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Sofia Samatar Books in Order

Sofia Samatar has written 8 books, published between 2013 and 2024. The first book is A Stranger in Olondria (2013) and the newest is Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2013–2024
Pages on record
656 in 3 of 8 books
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Photo of Sofia Samatar, author of the Olondria series

Sofia Samatar is an American scholar, novelist and educator from Indiana, and an associate professor of English at James Madison University. Eight catalogued books run from A Stranger in Olondria (2013) to Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life (2024), with Olondria listed as Samatar's series. Subject headings cover fantasy, short stories, ghost stories, mystics, monsters, mythological creatures, and books and reading. Monster Portraits (2017), Tender (2017) and The White Mosque (2022) sit inside the span, at a median length of 273 pages.

How many Sofia Samatar books are there?

Sofia Samatar has 8 books, released between 2013 and 2024. 2 of them belong to the Olondria series.

Sofia Samatar Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Sofia Samatar 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 A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar, book 1 of the Olondria series (2013)
  2. Cover of Tender by Sofia Samatar (2017)
  3. Cover of Monster Portraits by Sofia Samatar (2017)
  1. 1
    A Stranger in OlondriaOlondria #12013 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013299
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  2. 2
    Selkie Stories Are for Losers2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  3. 3
    The Winged HistoriesOlondria #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Tender2017 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017273
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Monster Portraits2017 · 84 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201784
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The White Mosque2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  8. 8
    Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Sofia Samatar 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.

Olondria in order

2 books
  1. 1. A Stranger in Olondria
  2. 2. The Winged Histories

Standalone books

6 books

6 Sofia Samatar titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sofia Samatar books in order?

You only need to read Sofia Samatar books in order within the Olondria series, which holds 2 of the 8 Sofia Samatar books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Sofia Samatar

Start with A Stranger in Olondria (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sofia Samatar book?

Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life (2024) is the newest Sofia Samatar book released so far.

Is there a new Sofia Samatar book coming?

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

Awards Sofia Samatar has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 21 nominations for Sofia Samatar. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Sofia Samatar at a glance

Still publishing
Sofia Samatar published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Sofia Samatar books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
656 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 273 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sofia Samatar books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sofia Samatar books are about

3 of the 8 Sofia Samatar books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.