Kiera Cass Books in Order

Kiera Cass has written 19 books, published between 2009 and 2022. The first book is The Siren (2009) and the newest is A Thousand Heartbeats (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 12 of the 19 books listed here are in the Selection series, which has its own page: Selection books in order.

Books
19
Published
2009–2022
Confirmed
16 of 19 titles
Pages on record
2,954 in 9 of 19 books
Photo of Kiera Cass, author

Kiera Cass, born May 19, 1981, is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known for The Selection series. The Selection grew into a trilogy told from the main character's point of view, two sequels about that character's daughter, and several novellas. Cass also reworked The Siren, a novel first posted online in 2008. The catalogue counts 19 titles between The Siren (2009) and A Thousand Heartbeats (2022), with Betrothed as a second series. Princesses, contests and dystopian fiction appear among the subject headings.

How many Kiera Cass books are there?

Kiera Cass has 19 books, released between 2009 and 2022. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Kiera Cass Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Kiera Cass 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. 1
    The SirenKiera Cass Standalone Novels #12009 · 276 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2009276
  2. 2
    The SelectionSelection #12012 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2012352
  3. 3
    The PrinceSelection #22013 · confirmed 4/4
    2013
  4. 4
    The EliteSelection #32013 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013352
  5. 5
    The Selection StoriesSelection #12014 · 227 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014227
  6. 6
    The GuardSelection #42014 · confirmed 4/4
    2014
  7. 7
    The OneSelection #52014 · confirmed 4/4
    2014
  8. 8
    The EpilogueSelection #62014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014
  9. 9
    The QueenSelection #72014 · confirmed 4/4
    2014
  10. 10
    Happily Ever AfterSelection #22015 · 416 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015416
  11. 11
    The One2015 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015323
  12. 12
    The HeirSelection #82015 · confirmed 4/4
    2015
  13. 13
    The FavoriteSelection #92015 · confirmed 4/4
    2015
  14. 14
    The Heir2016 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016384
  15. 15
    The CrownSelection #102016 · confirmed 4/4
    2016
  16. 16
    The Crown2017 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017304
  17. 17
    The BetrothedBetrothed #12020 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020320
  18. 18
    The BetrayedBetrothed #22021 · confirmed 4/4
    2021
  19. 19
    A Thousand HeartbeatsKiera Cass Standalone Novels #22022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022

Kiera Cass series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Kiera Cass 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.

Kiera Cass Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Betrothed in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Betrothed
  2. 2. The Betrayed

Standalone books

3 books

3 Kiera Cass titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kiera Cass books in order?

You only need to read Kiera Cass books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Kiera Cass books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Selection (2012), the first Selection book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Siren (2009).

What is the newest Kiera Cass book?

A Thousand Heartbeats (2022) is the newest Kiera Cass book released so far.

Is there a new Kiera Cass book coming?

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

Kiera Cass at a glance

Paused
No new Kiera Cass title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Kiera Cass books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,954 pages across the 9 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 323 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kiera Cass books, 15 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
13 of the 19 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 16 in at least three.

What the Kiera Cass books are about

14 of the 19 Kiera Cass books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: love is tagged on 11 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.