Ellen Kushner Books in Order
Ellen Kushner has written 13 books, published between 1985 and 2011. The first book is Outlaws of Sherwood Forest (1985) and the newest is The Witches of Lublin (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1985–2011
- Pages on record
- 2,203 in 10 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 37–55 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,203 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Ellen Kushner writes fantasy and plot-your-own stories. World of Riverside and Ellen Kushner Audiobooks are the two series in the catalogue, with Riverside listed as an imaginary place and duelling, swordplay, fairy tales and Robin Hood among the subjects. Choose Your Own Adventure is the recorded character entry. Thirteen books are listed from Outlaws of Sherwood Forest (1985) to The Witches of Lublin (2011), among them Statue of Liberty Adventure (1986), Swordspoint (1987), Knights of the Round Table (1988), Thomas the Rhymer (1990) and The Privilege of the Sword (2006).
How many Ellen Kushner books are there?
Ellen Kushner has 13 books, released between 1985 and 2011. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Ellen Kushner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Ellen Kushner 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.
- 11985–1/4
- 219861131/4
- 319861161/4
- 419861171/4
- 519873291/4
- 619881141/4
- 7Thomas the Rhymer1990 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/419902621/4
- 8St. Nicholas and the Valley Beyond1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 920063781/4
- 1020066271/4
- 11The Golden Dreydl2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420071281/4
- 122010191/4
- 132011–1/4
Ellen Kushner books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Choose Your Own Adventure books in order
5 books by Ellen KushnerWorld of Riverside in order
4 booksEllen Kushner Audiobooks in order
1 bookStandalone books
3 books3 Ellen Kushner titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ellen Kushner books in order?
You only need to read Ellen Kushner books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ellen Kushner
Start with Outlaws of Sherwood Forest (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ellen Kushner book?
The Witches of Lublin (2011) is the newest Ellen Kushner book released so far.
Is there a new Ellen Kushner book coming?
No next Ellen Kushner book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ellen Kushner at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Ellen Kushner title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Ellen Kushner books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,203 pages across the 10 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 122 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ellen Kushner books, 6 of 13, were published in the 1980s.
What the Ellen Kushner books are about
11 of the 13 Ellen Kushner 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 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 6 of 11 books
- CollectionID:CYOA2 4 of 11 books
- Plot-your-own stories 4 of 11 books
- Fantasy 3 of 11 books
- Dueling 2 of 11 books
- Fairy tales 2 of 11 books
- Swordplay 2 of 11 books