Rosemary and Rue
- Published
- 1 January 2009
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN-13
- 9781101139196
- Type
- novel
About this book
Rosemary and Rue is book 1 of Seanan McGuire's October Daye series, published in 2009 and running 368 pages. Like the rest of the series, it follows the changeling PI as she works the fault line between mortal San Francisco and the political world of Faerie beneath it, in a long story that only makes sense read in publication order.
Key facts about Rosemary and Rue
Seanan McGuire wrote Rosemary and Rue, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2009. The book has 368 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781101139196 to find the main one.
Rosemary and Rue is book 1 of 19 in the October Daye series. The series has 19 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Innocent Sleep is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 24 October 2023.
Additionally, Seanan McGuire writes InCryptid, Ghost Roads and Wayward Children, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our urban fantasy, portal fantasy and dark fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Inkpot Gods is the latest published Seanan McGuire book on file, from 9 June 2026. The next announced Seanan McGuire release is due on 12 January 2027, so there is still more to come.
About Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire is a prolific American author of urban fantasy and speculative fiction, best known for the long-running October Daye series, which follows a half-fae, half-human private investigator navigating the hidden Faerie courts of San Francisco. See every Seanan McGuire book in order.
Its place in October Daye
Rosemary and Rue is book 1 in the October Daye series. It is followed by A Local Habitation. See the full October Daye reading order.
October "Toby" Daye is a changeling -- half human, half faerie -- private investigator working the knife-edge between mortal San Francisco and the hidden, politically fractured world of Faerie underneath it. After a botched undercover job leaves her trapped as a fish for fourteen years, Toby returns to a life and family that moved on without her, and gets pulled back into faerie politics anyway: missing changeling children, court assassinations, ancient curses, and a slow-building mystery about her own parentage…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780756405717
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101139196
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101140109