The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 10 books · 1996 to 2008

Sharon Shinn

RomanceFantasyScience fictionRomantasyEpic and high fantasySpace opera

Sharon Shinn writes romantic fantasy. The Samaria books are set in a land watched over by angels who sing to the god Jovah, and each novel tells a different love story; the Twelve Houses follow a band of mystics and soldiers on a mission across Gillengaria.

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Sharon Shinn books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Samaria

5 books · Set in invented worlds · story order differsRomantasySpace opera
  1. 1Archangel1996With Gabriel and RachelBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Jovah's Angel1997With Alleluia and Caleb AugustusBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Alleluia Files1998With TamarBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Angelica2003With Gaaron and SusannahBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Angel-Seeker2004With RebekahBuy on Amazon

Twelve Houses

5 books · Set in invented worldsRomantasyEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1Mystic and Rider2005With Senneth and TayseBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Thirteenth House2006With Kirra DanalustrousBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Dark Moon Defender2006With JustinBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Reader and Raelynx2007With CammonBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Fortune and Fate2008With WenBuy on Amazon

Characters

14 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Samaria

The Twelve Houses