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Tabitha King Books in Order

Tabitha King has written 10 books, published between 1981 and 2018. The first book is Small World (1981) and the newest is Lore: The Anima (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1981–2018
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
2,341 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
39–59 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,341 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Tabitha King writes novels of marriage, women's lives and small-town Maine, several of them set in the invented community of Nodd's Ridge. Small World (1981) opens a catalogue of 10 books that crosses horror, mystery and thriller territory, and includes Pearl (1988), One on One (1993), The Book of Reuben (1994) and Candles Burning (2006). The Lore series closes the run with Lore: Obscured (2016) and Lore: The Anima (2018).

How many Tabitha King books are there?

Tabitha King has 10 books, released between 1981 and 2018. 2 of them belong to the Lore Series series.

Tabitha King Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Tabitha King 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 Survivor by Tabitha King, book 2 of the Tabitha King Standalone Novels series (1982)
  2. Cover of The Trap / Wolves at the Door by Tabitha King, book 3 of the Tabitha King Standalone Novels series (1982)
  3. Cover of Caretakers by Tabitha King, book 4 of the Tabitha King Standalone Novels series (1983)
  4. Cover of Pearl by Tabitha King, book 5 of the Tabitha King Standalone Novels series (1988)
  5. Cover of One on One by Tabitha King, book 6 of the Tabitha King Standalone Novels series (1993)
  6. Cover of The Book of Reuben by Tabitha King, book 7 of the Tabitha King Standalone Novels series (1994)
  7. Cover of Candles Burning by Tabitha King, book 8 of the Tabitha King Standalone Novels series (2006)
  1. 1
    Small WorldTabitha King Standalone Novels #11981 · confirmed 3/4
    1981–
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  2. 2
    SurvivorTabitha King Standalone Novels #21982 · 433 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1982433
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  3. 3
    The Trap / Wolves at the DoorTabitha King Standalone Novels #31982 · 312 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1982312
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  4. 4
    CaretakersTabitha King Standalone Novels #41983 · 1 pages · confirmed 3/4
    19831
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  5. 5
    PearlTabitha King Standalone Novels #51988 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988324
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  6. 6
    One on OneTabitha King Standalone Novels #61993 · 485 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993485
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  7. 7
    The Book of ReubenTabitha King Standalone Novels #71994 · 354 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994354
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  8. 8
    Candles BurningTabitha King Standalone Novels #82006 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006432
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  9. 9
    Lore: ObscuredLore Series #12016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  10. 10
    Lore: The AnimaLore Series #22018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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Tabitha King 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.

Tabitha King Standalone Novels

8 books

8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Lore Series in order

2 books
  1. 1. Lore: Obscured
  2. 2. Lore: The Anima

Do you have to read Tabitha King books in order?

You only need to read Tabitha King books in order within the Lore Series series, which holds 2 of the 10 Tabitha King books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Tabitha King

Start with Small World (1981), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tabitha King book?

Lore: The Anima (2018) is the newest Tabitha King book released so far.

Is there a new Tabitha King book coming?

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

Tabitha King at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Tabitha King title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Tabitha King books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,341 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 354 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tabitha King books, 5 of 10, were published in the 1980s.

What the Tabitha King books are about

8 of the 10 Tabitha King books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: maine is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.