Karen Chance Books in Order
Karen Chance has written 41 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is Touch the Dark (2006) and the newest is Rogue Elements (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 41
- Published
- 2006–2026
- Confirmed
- 3 of 41 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,749 in 16 of 41 books
Karen Chance is an American fantasy novelist. Chance grew up in Orlando, Florida, has lived in France, Great Britain, Hong Kong and New Orleans, taught history there, and has written full time since 2008. The Cassie Palmer books follow a clairvoyant who becomes the Pythia, chief seer of the supernatural world; Midnight's Daughter (2008) opens a spin-off from that sequence, and Dorina Basarab and Lia de Croissets are the other series. Forty-eight catalogued titles run from Touch the Dark (2006) to Rogue Elements (2026), at a median 418 pages. Vampires, clairvoyants and the occult recur as subjects.
Source: Wikidata
The Cassie Palmer series includes time travel among its plot elements, alongside fights and hidden agendas, as Cassie learns to use her new powers.
How many Karen Chance books are there?
Karen Chance has 41 books, released between 2006 and 2026. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Karen Chance Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 41 Karen Chance 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 November 2026.
- 120063072/4
- 220073742/4
- 320083732/4
- 42008–2/4
- 520083922/4
- 62008–2/4
- 720094222/4
- 820093862/4
- 92010–2/4
- 102010–2/4
- 112011–2/4
- 1220114192/4
- 132011–2/4
- 142011–2/4
- 152012–2/4
- 162012–2/4
- 1720134182/4
- 182014–2/4
- 192015–2/4
- 202015–2/4
- 2120155142/4
- 222015–2/4
- 232017–2/4
- 2420175972/4
- 252017–2/4
- 2620185442/4
- 2720181072/4
- 2820193942/4
- 292019–2/4
- 3020195442/4
- 3120205292/4
- 3220204292/4
- 33Ignite the Fire: Incendiary2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 342022–2/4
- 352022–3/4
- 362023–2/4
- 372024–2/4
- 382024–3/4
- 392025–3/4
- 402026–2/4
- 412026–2/4
Karen Chance 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.
Cassie Palmer in order
24 books- 1. Touch the Dark
- 2. Claimed By Shadow
- 3. Embrace the Night
- 4. The Day of the Dead
- 5. Curse the Dawn
- 6. The Queen's Witch
- 7. The Gauntlet
- 8. Hunt the Moon
- 9. A Family Affair
- 10. The House at Cobb End
- 11. Shadowland
- 12. Tempt the Stars
- and 12 more in the table above
Dorina Basarab in order
13 books- 1. Midnight's Daughter
- 2. Buying Trouble
- 3. Death's Mistress
- 4. In Vino Veritas
- 5. Fury's Kiss
- 6. Zombie's Bite
- 7. Lover's Knot
- 8. Shadow's Bane
- 9. Dragon’s Claw
- 10. Siren's Song
- 11. Queen’s Gambit
- 12. Time's Fool
- and 1 more in the table above
Lia de Croissets in order
3 books- 1. Junk Magic
- 2. Weird Magic
- 3. Rogue Elements
Standalone books
1 book1 Karen Chance title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Karen Chance books in order?
You only need to read Karen Chance books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Karen Chance books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Touch the Dark (2006), the earliest published title. After it come Claimed By Shadow (2007), Midnight's Daughter (2008), Buying Trouble (2008) and Embrace the Night (2008); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Karen Chance book?
Rogue Elements (2026) is the newest Karen Chance book released so far.
Is there a new Karen Chance book coming?
No next Karen Chance book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Karen Chance at a glance
- Still publishing
- Karen Chance published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Karen Chance books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,749 pages across the 16 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 418 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Karen Chance books, 22 of 41, were published in the 2010s.
When Karen Chance books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Karen Chance titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 22 titles.
41 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Karen Chance books are about
14 of the 41 Karen Chance books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: vampires is tagged on 11 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Vampires 11 of 14 books
- Clairvoyants 6 of 14 books
- Fantasy 6 of 14 books
- Cassie Palmer (Fictitious character) 4 of 14 books
- Fantasy, paranormal 3 of 14 books
- Supernatural 3 of 14 books
- Science fiction, fantasy, horror 3 of 14 books
- Good and evil 2 of 14 books
- Horror 2 of 14 books
- Space and time 2 of 14 books
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