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Marianne Curley Books in Order

Marianne Curley has written 10 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is Old Magic (2000) and the newest is The Impossible Spell (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2000–2025
Pages on record
2,264 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
38–57 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,264 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Marianne Curley is an Australian author, born on 20 May 1959, best known for the Guardians of Time Trilogy and Old Magic. Avena is also a listed series. Catalogue subjects include magic, time travel, angels, identity and love stories. Old Magic (2000) is the earliest of 10 catalogued books, followed by The Named (2002), The Dark (2003) and The Key (2005). Hidden (2013), Broken (2014) and Fearless (2015) come later, and The Impossible Spell (2025) is the newest.

How many Marianne Curley books are there?

Marianne Curley has 10 books, released between 2000 and 2025. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Marianne Curley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Marianne Curley 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 Named by Marianne Curley, book 1 of the Guardians of Time series (2002)
  2. Cover of The Dark by Marianne Curley, book 2 of the Guardians of Time series (2003)
  3. Cover of The Key by Marianne Curley, book 3 of the Guardians of Time series (2005)
  4. Cover of Broken by Marianne Curley, book 2 of the Avena series (2014)
  5. Cover of The Shadow by Marianne Curley, book 4 of the Guardians of Time series (2018)
  1. 1
    Old Magic2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  2. 2
    The NamedGuardians of Time #12002 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002352
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  3. 3
    The DarkGuardians of Time #22003 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003376
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  4. 4
    The KeyGuardians of Time #32005 · 425 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005425
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  5. 5
    HiddenAvena #12013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    BrokenAvena #22014 · 371 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014371
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  7. 7
    FearlessAvena #32015 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015384
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  8. 8
    The ShadowGuardians of Time #42018 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018356
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  9. 9
    The Rock And A Bleeding Sky2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    The Impossible Spell2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Marianne Curley 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.

Guardians of Time in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Named
  2. 2. The Dark
  3. 3. The Key
  4. 4. The Shadow

Avena in order

3 books
  1. 1. Hidden
  2. 2. Broken
  3. 3. Fearless

Standalone books

3 books

3 Marianne Curley titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Marianne Curley books in order?

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

Where to start with Marianne Curley

Start with Old Magic (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Marianne Curley book?

The Impossible Spell (2025) is the newest Marianne Curley book released so far.

Is there a new Marianne Curley book coming?

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

Marianne Curley at a glance

Still publishing
Marianne Curley published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Marianne Curley books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,264 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 374 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marianne Curley books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Marianne Curley books are about

5 of the 10 Marianne Curley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.