Katharine Kerr Books in Order
Katharine Kerr has written 31 books, published between 1986 and 2025. The first book is Daggerspell (1986) and the newest is Haze (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1986–2025
- Pages on record
- 9,291 in 23 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 155–232 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,291 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Katharine Kerr's 31 catalogued books run from Daggerspell (1986) to Haze (2025), at a median of 416 pages, densest in the 1990s. The Deverry books account for most of the catalogue, across Deverry, The Westlands, The Silver Wyrm, The Dragon Mage and Deverry 2, Celtic-influenced high fantasy set in the imaginary land of Deverry, with Rhodry Maelwaedd among its characters and dragons among its subjects. Kerr also writes science fiction, including Polar City Blues (1990) and the Polar City series, and her other series are Nola O'Grady, Pinch and Runemaster. Kerr is American and was born in 1944.
How many Katharine Kerr books are there?
Katharine Kerr has 31 books, released between 1986 and 2025. They include 9 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Katharine Kerr Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Katharine Kerr 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.
- 11986–1/4
- 219874321/4
- 319893571/4
- 41990–1/4
- 519904011/4
- 619914041/4
- 7Resurrection1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 819923951/4
- 919935281/4
- 10Days of Air and Darkness / A Time of JusticeDeverry: The Westlands #41994 · 10 pages · confirmed 1/41994101/4
- 11Freeze Frames1995 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419952881/4
- 1219964501/4
- 1319974161/4
- 1419984801/4
- 1519994321/4
- 1620003681/4
- 1720004181/4
- 18Snare2003 · 591 pages · confirmed 1/420035911/4
- 1920065281/4
- 2020075281/4
- 2120084581/4
- 2220094841/4
- 232010–1/4
- 242011–1/4
- 2520123211/4
- 2620123241/4
- 2720132781/4
- 282014–1/4
- 292014–1/4
- 3020204001/4
- 31Haze2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Katharine Kerr 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.
Deverry in order
5 booksDeverry: The Westlands in order
4 booksDeverry: The Silver Wyrm in order
4 booksNola O'Grady in order
4 booksDeverry: The Dragon Mage in order
3 booksPolar City in order
2 booksPinch in order
2 books- 1. Palace
- 2. The Eyes of God
Runemaster in order
2 booksDeverry 2 in order
1 bookStandalone books
4 books4 Katharine Kerr titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Katharine Kerr books in order?
You only need to read Katharine Kerr books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Katharine Kerr
Start with Daggerspell (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Katharine Kerr book?
Haze (2025) is the newest Katharine Kerr book released so far.
Is there a new Katharine Kerr book coming?
No next Katharine Kerr book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Katharine Kerr
Wikidata records 6 nominations for Katharine Kerr. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology1997Shortlistedfor The Shimmering Door
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1994Shortlistedfor Asylum
- Locus Award for Best Novella1993Shortlistedfor Resurrection
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1991Shortlistedfor Polar City Blues
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1988Shortlistedfor Darkspell
- Locus Award for Best First Novel1987Shortlistedfor Daggerspell
Katharine Kerr at a glance
- Still publishing
- Katharine Kerr published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Katharine Kerr books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,291 pages across the 23 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Katharine Kerr books, 12 of 31, were published in the 1990s.
What the Katharine Kerr books are about
26 of the 31 Katharine Kerr 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 16 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 16 of 26 books
- Deverry (Imaginary place) 15 of 26 books
- Westlands (Imaginary place) 11 of 26 books
- Fantasy, epic 4 of 26 books
- Science fiction 4 of 26 books
- Women psychics 4 of 26 books
- American literature 3 of 26 books
- Dragons 3 of 26 books
- Fantasy, historical 3 of 26 books
- Fiction - Fantasy 3 of 26 books
- Rhodry Maelwaedd (Fictitious character) 3 of 26 books