Author

Patricia Briggs

Q: What should I read first by Patricia Briggs?

Start with the Sianim series, since it is the first on file, then read it in publication order.

Patricia Briggs has 32 known credited books (32 published) across 5 series. Start with Sianim.

Patricia Briggs is an American author best known for the Mercy Thompson series, a bestselling urban fantasy line following a Volkswagen-mechanic shapeshifter who can turn into a coyote, navigating a Pacific Northwest populated by werewolves, vampires, and fae in a world where supernatural beings have only recently revealed themselves to the public. Beginning with Moon Called in 2006, the series is known for grounding its fantasy premise in blue-collar, mechanically literate detail — Mercy's garage and car repair work are recurring texture — alongside pack politics and a slow-building central romance with werewolf alpha Adam Hauptman. Briggs also writes the closely linked Alpha and Omega series, which follows characters from the same shared world.

Before breaking out with Mercy Thompson, Briggs wrote fantasy novels set in secondary worlds, including The Hob's Bargain and the Sianim series, and that early fantasy background shows in the careful, consistent rule-building underlying her urban fantasy's werewolf pack hierarchies and fae politics. New readers should start with Moon Called, since Mercy's relationships and the wider pack and fae political situations build continuously across the series. No film or television adaptation exists to date, though Briggs remains one of the most consistently bestselling authors in contemporary urban fantasy and continues to publish new entries in both series.

Series: 5
Credited books: 32
Published: 32
Latest published book: Blind Date with a Werewolf 21 October 2025
Active: 1993–present
Best known for: Sianim

Key facts about Patricia Briggs

Our list holds 32 books by Patricia Briggs. 31 of them belong to a series, while 1 stands alone. Since all 32 are out now, every book here is ready to read. Their series sit on our epic fantasy and urban fantasy shelves.

Patricia Briggs has 5 series on file. Sianim has 4 books, while Hurog has 2 books. Raven has 2 books, starting in 2004.

Mercy Thompson has 15 books, starting in 2006. Alpha and Omega has 8 books, starting in 2007. In particular, Mercy Thompson is the longest, with 15 books.

Sianim starts with Masques, while Hurog starts with Dragon Bones. Raven starts with Raven's Shadow.

Since Sianim is the first series on file, it is the place to start. Their first published book on file came out in 1993. Meanwhile, Blind Date with a Werewolf is the latest published book, out on 21 October 2025.

There is also 1 standalone book. You can read it in any order, since each one stands alone. The newest one that is out is The Hob's Bargain, from 2001.