The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 10 books · 1978 to 1994 · Set in invented worlds

MythAdventures Books in Order

The MythAdventures are comic fantasies packed with puns. Skeeve, a young apprentice magician, teams up with Aahz, a scaly, green demon from the dimension of Perv who has lost his powers, and together they gather a team of unlikely friends and talk their way out of trouble across many dimensions.

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Series facts

Books
10
Published
1978 to 1994
First book
Another Fine Myth
Latest
Sweet Myth-tery of Life (1994)
Setting
Set in invented worlds

The reading order

Every MythAdventures book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

10 books · Set in invented worlds
  1. 1Another Fine Myth1978With SkeeveSkeeve, a young apprentice magician, is left on his own when his master is killed by an assassin.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Myth Conceptions1980With SkeeveSkeeve takes a job as court magician to the small kingdom of Possiltum, and finds that an enormous army is marching on the kingdom.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Myth Directions1982With SkeeveSkeeve, a young magician, goes hopping between dimensions with his demon partner Aahz and the thief Tananda in pursuit of a prize called the Trophy.Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Hit or Myth1983With SkeeveWhen the king goes on holiday, Skeeve must take his place on the throne, and that includes marrying the king’s formidable fiancée.Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Myth-ing Persons1984With SkeeveWhen his partner Aahz vanishes, Skeeve sets out to find him, and the search takes him to a strange dimension where magic does not work.Buy on Amazon
  6. 6Little Myth Marker1985With SkeeveSkeeve gets into a card game in the Bazaar at Deva and wins a little girl, Markie, as part of a wager, and the results are not at all what he expects.Buy on Amazon
  7. 7M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link1986With SkeeveSkeeve reluctantly becomes president of M.Y.T.H.Buy on Amazon
  8. 8Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections1987With SkeeveSkeeve leads a team of magic consultants into Perv, Aahz’s hostile home dimension, to bring Aahz back.Buy on Amazon
  9. 9M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action1990With SkeeveSkeeve’s bodyguards Guido and Nunzio join the army of Possiltum on his behalf, not quite sure whose side they are on.Buy on Amazon
  10. 10Sweet Myth-tery of Life1994With SkeeveSkeeve, now a powerful magician, finds himself under siege from would-be brides, as love and war collide.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read the books in order, starting with Another Fine Myth. Each is a separate adventure, but the friends and the business they build carry on through the series.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each MythAdventures book
BookSkeeveAahzGleepTanandaMassha
1 Another Fine MythLLeadMMajor·Minor
2 Myth ConceptionsLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajor
3 Myth DirectionsLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajorMMajor
4 Hit or MythLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajorMMajor
5 Myth-ing PersonsLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajorMMajor
6 Little Myth MarkerLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajorMMajor
7 M.Y.T.H. Inc. LinkLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajorMMajor
8 Myth-Nomers and Im-PervectionsLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajorMMajor
9 M.Y.T.H. Inc. in ActionLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajorMMajor
10 Sweet Myth-tery of LifeLLeadMMajor·MinorMMajorMMajor

Characters in the MythAdventures books

5 characters from Robert Asprin’s chart, with the number of MythAdventures books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
SkeeveApprentice magician10Another Fine Myth 1978
AahzPervect demon and Skeeve's mentor10Another Fine Myth 1978
GleepSkeeve's pet dragon10Another Fine Myth 1978
TanandaTrollop assassin and friend9Myth Conceptions 1980
MasshaLarge, cheerful magician8Myth Directions 1982