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Kij Johnson Books in Order

Kij Johnson has written 12 books, published between 2000 and 2018. The first book is The Fox Woman (2000) and the newest is The Privilege of the Happy Ending (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2000–2018
Pages on record
1,116 in 5 of 12 books
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Photo of Kij Johnson, author of the Fox Woman series

Kij Johnson, born Katherine Irenae Johnson on January 20, 1960, in Harlan, Iowa, is an American writer of fantasy and speculative fiction and a faculty member at the University of Kansas. The Fox Woman (2000) is the first of 12 catalogued books, and The Privilege of the Happy Ending (2018) is the last. Fudoki (2003), Spar (2009), At the Mouth of the River of Bees (2012) and The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe (2016) are among them. Subject headings include foxes, folklore, Japan, nobility and historical fantasy.

How many Kij Johnson books are there?

Kij Johnson has 12 books, released between 2000 and 2018. 2 of them belong to the Fox Woman series.

Kij Johnson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Kij Johnson 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 Fox Woman by Kij Johnson, book 1 of the Fox Woman series (2000)
  2. Cover of Fudoki by Kij Johnson, book 2 of the Fox Woman series (2003)
  3. Cover of The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson (2011)
  4. Cover of The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson (2016)
  5. Cover of The River Bank by Kij Johnson (2017)
  1. 1
    The Fox WomanFox Woman #12000 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000382
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  2. 2
    FudokiFox Woman #22003 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003324
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  3. 3
    The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  4. 4
    26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    Spar2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  7. 7
    Ponies2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    The Man Who Bridged the Mist2011 · 46 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201146
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    At the Mouth of the River of Bees2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe2016 · 169 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016169
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  11. 11
    The River Bank2017 · 195 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017195
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  12. 12
    The Privilege of the Happy Ending2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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Kij Johnson 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.

Fox Woman in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Fox Woman
  2. 2. Fudoki

Standalone books

10 books

10 Kij Johnson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kij Johnson books in order?

You only need to read Kij Johnson books in order within the Fox Woman series, which holds 2 of the 12 Kij Johnson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Kij Johnson

Start with The Fox Woman (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kij Johnson book?

The Privilege of the Happy Ending (2018) is the newest Kij Johnson book released so far.

Is there a new Kij Johnson book coming?

No next Kij Johnson 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 Kij Johnson has won

Wikidata records 9 awards and 31 nominations for Kij Johnson. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Kij Johnson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kij Johnson title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kij Johnson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,116 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 195 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kij Johnson books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kij Johnson books are about

4 of the 12 Kij Johnson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.