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Patricia A. McKillip Books in Order

Patricia A. McKillip has written 31 books, published between 1973 and 2018. The first book is The House on Parchment Street (1973) and the newest is The Karkadann Triangle (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
31
Published
1973–2018
Confirmed
2 of 31 titles
Pages on record
6,060 in 24 of 31 books
Reading time
101–152 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,060 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 31 titles with a page count on record.

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Patricia A. McKillip wrote fantasy and science fiction, and grew up in Oregon and England. Her settings borrow from the Middle Ages: forests, castles, kings and lords, minstrels, tinkers and wizards, with characters caught up in powers past their understanding. McKillip won both the World Fantasy Award and the Locus Award. Twenty-nine titles are catalogued, from The House on Parchment Street (1973) through the Riddle-Master books that begin with The Riddle-Master of Hed (1976) to The Karkadann Triangle (2018).

How many Patricia A. McKillip books are there?

Patricia A. McKillip has 31 books, released between 1973 and 2018. They include 4 series and 20 titles listed outside any series.

Patricia A. McKillip Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 31 Patricia A. McKillip 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 House on Parchment Street by Patricia A. McKillip (1973)
  2. Cover of The Throme of the Erril of Sherill by Patricia A. McKillip, book 4 of the MagicQuest series (1973)
  3. Cover of The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip (1974)
  4. Cover of The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip, book 1 of the Riddle-Master series (1976)
  5. Cover of Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip, book 3 of the Riddle-Master series (1979)
  6. Cover of Stepping from the Shadows by Patricia A. McKillip (1982)
  7. Cover of The Moon and the Face by Patricia A. McKillip, book 2 of the Kyreol Duology (1985)
  8. Cover of Fool's Run by Patricia A. McKillip (1987)
  9. Cover of The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip (1988)
  10. Cover of The Cygnet and the Firebird by Patricia A. McKillip, book 2 of the Cygnet Duology (1993)
  11. Cover of Something Rich and Strange, book 2 of the Brian Froud's Faerielands series (1994)
  12. Cover of The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip (1995)
  13. Cover of Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip, book 1 of the Winter Rose series (1996)
  14. Cover of Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip (1998)
  15. Cover of The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip (2000)
  16. Cover of Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip (2002)
  17. Cover of In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip (2003)
  18. Cover of Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip (2004)
  19. Cover of Harrowing the Dragon by Patricia A. McKillip (2005)
  20. Cover of Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip (2005)
  21. Cover of Solstice Wood by Patricia A. McKillip, book 2 of the Winter Rose series (2006)
  22. Cover of The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip (2010)
  23. Cover of Wonders of the Invisible World by Patricia A. McKillip (2012)
  24. Cover of Kingfisher by Patricia A. McKillip (2016)
  1. 1
    The House on Parchment Street1973 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973190
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  2. 2
    The Throme of the Erril of SherillMagicQuest #41973 · 165 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1973165
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  3. 3
    The Forgotten Beasts of Eld1974 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974240
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  4. 4
    The Riddle-Master of HedRiddle-Master #11976 · 229 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976229
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  5. 5
    The Night Gift1976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  6. 6
    Heir of Sea and FireRiddle-Master #21977 · confirmed 2/4
    1977–
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  7. 7
    Harpist in the WindRiddle-Master #31979 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979261
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  8. 8
    Stepping from the Shadows1982 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982207
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  9. 9
    Moon-FlashKyreol Duology #11984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  10. 10
    The Moon and the FaceKyreol Duology #21985 · 146 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985146
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  11. 11
    Fool's Run1987 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987244
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  12. 12
    The Changeling Sea1988 · 137 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988137
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  13. 13
    The Sorceress and the CygnetCygnet Duology #11990 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990272
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  14. 14
    The Cygnet and the FirebirdCygnet Duology #21993 · 233 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993233
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  15. 15
    Something Rich and StrangeBrian Froud's Faerielands #21994 · 205 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994205
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  16. 16
    The Book of Atrix Wolfe1995 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995256
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  17. 17
    Winter RoseWinter Rose #11996 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996272
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  18. 18
    Song for the Basilisk1998 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998306
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  19. 19
    The Tower at Stony Wood2000 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000294
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  20. 20
    Ombria in Shadow2002 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002298
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  21. 21
    In the Forests of Serre2003 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003295
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  22. 22
    Alphabet of Thorn2004 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004304
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  23. 23
    Harrowing the Dragon2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  24. 24
    Od Magic2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005320
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  25. 25
    Solstice WoodWinter Rose #22006 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006288
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  26. 26
    The Bell at Sealey Head2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  27. 27
    The Bards of Bone Plain2010 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010336
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  28. 28
    Wonders of the Invisible World2012 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012288
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  29. 29
    Dreams of Distant Shores2016 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016274
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  30. 30
    Kingfisher2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  31. 31
    The Karkadann Triangle2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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Patricia A. McKillip 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.

Riddle-Master in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Riddle-Master of Hed
  2. 2. Heir of Sea and Fire
  3. 3. Harpist in the Wind

Kyreol Duology in order

2 books
  1. 1. Moon-Flash
  2. 2. The Moon and the Face

Cygnet Duology in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Sorceress and the Cygnet
  2. 2. The Cygnet and the Firebird

Winter Rose in order

2 books
  1. 1. Winter Rose
  2. 2. Solstice Wood

Brian Froud's Faerielands in order

1 book
  1. 2. Something Rich and Strange

MagicQuest in order

1 book
  1. 4. The Throme of the Erril of Sherill

Standalone books

20 books

20 Patricia A. McKillip titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Patricia A. McKillip books in order?

You only need to read Patricia A. McKillip 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 Patricia A. McKillip

Start with The House on Parchment Street (1973), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Patricia A. McKillip book?

The Karkadann Triangle (2018) is the newest Patricia A. McKillip book released so far.

Is there a new Patricia A. McKillip book coming?

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

Patricia A. McKillip at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Patricia A. McKillip title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Patricia A. McKillip books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,060 pages across the 24 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 266 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Patricia A. McKillip books, 8 of 31, were published in the 2000s.

What the Patricia A. McKillip books are about

30 of the 31 Patricia A. McKillip books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 23 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.