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Laini Taylor Books in Order

Laini Taylor has written 11 books, published between 2004 and 2023. The first book is The Drowned (2004) and the newest is Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2004–2023
Pages on record
2,482 in 6 of 11 books
Reading time
41–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,482 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Laini Taylor, author

Laini Taylor writes young adult fantasy. Daughter of Smoke and Bone (2011) and its sequels are her best known work, alongside Strange the Dreamer (2017) and Muse of Nightmares (2018), and Taylor has been a National Book Award finalist in Young People's Literature. The earlier Dreamdark books, starting with Blackbringer (2007), are children's fantasy. Fairies, magic and the supernatural fill the subject tags. The catalogue holds 11 titles and has been quiet since 2023.

How many Laini Taylor books are there?

Laini Taylor has 11 books, released between 2004 and 2023. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Laini Taylor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Laini Taylor 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 Drowned by Laini Taylor (2004)
  2. Cover of Blackbringer / Windwitch by Laini Taylor, book 1 of the Dreamdark series (2007)
  3. Cover of Lips Touch by Laini Taylor (2009)
  4. Cover of Silksinger by Laini Taylor, book 2 of the Dreamdark series (2009)
  5. Cover of Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, book 1 of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone series (2011)
  6. Cover of Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor, book 2 of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone series (2012)
  7. Cover of Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor, book 3 of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone series (2013)
  8. Cover of Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor, book 4 of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone series (2014)
  9. Cover of Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor, book 1 of the Strange the Dreamer series (2017)
  10. Cover of Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor, book 2 of the Strange the Dreamer series (2018)
  11. Cover of Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space by Laini Taylor (2023)
  1. 1
    The Drowned2004 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200480
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  2. 2
    Blackbringer / WindwitchDreamdark #12007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  3. 3
    Lips Touch2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  4. 4
    SilksingerDreamdark #22009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    Daughter of Smoke and BoneDaughter of Smoke & Bone #12011 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011448
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  6. 6
    Days of Blood and StarlightDaughter of Smoke & Bone #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    Night of Cake & PuppetsDaughter of Smoke & Bone #32013 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013256
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  8. 8
    Dreams of Gods and MonstersDaughter of Smoke & Bone #42014 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014640
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  9. 9
    Strange the DreamerStrange the Dreamer #12017 · 536 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017536
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  10. 10
    Muse of NightmaresStrange the Dreamer #22018 · 522 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018522
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  11. 11
    Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Laini Taylor 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.

Daughter of Smoke & Bone in order

4 books
  1. 1. Daughter of Smoke and Bone
  2. 2. Days of Blood and Starlight
  3. 3. Night of Cake & Puppets
  4. 4. Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Dreamdark in order

2 books
  1. 1. Blackbringer / Windwitch
  2. 2. Silksinger

Strange the Dreamer in order

2 books
  1. 1. Strange the Dreamer
  2. 2. Muse of Nightmares

Standalone books

3 books

3 Laini Taylor titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Laini Taylor books in order?

You only need to read Laini Taylor books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Laini Taylor

Start with The Drowned (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Laini Taylor book?

Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space (2023) is the newest Laini Taylor book released so far.

Is there a new Laini Taylor book coming?

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

Award nominations for Laini Taylor

Wikidata records 3 nominations for Laini Taylor. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Laini Taylor at a glance

Paused
No new Laini Taylor title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Laini Taylor books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,482 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 485 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Laini Taylor books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Laini Taylor books are about

10 of the 11 Laini Taylor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.