Series
Gormenghast
Mervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore · 4 novels · 1 novella · 1 short story · 1946–2011
Gormenghast is a fantasy series by British author Mervyn Peake, about the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, Gothic structure. Originally conceived as a single on-going novel, the series was ended by Peake's death and comprises three novels: Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959); and a novella, Boy in Darkness (1956). Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968. The book was completed by Peake's widow Maeve Gilmore in the 1970s, but was not published until 2011 after it was discovered by their family.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Gormenghast 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
- 1940s1
- 1950s3
- 1960s0
- 1970s0
- 1980s0
- 1990s1
- 2000s0
- 2010s1
Shape
4 novels · 1 novella · 1 short story
2 authors · completed series
reads like:fantasyidentitysecondary worldtimeless or unspecifieddarkadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 80% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 6 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Boy in Darknessdarkest
- Gormenghastbrightest
- Titus Alonecalmest
- Titus Awakesmost intense