Cate Tiernan Books in Order
Cate Tiernan has written 23 books, published between 2001 and 2014. The first book is Book of Shadows (2001) and the newest is Darkest Fear (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 2001–2014
- Pages on record
- 4,227 in 17 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 70–106 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,227 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Cate Tiernan is the pen name of Gabrielle Charbonnet, an American author. The Sweep books are her best known work under the Tiernan name, following a cast of high school students through Wiccan practice; the same series is published as Wicca in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia, and as White Magic in Italy and France. Balefire and Immortal Beloved follow it. Under her own name Charbonnet is known for the Princess, American Gold Gymnasts and Disney Girls children's books. Twenty-three titles run from 2001 to Darkest Fear (2014).
How many Cate Tiernan books are there?
Cate Tiernan has 23 books, released between 2001 and 2014. They include 3 separate series.
Cate Tiernan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Cate Tiernan books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120011872/4
- 220011922/4
- 32001–2/4
- 420011922/4
- 520011922/4
- 620011922/4
- 720011922/4
- 820011922/4
- 920021922/4
- 1020021922/4
- 112002–2/4
- 122002–2/4
- 132002–2/4
- 142002–2/4
- 1520033182/4
- 1620052502/4
- 1720052162/4
- 1820052312/4
- 1920062502/4
- 202010–2/4
- 2120114162/4
- 2220124642/4
- 2320143592/4
Cate Tiernan books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Sweep / Wicca in order
15 books- 1. Book of Shadows
- 2. The Coven
- 3. Blood Witch
- 4. Dark Magick
- 5. Awakening
- 6. Spellbound
- 7. The Calling
- 8. Changeling
- 9. Strife
- 10. Seeker
- 11. Origins
- 12. Eclipse
- and 3 more in the table above
Balefire in order
4 booksImmortal Beloved in order
3 booksBirthright in order
1 book- 1. Darkest Fear
Do you have to read Cate Tiernan books in order?
You only need to read Cate Tiernan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Cate Tiernan
Start with Book of Shadows (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Cate Tiernan book?
Darkest Fear (2014) is the newest Cate Tiernan book released so far.
Is there a new Cate Tiernan book coming?
No next Cate Tiernan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cate Tiernan at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Cate Tiernan title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Cate Tiernan books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,227 pages across the 17 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cate Tiernan books, 19 of 23, were published in the 2000s.
What the Cate Tiernan books are about
All 23 Cate Tiernan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 17 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 17 of 23 books
- Witches 17 of 23 books
- Occult 11 of 23 books
- Occultism 10 of 23 books
- Magic 8 of 23 books
- Immortality 7 of 23 books
- Paranormal fiction 7 of 23 books
- Fantasy 5 of 23 books
- Sisters 4 of 23 books