Katie May Books in Order (Updated March 30, 2026)

Katie May writes reverse-harem romance across several lanes: paranormal academy, dark fantasy, horror-comedy, apocalyptic romance, and co-authored monster or demon series.

The important thing is not finding one giant master chronology. It is knowing which series are true start points, which books are side projects or shared-world contributions, and which newer lines are still in progress.

Best entry points by mood

1. Monsters is the strongest place to begin if you want Katie May’s best-known blend of academy setting, horror-comedy, and reverse-harem chaos. It opens Prodigium Academy, which is one of her most recognizable completed solo series.
2. For readers who want a darker fantasy-romance lane, Greed is a smart first pick. It starts The Damning, one of her longest solo series and one that clearly rewards staying in order.
3. A good first choice for people who prefer a completed trilogy is Gangs and Ghosts. That begins Beyond the Shadows, a finished paranormal-horror YA reverse-harem run.
4. Those who want a newer, still-growing academy series should start with Mania. That opens Kings of Grove Academy, which now runs through Insanity.
5. If apocalyptic romance is the draw, The Darkness We Crave is the right doorway. That kicks off Together We Fall, another completed solo quartet.

How to read Katie May without getting lost

The cleanest approach is:

1. Pick one main solo series and finish it.
2. Move next to another full solo series.
3. Save co-authored books and shared-world contributions for later unless one of those tropes is exactly why you came.

That works better than trying to merge everything into one cross-series order, because Katie May’s catalog is built in distinct clusters, not one continuous universe. Her official site groups books by named series, and catalog sources reflect the same structure.

The main Katie May series in publication order

Prodigium Academy

Included

1. Monsters (2019): The opener throws you into Katie May’s horror-comedy academy style, doing the character introductions and tonal setup the whole series depends on.
2. Roaring (2020): The second book expands the academy chaos and keeps the reverse-harem dynamic moving without resetting the world.
3. Venom (2021): The series turns darker and more dangerous here, with the wider academy conflict becoming more important than in the opener.
4. Fangs (2022): A later-series installment that leans more heavily on the bonds and rivalries already built in the first three books.
5. Blood (2023): The finale closes the main academy arc and is best saved for last because it pays off the full series buildup.

The Damning

Included

1. Greed (2019): This starts a seven-deadly-sins fantasy/paranormal reverse-harem saga and does the heavy world-building the later books rely on.
2. Envy (2019): The second book deepens the series mythology and pushes the emotional power struggles further.
3. Gluttony (2020): The scope widens here, making the series feel more like a long-form fantasy arc than a standalone-romance chain.
4. Sloth (2021): By this point the continuity matters a lot, because the cast dynamics and larger conflict are already well established.
5. Pride (2022): This entry carries the series into its later phase, with more payoff for readers who stayed with the full arc.
6. Lust (2023): The penultimate published book escalates the relationships and the overall fantasy stakes together.
7. Wrath (2025): The currently listed finale closes the seven-book sequence and completes the sins structure the series was built around.

Together We Fall

Included

1. The Darkness We Crave (2018): An apocalyptic reverse-harem opener that introduces the survival-heavy tone and the central emotional stakes.
2. The Light We Seek (2018): The second book keeps the post-apocalyptic journey moving and builds more trust and tension inside the core group.
3. The Storm We Face (2019): The external danger grows here, turning the series into a broader survival-and-loyalty story.
4. The Monsters We Hunt (2019): The quartet closes with the biggest payoff for readers who read the whole survival arc in sequence.

Beyond the Shadows

Included

1. Gangs and Ghosts (2018): The series opens with paranormal-horror energy and a slower-burn reverse-harem setup.
2. Guns and Graveyards (2019): The middle book widens the supernatural conflict and makes the earlier relationship groundwork matter more.
3. Gallows and Ghouls (2020): The trilogy finale resolves the main horror-paranormal arc and is best read after the first two without interruption.

Blindly

Included

1. Blindly Indicted (2020): A paranormal-prison reverse-harem opener with a more claustrophobic setup than most of Katie May’s academy or fantasy books.
2. Blindly Acquitted (2021): The duet conclusion resolves the prison-centered arc and depends directly on the first book’s setup.

Afterworld Academy

with Loxley Savage

1. Dearly Departed (2019): A paranormal academy opener with angels-and-demons energy, beginning a co-authored trilogy that should be read in order.
2. Darkness Deceives (2020): The second book deepens the academy conflict and keeps the romantic and supernatural threads tightly linked.
3. Defying Destiny (2021): The trilogy finale closes the main afterlife-academy arc and is not a good place to jump in late.

Tory’s School for the Troubled

Included

1. Between (2019): This begins a paranormal bully-horror academy sequence and sets up one of Katie May’s darker school-based worlds.
2. Beyond (2021): The second book raises the pressure and leans harder on the established academy dynamics.
3. Beneath (2022): The trilogy closes the core arc and gives the strongest payoff to readers who stayed with the series from book one.

Kings of Grove Academy

Included, still active through its newest listed book

1. Mania (2021): The opener launches another academy reverse-harem series, this time with a more unstable, high-intensity emotional edge.
2. Psychotic (2022): The relationships and academy conflict both escalate, making the series feel more serialized than book one alone suggests.
3. Pandemonium (2023): The middle of the series pushes the chaos outward and rewards readers who already know the full cast dynamic.
4. Delirium (2024): By this stage the continuity is doing a lot of the work, so reading in order matters even more.
5. Insanity (2026): The newest listed Kings of Grove Academy book and the clearest current endpoint for the series in catalog sources.

Fae Revealed

with Quinn Arthurs

1. Courting Darkness (2021): A fae-focused reverse-harem opener that starts one of Katie May’s more popular co-authored fantasy series.
2. Seducing Shadows (2022): The second book widens the fae conflict and pushes the romance into a more dangerous phase.
3. Loving Demons (2023): The emotional and supernatural stakes rise together here, making it a strong midpoint installment.
4. Enticing Monsters (2025): The currently listed fourth book continues the same series arc and belongs after the earlier three.

Supernaturalette

Included

1. Introductions (2020): A serial-style paranormal reverse-harem setup built around a chaotic supernatural dating-show concept.
2. First Dates (2020): The competition structure kicks in properly here, continuing the reader-voted serial model.
3. Group Outing (2020): The third installment expands the show format and keeps the eliminations and mystery threads moving.
4. Game Night (2020): The serial rhythm continues, with the cast chemistry becoming more important than in the earliest episodes.
5. Exes (2020): The series leans harder into drama and disruption, exactly as the title suggests.
6. Truth or Dare (2021): A later installment that depends heavily on the existing cast history and show mechanics.
7. Scavenger Hunt (2022): The continuity keeps tightening here, so this is not a casual starting point.
8. Reveals (2023): The eighth listed installment functions as the current cap on this serial-style run.

The Death Whisperer

Included

1. Of Rain and Wrath (2022): A fantasy/paranormal opener centered on a heroine tied to death and power, and one of Katie May’s darker recent starts.
2. Of Heat and Obsession (2023): The second book intensifies the possessive-romantic angle while widening the fae conflict.
3. Of Wind and Terror (2024): The third book continues the same slow-build dark-fantasy arc and should be read after the first two.

Mated by Fire

Included, but currently listed counts vary by source

1. Burning Embers (2024): The opener begins a newer paranormal/shifter line and sets the central fire-themed romance-fantasy framework.
2. Roaring Flames (2025): The second book continues that same line and is best treated as direct continuation rather than standalone entry.
3. Blazing Inferno (2025): The latest clearly listed published title in the series; Goodreads shows the series as four books overall, but current catalog pages clearly surface these three published entries.

Co-authored monster and demon series

Darkest Flames

with Ann Denton

1. Demon Kissed (2020): A demon-paranormal reverse-harem opener that starts the main series arc.
2. Demon Stalked (2021, 1.5): A short in-between entry that is best treated as bonus continuity rather than a replacement for book two.
3. Demon Loved (2020): The second main novel continues the demon-heavy emotional and supernatural buildup.
4. Demon Sworn (2021): The series closes the central arc and belongs after both main novels and the optional bridge story.

Dark Temptations

with Ann Denton

1. Ravaged by Monsters (2022): A monster-romance opener that starts a darker co-authored trilogy.
2. Devoured by Monsters (2023): The second book raises the intensity and pushes the trilogy deeper into its monster-romance lane.
3. Worshipped by Monsters (2024): The third book completes the currently listed trilogy and works best after the first two.

Secret Darling

with Ann Denton

Knot What She Seems (2025): A newer co-authored start and, for now, the only clearly listed book in this series.

Single-book projects and standalones

1. Chasing Time (2019, with Elena Lawson): A separate co-authored novel, best treated as standalone rather than folded into a larger Katie May-only sequence.
2. Charming Devils (2020): A standalone novel that sits outside the main branded series on current catalog pages.
3. Demon’s Joy (2020, with Ann Denton): Another separate title, best read as a side project rather than part of Darkest Flames unless a future reclassification says otherwise.
4. For Whom the Bell Tolls (2022, with Ann Denton): Listed as Darkest Queen book one, but currently it stands alone in catalog sources, so it is safest to treat as a one-book branch for now.
5. Gods and Graves (2025): A separately listed novel, currently best treated as its own book until a fuller series framework is clearly surfaced.
6. Not All Heroes Wear Capes (Just Dresses) (2019): A short standalone story, more of a side read than a core series commitment.

Shared-world and contributed books

Separate continuity from Katie May’s main owned series

These are real Katie May books or contributions, but they do not belong in the same direct reading path as Prodigium, The Damning, or her other core series.

1. Blindly Indicted (2020) and Blindly Acquitted (2021): Often grouped with Paranormal Prison, but also presented on Katie May’s own site as the Blindly series, so they are safest read together as their own duet.
2. Torn to Bits (2021) and Ripped to Shreds (2021): Katie May’s entries in the wider Kingdom of Wolves shared world; read them in that shared-world context, not as a standalone Katie May duet isolated from the host series.
3. Broken Howl (2021, with Ann Denton): A contribution to Reject Island, so it belongs with that shared series rather than the Katie May core list.
4. Dark Paradise (2022, with Ann Denton): A contributed title in MC Syndicates, again better treated as side continuity.
5. Ruthless as a Cheetah (2022): Listed under Society of Shifters, which makes it another shared-world side road.
6. Harlow (2023, with R. A. Smyth): A Dressed to Kill contribution rather than part of a Katie May-only sequence.
7. Toxicity (2019): Originally listed in Villainously Romantic Retelling, and the author later mentioned plans to re-edit and retitle it, so its current place is best treated as separate and somewhat in flux.

The order I would actually recommend

For most readers, this is the smoothest path:

1. Monsters
2. Finish Prodigium Academy
3. Read Greed
4. Continue through The Damning
5. Pick either Beyond the Shadows or Together We Fall
6. Move to Kings of Grove Academy
7. Then try co-authored lines like Fae Revealed or Dark Temptations
8. Save shared-world contributions for last

Why this order works: it starts with Katie May’s clearest solo signatures first, then moves into the more crossover-heavy and collaboration-heavy parts of the catalog.

Do you need a chronological order?

No.

For Katie May, publication order inside each series is the right order. Her books are built around cast buildup, world-building, ongoing RH dynamics, and late-series payoff. A cross-series chronology would create more confusion than clarity.

What is newest right now?

As of March 30, 2026, the newest clearly listed Katie May title in major catalog sources is Insanity (2026), the fifth Kings of Grove Academy book. The official site also continues to present Katie May as actively writing multiple ongoing series, but the cleanest currently surfaced newest release is Insanity.

Final recommendation

Start with Monsters if you want the most recognizable Katie May entry point. Start with Greed if dark fantasy is your lane. Start with Gangs and Ghosts if you want a shorter finished trilogy. Start with Mania if you prefer a newer academy series that runs into her most recent release.