Series
Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Diana L. Paxson & Marion Zimmer Bradley · 7 novels · 3 short stories · 1982–2009
The Avalon Series is a series of fantasy novels written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson. Paxson took over sole authorship after Bradley's death in 1999. The series focuses on the legendary island of Avalon and the various women who have shaped its history and that of Britain.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s1
- 1990s3
- 2000s5
Shape
7 novels · 3 short stories
2 authors
reads like:historical fantasyfaith and religionbritish islesancient worldreflectiveadult
Mood
Grim and calm: 63% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book8 of 10 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Mists of Avalondarkest · most intense
- Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalonbrightest
- Priestess of Avaloncalmest