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Morgan Rhodes Books in Order

Morgan Rhodes has written 14 books, published between 2012 and 2023. The first book is Falling Kingdoms (2012) and the newest is Legends and Liars (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2012–2023
Confirmed
2 of 14 titles
Pages on record
3,288 in 8 of 14 books
Reading time
55–82 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,288 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Morgan Rhodes writes fantasy for readers in grades six to eight. Falling Kingdoms (2012) begins a six-book sequence about princes, princesses, gods and magic that ends with Immortal Reign (2017); A Book of Spirits and Thieves opens a companion series in 2015, and Echoes and Empires follows later. Fourteen titles span 2012 to 2023, closing with Legends and Liars.

Falling Kingdoms follows Princess Cleo, Jonas, Lucia and Prince Magnus across three kingdoms where magic has been forgotten, as a power struggle over their crowns brings their fates together.

How many Morgan Rhodes books are there?

Morgan Rhodes has 14 books, released between 2012 and 2023. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Morgan Rhodes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Morgan Rhodes 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 Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes, book 2 of the Falling Kingdoms series (2013)
  2. Cover of Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes, book 3 of the Falling Kingdoms series (2014)
  3. Cover of A Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes, book 1 of the Spirits and Thieves series (2015)
  4. Cover of Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes, book 4 of the Falling Kingdoms series (2015)
  5. Cover of The Darkest Magic by Morgan Rhodes, book 2 of the Spirits and Thieves series (2016)
  6. Cover of Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes, book 5 of the Falling Kingdoms series (2016)
  7. Cover of Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes (2017)
  8. Cover of Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes, book 8 of the Falling Kingdoms series (2018)
  1. 1
    Falling KingdomsFalling Kingdoms #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    Rebel SpringFalling Kingdoms #22013 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013432
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  3. 3
    Gathering DarknessFalling Kingdoms #32014 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014448
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  4. 4
    A Book of Spirits and ThievesSpirits and Thieves #12015 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015384
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  5. 5
    Frozen TidesFalling Kingdoms #42015 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015412
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  6. 6
    The Darkest MagicSpirits and Thieves #22016 · 426 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016426
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  7. 7
    Crystal StormFalling Kingdoms #52016 · 379 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016379
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  8. 8
    Crimson DaggerFalling Kingdoms #62016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  9. 9
    Obsidian BladeFalling Kingdoms #72016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  10. 10
    Immortal Reign2017 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017416
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  11. 11
    The Cursed HeirSpirits and Thieves #32018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  12. 12
    Immortal ReignFalling Kingdoms #82018 · 391 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018391
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  13. 13
    Echoes and EmpiresEchoes and Empires #12022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    Legends and LiarsEchoes and Empires #22023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Morgan Rhodes 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.

Falling Kingdoms in order

8 books
  1. 1. Falling Kingdoms
  2. 2. Rebel Spring
  3. 3. Gathering Darkness
  4. 4. Frozen Tides
  5. 5. Crystal Storm
  6. 6. Crimson Dagger
  7. 7. Obsidian Blade
  8. 8. Immortal Reign

Spirits and Thieves in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Book of Spirits and Thieves
  2. 2. The Darkest Magic
  3. 3. The Cursed Heir

Echoes and Empires in order

2 books
  1. 1. Echoes and Empires
  2. 2. Legends and Liars

Standalone books

1 book

1 Morgan Rhodes title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Morgan Rhodes books in order?

You only need to read Morgan Rhodes 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 Morgan Rhodes

Start with Falling Kingdoms (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Morgan Rhodes book?

Legends and Liars (2023) is the newest Morgan Rhodes book released so far.

Is there a new Morgan Rhodes book coming?

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

Morgan Rhodes at a glance

Paused
No new Morgan Rhodes title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Morgan Rhodes books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,288 pages across the 8 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 414 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Morgan Rhodes books, 12 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Morgan Rhodes books are about

10 of the 14 Morgan Rhodes 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 10 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.