G. Willow Wilson Books in Order (Updated August 9, 2026)

G. Willow Wilson writes novels, memoir, creator-owned comics, superhero comics, fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction.

Her bibliography does not form one connected fictional universe.

That distinction matters because a list that places Alif the Unseen, Ms. Marvel, Invisible Kingdom, and Poison Ivy into one numbered sequence may be technically chronological but tells readers almost nothing about what should actually be read next.

Wilson’s work is better divided into three reading paths:

1. Prose books
2. Creator-owned and self-contained graphic novels
3. Licensed superhero and shared-universe comics

Within those groups, several series require strict order. Others stand completely alone.

Choose Your G. Willow Wilson Reading Path

For prose:

1. The Butterfly Mosque
2. Alif the Unseen
3. The Bird King

These are three separate books. The first is memoir, while the other two are unrelated novels.

For creator-owned comics:

1. Cairo
2. Air, Volumes 1 through 4
3. Invisible Kingdom, Volumes 1 through 3
4. The Hunger and the Dusk, Volumes 1 and 2
5. The Stoneshore Register

These projects are separate continuities.

For superhero comics, the major Wilson runs are:

1. Ms. Marvel
2. Wonder Woman
3. The Dreaming: Waking Hours
4. Poison Ivy
5. Black Cat

Again, these should not be combined into one fictional chronology.

G. Willow Wilson Prose Books in Order

Wilson’s principal prose books are:

1. The Butterfly Mosque (2010)
2. Alif the Unseen (2012)
3. The Bird King (2019)

Publication dates can vary slightly by country or edition, but this is the basic career order.

None is a sequel to another.

The Butterfly Mosque

1. The Butterfly Mosque

Memoir. Separate from Wilson’s fiction.

This is Wilson’s autobiographical account of her conversion to Islam, her experiences in Egypt, and her relationship with the Egyptian man she later married.

It should not be described as a novel.

Readers interested in understanding some of the cultural and religious experience behind Wilson’s later writing may choose to begin here.

There is no continuity requirement, however.

You can read Alif the Unseen or The Bird King without reading the memoir first.

Alif the Unseen

1. Alif the Unseen

Standalone novel.

This was Wilson’s first novel.

It follows a young hacker in an unnamed Middle Eastern security state whose digital life becomes entangled with surveillance, political repression, Islamic mythology, and the world of the jinn.

The novel combines contemporary technology with supernatural material.

It won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

There is no published sequel.

Is Alif the Unseen Part of a Series?

No.

Although the novel creates a detailed supernatural framework, Wilson has not published an Alif the Unseen Book 2.

Treat it as complete standalone fiction.

The Bird King

1. The Bird King

Standalone historical fantasy.

Set near the end of Muslim rule in Granada, the novel follows Fatima, a concubine in the royal court, and Hassan, a mapmaker whose unusual ability becomes dangerous under the expanding Spanish Inquisition.

The book is unrelated to Alif the Unseen.

Both novels involve Islamic history or culture and supernatural elements, but those shared interests do not create one universe.

Should You Read Alif the Unseen Before The Bird King?

There is no continuity reason to do so.

Publication order is:

1. Alif the Unseen
2. The Bird King

That is a natural order if you want to follow Wilson’s development as a novelist.

Readers primarily interested in historical fantasy can begin directly with The Bird King.

Wilson’s Prose Reading Order

For a complete prose project:

1. The Butterfly Mosque
2. Alif the Unseen
3. The Bird King

For fiction only:

1. Alif the Unseen
2. The Bird King

No chronological reconstruction is necessary because the novels are unrelated.

Cairo

1. Cairo (2007)

Standalone graphic novel.

Written by Wilson with art by M. K. Perker, Cairo predates both Air and Wilson’s major superhero work.

The graphic novel brings together characters in contemporary Cairo through crime, magic, politics, and supernatural events.

It is self-contained.

Despite Wilson later collaborating with Perker on Air and The Stoneshore Register, those books are not sequels to Cairo.

Air Books in Order

The complete collected series is:

1. Air, Volume 1
2. Air, Volume 2
3. Air, Volume 3
4. Air, Volume 4

Included. Direct four-volume graphic novel sequence.

Wilson created Air with artist M. K. Perker.

The series follows Blythe, a flight attendant with an intense fear of flying who becomes involved with strange technology, geopolitical conspiracies, impossible geography, and altered ideas of travel itself.

Read all four volumes in order.

Air, Volume 1

Start here.

Blythe meets the mysterious Zayn and becomes drawn into a world in which conventional boundaries of geography and physics no longer behave as expected.

Everything later builds from these discoveries.

Air, Volume 2

Read second.

The series expands the mythology surrounding hyperpraxis and figures associated with unusual forms of travel.

Air, Volume 3

Read third.

Blythe’s relationships and understanding of the strange systems governing movement and reality continue developing.

Air, Volume 4

Read fourth.

This completes the collected Air sequence.

Current editions have repackaged the original comic into four volumes.

Do not mistake later reissues for new sequels.

Is The Stoneshore Register Part of Air?

No.

Wilson reunited with artist M. K. Perker for The Stoneshore Register, but it is a different story.

Shared creators do not make the books one continuity.

Read The Stoneshore Register independently.

Invisible Kingdom Books in Order

The complete series is:

1. Invisible Kingdom, Volume 1
2. Invisible Kingdom, Volume 2
3. Invisible Kingdom, Volume 3

Included. Completed science fiction trilogy in collected form.

Written by Wilson with art by Christian Ward, the series follows two women caught between a vast religious organization and a powerful corporation in a distant solar system.

The individual issues form one continuous narrative.

Invisible Kingdom, Volume 1

Start here.

It introduces Vess, a religious novice, and Grix, a freighter captain.

Their discoveries place them in conflict with institutions that dominate their society.

Invisible Kingdom, Volume 2

Read second.

The consequences of the conspiracy discovered in Volume 1 follow the characters as they attempt to survive outside the systems that previously controlled them.

Invisible Kingdom, Volume 3

Read third.

This concludes the series.

For a complete reading:

1. Volume 1
2. Volume 2
3. Volume 3

Invisible Kingdom Omnibus and Library Edition

The series has also appeared in larger collected formats, including an omnibus and library edition.

These are alternate collections of the same completed story.

Do not count them as Volumes 4 and 5.

If an omnibus contains the full series, it can replace the three individual trade volumes.

The Hunger and the Dusk Books in Order

The completed collected series is:

1. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1 (2024)
2. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 2 (2026)

Included. Direct fantasy sequence.

Wilson writes the series with artist Chris Wildgoose.

The story takes place in a fantasy world where humans and orcs, long enemies, are forced toward cooperation when a more dangerous outside threat appears.

The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1

Start here.

The volume collects the first six issues.

It establishes the human and orc alliance, healer Tara, commander Callum Battlechild, and the threat posed by the Vangol.

The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 2

Read second.

Released in July 2026, Volume 2 collects issues 7 through 12 and concludes the saga.

It is not an open-ended ongoing series at this point.

The complete order is:

1. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1
2. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 2

The Hunger and the Dusk Deluxe Edition

A deluxe collected edition is also being published.

Treat that as another format for the same story rather than an additional installment.

Readers who own both standard volumes already have the complete narrative.

The Stoneshore Register

1. The Stoneshore Register (2025)

Standalone graphic novel.

Wilson again collaborates with M. K. Perker.

The story follows Fadumo, a refugee and aspiring journalist who takes a job at a small newspaper in a strange Pacific Northwest fishing town.

The town contains supernatural elements such as changelings, selkies, cursed ships, and a giant stone figure that residents treat as almost ordinary.

No Air or Cairo reading is required.

Is The Stoneshore Register a Series?

Not currently.

It was published as a standalone graphic novel.

No second Stoneshore book with a confirmed publication date needs to be added as of August 2026.

Ms. Marvel Books in Order

Wilson is one of the co-creators of Kamala Khan and wrote the character’s original solo run.

For trade paperback readers, the principal Wilson-era sequence is:

1. Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal
2. Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why
3. Ms. Marvel Vol. 3: Crushed
4. Ms. Marvel Vol. 4: Last Days
5. Ms. Marvel Vol. 5: Super Famous
6. Ms. Marvel Vol. 6: Civil War II
7. Ms. Marvel Vol. 7: Damage Per Second
8. Ms. Marvel Vol. 8: Mecca
9. Ms. Marvel Vol. 9: Teenage Wasteland
10. Ms. Marvel Vol. 10: Time and Again

Included. Continuing Kamala Khan sequence.

Wilson’s principal run begins with the 2014 Ms. Marvel series and continues through the relaunched series that began in 2015.

There are crossovers and guest writers in places, particularly toward the end, but these ten collected volumes are the standard route through Wilson’s Kamala era.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal

Start here.

Kamala Khan is a Pakistani American teenager from Jersey City who gains extraordinary powers and takes the name Ms. Marvel.

This is the essential origin story for Wilson’s run.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why

Read second.

Kamala’s superhero life expands and she begins interacting with the larger Marvel Universe.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 3: Crushed

Read third.

Her personal life, friendships, and superhero identity become increasingly difficult to balance.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 4: Last Days

This volume intersects with Marvel’s larger Secret Wars era.

For a Kamala-focused read, keep it in sequence.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 5: Super Famous

The numbering effectively continues across Marvel’s relaunch.

Do not restart at Volume 1 merely because the underlying comic series received a new issue number.

For Wilson’s collected run, Super Famous follows Last Days.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 6: Civil War II

This ties Kamala’s story to Marvel’s Civil War II crossover.

External Marvel books can add context, but a Wilson-focused reading project can remain within the Ms. Marvel collections.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 7: Damage Per Second

Read after Civil War II.

The series continues dealing with the consequences of Kamala’s choices and the changing social world around her.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 8: Mecca

Continue here.

The story brings political hostility and conflict directly into Jersey City.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 9: Teenage Wasteland

This volume follows Kamala’s temporary absence and focuses substantially on the people around her.

It remains part of the continuing Wilson era.

Ms. Marvel Vol. 10: Time and Again

This is the final numbered trade associated with the end of Wilson’s original long-running era.

Wilson stepped away from the ongoing solo title in 2019.

Later Kamala Khan series by other writers belong to a broader Ms. Marvel reading order, not a G. Willow Wilson-only bibliography.

Should You Read Other Marvel Comics During Ms. Marvel?

Optional.

Kamala appears in team books, crossovers, Champions, Avengers, and event comics.

Those appearances matter to a complete Marvel chronology.

They are not required to understand the basic progression of Wilson’s ten collected Ms. Marvel volumes.

For a Wilson-specific guide, stay with the numbered trades.

Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel

Wilson later returned as one of several writers on:

Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel

Optional later Marvel appearance.

This was published after Wilson’s original Ms. Marvel run had ended.

It is not Ms. Marvel Volume 11.

It belongs much later in Kamala’s larger Marvel continuity and involves writers beyond Wilson.

Vixen: Return of the Lion

1. Vixen: Return of the Lion

Standalone DC miniseries collection.

Wilson wrote this early DC project before her later Wonder Woman and Poison Ivy runs.

It focuses on Mari McCabe, Vixen.

It is separate from her creator-owned books and requires no Ms. Marvel reading.

Wonder Woman by G. Willow Wilson

Wilson took over Wonder Woman beginning with issue 58 in 2018.

Her run can be read as a sequence of collected story arcs rather than as a new Wonder Woman continuity beginning from scratch.

For readers interested specifically in Wilson’s work, begin with her first collection from that run and continue through the volumes containing her issues.

Licensed DC continuity.

Readers unfamiliar with Wonder Woman can still follow Wilson’s principal conflicts, but prior DC history provides additional context.

The Dreaming: Waking Hours

1. The Dreaming: Waking Hours

Completed Sandman Universe collection.

Wilson wrote all 12 issues of this series.

The collected edition contains:

1. The Dreaming: Waking Hours #1 through #12

The story follows characters connected to Dream’s realm, including the nightmare Ruin and later material involving Faerie.

It belongs to the wider Sandman Universe.

It is not connected to Wilson’s novels.

Do You Need to Read The Sandman First?

Not absolutely, but familiarity helps.

The Dreaming: Waking Hours introduces its immediate protagonists and conflict.

Readers who already understand Dream, the Dreaming, and the wider Sandman mythology will recognize more of the context.

For a G. Willow Wilson bibliography, treat it as one complete collected project.

Poison Ivy Books in Order

Wilson’s current Poison Ivy run is one of her longest superhero projects.

The collected volumes currently run:

1. Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle
2. Poison Ivy Vol. 2: Unethical Consumption
3. Poison Ivy Vol. 3: Mourning Sickness
4. Poison Ivy Vol. 4: Origin of Species
5. Poison Ivy Vol. 5: Human Botany
6. Poison Ivy Vol. 6: A Death in Marshview
7. Poison Ivy Vol. 7: Amuse-Bouche
8. Poison Ivy Vol. 8: Grassroots Monarchy

Included. Continuing DC series.

As of August 9, 2026, Volume 7 has been published and the underlying comic remains ongoing.

Volume 8 is a later collection in the sequence and should follow Volume 7.

Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle

Start here.

Wilson’s run begins with Pamela Isley traveling across the United States while pursuing an extreme ecological mission.

The first volume establishes the emotional and environmental conflicts that continue across the run.

Poison Ivy Vol. 2: Unethical Consumption

Read second.

The series broadens Pamela’s relationships and her confrontation with human systems that damage the natural world.

Poison Ivy Vol. 3: Mourning Sickness

Continue directly.

Wilson increasingly develops the series as an ongoing character study rather than a collection of unrelated adventures.

Poison Ivy Vol. 4: Origin of Species

This volume includes a major exploration of Pamela’s history and Doctor Jason Woodrue.

It collects issues 19 through 24.

Despite its origin-story focus, do not move it to the beginning.

It is Volume 4 and should be read there because the framing and character development depend on the preceding run.

Poison Ivy Vol. 5: Human Botany

Read fifth.

The run continues beyond its original limited-series conception and develops Ivy’s evolving position in Gotham and the Green.

Poison Ivy Vol. 6: A Death in Marshview

Published in January 2026.

Read after Human Botany.

Poison Ivy Vol. 7: Amuse-Bouche

Published July 14, 2026.

This collection includes issues 38 through 41 along with related 2025 special material.

It is the newest published Poison Ivy trade as of August 9, 2026.

Poison Ivy Vol. 8: Grassroots Monarchy

This is the next numbered collected volume.

As of this update, Wilson’s underlying Poison Ivy comic remains active beyond the material collected in Volume 7.

Readers following trades should continue numerically rather than jumping to individual current issues.

Is Poison Ivy Complete?

No.

Wilson was still writing the ongoing series in 2026.

Issue 46 was published in July 2026, and the series continues beyond the material already gathered in Amuse-Bouche.

This is an active continuity.

Poison Ivy and Swamp Thing

Wilson has also written connected special material involving Swamp Thing, including Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing: Feral Trees.

Some of this material is incorporated into later Poison Ivy collections.

If you are reading the trades, check the collected contents before buying specials separately.

The trade route is the simplest way to avoid duplication.

Black Cat by G. Willow Wilson

Wilson began writing a new Black Cat ongoing series in 2025.

The series follows Felicia Hardy as she attempts a more heroic direction while remaining very much herself.

As of August 2026, individual issues are actively being published.

The first announced collected volume is:

1. Black Cat Vol. 1: No Good Deed

Upcoming collected edition.

It collects Black Cat #1 through #10 and is scheduled for January 2027.

How to Read Wilson’s Black Cat Now

As of August 9, 2026, the trade paperback has not yet been released.

Readers following single issues should begin with:

1. Black Cat (2025) #1

and continue numerically.

Readers who prefer collected books can wait for:

1. Black Cat Vol. 1: No Good Deed

The collection is scheduled for 2027.

Is Black Cat Connected to Ms. Marvel?

Only in the broad sense that both belong to Marvel continuity.

They do not form one G. Willow Wilson storyline.

No Ms. Marvel volume is required before Wilson’s Black Cat series.

Wilson’s Major Comics in Reader Order

A useful career-oriented route is:

Early Creator-Owned Work

1. Cairo
2. Air, Volumes 1 through 4

Kamala Khan

3. Ms. Marvel, Volumes 1 through 10

Later Creator-Owned and DC Work

4. Invisible Kingdom, Volumes 1 through 3
5. The Dreaming: Waking Hours
6. Poison Ivy, Volumes 1 onward
7. The Hunger and the Dusk, Volumes 1 and 2
8. The Stoneshore Register
9. Black Cat, beginning with the 2025 series

This is a career-reading route, not a continuity timeline.

Which Wilson Comics Are Creator-Owned?

The clearest creator-owned or self-contained projects include:

1. Cairo
2. Air
3. Invisible Kingdom
4. The Hunger and the Dusk
5. The Stoneshore Register

These can be read without knowledge of Marvel or DC.

Which Wilson Comics Belong to Shared Superhero Universes?

Marvel:

1. Ms. Marvel
2. Black Cat
3. Later Kamala-related specials

DC and Sandman Universe:

1. Vixen: Return of the Lion
2. Wonder Woman
3. The Dreaming: Waking Hours
4. Poison Ivy
5. Other Batman, Superman, and DC stories

These works inherit continuity from larger publisher universes.

A complete Marvel or DC chronology would be far larger than Wilson’s personal bibliography.

Publication Order Across Wilson’s Major Books

A broad book-format career sequence is approximately:

1. Cairo (2007)
2. Air collections
3. The Butterfly Mosque (2010)
4. Alif the Unseen (2012)
5. Ms. Marvel collections, beginning 2014
6. The Bird King (2019)
7. Invisible Kingdom collections, beginning 2019
8. The Dreaming: Waking Hours
9. Poison Ivy collections, beginning 2023
10. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1 (2024)
11. The Stoneshore Register (2025)
12. Poison Ivy Vol. 6: A Death in Marshview (2026)
13. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 2 (2026)
14. Poison Ivy Vol. 7: Amuse-Bouche (2026)

This is useful for following Wilson’s career but not for preserving continuity.

Recommended G. Willow Wilson Reading Order

A better reading project uses different starting points for different formats.

First, Read the Prose

1. Alif the Unseen
2. The Bird King
3. The Butterfly Mosque, whenever you want the memoir

There is no continuity requirement among them.

Then Try the Creator-Owned Comics

4. Cairo
5. Air, Volumes 1 through 4
6. Invisible Kingdom, Volumes 1 through 3
7. The Hunger and the Dusk, Volumes 1 and 2
8. The Stoneshore Register

Then Choose a Superhero Run

For Marvel:

1. Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal
2. Continue through Volume 10

For DC:

1. Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle
2. Continue numerically

For a compact Sandman Universe story:

1. The Dreaming: Waking Hours

For Wilson’s newest Marvel run:

1. Black Cat (2025) #1, or wait for Black Cat Vol. 1: No Good Deed

Best G. Willow Wilson Book to Start With

For prose fiction:

1. Alif the Unseen

For historical fantasy:

1. The Bird King

For memoir:

1. The Butterfly Mosque

For superhero comics:

1. Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal

For creator-owned science fiction:

1. Invisible Kingdom, Volume 1

For current DC comics:

1. Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle

For fantasy comics:

1. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1

Are Alif the Unseen and The Bird King Connected?

No.

They are separate novels.

Their use of Islamic history, culture, myth, or religious themes does not make them one series.

Is Cairo Connected to Air?

No.

Wilson collaborated with M. K. Perker on both, but the stories are independent.

Is The Stoneshore Register Connected to Air?

No confirmed story continuity connects them.

Again, Wilson and Perker reunited creatively, but The Stoneshore Register introduces its own setting and cast.

Is Invisible Kingdom Complete?

Yes.

The story concludes with Volume 3.

Is The Hunger and the Dusk Complete?

Yes.

Volume 2, published in July 2026, concludes the 12-issue series.

Is Poison Ivy Complete?

No.

It remains an active Wilson run as of August 2026.

Is Black Cat Complete?

No.

Wilson’s Black Cat series began in 2025 and remains active.

Its first collected volume is scheduled for 2027.

Latest G. Willow Wilson Book

There are several sensible answers because Wilson publishes in multiple formats.

Latest Completed Creator-Owned Collection

The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 2, published July 14, 2026.

It concludes the series.

Latest Poison Ivy Collection

Poison Ivy Vol. 7: Amuse-Bouche, also published July 14, 2026.

Latest Standalone Graphic Novel

The Stoneshore Register, published August 5, 2025.

Latest Prose Novel

The Bird King, published in 2019.

Wilson’s recent output has been concentrated heavily in comics rather than new prose novels.

Upcoming G. Willow Wilson Books

The most clearly confirmed upcoming collected book is:

1. Black Cat Vol. 1: No Good Deed (January 2027)

It collects the first ten issues of Wilson’s current Black Cat run.

Additional Poison Ivy collections are also continuing as the ongoing comic progresses.

No new prose novel with a firm release date could be reliably confirmed as of August 9, 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is G. Willow Wilson’s first major graphic novel?

Cairo, published in 2007.

What is her first prose book?

The Butterfly Mosque, her memoir.

What is her first novel?

Alif the Unseen.

Does Alif the Unseen have a sequel?

No.

Is The Bird King connected to Alif the Unseen?

No.

What order should I read Air?

1. Air, Volume 1
2. Air, Volume 2
3. Air, Volume 3
4. Air, Volume 4

What order should I read Invisible Kingdom?

1. Invisible Kingdom, Volume 1
2. Invisible Kingdom, Volume 2
3. Invisible Kingdom, Volume 3

Is Invisible Kingdom complete?

Yes.

What order should I read The Hunger and the Dusk?

1. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1
2. The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 2

Is The Hunger and the Dusk complete?

Yes.

The second volume concludes the series.

What order should I read Wilson’s Ms. Marvel?

Begin with Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal and continue through the ten numbered trade volumes of her original Kamala Khan era.

Did G. Willow Wilson create Kamala Khan?

She is one of Kamala Khan’s key co-creators and wrote the character’s original solo ongoing series.

What order should I read Poison Ivy?

Read the collected volumes numerically, beginning with The Virtuous Cycle.

Is Poison Ivy still ongoing?

Yes, as of August 2026.

Is The Dreaming: Waking Hours complete?

Yes.

The collected edition contains all 12 issues.

What is Wilson’s newest standalone graphic novel?

The Stoneshore Register from 2025.

What is Wilson’s newest comic series?

Her Black Cat ongoing began in 2025.

What comes after The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1?

The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 2, which concludes the story.

What is her latest prose novel?

The Bird King.

Conclusion

G. Willow Wilson does not have one master fictional reading order.

Her prose books stand separately. Read Alif the Unseen and The Bird King in either order, and treat The Butterfly Mosque as memoir rather than fiction.

Her creator-owned comics have their own closed continuities. Air contains four collected volumes. Invisible Kingdom contains three. The Hunger and the Dusk is complete in two. Cairo and The Stoneshore Register stand independently.

For superhero readers, Wilson’s most important long runs are Ms. Marvel and Poison Ivy. Begin Kamala Khan with Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal and follow Wilson’s ten collected volumes. Begin Pamela Isley with Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle and continue numerically through the ongoing series.

For one safest entry point across Wilson’s work, choose Alif the Unseen for prose or Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal for comics.