Cinda Williams Chima Books in Order
Cinda Williams Chima has written 16 books, published between 2006 and 2024. The first book is The Warrior Heir (2006) and the newest is Bane of Asgard (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2006–2024
- Confirmed
- 15 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,977 in 13 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 116–174 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,977 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Cinda Williams Chima, born in 1952, writes young adult fantasy and has reached the New York Times bestseller list. The Heir Chronicles, a contemporary fantasy sequence, ran from 2006 to 2008 and gained two further instalments in 2013 and 2014. Seven Realms, high fantasy, appeared between 2009 and 2012, and the Shattered Realms books, set a generation later in that same world, ran from 2016 to 2019. Chima's Runestone Saga opened with Children of Ragnarok in 2022. Sixteen books are catalogued, from The Warrior Heir (2006) to Bane of Asgard (2024).
How many Cinda Williams Chima books are there?
Cinda Williams Chima has 16 books, released between 2006 and 2024. They include 4 separate series.
Cinda Williams Chima Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Cinda Williams Chima 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.
- 120064263/4
- 220074803/4
- 320085283/4
- 420095283/4
- 520105863/4
- 620115443/4
- 720125983/4
- 82013–2/4
- 920134553/4
- 102014–3/4
- 1120165353/4
- 1220175513/4
- 1320185353/4
- 1420196473/4
- 1520225643/4
- 162024–3/4
Cinda Williams Chima 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.
Heir Chronicles in order
6 booksSeven Realms in order
4 booksShattered Realms in order
4 books- 1. Flamecaster
- 2. Shadowcaster
- 3. Stormcaster
- 4. Deathcaster
Runestone Saga in order
2 booksDo you have to read Cinda Williams Chima books in order?
You only need to read Cinda Williams Chima books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Cinda Williams Chima books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Warrior Heir (2006), the earliest published title. After it come The Wizard Heir (2007), The Dragon Heir (2008), The Demon King (2009) and The Exiled Queen (2010); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Cinda Williams Chima book?
Bane of Asgard (2024) is the newest Cinda Williams Chima book released so far.
Is there a new Cinda Williams Chima book coming?
No next Cinda Williams Chima book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cinda Williams Chima at a glance
- Still publishing
- Cinda Williams Chima published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Cinda Williams Chima books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,977 pages across the 13 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 535 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cinda Williams Chima books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the Cinda Williams Chima books are about
15 of the 16 Cinda Williams Chima 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 11 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 11 of 15 books
- Magic 9 of 15 books
- Wizards 9 of 15 books
- Fantasy 8 of 15 books
- Princesses 5 of 15 books
- Murder 3 of 15 books
- Revenge 3 of 15 books
- Conspiracies 2 of 15 books
- Family violence 2 of 15 books
- Identity 2 of 15 books
- Involuntary human sacrifice 2 of 15 books