Kate Stradling Books in Order
Kate Stradling has written 16 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is A Boy Called Hawk (2010) and the newest is Yes, Your Serpentine Excellency (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2010–2026
- Pages on record
- 2,564 in 8 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 43–64 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,564 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Fantasy is the single subject recorded across Kate Stradling's 16 catalogued books. Two series run under the Stradling name: Annals of Altair and Ruses. The catalogue opens with A Boy Called Hawk (2010) and reaches Yes, Your Serpentine Excellency in 2026, taking in Kingdom of Ruses (2012), The Legendary Inge (2015), Brine and Bone (2018) and Soot and Slipper (2019). Stradling is credited alone on all 16 and is still publishing.
How many Kate Stradling books are there?
Kate Stradling has 16 books, released between 2010 and 2026. They include 2 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Kate Stradling Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Kate Stradling 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.
- 12010–1/4
- 220122621/4
- 3Goldmayne2013 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/420133421/4
- 420143441/4
- 5The Legendary Inge2015 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/420153481/4
- 6Namesake2017 · 426 pages · confirmed 1/420174261/4
- 7Brine and Bone2018 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/420181681/4
- 82019–1/4
- 92019–1/4
- 10Soot and Slipper2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 1120213881/4
- 12The Heir and the Spare2021 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/420212861/4
- 13Maid and Minstrel2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 142023–1/4
- 15Deathmark2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 16Yes, Your Serpentine Excellency2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Kate Stradling 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.
Annals of Altair in order
3 booksRuses in order
3 booksOnce Upon A Prince in order
1 bookStandalone books
9 books9 Kate Stradling titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kate Stradling books in order?
You only need to read Kate Stradling 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 Kate Stradling
Start with A Boy Called Hawk (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kate Stradling book?
Yes, Your Serpentine Excellency (2026) is the newest Kate Stradling book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Stradling book coming?
No next Kate Stradling book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Stradling at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kate Stradling published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Kate Stradling books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,564 pages across the 8 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 343 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Stradling books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kate Stradling books are about
3 of the 16 Kate Stradling books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 3 of 3 books