Best Tad Williams Books

The Dragonbone Chair

Memory, Sorrow & Thorn • Book 1

by Tad Williams

Forget chosen ones — this epic follows a castle scullion who stumbles into saving the world from an ancient undead king's revenge.

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Forget chosen ones — this epic follows a castle scullion who stumbles into saving the world from an ancient undead king's revenge.

Shadowheart

Shadowmarch • Book 4

by Tad Williams

Williams concludes his Shadowmarch saga as twin heirs battle for their lives while immortal armies converge on their besieged castle. Ancient magic awakens underground as two civilizations clash above.

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Williams concludes his Shadowmarch saga as twin heirs battle for their lives while immortal armies converge on their besieged castle. Ancient magic awakens underground as two civilizations clash above.

Shadowrise

Shadowmarch • Book 3

by Tad Williams

Exiled from Southmarch with their father imprisoned and brother dead, the royal twins must learn terrible truths about their family before they can hope to reclaim their kingdom. Epic fantasy where personal and political stakes intertwine fatally.

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Exiled from Southmarch with their father imprisoned and brother dead, the royal twins must learn terrible truths about their family before they can hope to reclaim their kingdom. Epic fantasy where personal and political stakes intertwine fatally.

Shadowplay

Shadowmarch • Book 2

by Tad Williams

King Olin rots in distant captivity while his surviving children dodge assassins, as the once-peaceful March Kingdoms crumble under treachery and blood magic.

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King Olin rots in distant captivity while his surviving children dodge assassins, as the once-peaceful March Kingdoms crumble under treachery and blood magic.

Shadowmarch

Shadowmarch • Book 1

by Tad Williams

Twins Barrick and Briony must save Southmarch castle as darkness from the immortal Qua's ancient homeland begins to enfold their border kingdom in shadow.

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Twins Barrick and Briony must save Southmarch castle as darkness from the immortal Qua's ancient homeland begins to enfold their border kingdom in shadow.

Unfettered III: New Tales

The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever • Book 3

by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner

Benefits medical debt relief while showcasing original tales from Brandon Sanderson, Naomi Novik, Terry Brooks, and other genre luminaries.

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Benefits medical debt relief while showcasing original tales from Brandon Sanderson, Naomi Novik, Terry Brooks, and other genre luminaries.

The Boy Detective of Oz: An Otherland Story (Oz Reimagined)

Otherland #4.6

by Tad Williams, Douglas Cohen, John Joseph Adams

Inside the Otherland network's Oz simulation, a murder needs solving. Williams transforms familiar yellow brick roads into a cyberpunk mystery that questions reality and identity.

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Inside the Otherland network's Oz simulation, a murder needs solving. Williams transforms familiar yellow brick roads into a cyberpunk mystery that questions reality and identity.

Rip-Off!

by Gardner Dozois, John Scalzi, Jack Campbell, Mike Resnick, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Robert Charles Wilson, Allen M. Steele, Daryl Gregory, Lavie Tidhar, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, James Patrick Kelly, David Marantz, Dina Pearlman, Allyson Johnson, Marc Vietor, Ilyana Kadushin, Nicola Barber

Thirteen speculative fiction masters face an unusual challenge: steal a famous opening line from classic literature, then craft an entirely original story around that borrowed beginning.

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Thirteen speculative fiction masters face an unusual challenge: steal a famous opening line from classic literature, then craft an entirely original story around that borrowed beginning.