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Melissa Albert Books in Order

Melissa Albert has written 6 books, published between 2018 and 2026. The first book is The Hazel Wood (2018) and the newest is The Children (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2018–2026
Pages on record
570 in 2 of 6 books
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Melissa Albert's catalogue opens with The Hazel Wood (2018), a contemporary fantasy that gives the Hazel Wood series its name; The Night Country (2020) and Tales from the Hinterland (2021) continue it. Our Crooked Hearts (2022), The Bad Ones (2024) and The Children (2026) complete six catalogued books. Albert is an American writer of young adult fiction, and magic, mothers and daughters, and other worlds recur as subjects.

How many Melissa Albert books are there?

Melissa Albert has 6 books, released between 2018 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Hazel Wood series.

Melissa Albert Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Melissa Albert 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 Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert, book 1 of the Hazel Wood series (2018)
  2. Cover of The Night Country by Melissa Albert, book 2 of the Hazel Wood series (2020)
  3. Cover of Tales from the Hinterland by Melissa Albert, book 3 of the Hazel Wood series (2021)
  4. Cover of Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert (2022)
  1. 1
    The Hazel WoodHazel Wood #12018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  2. 2
    The Night CountryHazel Wood #22020 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020330
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  3. 3
    Tales from the HinterlandHazel Wood #32021 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Our Crooked Hearts2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Bad Ones2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Children2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Melissa Albert 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.

Hazel Wood in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Hazel Wood
  2. 2. The Night Country
  3. 3. Tales from the Hinterland

Standalone books

3 books

3 Melissa Albert titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Melissa Albert books in order?

You only need to read Melissa Albert books in order within the Hazel Wood series, which holds 3 of the 6 Melissa Albert books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Melissa Albert

Start with The Hazel Wood (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Melissa Albert book?

The Children (2026) is the newest Melissa Albert book released so far.

Is there a new Melissa Albert book coming?

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

Melissa Albert at a glance

Still publishing
Melissa Albert published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Melissa Albert books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
570 pages across the 2 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 285 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Melissa Albert books, 5 of 6, were published in the 2020s.

What the Melissa Albert books are about

3 of the 6 Melissa Albert 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 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.