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Megan Whalen Turner Books in Order

Megan Whalen Turner has written 9 books, published between 1995 and 2022. The first book is Instead of Three Wishes (1995) and the newest is Moira's Pen: A Queen's Thief Collection (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1995–2022
Confirmed
1 of 9 titles
Pages on record
2,280 in 7 of 9 books
Reading time
38–57 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,280 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Megan Whalen Turner, author of the Attolia series

Megan Whalen Turner writes fantasy for young adults. The Thief (1996) and its five sequels are her best-known work, and The Thief was named a Newbery Honor book in 1997. Her catalogue holds nine titles between 1995 and 2022: Instead of Three Wishes (1995), The Queen of Attolia (2000), The King of Attolia (2006), A Conspiracy of Kings (2010), Destruction (2011), Thick as Thieves (2017), Return of the Thief (2020) and Moira's Pen: A Queen's Thief Collection (2022). Kings and rulers, robbers and outlaws, and the supernatural recur as subjects. Turner was born in 1965.

The Queen's Thief series follows Eugenides, a master thief drawn into political intrigue and warfare.

How many Megan Whalen Turner books are there?

Megan Whalen Turner has 9 books, released between 1995 and 2022. 7 of them belong to the Attolia series.

Megan Whalen Turner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Megan Whalen Turner 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 Instead of Three Wishes by Megan Whalen Turner (1995)
  2. Cover of The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, book 1 of the Attolia series (1996)
  3. Cover of The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner, book 2 of the Attolia series (2000)
  4. Cover of The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner, book 3 of the Attolia series (2006)
  5. Cover of A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner, book 4 of the Attolia series (2010)
  6. Cover of Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner, book 5 of the Attolia series (2017)
  7. Cover of Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, book 6 of the Attolia series (2020)
  1. 1
    Instead of Three Wishes1995 · 150 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995150
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  2. 2
    The ThiefAttolia #11996 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996280
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  3. 3
    The Queen of AttoliaAttolia #22000 · 362 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000362
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  4. 4
    The King of AttoliaAttolia #32006 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006432
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  5. 5
    A Conspiracy of KingsAttolia #42010 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010352
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  6. 6
    Destruction2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    Thick as ThievesAttolia #52017 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017352
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  8. 8
    Return of the ThiefAttolia #62020 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020352
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  9. 9
    Moira's Pen: A Queen's Thief CollectionAttolia #72022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Megan Whalen Turner 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.

Attolia in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Thief
  2. 2. The Queen of Attolia
  3. 3. The King of Attolia
  4. 4. A Conspiracy of Kings
  5. 5. Thick as Thieves
  6. 6. Return of the Thief
  7. 7. Moira's Pen: A Queen's Thief Collection

Standalone books

2 books

2 Megan Whalen Turner titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Megan Whalen Turner books in order?

You only need to read Megan Whalen Turner books in order within the Attolia series, which holds 7 of the 9 Megan Whalen Turner books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Megan Whalen Turner

Start with Instead of Three Wishes (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Megan Whalen Turner book?

Moira's Pen: A Queen's Thief Collection (2022) is the newest Megan Whalen Turner book released so far.

Is there a new Megan Whalen Turner book coming?

No next Megan Whalen Turner 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 Megan Whalen Turner has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Megan Whalen Turner. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Young-Adult Novel2026Won
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature2011Wonfor Queen's Thief

Megan Whalen Turner at a glance

Paused
No new Megan Whalen Turner title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Megan Whalen Turner books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,280 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Megan Whalen Turner books, 3 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Megan Whalen Turner books are about

7 of the 9 Megan Whalen Turner 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 6 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.