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Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross Books in Order

Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross has written 10 books, published between 2011 and 2017. The first book is The Girl in the Steel Corset (2011) and the newest is Vigilante (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2011–2017
Pages on record
1,914 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,914 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross checklist

Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross is the catalogue name for 10 books published between 2011 and 2017, across the Steampunk Chronicles and Sisters of Blood and Spirit series. The Girl in the Steel Corset (2011) is the first, followed by The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (2012) and The Girl with the Iron Touch (2013). Sisters of Blood and Spirit (2015) and Sisters of Salt and Iron (2016) came later. Subject headings list automata, robots, twins, the supernatural and 19th-century Britain. Vigilante (2017) is the newest title.

How many Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross books are there?

Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross has 10 books, released between 2011 and 2017. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross 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 Girl in the Steel Corset by Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross, book 1 of the Steampunk Chronicles (2011)
  2. Cover of The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross, book 3 of the Steampunk Chronicles (2012)
  3. Cover of The Girl with the Windup Heart by Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross, book 7 of the Steampunk Chronicles (2014)
  4. Cover of Sisters of Blood and Spirit by Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross, book 1 of the Sisters of Blood and Spirit series (2015)
  5. Cover of Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross, book 2 of the Sisters of Blood and Spirit series (2016)
  1. 1
    The Girl in the Steel CorsetSteampunk Chronicles #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  2. 2
    The Strange Case of Finley JayneSteampunk Chronicles #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  3. 3
    The Girl in the Clockwork CollarSteampunk Chronicles #32012 · 357 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012357
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  4. 4
    The Wild Adventure of Jasper RennSteampunk Chronicles #42013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  5. 5
    The Girl with the Iron TouchSteampunk Chronicles #52013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013336
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  6. 6
    The Dark Discovery of Jack DandySteampunk Chronicles #62013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    The Girl with the Windup HeartSteampunk Chronicles #72014 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014317
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  8. 8
    Sisters of Blood and SpiritSisters of Blood and Spirit #12015 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015272
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  9. 9
    Sisters of Salt and IronSisters of Blood and Spirit #22016 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016352
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  10. 10
    Vigilante2017 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017280
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Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross 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.

Steampunk Chronicles in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Girl in the Steel Corset
  2. 2. The Strange Case of Finley Jayne
  3. 3. The Girl in the Clockwork Collar
  4. 4. The Wild Adventure of Jasper Renn
  5. 5. The Girl with the Iron Touch
  6. 6. The Dark Discovery of Jack Dandy
  7. 7. The Girl with the Windup Heart

Sisters of Blood and Spirit in order

2 books
  1. 1. Sisters of Blood and Spirit
  2. 2. Sisters of Salt and Iron

Standalone books

1 book

1 Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross books in order?

You only need to read Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross 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 Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross

Start with The Girl in the Steel Corset (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross book?

Vigilante (2017) is the newest Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross book released so far.

Is there a new Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross book coming?

No next Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,914 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross books, 10 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross books are about

7 of the 10 Kathryn Smith / Kady Cross books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.