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Paula Brackston Books in Order

Paula Brackston has written 20 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is The Dragon's Trail (1999) and the newest is Hecate Cavendish and the Angel of Death (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1999–2026
Confirmed
19 of 20 titles
Pages on record
3,460 in 10 of 20 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,460 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Witches recur throughout Paula Brackston's fiction, The Witch's Daughter (2008), The Winter Witch (2013), The Midnight Witch (2014) and The Silver Witch (2015) among them. Twenty catalogued books run from The Dragon's Trail (1999) to Hecate Cavendish and the Angel of Death in 2026, with the Brothers Grimm Mysteries, Found Things and the Shadow Chronicles as further series. Immortality, the occult and Merlin figure in the subjects.

The Witch's Daughter series combines magical elements with historical settings, focusing on themes of power, love and resilience.

How many Paula Brackston books are there?

Paula Brackston has 20 books, released between 1999 and 2026. They include 6 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Paula Brackston Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Paula Brackston 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 Dragon's Trail by Paula Brackston (1999)
  2. Cover of Lamp Black, Wolf Grey by Paula Brackston (2010)
  3. Cover of The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston, book 2 of the Shadow Chronicles (2013)
  4. Cover of The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston, book 3 of the Shadow Chronicles (2014)
  5. Cover of The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston, book 4 of the Shadow Chronicles (2015)
  6. Cover of The Return of the Witch by Paula Brackston, book 2 of the Witch's Daughter series (2016)
  7. Cover of The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston, book 1 of the Found Things series (2018)
  8. Cover of Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston, book 2 of the Found Things series (2019)
  9. Cover of The Garden of Promises and Lies by Paula Brackston, book 3 of the Found Things series (2020)
  10. Cover of City of Time and Magic by Paula Brackston, book 4 of the Found Things series (2021)
  1. 1
    The Dragon's Trail1999 · 180 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999180
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  2. 2
    The Witch's Daughter / The Book of ShadowsShadow Chronicles #12008 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008432
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  3. 3
    Lamp Black, Wolf Grey2010 · 331 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010331
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  4. 4
    The Witches of the Blue WellShadow Chronicles Short Stories/Novellas #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    The Winter WitchShadow Chronicles #22013 · 341 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013341
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  6. 6
    Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog PrintsBrothers Grimm Mystery #12014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  7. 7
    The Midnight WitchShadow Chronicles #32014 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014448
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  8. 8
    Once Upon a CrimeBrothers Grimm Mystery #22015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  9. 9
    The Silver WitchShadow Chronicles #42015 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015336
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  10. 10
    The Return of the WitchWitch's Daughter #22016 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016336
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  11. 11
    The Case of the Fickle MermaidBrothers Grimm Mystery #32016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  12. 12
    The Sorcerer's AppendixBrothers Grimm Mystery #42017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  13. 13
    The Little Shop of Found ThingsFound Things #12018 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018416
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  14. 14
    Secrets of the Chocolate HouseFound Things #22019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Garden of Promises and LiesFound Things #32020 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020320
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  16. 16
    City of Time and MagicFound Things #42021 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021320
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  17. 17
    The Witch's KnightWhite Shadow Trilogy #12022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  18. 18
    The Haunting of Hecate CavendishHecate Cavendish #12024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  19. 19
    The Cathedral of Lost SoulsHecate Cavendish #22025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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  20. 20
    Hecate Cavendish and the Angel of DeathHecate Cavendish #32026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Paula Brackston 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.

Shadow Chronicles in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Witch's Daughter / The Book of Shadows
  2. 2. The Winter Witch
  3. 3. The Midnight Witch
  4. 4. The Silver Witch

Brothers Grimm Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints
  2. 2. Once Upon a Crime
  3. 3. The Case of the Fickle Mermaid
  4. 4. The Sorcerer's Appendix

Found Things in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Little Shop of Found Things
  2. 2. Secrets of the Chocolate House
  3. 3. The Garden of Promises and Lies
  4. 4. City of Time and Magic

Hecate Cavendish in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish
  2. 2. The Cathedral of Lost Souls
  3. 3. Hecate Cavendish and the Angel of Death

Witch's Daughter in order

1 book
  1. 2. The Return of the Witch

Shadow Chronicles Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

White Shadow Trilogy in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Witch's Knight

Standalone books

2 books

2 Paula Brackston titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Paula Brackston books in order?

You only need to read Paula Brackston books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Paula Brackston

Start with The Dragon's Trail (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Paula Brackston book?

Hecate Cavendish and the Angel of Death (2026) is the newest Paula Brackston book released so far.

Is there a new Paula Brackston book coming?

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

Paula Brackston at a glance

Still publishing
Paula Brackston published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Paula Brackston books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,460 pages across the 10 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Paula Brackston books, 12 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Paula Brackston books are about

10 of the 20 Paula Brackston books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: paranormal romance is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.