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Claire Legrand Books in Order

Claire Legrand has written 16 books, published between 2012 and 2026. The first book is The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (2012) and the newest is A Rose of Blood and Binding (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2012–2026
Pages on record
4,310 in 9 of 16 books
Reading time
72–108 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,310 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Claire Legrand, author

Claire Legrand writes children's and young adult fiction, novels and short stories alike. The Empirium trilogy, published by Sourcebooks Fire, is the best known work and reached the New York Times bestseller list. Sixteen books are catalogued from The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (2012) to A Rose of Blood and Binding (2026), taking in Winterspell (2014), Foxheart (2016), Furyborn (2018), Sawkill Girls (2018) and Lightbringer (2020). Magic, fairy tales, missing children and orphanages recur as subjects.

How many Claire Legrand books are there?

Claire Legrand has 16 books, released between 2012 and 2026. They include 4 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Claire Legrand Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Claire Legrand 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.

  1. Cover of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand (2012)
  2. Cover of The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand (2013)
  3. Cover of Foxheart by Claire Legrand, book 1 of the Foxheart series (2016)
  4. Cover of Furyborn by Claire Legrand, book 1 of the Empirium series (2018)
  5. Cover of Kingsbane by Claire Legrand, book 2 of the Empirium series (2019)
  6. Cover of Thornlight by Claire Legrand, book 2 of the Foxheart series (2021)
  7. Cover of Extasia by Claire Legrand (2022)
  8. Cover of A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand, book 1 of the Middlemist Trilogy (2023)
  1. 1
    The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    The Year of Shadows2013 · 406 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013406
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  3. 3
    SummerfallWinterspell #12014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  4. 4
    WinterspellWinterspell #22014 · 454 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014454
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  5. 5
    FoxheartFoxheart #12016 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016480
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  6. 6
    Some Kind of Happiness2016 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016374
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  7. 7
    FurybornEmpirium #12018 · 501 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018501
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  8. 8
    Sawkill Girls2018 · 447 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018447
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  9. 9
    KingsbaneEmpirium #22019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  10. 10
    LightbringerEmpirium #32020 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020592
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  11. 11
    Queen of the Blazing ThroneEmpirium #42020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    ThornlightFoxheart #22021 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021464
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  13. 13
    Extasia2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    A Crown of Ivy and GlassMiddlemist Trilogy #12023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  15. 15
    A Song of Ash and MoonlightMiddlemist Trilogy #22024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  16. 16
    A Rose of Blood and BindingMiddlemist Trilogy #32026 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2026592
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Claire Legrand 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.

Empirium in order

4 books
  1. 1. Furyborn
  2. 2. Kingsbane
  3. 3. Lightbringer
  4. 4. Queen of the Blazing Throne

Middlemist Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Crown of Ivy and Glass
  2. 2. A Song of Ash and Moonlight
  3. 3. A Rose of Blood and Binding

Winterspell in order

2 books
  1. 1. Summerfall
  2. 2. Winterspell

Foxheart in order

2 books
  1. 1. Foxheart
  2. 2. Thornlight

Standalone books

5 books

5 Claire Legrand titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Claire Legrand books in order?

You only need to read Claire Legrand books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Claire Legrand

Start with The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Claire Legrand book?

A Rose of Blood and Binding (2026) is the newest Claire Legrand book released so far.

Is there a new Claire Legrand book coming?

No next Claire Legrand book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Claire Legrand at a glance

Still publishing
Claire Legrand published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Claire Legrand books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,310 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 464 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Claire Legrand books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Claire Legrand books are about

11 of the 16 Claire Legrand 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 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.