The Series
The Laura Chambers Book Series — Reading Order and Guide
Every book is a different world. Laura Chambers and Maya Novak find each other in all of them.
What the series is
The Laura Chambers books by Aaron D. Stott are a set of standalone sapphic novels bound together by two recurring characters: Laura Chambers, an archaeologist and manuscript scholar, and Maya Novak, the woman she keeps meeting.
A Carpathian castle in 1896. A Paleolithic winter. A university library on an ordinary Tuesday. A mid-century town with something radioactive in the woods. The genre changes every time; the two women at the centre do not.
Laura Chambers reading order
There is no required reading order — each book stands alone. If you want a route through them, this is the one most readers take.
- 1Laura Chambers Is the Apocalypse in a SweaterThe book to begin with.A quiet archaeology student, a disruptive urban planner, and a library table that becomes the beginning of everything.
- 2Tell Me About the LionsIce Age survival.Laura Chambers was meant to study the past. Instead, she was left inside it. An archaeologist trapped in the Ice Age must survive the world she once knew only through its ancient art.
- 3Laura Chambers vs The Radioactive BeastPulp adventure.The thing in the woods is feeding. Dr. Laura Chambers did not expect it to be eating electricity. A fast-paced pulp science adventure where a radioactive organism turns an entire power grid into its food supply.
- 4Laura Chambers vs The Atomic ScorpionsPulp adventure.Dr. Laura Chambers discovers the impossible beneath Cedar Creek: giant armoured scorpions reacting to every vibration through the ground.
- 5Laura Chambers vs The Man-Eating PlantsPulp adventure.When a mysterious plant escapes the greenhouse, only Laura Chambers stands between humanity and a hungry new predator.
Coming soon
- Miss Chambers and the Countess
- Laura Chambers vs The Women from Venus
Where to start
Start with Laura Chambers Is the Apocalypse in a Sweater. It is the contemporary campus romance where Laura and Maya first share a library table, and it sets the tone for everything the other books do in stranger settings.
Frequently asked questions
- What order should I read the Laura Chambers books in?
- There is no required order. Each book places Laura Chambers and Maya Novak in a different world and can be read on its own. Most readers start with Laura Chambers Is the Apocalypse in a Sweater, the contemporary campus romance where the two first meet.
- Who is Laura Chambers?
- Laura Chambers is a fictional archaeologist and manuscript scholar created by author Aaron D. Stott. She appears across gothic romance, Ice Age survival, contemporary campus romance, and 1950s-style pulp science fiction novels.
- Who is Maya Novak?
- Maya Novak is Laura Chambers' counterpart in every book — an urban planning student, an immortal Countess, a mid-century scientist. The setting changes; the recognition between them does not.
- Is the Laura Chambers series sapphic?
- Yes. Every book in the series is a sapphic (women loving women) story centred on Laura Chambers and Maya Novak.
- Can I read a Laura Chambers book for free?
- Yes — the first chapter of most titles is published free on lauraandmaya.com, along with a bonus scene from Laura Chambers Is the Apocalypse in a Sweater.