The Unwritten Series by Mike Carey, Bill Willingham, Peter Gross, Mark Buckingham, Yuko Shimizu, Dean Ormston, Steven Hall, Vince Locke, Al Davison

3.87 · 239 ratings
  • The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity (The Unwritten #1)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity (The Unwritten #1)

    Mike Carey, Bill Willingham, Peter Gross, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2010

    Tom Taylor's life was screwed from go. His father created the Tommy Taylor fantasy series, boy-wizard novels with popularity on par with Harry Potter. The problem is Dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom's real life that fans are constantly comparing him to his counterpart, turning him into the lamest variety of Z-level celebrity. In the final novel, it's even implied that the fictional Tommy will crossover into the real world, giving delusional fans more excuses to harass Tom... more

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man (The Unwritten #2)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man (The Unwritten #2)

    Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2010

    In this volume, Tom arrives at Donostia prison in Southern France and falls into the orbit of another story: The Song of Roland. Unfortunately for Tom, it's a story that ends with a massacre. .Tom discovers the true meaning of "out of the frying pan" after his escape from Donostia jail takes him to Stuttgart in 1940, a ghost city inhabited by the master liar of the Third Reich, Josef Goebbels, and a tortured soul who's crying out for rescue - or death...Collecting: The Unwritten 6-12

  • The Unwritten: The Deluxe Edition, Book One (The Unwritten #1-2)
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    The Unwritten: The Deluxe Edition, Book One (The Unwritten #1-2)

    Mike Carey, Peter Gross

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2016

    New York Times best-selling series!Stories Are the Only Thing Worth Dying ForTom Taylor has spent his entire life as a hostage to his father s literary legacy. Wilson Taylor's wildly successful 13-volume series chronicling the adventures of a bespectacled boy wizard named Tommy Taylor made him the most popular author on Earth and destroyed his son's future. On the day that the 13th title was published, Wilson vanished, leaving young Tom alone beneath the shadow of his famous namesake... more

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock (The Unwritten #3)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock (The Unwritten #3)

    Mike Carey, Steven Hall, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    The third volume of the critically acclaimed New York Times best selling new series from the Eisner-nominated creative team of Mike Carey and Peter Gross!The fictional adventures of Tommy Taylor are the biggest publishing sensation of the still-young century. And now, years after the last volume, Tommy’s creator Wilson Taylor, long missing and believed dead, is unleashing a brand-new Tommy Taylor book upon the world. There’s just none problem: It’s not a new Tommy Taylor book at all... more

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan (The Unwritten #4)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan (The Unwritten #4)

    Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Vince Locke, Al Davison, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    This fourth volume in the acclaimed series sends Tommy Taylor into the world of Moby-Dick!After the shocking return of Tommy's father, best-selling fantasy author Wilson Taylor, the mysterious Cabal audition a new assassin and Tom seeks out "the source". The source of what? He's not really sure, but it looks like a whale, and apparently it can be found in the Nantucket farmhouse where Moby-Dick was written... more

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 5: On to Genesis (The Unwritten #5)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 5: On to Genesis (The Unwritten #5)

    Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Vince Locke, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2012

    A New York Times bestseller!Before his mysterious disappearance and untimely death, the world-famous fantasy author Wilson Taylor helped bring two enduring creations into the world: Tommy Taylor, the fictional boy wizard who starred in his best selling book...and Tom Taylor, his real-life son.Armed with his father's journals, Tom Taylor begins a journey to uncover the truth behind how he came into this world... more

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words (The Unwritten #6)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words (The Unwritten #6)

    Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2012

    In this volume, Tom Taylor goes to war against the cabal that has tormented, imprisoned and tried to destroy him. To have a hope of winning, Tom must use every weapon he can get hold of, but even storybook magic carries its own risks. Tom's crusade plays out against the backdrop of the cabal's sinister secret history and delves deep into the dark past of some of the series' major players. When it's all over, very little will remain "Unwritten."Collecting: The Unwritten 31-35 & 31.5-35.5

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 7: The Wound (The Unwritten #7)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 7: The Wound (The Unwritten #7)

    Mike Carey, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2013

    The War of Words is over, but the real world and fictional world are both in turmoil, and the damage seems to be spreading. When a rash of mysterious disappearances catches the eye of young detective Didge Patterson, it becomes apparent that the cult known as The Church of Tommy is involved. Can Tommy heal "The Wound" before the real and fictional worlds crumble?Collecting: The Unwritten 36-41

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 8: Orpheus in the Underworld (The Unwritten #8)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 8: Orpheus in the Underworld (The Unwritten #8)

    Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Dean Ormston, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 2014

    In this eighth volume of the critically-acclaimed new series from the Eisner-nominated creative team, Mike Carey and Peter Gross, Tommy ventures into the land of the dead to find and rescue Lizzie. But the journey through Hades pits Tommy against all kinds of enemies of undead. But none of these encounters prepare him for his meeting with the king -- or for the responsibilities he has to take on for some very familiar damned souls.Collecting: The Unwritten 42-49

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 9: The Unwritten Fables (The Unwritten #9)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 9: The Unwritten Fables (The Unwritten #9)

    Mike Carey, Bill Willingham, Peter Gross, Mark Buckingham, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings · published 2014

    The worlds of Fables and The Unwritten collide in the epic comic event by Mike Carey and Bill Willingham!Tommy Taylor is thrust into the world of Vertigo's hit series Fables! But a dark and terrible foe has seized the fairy-tale homelands and our world. In desperation, the witches of Fabletown gather to summon the greatest mage the worlds have ever seen. But they are in for an unpleasant surprise.Collecting: The Unwritten 50-55

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 10: War Stories (The Unwritten #10)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 10: War Stories (The Unwritten #10)

    Mike Carey, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 2014

    The tenth volume of the critically-acclaimed new series from the Eisner-nominated creative team, Mike Carey and Peter Gross is the perfect jumping on point, as Tom Taylor is stranded at the beginning of all creation! Lost in the unwritten scenes of all the world's stories, Tom Taylor is headed back to reality -- and all the gods and beasts and monsters ever imagined can't stop him. But there's a toll on the road that may be too high for him or anyone to pay.. more

  • The Unwritten, Vol. 11: Apocalypse (The Unwritten #11)
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    The Unwritten, Vol. 11: Apocalypse (The Unwritten #11)

    Mike Carey, Yuko Shimizu

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings · published 2015

    In these final The Unwritten tales the three immortals – Wilson, Rausch and Pullman – are moving toward their respective endgames. But when was the last time they were all in the same room together? Answer: half a century ago, in Oxford, England. And the reasons for what they’re doing now can be found in what they said to each other back then...Collecting: The Unwritten: Apocalypse 6-12

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