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Hester Fox Books in Order

Hester Fox has written 8 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The first book is The Witch of Willow Hall (2018) and the newest is A Magic Deep and Drowning (2025). One more title is announced: A Kingdom of Mist and Mourning (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8 + 1 announced
Published
2018–2025
Pages on record
1,742 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
29–44 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,742 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

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Witches, haunted dwellings and family secrets are Hester Fox's material, written as gothic historical suspense with a romance thread. Fox's 9 catalogued books open with The Witch of Willow Hall (2018) and continue through The Widow of Pale Harbor (2019), The Orphan of Cemetery Hill (2020), A Lullaby for Witches (2022), The Last Heir to Blackwood Library and Haunted House Stories (both 2023) and The Book of Thorns (2024). A Magic Deep and Drowning arrived in 2025, and A Kingdom of Mist and Mourning is scheduled for 2027.

How many Hester Fox books are there?

Hester Fox has 8 published books, released between 2018 and 2025. One more, A Kingdom of Mist and Mourning (2027), is announced.

Hester Fox Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Hester Fox 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 Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox (2019)
  2. Cover of The Orphan of Cemetery Hill by Hester Fox (2020)
  3. Cover of A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox (2022)
  4. Cover of The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox (2023)
  5. Cover of The Book of Thorns by Hester Fox (2024)
  1. 1
    The Witch of Willow Hall2018 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018362
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  2. 2
    The Widow of Pale Harbor2019 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019340
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Orphan of Cemetery Hill2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    A Lullaby for Witches2022 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Haunted House Stories2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Last Heir to Blackwood Library2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Book of Thorns2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    A Magic Deep and Drowning2025 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    A Kingdom of Mist and Mourning2027 · confirmed 1/4
    2027–
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Hester Fox 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.

Standalone books

9 books

9 Hester Fox titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Hester Fox books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 9 Hester Fox books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Hester Fox

Start with The Witch of Willow Hall (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Hester Fox book?

A Magic Deep and Drowning (2025) is the newest Hester Fox book released so far.

Is there a new Hester Fox book coming?

Yes. A Kingdom of Mist and Mourning (2027) is the next Hester Fox book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Hester Fox at a glance

Still publishing
Hester Fox is still publishing. A Kingdom of Mist and Mourning is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Hester Fox books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,742 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Hester Fox books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2020s.

What the Hester Fox books are about

2 of the 9 Hester Fox books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.