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Kelly Barnhill Books in Order

Kelly Barnhill has written 24 books, published between 2008 and 2023. The first book is Animals with No Eyes (2008) and the newest is The Crane Husband (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
2008–2023
Pages on record
1,787 in 7 of 24 books
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Kelly Barnhill, born in 1973, is an American author of children's literature, fantasy and science fiction. The Girl Who Drank the Moon won the Newbery Medal in 2017, and Kirkus Reviews named When Women Were Dragons one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2022. Twenty-four books are catalogued between 2008 and 2023, opening with a run of children's non-fiction, Sewers and the Rats That Love Them, The Bloody Book of Blood, and closing with The Crane Husband (2023). Witches, magic and friendship recur in the fiction.

How many Kelly Barnhill books are there?

Kelly Barnhill has 24 books, released between 2008 and 2023.

Kelly Barnhill Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Kelly Barnhill 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 Do You Know Where Your Water Has Been? by Kelly Barnhill (2008)
  2. Cover of Sewers and the Rats That Love Them by Kelly Barnhill (2008)
  3. Cover of Bizarre, Creepy Hoaxes by Kelly Barnhill (2009)
  4. Cover of Blood-Sucking, Man-Eating Monsters by Kelly Barnhill (2009)
  5. Cover of Sick, Nasty Medical Practices by Kelly Barnhill (2009)
  6. Cover of Terrifying, Bone-Chilling Rituals and Sacrifices by Kelly Barnhill (2009)
  7. Cover of The Bloody Book of Blood by Kelly Barnhill (2009)
  8. Cover of The Sweaty Book of Sweat by Kelly Barnhill (2009)
  9. Cover of The Wee Book of Pee by Kelly Barnhill (2009)
  10. Cover of Guess What's Growing by Kelly Barnhill (2010)
  11. Cover of Mystery Animal Tracks by Kelly Barnhill (2010)
  12. Cover of Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill (2012)
  13. Cover of The Witch's Boy by Kelly Barnhill (2014)
  14. Cover of The Unlicensed Magician by Kelly Barnhill (2015)
  15. Cover of The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (2016)
  16. Cover of Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill (2018)
  17. Cover of When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (2022)
  18. Cover of The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill (2023)
  1. 1
    Animals with No Eyes2008 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200832
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  2. 2
    Monsters of the Deep2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Do You Know Where Your Water Has Been?2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Sewers and the Rats That Love Them2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Bizarre, Creepy Hoaxes2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Blood-Sucking, Man-Eating Monsters2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Sick, Nasty Medical Practices2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Terrifying, Bone-Chilling Rituals and Sacrifices2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Bloody Book of Blood2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Sweaty Book of Sweat2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Wee Book of Pee2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Guess What's Growing2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Mystery Animal Tracks2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The Mostly True Story of Jack2011 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011352
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  15. 15
    Iron Hearted Violet2012 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Mrs. Sorenson and the Sasquatch2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  17. 17
    The Witch's Boy2014 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014400
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  18. 18
    The Unlicensed Magician2015 · 123 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015123
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    The Girl Who Drank the Moon2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  20. 21
    Elegy to Gabrielle2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  21. 22
    The Ogress and the Orphans2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  22. 23
    When Women Were Dragons2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  23. 24
    The Crane Husband2023 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023128
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Kelly Barnhill 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

24 books

24 Kelly Barnhill titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kelly Barnhill books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 24 Kelly Barnhill books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Kelly Barnhill

Start with Animals with No Eyes (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kelly Barnhill book?

The Crane Husband (2023) is the newest Kelly Barnhill book released so far.

Is there a new Kelly Barnhill book coming?

No next Kelly Barnhill book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Kelly Barnhill has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 9 nominations for Kelly Barnhill. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Kelly Barnhill at a glance

Paused
No new Kelly Barnhill title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Kelly Barnhill books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,787 pages across the 7 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kelly Barnhill books, 11 of 24, were published in the 2000s.

What the Kelly Barnhill books are about

19 of the 24 Kelly Barnhill books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 13 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.