Ardath Mayhar

Ardath Mayhar

Ardath Mayhar also wrote as: John Killdeer.

Ardath Mayhar was born in Timpson, Texas on February 20th, 1930 and passed away at the age of 81 on February 1st, 2012.

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Ardath Mayhar Stats: The most read book by Ardath Mayhar on Book Notification is The Sword and the Dagger, the 4th novel in the BattleTech Universe series. The second most read book is The World Ends in Hickory Hollow, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Ardath Mayhar books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Ardath Mayhar is the BattleTech Universe Series.

List of Burr Henderson Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Medicine Walk
1985
Go
2
Medicine Dream
2009
Go

List of Exiles Of Damaria Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Riddles & Dreams
2003
Go
2
Ships and Seekers
2005
Go
3
The Exiles of Damaria of Fantasy
2009
Go

List of Kyrannon Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon
1979
Go
2
The Seekers of Shar-Nuhn of Fantasy
1980
Go

List of Mesa Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
People of the Mesa
1992
Go
2
Island in the Lake
1993
Go
3
Towers of the Earth
2007
Go

List of Tales of the Triple Moons Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Warlock's gift
1982
Go
2
Lords of the Triple Moons
1983
Go

List of Tyrnos Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Soul-singer Of Tyrnos
1981
Go
2
Runes of the Lyre
1982
Go

List of Washington Shipp Mystery Books in Publication Order (with Mary Wickizer Burgess)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Death in the Square
2009
Go
2
The Body in the Swamp
2009
Go
3
Frost Line
2018
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The World Ends in Hickory Hollow, Makra Choria, and Closely Knit in Scarlatt.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Khi to Freedom
1983
Go
2
The Absolutely Perfect Horse (With: Marylois Dunn)
1983
Go
3
Exile on Vlahil
1984
Go
4
The Saga Of Grittel Sundotha
1985
Go
5
8
The World Ends in Hickory Hollow
1985
Go
6
Carrots and Miggle
1986
Go
7
Makra Choria
1987
Go
8
The Wall
1987
Go
9
The Heirs of Three Oaks
1988
Go
10
Hunters of the Plains
1995
Go
11
A Road of Stars
1998
Go
12
Closely Knit in Scarlatt
2004
Go
13
The Clarrington Heritage
2004
Go
14
World of the Greist
2004
Go
15
The Door in the Hill
2004
Go
16
The Conjure
2005
Go
17
Shock Treatment
2005
Go
18
Feud at Sweetwater Creek
2007
Go
19
Witchfire (With: Ron Fortier)
2007
Go
20
Timber Pirates (With: Marylois Dunn)
2008
Go
21
Messengers in White
2009
Go
22
Two-Moons and the Black Tower
2009
Go
23
A Planet Called Heaven
2009
Go
24
The Tulpa
2009
Go
25
The Dropouts
2009
Go
26
Deadly Memoir
2009
Go
27
The Lintons of Skillet Bend
2009
Go
28
Vendetta
2009
Go
29
High Mountain Winter
2017
Go

List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are Strange Doin's in the Pine Hills, The Loquat Eyes, and A World of Weirdities.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Twilight Dancer
2004
Go
2
The Crystal Skull
2004
Go
3
Reflections and Journey to an Ending
2008
Go
4
Slewfoot Sally and the Flying Mule
2009
Go
5
Strange Doin's in the Pine Hills
2009
Go
6
A World of Weirdities
2009
Go
7
The Loquat Eyes
2010
Go
8
The Second Ardath Mayhar MEGAPACK®
2017
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Through a Stone Wall
2005
Go
2
Strange View from a Skewed Orbit
2009
Go

List of BattleTech Universe Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top BattleTech Universe books are Ghost War, Natural Selection, and Assumption of Risk.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The Sword and the Dagger
1987
Go
2
4
Shrapnel: Fragments From The Inner Sphere (By: William H. Keith Jr., Elizabeth Danforth, Ken St. Andre, Jordan K. Weisman)
1989
Go
3
Natural Selection (By: Michael A. Stackpole)
1992
Go
4
Assumption of Risk ( By: Michael A. Stackpole)
1993
Go
5
Close Quarters ( By: Victor Milán)
1994
Go
6
Tactics of Duty (By: William H. Keith Jr.)
1995
Go
7
Bred for War ( By: Michael A. Stackpole)
1995
Go
8
I Am Jade Falcon ( By: Robert Thurston)
1995
Go
9
Malicious Intent ( By: Michael A. Stackpole)
1996
Go
10
Operation Excalibur (By: William H. Keith Jr.)
1996
Go
11
Black Dragon (By: Victor Milán)
1996
Go
12
Grave Covenant (By: Michael A. Stackpole)
1997
Go
13
Freebirth ( By: Robert Thurston)
1998
Go
14
Prince of Havoc (By: Michael A. Stackpole)
1998
Go
15
Falcon Rising ( By: Robert Thurston)
1999
Go
16
Classic Battletech ( By: Loren L. Coleman)
2000
Go
17
Ghost War ( By: Michael A. Stackpole)
2002
Go
18
Path of Glory (By: Randall N. Bills)
2002
Go
19
Imminent Crisis (By: Randall N. Bills)
2002
Go
20
Flight of the Falcon ( By: Victor Milán)
2004
Go
21
Fortress of Lies ( By: J. Steven York)
2004
Go
22
Wolves on the Border (By: Robert N. Charrette)
2004
Go
23
Hunters of the Deep (By: Randall N. Bills)
2004
Go
24
Heretic's Faith (By: Randall N. Bills, Roc Books)
2005
Go
25
Blood Avatar (By: Ilsa J. Bick)
2005
Go
26
Trial by Chaos ( By: J. Steven York)
2006
Go
27
Wolf Hunters (By: Kevin Killiany)
2006
Go
28
A Rending of Falcons ( By: Victor Milán)
2007
Go
29
Masters of War ( By: Michael A. Stackpole)
2007
Go
30
Pandora's Gambit (By: Randall N. Bills)
2007
Go
31
To Ride the Chimera (By: Kevin Killiany)
2008
Go
32
The Corps ( By: Loren L. Coleman)
2008
Go
33
Classic BattleTech 25 Years of Art & Fiction (By: Randall N. Bills)
2009
Go
34
Angry Voices In The Dark (By: Loren L. Coleman)
2011
Go
35
Weapons Free ( By: Jason Schmetzer)
2012
Go
36
The Nellus Academy Incident (By: Jennifer Brozek)
2014
Go
37
Betrayal of Ideals (By: Blaine Lee Pardoe)
2016
Go
38
A Splinter of Hope/The Anvil (By: Blaine Lee Pardoe, Philip A. Lee)
2019
Go
39
Forever Faithful (By: Blaine Lee Pardoe)
2019
Go
40
Redemption Rift (By: Jason Schmetzer)
2019
Go
41
Divided We Fall (By: Blaine Lee Pardoe)
2020
Go
42
Shell Games (By: Jason Schmetzer)
2020
Go
43
Honor's Gauntlet (By: Bryan Young)
2020
Go
44
Hour Of The Wolf (By: Blaine Lee Pardoe)
2021
Go
45
The Trickster (By: Blaine Lee Pardoe)
2021
Go
46
A Rock and a Hard Place (By: William H. Keith Jr.)
2021
Go
47
No Substitute for Victory (By: Blaine Lee Pardoe)
2022
Go
48
BattleTech: Shrapnel, Issue #9 (By: Philip A. Lee, Bryan Young)
2022
Go
49
A Question of Survival (By: Bryan Young)
2022
Go
50
Fox Tales (By: Bryan Young)
2022
Go
51
(By: Philip A. Lee, Bryan Young)
2023
Go
52
Giving up the Ghost (By: Bryan Young)
2023
Go
53
Shrapnel, Issue #16: (By: Philip A. Lee, Bryan Young)
2024
Go
54
Without Question (By: Bryan Young)
2024
Go
55
Let Slip the Dogs of War (By: Bryan Young)
2024
Go
56
Shrapnel, Issue #18: (By: Philip A. Lee, Bryan Young)
2024
Go
57
VoidBreaker (By: Bryan Young)
2025
Go
58
BattleTech: Fortunes of War, Volume 1 (By: John Helfers, Bryan Young)
2025
Go
59
Lone Wolf and Fox: (By: Bryan Young)
2025
Go
60
Outfoxed: ( By: Bryan Young)
2025
Go
61
BattleTech: Shrapnel (By: Wunji Lau, D. G. P. Rector, Jonathan Hicks, James Bixby)
2025
Go
62
Star-Crossed Warriors: (By: Bryan Young)
2026
Go
63
A Plague on Rasalhague (By: Bryan Young)
2026
Go
64
Ghosts of Timkovichi: (By: Bryan Young)
2026
Go
65
By Civil Blood Betrayed: (By: Bryan Young)
2026
Go
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List of Fuzzy Sapiens Books in Publication Order

Prospector Jack Holloway and his Fuzzy family fight to save their world from destruction.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.5
Little Fuzzy (By: H. Beam Piper)
1962
Go
2
9
Fuzzy Sapiens / The Other Human Race (By: H. Beam Piper)
1964
Go
3
10
Fuzzy Bones (By: William Tuning)
1981
Go
4
Golden Dream
1982
Go
5
9
The Adventures of Little Fuzzy (By: H. Beam Piper)
1983
Go
6
10
Fuzzies and Other People (By: H. Beam Piper)
1984
Go
7
Fuzzy Ergo Sum (By: Wolfgang Diehr)
2011
Go
8
7.8
Fuzzy Nation ( By: John Scalzi)
2011
Go
9
Caveat Fuzzy (By: Wolfgang Diehr)
2012
Go
10
The Fuzzy Conundrum (By: John F. Carr, Wolfgang Diehr)
2016
Go
11
Fuzzy Logic (By: Wolfgang Diehr)
2022
Go
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List of Millenium Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Millenium books are The Legacy of Lehr, Chess With A Dragon, and The Homecoming.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The Legacy of Lehr (By: Katherine Kurtz)
1986
Go
2
Chess With A Dragon (By: David Gerrold)
1987
Go
3
A Dark Traveling (By: Roger Zelazny)
1987
Go
4
Project Pendulum (By: Robert Silverberg)
1987
Go
5
The Forever City (By: Richard A. Lupoff)
1988
Go
6
The Year of the Ransom (By: Poul Anderson)
1988
Go
7
Joe Gosh (By: Tom De Haven)
1988
Go
8
A Place of Silver Silence
1988
Go
9
The Homecoming (By: Barry B. Longyear)
1989
Go
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List of The Macaque Cycle Books in Publication Order (with Ron Fortier)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Trail of the Seahawks
1987
Go
2
Monkey Station
1989
Go

List of Mountain Majesty Books in Publication Order (as John Killdeer)

Ranked by popularity, the top Mountain Majesty books are The Savage Land, Wild Country, and The Untamed.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Wild Country
1992
Go
2
The Untamed
1992
Go
3
Wilderness Rendezvous
1992
Go
4
Blood Kin
1993
Go
5
Passage West
1993
Go
6
The Far Horizon
1994
Go
7
Fire on the Prairie
1995
Go
8
The Savage Land
1995
Go

List of Ardath Mayhar Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Barbarians
1986
Go
2
The Unicorn Treasury
1988
Go
3
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
1989
Go
4
The New Frontier
1989
Go
5
Dark Delicacies II: Fear
2007
Go
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Ardath Mayhar

Ardath Mayhar was born on February 20th, 1930. Ardath passed away February 1st, 2012 at 81 years old. Ardath Mayhar was born in Timpson, Texas.

Ardath Mayhar had written 29 standalone novels, starting with Khi to Freedom in 1983. The most recently released novel was High Mountain Winter, which was released in 2017.

Ardath Mayhar also wrote the Mountain Majesty series which has 8 books including Wild Country and The Untamed.

Ardath Mayhar: Awards & Accolades

Ardath Mayhar books have been nominated for multiple awards, Dark Delicacies II: Fear was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology, in 2007 as well as the Bram Stoker Awards - Superior Achievement in an Anthology in 2007.

Related Authors

Fans of Ardath Mayhar also enjoy these authors:

  1. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  2. Charles Dickens, author of: A Christmas Carol.
  3. Dean Koontz, author of the Odd Thomas Series.
  4. Brad Meltzer, author of the Escape Artist/Zig & Nola Series.
  5. Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files Series.

Ardath Mayhar: F.A.Q

When was Ardath Mayhar Born?

Ardath Mayhar was born on February 20th, 1930.

When did Ardath Mayhar die?

Ardath Mayhar died on February 1st, 2012 at 81 years old.

Where was Ardath Mayhar Born?

Ardath Mayhar was born in Timpson, Texas, .

What was the first book Ardath Mayhar wrote?

The first book written by Ardath Mayhar was How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon, published in 1979.

What was the most recent book Ardath Mayhar wrote?

Their most recently released work was Frost Line (a short story) on February 9th, 2018.

What is the most popular book by Ardath Mayhar?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Ardath Mayhar book is The Sword and the Dagger. Here are their most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. The Sword and the Dagger (6.00)
  2. The World Ends in Hickory Hollow (8.00)

How many books has Ardath Mayhar written?

Ardath Mayhar has written 69 books across 17 series and categories, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 2 books in the Burr Henderson Series
  • 3 books in the Exiles Of Damaria Series
  • 2 books in the Kyrannon Series
  • 3 books in the Mesa Series
  • 2 books in the Tales of the Triple Moons Series
  • 2 books in the Tyrnos Series
  • 3 books in the Washington Shipp Mystery Series
  • 29 Standalone Novels
  • 8 Collections
  • 2 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the BattleTech Universe Series
  • 1 book in the Fuzzy Sapiens Series
  • 1 book in the Millenium Series
  • 2 books in The Macaque Cycle Series
  • 8 books in the Mountain Majesty Series

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