Kelly Link Books in Order
Kelly Link has written 19 books, published between 1996 and 2024. The first book is Travels with the Snow Queen (1996) and the newest is The Book of Love (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1996–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,683 in 5 of 19 books
Short fiction made Kelly Link's name. Link, born July 19, 1969, is an American writer and editor whose stories have been described as slipstream or magical realism, mixing science fiction, fantasy, horror and literary fiction; The Book of Love (2024) is Link's first novel. The awards include a Hugo, three Nebulas and three World Fantasy Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship followed in 2018. The catalogue holds 19 titles from Travels with the Snow Queen (1996) to The Book of Love, among them the collections Pretty Monsters (2005) and Get in Trouble (2015).
Source: Wikidata
How many Kelly Link books are there?
Kelly Link has 19 books, released between 1996 and 2024.
Kelly Link Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Kelly Link 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.
- 1Travels with the Snow Queen1996 · 122 pages · confirmed 1/419961221/4
- 2The Faery Handbag2004 · 528 pages · confirmed 1/420045281/4
- 3Pretty Monsters2005 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420054001/4
- 4The Hortlak2005 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/420052971/4
- 5Some Zombie Contingency Plans2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 6The Wrong Grave2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 7Stone Animals2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8I Can See Right Through You2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 92014–1/4
- 10Get in Trouble2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420153361/4
- 11The Game of Smash and Recovery2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 12The Summer People2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 132016–1/4
- 142018–1/4
- 152020–1/4
- 162022–1/4
- 17White Cat, Black Dog2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 18The Shoe Box Waltz2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 19The Book of Love2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Kelly Link 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.
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14 books14 Kelly Link titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kelly Link books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 19 Kelly Link books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Kelly Link
Start with Travels with the Snow Queen (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kelly Link book?
The Book of Love (2024) is the newest Kelly Link book released so far.
Is there a new Kelly Link book coming?
No next Kelly Link 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 Link has won
Wikidata records 19 awards and 53 nominations for Kelly Link. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- Locus Award for Best Collection2024Wonfor White Cat, Black Dog
- Theodore Sturgeon Award2016Wonfor The Game of Smash and Recovery
- World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2015Wonfor Monstrous Affections
- O. Henry Award2013Won
- Shirley Jackson Award2011Won
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2009Won
- Locus Award for Best Novella2009Wonfor Pretty Monsters
- Nebula Award for Best Novella2006Wonfor Magic for Beginners
- Nebula Award for Best Novelette2006Wonfor The Faery Handbag
- Locus Award for Best Novella2006Wonfor Magic for Beginners
- Locus Award for Best Anthology2006Wonfor The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection
- Locus Award for Best Collection2006Wonfor Magic for Beginners
Kelly Link at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kelly Link published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Kelly Link books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,683 pages across the 5 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kelly Link books, 8 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
When Kelly Link books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Kelly Link titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 8 titles.
19 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Kelly Link books are about
6 of the 19 Kelly Link books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Short stories 3 of 6 books
- Fantasy 2 of 6 books
- Science fiction 2 of 6 books