T Kingfisher Books in Order
T Kingfisher has written 18 books, published between 2014 and 2025. The first book is The Seventh Bride (2014) and the newest is Snake-Eater (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
Ursula Vernon books in order are published under that pen name.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 2014–2025
- Confirmed
- 15 of 18 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,604 in 16 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 77–115 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,604 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
T. Kingfisher is the pen name that Ursula Vernon, a North Carolina author, uses for work aimed at adults; Vernon also writes children's books and comics. The Kingfisher books include fairy-tale retellings, and the catalogue subjects list fantasy, horror, magic, wizards and familiars. There are 18 titles on file from 2014 to 2025, opening with The Seventh Bride and Jackalope Wives and Other Stories and reaching Snake-Eater (2025); Clocktaur War is the one named series. Vernon has won the Hugo and Nebula awards and been nominated for the World Fantasy and Eisner awards.
T Kingfisher's work, including The Twisted Ones and The Twisted War, blends fantasy and horror with humor, set in dark, atmospheric worlds with witty dialogue.
How many T Kingfisher books are there?
T Kingfisher has 18 books, released between 2014 and 2025. They include 2 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.
T Kingfisher Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 T Kingfisher books in the order they were released, 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.
- 1The Seventh Bride2014 · 226 pages · confirmed 3/420142263/4
- 220142383/4
- 3Bryony and Roses2015 · 216 pages · confirmed 3/420152163/4
- 420172303/4
- 520173803/4
- 6Summer in Orcus2017 · 261 pages · confirmed 3/420172613/4
- 720184263/4
- 820183643/4
- 920191743/4
- 10The Twisted Ones (As: T. Kingfisher)2019 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/420193852/4
- 1120203643/4
- 12A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420203203/4
- 13The Hollow Places2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/420203523/4
- 1420221653/4
- 15Nettle & Bone2022 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/420222563/4
- 16A House With Good Bones2023 · 247 pages · confirmed 3/420232473/4
- 17Hemlock & Silver2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 18Snake-Eater2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
T Kingfisher 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.
Clocktaur War in order
2 booksT. Kingfisher in order
2 booksSwordheart in order
1 book- 1. Swordheart
Saint of Steel in order
1 bookSworn Soldier in order
1 bookT. Kingfisher Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
10 books10 T Kingfisher titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read T Kingfisher books in order?
You only need to read T Kingfisher books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with T Kingfisher
Start with The Seventh Bride (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest T Kingfisher book?
Snake-Eater (2025) is the newest T Kingfisher book released so far.
Is there a new T Kingfisher book coming?
No next T Kingfisher book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
T Kingfisher at a glance
- Still publishing
- T Kingfisher published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- T Kingfisher books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,604 pages across the 16 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 258 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most T Kingfisher books, 10 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
What the T Kingfisher books are about
10 of the 18 T Kingfisher 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 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.