Jessica Townsend Books in Order
Jessica Townsend has written 5 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is The Trials of Morrigan Crow (2017) and the newest is Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 4 of the 5 books listed here are in the Nevermoor series, which has its own page: Nevermoor books in order.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2017–2025
- Confirmed
- 4 of 5 titles
- Pages on record
- 336 in 1 of 5 books
Jessica Townsend, born in Queensland in 1985, is an Australian author of children's fantasy. Nevermoor is her series, and it accounts for all five catalogued books: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (2017), Wundersmith (2018), Hollowpox (2020), Silverborn (2024) and Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (2025). Magic, contests, curses and loyalty are the recurring subjects. The first book took Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards and the 2018 Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Younger Fiction, and film rights went to 20th Century Fox in 2016.
How many Jessica Townsend books are there?
Jessica Townsend has 5 books, released between 2017 and 2025. 4 of them belong to the Nevermoor series.
Jessica Townsend Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Jessica Townsend 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.
- 12017–3/4
- 22018–3/4
- 320203363/4
- 42024–3/4
- 5Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Jessica Townsend series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Nevermoor books in order 4 books
Jessica Townsend 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
1 book1 Jessica Townsend title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jessica Townsend books in order?
You only need to read Jessica Townsend books in order within the Nevermoor series, which holds 4 of the 5 Jessica Townsend books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jessica Townsend
Start with The Trials of Morrigan Crow (2017), the first Nevermoor book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Jessica Townsend book?
Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (2025) is the newest Jessica Townsend book released so far.
Is there a new Jessica Townsend book coming?
No next Jessica Townsend book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jessica Townsend at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jessica Townsend published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Jessica Townsend books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 336 pages across the 1 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jessica Townsend books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2020s.
What the Jessica Townsend books are about
3 of the 5 Jessica Townsend books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magic is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Magic 3 of 3 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 3 books
- Contests 2 of 3 books
- Adventure stories 1 of 3 books
- Blessing and cursing 1 of 3 books
- Fantasy 1 of 3 books
- Loyalty 1 of 3 books
- Schools 1 of 3 books
- Secrets 1 of 3 books