Otherworld Series Reading Order

While the main book series was called Women of the Otherworld, Kelley Armstrong has written a number of short stories in other characters' perspectives. Here is the full reading order including all of the short stories and where you can find those short stories. The series itself involves a number of supernatural creatures from werewolves, to vampires, and witches. I'll put the main series in bold, and from what I understand, you don't have to read any of the short stories or novellas to understand the series, but I definitely recommend them as they are good reads!

1. Rebirth - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of how Aaron became a vampire in Aaron's perspective.

2. Infusion - Found in Men of the Otherworld. The story of Jeremy's conception and birth, told in Malcolm's perspective.

3. Savage - Found in Men of the Otherworld. The story of how Clayton became a werewolf and how Jeremy found and raised him, told in Clayton's perspective.

4. Ascension - Found in Men of the Otherworld. The story of Jeremy rose to become Alpha of the pack, told in Clayton's perspective.

5. Bewitched - Found in Tales fo the Otherworld. The story of how Krist of Nast and Eve meet, told in the Eve's perspective.

6. Demonology - Found in Otherworld Nights. The story of Adam's conception and how Talia found out what he was and how she met Robert Vasic, told in the perceptive of Talia.

7. Birthright - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of how Logan found out that he was a werewolf, told in the perspective of Logan.

8. Beginnings - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of how Clayton and Elena met and fell in love, told in both Elena's and Clayton's perspective.

9. Becoming - This is a graphic novel on it's own. The story of how Elena turned into a werewolf.

10. The Case of the Half-Demon Spy - Found in Spellcasters. A story from Paige and Adam's childhood, told in the perspective of Adam.

11. Expectations - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of Lucas dealing with being the son of an infamous cabal, told in Lucas's perspective.

12. Truth and Consequences - Found here. A story of Elena dealing with a threat to the pack, told in Elena's perspective.

13. Territorial - Found here. The story of how Marsten go involved with the mutts (and leading up to the story in Bitten), told in Karl's perspective.

14. Bitten - A main story, told in Elena's perspective. Elena and the pack battle rogue mutts.

15. Ghosts - Found in Tales from the Otherwold. The story of Jeremy dealing with some memories, told in Jeremy's perspective.

16. Escape - Found here. The story of Eve's attempted escape from the compound with Savannah, told in Eve's perspective.

17. Stolen - A main story, told in Elena's perceptive. Elena battles insane scientists who are kidnapping supernaturals.

18. Dime Store Magic - A Main story. Paige raises Savannah and fights her birth father to keep her, told in Paige's perspective.

19. Industrial Magic - A main story. Paige tries to find a killer targeting supernatural children of cabals, told in Paige's perspective.

20. Wedding Bell Hell - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of Paige and Lucas's wedding, told in Paige's perspective.

21. Haunted - A main story. Eve contacts a necromancer, Jaime, and searchs for a Nix (a demi-demon) while she tried to protect Savannah, told in Eve's perspective.

22.  Adventurer - Found here. A story about Kenneth, in Kenneth's perspective.

23. Chaotic - Found in Dates from Hell or stand alone novella. A half-demon attempts to capture and then teams up with Karl Marsten, told from Hope's perspective.

24. Bargain - Found here. Xavier tries to make a deal with Elena, told in Xavier's perspective.

25. Broken - A main story. Elena becomes pregnant, and pursues Jack the ripper in modern Toronto, told in Elena's perspective.

26. The Case of El Chupacabra - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. Paige and Lucas pursue a murderer who may be a vampire, told in the perspective of Lucas.

27. No Humans Involved - A main story. Jaime tries to find out why she is being harassed by spirits, told in the perspective of Jaime.

28. Framed - Found here. Nick is determined to prove that he can deal with a situation by himself, told in Nick's perspective.

29. Twilight - Found in Many Bloody Returns. Told in Cassandra's point of view.

30. Stalked - Found in The Hunter and the Hunter. Told in the persepctive of Clayton.

31. Personal Demon - A main story. Hope faces what it means to be a young supernatural in Miami, told in the perspectives of Hope and Lucas.

32. Chivalrous - Found in Tales of Dark Fantasy 2. Told in the perspective of Reese.

33. The Ungrateful Dead - Found in Blood Lite. Told in the perspective of Jaime.

34. Living with the Dead - A main story. A human finds herself drawn into the supernatural world when she is framed for murder, told in third person with multiple narrators.

35. Kitsunegari - Found in Men of the Otherworld. Told in Jeremy's perspective.

36. Zen and the Art of Vampirism - Found in Fantasy Medley. Told in Zoe's perspective.

37. Angelic - Separate novella. Told in Eve's perspective.

38. Learning Curve - Found in Evolve. Told in Zoe's perspective.

39. Checkmate - Found here. The story of Elena tracking a killer in Winnipeg, told in Elena's perspective.

40. Recruit - Found here. The short story that led up to Frostbitten, told in Elena's perspective.

41. Frostbitten - A main story. Elena and Clay are sent to Alaska to investigate humans killed by wolves near anchorage, told in Elena's perspective.

42. The List - Found in Evolve 2. Told in Zoe's perspective.

43. Forbidden - Separate novella. Told in Elena's point of view.

44. Hidden - Separate novella. Told in Elena's point of view.

45. Counterfeit Magic - Separate novella. Told in Paige's perspective.

46. Off-Duty Angel - Found in The Hunter and the Hunted. Told in Eve's perspective.

47. V Plates - Found in Blood Lite 3. Nick's perspective.

48. Amityville Horrible - Separate novella. Told from Jaime's perspective.

49. Waking the Witch - Main story. Savannah attempts her first solo case, told in Savannah's perspective.

50. Spell Bound - Main story. A continuation of Savannah first solo case which triggers a secret war, told in Savannah's perspective.

51. Thirteen - Main story. Told in Savannah's perspective.

52. From Russia with Love - Found in Thirteen. Told in Elena's perspective.

53. Brazen - Separate novella. Told in Nick's perceptive

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Infusion by Kelley Armstrong

Infusion by Kelley Armstrong is a short story in the Otherworld series, and chronologically comes second in the list, and is one of the prequel stories to the first full book in the series. If that was a little confusing, there is a list of the reading order here.

This short story is told from the perspective of a werewolf named Malcolm and how his son, Jeremy, came to be. Now, I had a little bit of an idea of some of the characters before reading any of these books or short stories, and Malcolm is, in my opinion, the classic jerk. Isn't big on the alpha of his pack, thinks poorly on his own father, and well not really a character I liked much, though I think that is the point.

The story starts off with the alpha of the pack, Dominic, boasting about his third son, who seems like he will be the strongest of the three. Malcolm himself has no children yet, though it isn't for a lack of effort. He wants his own son to be stronger than any of Dominic's sons so he could brag himself. However, despite all of the women he has slept with, he cant seem to conceive, at least not until he beds a small Asian woman working at the bar.

So far this has been the shortest story I've read from this series, but it was one of the best written short stories I've read in quite awhile. I came across this series after watching the show Bitten, which I quite enjoyed, and found out it was based off of a book series. While this story definitely isn't necessary to read before getting into the main books, I was curious about it since Jeremy happens to be one of my favorite character. This particular story gives good background in seeing Malcolm's personality, and kind of how the relationship between the father and son started, and I feel like it does this without ruining any mystery of the main story of the series, which is something I think some prequels can do.

And while this story is short, it did a fantastic job of giving insight into the history of the pack and Malcolm. Overall, I think if you are interested in the series, which I definitely recommend you read, you should give this short story a shot, though I think it wouldn't matter much either way if you read this short story before the main book or not. The short story drew me in and I simply couldn't put it down.

This short story used to be available online, though now it has been published into the Men of the Otherworld anthology.