visions Future Visions	3.75	9 reads
The Innocent Sleep Seanan McGuire	3.38	6 reads
These Violent Delights These Violent Delights Seanan McGuire	3.5	2 reads
Full of Briars Seanan McGuire	3.71	11 reads
Angel of the Overpass Seanan McGuire	4.4	7 reads
Nevertheless, She Persisted Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project Charlie Jane Anders Brooke Bolander Amal El-Mohtar Maria Dahvana Headley Kameron Hurley Nisi Shawl Carrie Vaughn Jo Walton Alyssa Wong Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente	3.92	8 reads
Calculated Risks Seanan McGuire	4.13	10 reads
The End is Now The End is Now John Joseph Adams Scott Sigler Elizabeth Bear Jamie Ford Ben H. Winters Jonathan Maberry Daniel H. Wilson Robin Wasserman Seanan McGuire Hugh Howey	3.83	6 reads
Laughter at the Academy Seanan McGuire	4	3 reads
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius Jeffrey Ford Naomi Novik Diana Gabaldon Mary Robinette Kowal L.A. Banks Laird Barron David Farland Alan Dean Foster Theodora Goss Austin Grossman Grady Hendrix David D. Levine Heather Lindsley Marjorie M. Liu Seanan McGuire L.E. Modesitt Jr. Jeremiah Tolbert Genevieve Valentine Carrie Vaughn Daniel H. Wilson Ben H. Winters Harry Turtledove	3.33	3 reads
In Sea-Salt Tears In Sea-Salt Tears Seanan McGuire	4	8 reads
Tidal Creatures Seanan McGuire	5	1 read
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition Siobhan Carroll John Chu Greg Egan Kathleen Ann Goonan S.L. Huang Carole Johnstone K.J. Kabza Erinn L. Kemper Rich Larson M. Evan MacGriogair Seanan McGuire Lis Mitchell Mimi Mondal Annalee Newitz Silvia Park Laurie Penny Brenda Peynado Christopher Rowe Rivers Solomon Karin Tidbeck J.Y. Yang E. Lily Yu Elizabeth Bear Mary Robinette Kowal	2.33	5 reads
Body Shocks	4	2 reads
The Devil and the Deep	3	2 reads
Backpacking Through Bedlam Seanan McGuire	3.83	5 reads
The End Has Come Charlie Jane Anders Megan Arkenberg Chris Avellone Annie Bellet Tananarive Due Jamie Ford Mira Grant Jake Kerr Nancy Kress Sarah Langan Ken Liu Jonathan Maberry Will McIntosh Leife Shallcross Scott Sigler Carrie Vaughn Robin Wasserman David Wellington Ben H. Winters Seanan McGuire Hugh Howey Elizabeth Bear	3.67	4 reads
Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld Seanan McGuire	4	7 reads
Rocket Fuel Rocket Fuel	2.5	3 reads
Home Improvement: Undead Edition	3.5	6 reads
Sleep No More (October Daye, #16) Sleep No More (October Daye, #16) Seanan McGuire	4	4 reads
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear Seanan McGuire	0	0 reads
The Long List Anthology Volume 2	1	4 reads
Spider-Geddon Seanan McGuire	3	3 reads
One Hell of a Ride One Hell of a Ride Seanan McGuire	3.2	5 reads
Dying with Her Cheer Pants On Seanan McGuire	4.25	5 reads
The First Fall The First Fall Seanan McGuire	3.75	4 reads
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition Charlie Jane Anders Dale Bailey Kelly Barnhill Richard Bowes Marie Brennan Adam Christopher John Chu A.M. Dellamonica Ruthanna Emrys Max Gladstone Kathleen Ann Goonan Nicola Griffith Maria Dahvana Headley Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Ken Liu Daniel José Older Mary Rickert John Scalzi Veronica Schanoes Genevieve Valentine Jo Walton Kai Ashante Wilson Ray Wood Isabel Yap Seanan McGuire Yoon Ha Lee	4.5	3 reads
Sweet Poison Wine Sweet Poison Wine Seanan McGuire	3.2	5 reads
Ghost-Spider, Vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over Seanan McGuire	3	2 reads
The Best of Uncanny Ken Liu (Translator)	4	3 reads
Any Way the Wind Blows Seanan McGuire	3.75	4 reads
No Place Like Home No Place Like Home Seanan McGuire	3.2	5 reads
Help Fund my Robot Army!!! & Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects	3.67	3 reads
Aftermarket Afterlife Seanan McGuire	4.5	3 reads
Forbid the Sea Forbid the Sea Seanan McGuire	4	4 reads
Loch and Key Seanan McGuire	3.5	4 reads
Heaps of Pearl Heaps of Pearl Seanan McGuire	4.25	5 reads
No Sooner Met No Sooner Met Seanan McGuire	4	5 reads
Married in Green Married in Green Seanan McGuire	3.2	5 reads
Glitter & Mayhem	3.33	3 reads
The Ghosts of Bourbon Street The Ghosts of Bourbon Street Seanan McGuire	3.33	3 reads
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 Theodora Goss Neil Gaiman Susan Palwick Adam-Troy Castro Sam J. Miller Daniel H. Wilson Nathan Ballingrud Kelly Link Jess Row Kelly Sandoval A. Merc Rustad Sofia Samatar Carmen Maria Machado Cat Rambo Karen Russell Alaya Dawn Johnson Jo Walton Seanan McGuire T.C. Boyle	4.5	2 reads

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