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Lev Grossman Books in Order

Lev Grossman has written 19 books, published between 1997 and 2026. The first book is Warp (1997) and the newest is The God of Sleep (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1997–2026
Pages on record
2,720 in 9 of 19 books
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Lev Grossman, born on 26 June 1969, is an American novelist and journalist and the author of the Magicians trilogy: The Magicians (2009), The Magician King (2011) and The Magician's Land (2014). From 2002 to 2016 Grossman was book critic and lead technology writer at Time. Later work includes the children's book The Silver Arrow and its sequel The Golden Swift, The Bright Sword, which reimagines the King Arthur legend, and the screenplay of The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. The catalogue lists 19 books from Warp (1997) and Codex (2004) to The God of Sleep (2026), including Magicians graphic novels. Subjects include coming of age and medieval manuscripts.

The Magicians follows Quentin Coldwater, a teenager who discovers Brakebills University, a secret college of magic, where he learns that magic is real but also dangerous.

How many Lev Grossman books are there?

Lev Grossman has 19 books, released between 1997 and 2026. They include 4 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Lev Grossman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Lev Grossman 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 Warp by Lev Grossman (1997)
  2. Cover of Codex by Lev Grossman (2004)
  3. Cover of The Magicians by Lev Grossman, book 1 of the Magicians series (2009)
  4. Cover of The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman, book 3 of the Magicians series (2014)
  5. Cover of The Magicians: Alice's Story by Lev Grossman, book 1 of the Magician's Graphic Novels series (2019)
  6. Cover of The Magicians: The New Class by Lev Grossman, book 1 of the Magicians Graphic series (2020)
  7. Cover of The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman, book 1 of the Silver Arrow series (2020)
  8. Cover of The Golden Swift by Lev Grossman, book 2 of the Silver Arrow series (2022)
  9. Cover of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (2024)
  10. Cover of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (2025)
  1. 1
    Warp1997 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997192
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  2. 2
    Codex2004 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004384
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  3. 3
    The MagiciansMagicians #12009 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009416
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  4. 4
    The Magician KingMagicians #22011 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011432
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  5. 5
    The Magician's LandMagicians #32014 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014416
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  6. 6
    The Magicians: Alice's StoryMagician's Graphic Novels #12019 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019208
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  7. 7
    The Magicians #1Magician's Graphic Novels #22019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  8. 8
    The Magicians #2Magician's Graphic Novels #32019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  9. 9
    The Magicians: The New ClassMagicians Graphic #12020 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020128
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  10. 10
    The Silver ArrowSilver Arrow #12020 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020272
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  11. 11
    The Magicians #3Magician's Graphic Novels #42020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    The Magicians #4Magician's Graphic Novels #52020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  13. 13
    The Magicians #5Magician's Graphic Novels #62020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  14. 14
    The Map of Tiny Perfect Things2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  15. 15
    The Golden SwiftSilver Arrow #22022 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022272
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  16. 16
    PersephoneInto Shadow #52022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  17. 17
    The Bright Sword2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  18. 18
    The Bright Sword2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  19. 19
    The God of Sleep2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Lev Grossman series in order

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

Lev Grossman 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.

Magician's Graphic Novels in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Magicians: Alice's Story
  2. 2. The Magicians #1
  3. 3. The Magicians #2
  4. 4. The Magicians #3
  5. 5. The Magicians #4
  6. 6. The Magicians #5

Silver Arrow in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Silver Arrow
  2. 2. The Golden Swift

Magicians Graphic in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Magicians: The New Class

Into Shadow in order

1 book
  1. 5. Persephone

Standalone books

6 books

6 Lev Grossman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lev Grossman books in order?

You only need to read Lev Grossman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Lev Grossman

Start with The Magicians (2009), the first Magicians book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Warp (1997).

What is the newest Lev Grossman book?

The God of Sleep (2026) is the newest Lev Grossman book released so far.

Is there a new Lev Grossman book coming?

No next Lev Grossman 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 Lev Grossman has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 4 nominations for Lev Grossman. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Lev Grossman at a glance

Still publishing
Lev Grossman published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Lev Grossman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,720 pages across the 9 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lev Grossman books, 11 of 19, were published in the 2020s.

What the Lev Grossman books are about

8 of the 19 Lev Grossman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magic is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.