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Overview
A reading challenge for Gregory Ashe’s interconnected MM contemporary mysteries—the Hazardverse.
The challenge books are listed in the cameo-focused reading order from Ashe’s website, where you can also find a chronological reading order, Hazardverse timelines, and information about each series. For this challenge, I’ve focused on the “main series” and included “other” Hazardverse books and stories as bonuses. The main series’ short story collections (e.g., Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty) are bonus books, too.
Ashe has released a lot of extra/exclusive content through his newsletter, patron site, Facebook group, and Discord server. Many of those stories have since been published as part of collections. The stories that are not currently part of a short story collection are not on The StoryGraph, with the exception of “Side Piece” and “Sick Day,” and therefore not included in this challenge. To track all of his books and stories, I recommend using the Gregory Ashe Backlist Tracker spreadsheet linked below.
Suggested reading order to make the most of cameos:
The challenge books are listed in the cameo-focused reading order from Ashe’s website, where you can also find a chronological reading order, Hazardverse timelines, and information about each series. For this challenge, I’ve focused on the “main series” and included “other” Hazardverse books and stories as bonuses. The main series’ short story collections (e.g., Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty) are bonus books, too.
Ashe has released a lot of extra/exclusive content through his newsletter, patron site, Facebook group, and Discord server. Many of those stories have since been published as part of collections. The stories that are not currently part of a short story collection are not on The StoryGraph, with the exception of “Side Piece” and “Sick Day,” and therefore not included in this challenge. To track all of his books and stories, I recommend using the Gregory Ashe Backlist Tracker spreadsheet linked below.
Suggested reading order to make the most of cameos:
- The Hazard and Somerset Mysteries
- The Borealis Investigations (North & Shaw)
- A Union of Swords (Hazard & Somerset)
- The Lamb and the Lion (Jem & Tean)
- Borealis: Without a Compass (North & Shaw)
- The First Quarto (Theo & Auggie)
- Arrows in the Hand (Hazard & Somerset)
- Iron on Iron (Hazardverse crossover)
- Bonus books: Hazardverse: Sidetracks
Links to additional references (all fan-made, not by me):
- Hazardverse Chronological Reading Order (Google doc)
- Cameo Database (Notion site)
- A Beginner’s Guide to Gregory Ashe (Notion site)
- Gregory Ashe Backlist Tracker (Google sheets)
Challenge last updated: 22 March 2025 (to add Body Count).
Gregory Ashe’s Hazardverse
25 participants (34 books)
Overview
A reading challenge for Gregory Ashe’s interconnected MM contemporary mysteries—the Hazardverse.
The challenge books are listed in the cameo-focused reading order from Ashe’s website, where you can also find a chronological reading order, Hazardverse timelines, and information about each series. For this challenge, I’ve focused on the “main series” and included “other” Hazardverse books and stories as bonuses. The main series’ short story collections (e.g., Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty) are bonus books, too.
Ashe has released a lot of extra/exclusive content through his newsletter, patron site, Facebook group, and Discord server. Many of those stories have since been published as part of collections. The stories that are not currently part of a short story collection are not on The StoryGraph, with the exception of “Side Piece” and “Sick Day,” and therefore not included in this challenge. To track all of his books and stories, I recommend using the Gregory Ashe Backlist Tracker spreadsheet linked below.
Suggested reading order to make the most of cameos:
The challenge books are listed in the cameo-focused reading order from Ashe’s website, where you can also find a chronological reading order, Hazardverse timelines, and information about each series. For this challenge, I’ve focused on the “main series” and included “other” Hazardverse books and stories as bonuses. The main series’ short story collections (e.g., Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty) are bonus books, too.
Ashe has released a lot of extra/exclusive content through his newsletter, patron site, Facebook group, and Discord server. Many of those stories have since been published as part of collections. The stories that are not currently part of a short story collection are not on The StoryGraph, with the exception of “Side Piece” and “Sick Day,” and therefore not included in this challenge. To track all of his books and stories, I recommend using the Gregory Ashe Backlist Tracker spreadsheet linked below.
Suggested reading order to make the most of cameos:
- The Hazard and Somerset Mysteries
- The Borealis Investigations (North & Shaw)
- A Union of Swords (Hazard & Somerset)
- The Lamb and the Lion (Jem & Tean)
- Borealis: Without a Compass (North & Shaw)
- The First Quarto (Theo & Auggie)
- Arrows in the Hand (Hazard & Somerset)
- Iron on Iron (Hazardverse crossover)
- Bonus books: Hazardverse: Sidetracks
Links to additional references (all fan-made, not by me):
- Hazardverse Chronological Reading Order (Google doc)
- Cameo Database (Notion site)
- A Beginner’s Guide to Gregory Ashe (Notion site)
- Gregory Ashe Backlist Tracker (Google sheets)
Challenge last updated: 22 March 2025 (to add Body Count).
Challenge Books
37
Father Complex
Gregory Ashe
To read after Father Complex: “One Day You’ll Thank Me” (Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty Volume 3)
38
Final Orders
Gregory Ashe
To read after Final Orders:
- “Opuntia Microdasys” (Tangents: Vol. 1)
- “Evie’s Dad” (Tangents: Vol. 1)
- “Date Night” (Tangents: Vol. 2)
- “Sick Day” (in Ashe’s Facebook group)
- “Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty 3” (Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty Volume 3)
- “But It’s Still a Race” (Tangents: Vol. 1)
- “Haunted House Hazards” (Tangents: Vol. 2)
- “Big Brother” (Tangents: Vol. 2)
39
(bonus)
Sick Day
Gregory Ashe
A Hazard and Somerset short story, set after Final Orders, available to members of Ashe’s Facebook group.
40
(bonus)
Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty Volume 3
Gregory Ashe
Collection of short stories connected to Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand series.
41
The Face in the Water
Gregory Ashe
Jem & Tean; To read after The Face in the Water:
- “All the Feels” (Good Vibes Only)
- “The Least We Could Do” (Tangents Vol. 1)
- “The First Annual Leon Family Reunion” (Tangents Vol. 2)
42
The Girl in the Wind
Gregory Ashe
Theo & Auggie; To read before The Girl in the Wind: “Add Me Back” (Good Vibes Only)
43
The Spoil of Beasts
Gregory Ashe
North & Shaw; To read before The Spoil of Beasts: “Adulting is Hard” (Good Vibes Only)
44
The Evening Wolves
Gregory Ashe
Hazard & Somerset. To read before The Evening Wolves: “I Can’t Even” (Good Vibes Only); To read after The Evening Wolves:
- “A Favor” (Tangents: Vol. 2)
- “Good Vibes Only” (Good Vibes Only)
- “Summer Nights” (Tangents: Vol. 1)
- “The Things We Do” (Tangents: Vol. 1)
- “Big Strong Guys” (Tangents: Vol. 1)
- “Pride” (Tangents: Vol. 2)
45
(bonus)
Good Vibes Only
Gregory Ashe
Collection of short stories connected to the Iron on Iron series.
46
(bonus)
Luka Meer: Four Short Stories
Gregory Ashe
These stories take place around the same time as The Evening Wolves.
47
(bonus)
Tangents: Volume 1
Gregory Ashe
Collection of short stories and connected to the Hazardverse.
- “But It’s Still a Race” (after Final Orders)
- “The Least We Could Do” (after The Face in the Water)
- “Meet (Not Cute)” (before Follows with Intent)
- “I Wanted to Tell You Something” (after The Kiss Principle)
- “Opuntia Microdasys” (after Final Orders)
- “Summer Nights” (after The Evening Wolves)
- “The Things We Do” after The Evening Wolves)
- “Evie’s Dad” (after Final Orders)
- “Big Strong Guys” (after The Evening Wolves)
48
(bonus)
Follows with Intent
Gregory Ashe
Nico & Jadon. To read before Follows with Intent: “Meet (Not Cute)” (Tangents: Vol. 1); To read after Follows with Intent: “Team-Building” (Tangents: Vol. 2).