Where to Start with Kevin Hearne
- Best entry point → The Great Big Bear and Other Stories of the Iron Druid Chronicles
- Start The Iron Druid Chronicles #0.6, 3.5 series → Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles
- What readers keep coming back to → Hounded
- Highest rated by readers → Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles #6)
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Hunted
The Iron Druid Chronicles • Book 6
by Kevin Hearne
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A 2,000-year-old druid runs for his life across modern Europe while Artemis and Diana hunt him with divine fury. Hearne balances genuine peril with his trademark humor.
★ 4.29 Goodreads (39.8K ratings) -
Trapped
The Iron Druid Chronicles • Book 5
by Kevin Hearne
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After twelve years of secret training, Atticus O'Sullivan prepares to double the world's druid population by binding Granuaile, but his supposedly dead status gets inconveniently disproven.
★ 4.27 Goodreads (46.3K ratings) -
Shattered
The Iron Druid Chronicles • Book 7
by Kevin Hearne
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After two thousand years as the sole surviving Druid, Atticus O'Sullivan gains apprentices just as a pantheon of vengeful gods escalates their hunt, testing both his teaching abilities and survival skills.
★ 4.28 Goodreads (32.6K ratings) -
Tricked
The Iron Druid Chronicles • Book 4
by Kevin Hearne
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Thunder gods seek payback in the Arizona desert where Atticus discovers that Coyote's help comes with its own price in this mythology-mixing urban fantasy adventure.
★ 4.25 Goodreads (50.9K ratings) -
Hexed
The Iron Druid Chronicles • Book 2
by Kevin Hearne
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Two-thousand-year-old druid Atticus breaks his uneasy truce with a local coven when supernatural chaos erupts, forcing him to confront enemies both ancient and immediate.
★ 4.22 Goodreads (65.7K ratings) -
Hammered
The Iron Druid Chronicles • Book 3
by Kevin Hearne
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Why would a druid help kill Thor? Because the Norse thunder god has been a murderous bully for centuries, and vampire Leif wants revenge. Hearne makes divine conflict surprisingly personal.
★ 4.21 Goodreads (56.5K ratings) -
Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles
The Iron Druid Chronicles #0.6, 3.5
by Kevin Hearne
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Ancient druid Atticus tackles a coven threatening an earth elemental and navigates vampire politics in two standalone adventures set before the main series mayhem.
★ 4.31 Goodreads (3.3K ratings) -
Besieged
The Iron Druid Chronicles • Book 9
by Kevin Hearne
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Short stories spanning centuries find druid Atticus raiding Alexandria's library, battling Norse gods, and surviving vampire-infested Poland.
★ 4.22 Goodreads (8.7K ratings) -
Hounded
The Iron Druid Chronicles • Book 1
by Kevin Hearne
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Two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus lives quietly in Tempe with his Irish wolfhound until angry Celtic deities track him down for stealing a legendary weapon. Hearne launches his Iron Druid series by mixing ancient mythology with contemporary Arizona, creating an irreverent take on immortal characters.
★ 4.10 Goodreads (92.9K ratings) -
Heroic Hearts
Alpha & Omega #6.5 Dating Terrors
by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, Anne Bishop, Annie Bellet, Kevin Hearne, R.R. Virdi, Chloe Neill, Nancy Holder, Jennifer Brozek
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Butcher, Briggs, Harris, and other urban fantasy heavyweights explore what happens when regular people run toward danger instead of away in these tales of reluctant heroism.
★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.1K ratings) -
Canines & Cocktails
The Iron Druid Chronicles #9.4 • Book 4
by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Chuck Wendig
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Irish wolfhound Oberon and his Boston terrier buddy Starbuck don't just witness humans waste perfectly good sausage—they also see a sneaky murder that demands canine justice in these three delightful tales.
★ 4.11 Goodreads (458 ratings) -
Oberon’s Bathtime Stories
The Iron Druid Chronicles #10.1
by Kevin Hearne
★ 4.09 Goodreads (403 ratings) -
Three Slices
The Iron Druid Chronicles #7.5 - A Prelude to War • Book 7
by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Chuck Wendig, Alex Wyndham, Julia Whelan
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Atticus O'Sullivan seeks vengeance for a murdered friend, Granuaile faces her own challenges, and other supernatural tales round out this collection. Hearne leads strong storytelling that bridges between his larger Iron Druid arc.
★ 3.92 Goodreads (4.5K ratings) -
The Great Big Bear and Other Stories of the Iron Druid Chronicles
by Kevin Hearne
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Kevin Hearne returns with twelve new Iron Druid stories as the Morrigan's comeback proves less troubling than Aenghus Óg's potential escape from hell. Atticus and his Irish Wolfhound Oberon face familiar magical chaos.
★ 4.50 Goodreads (2 ratings) -
Carniepunk
Hell on Earth #4.7
by Rachel Caine, 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
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Fourteen top urban fantasy writers explore the dark magic lurking behind cotton candy and ferris wheels in stories that turn childhood carnival memories sinister.
★ 3.64 Goodreads (3.2K ratings)