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Sarah Prineas Books in Order

Sarah Prineas has written 16 books, published between 2008 and 2022. The first book is The Magic Thief (2008) and the newest is Asking for Trouble (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2008–2022
Confirmed
1 of 16 titles
Pages on record
3,017 in 9 of 16 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,017 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Sarah Prineas is an American fantasy author based in Iowa, where she has worked for the University of Iowa honors program. Prineas grew up in Lyme, Connecticut, went to college in Minnesota and has lived in Germany. HarperCollins published a first novel, The Magic Thief, in 2008; foreign rights went to thirteen countries within months, and Lost (2009) and Found (2010) followed. The catalogue lists 16 books to 2022 across the Magic Thief, Winterling, Ash & Bramble and Lost Books series, with wizards, apprentices, witchcraft, fairy tales, and good and evil among the subjects.

How many Sarah Prineas books are there?

Sarah Prineas has 16 books, released between 2008 and 2022. They include 4 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Sarah Prineas Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Sarah Prineas 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 Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas, book 1 of the Magic Thief series (2008)
  2. Cover of Lost by Sarah Prineas, book 2 of the Magic Thief series (2009)
  3. Cover of Found by Sarah Prineas, book 3 of the Magic Thief series (2010)
  4. Cover of Home by Sarah Prineas, book 4 of the Magic Thief series (2014)
  5. Cover of Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas, book 1 of the Ash & Bramble series (2015)
  6. Cover of Dragonfell by Sarah Prineas (2019)
  7. Cover of Trouble in the Stars by Sarah Prineas (2021)
  8. Cover of Asking for Trouble by Sarah Prineas (2022)
  1. 1
    The Magic ThiefMagic Thief #12008 · 419 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008419
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  2. 2
    LostMagic Thief #22009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    FoundMagic Thief #32010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  4. 4
    WinterlingWinterling #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    SummerkinWinterling #22013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    Thrice SwornWinterling #32013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    MoonkindWinterling #42013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    HomeMagic Thief #42014 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014416
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  9. 9
    A Proper WizardMagic Thief #52014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  10. 10
    Ash & BrambleAsh & Bramble #12015 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015480
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  11. 11
    Rose & ThornAsh & Bramble #22016 · 405 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016405
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  12. 12
    Heart of the LandSpirit Animals: Fall Of The Beasts #62017 · 185 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017185
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  13. 13
    The Scroll of KingsLost Books #12018 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018296
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  14. 14
    Dragonfell2019 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019272
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  15. 15
    Trouble in the Stars2021 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021256
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  16. 16
    Asking for Trouble2022 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022288
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Sarah Prineas 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.

Magic Thief in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Magic Thief
  2. 2. Lost
  3. 3. Found
  4. 4. Home
  5. 5. A Proper Wizard

Winterling in order

4 books
  1. 1. Winterling
  2. 2. Summerkin
  3. 3. Thrice Sworn
  4. 4. Moonkind

Ash & Bramble in order

2 books
  1. 1. Ash & Bramble
  2. 2. Rose & Thorn

Lost Books in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Scroll of Kings

Spirit Animals: Fall Of The Beasts in order

1 book
  1. 6. Heart of the Land

Standalone books

3 books

3 Sarah Prineas titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sarah Prineas books in order?

You only need to read Sarah Prineas 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 Sarah Prineas

Start with The Magic Thief (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sarah Prineas book?

Asking for Trouble (2022) is the newest Sarah Prineas book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah Prineas book coming?

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

Sarah Prineas at a glance

Paused
No new Sarah Prineas title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Sarah Prineas books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,017 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah Prineas books, 12 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sarah Prineas books are about

13 of the 16 Sarah Prineas 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 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.