Tamora Pierce Books in Order
Tamora Pierce has written 34 books, published between 1983 and 2025. The first book is Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) and the newest is Alanna (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 1983–2025
- Confirmed
- 34 of 34 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,899 in 26 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 148–222 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,899 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
Tamora Pierce writes fantasy for younger readers, much of it set in Tortall. Song of the Lioness opens the catalogue with Alanna: The First Adventure (1983), and The Immortals, Protector of the Small, Beka Cooper, Daughter of the Lioness and the Numair Chronicles extend the same world, with knighthood, magic and gender roles among the subjects. Circle of Magic, The Circle Opens and Circle Reforged form a separate sequence. Pierce's 34 catalogued books reach 2025.
The Song of the Lioness series follows Alanna of Trebond, who poses as a boy to train for knighthood in a kingdom that bars women from becoming knights. The books cover her years as a royal page and then as a knight's squire, ending in battles to defend Tortall.
How many Tamora Pierce books are there?
Tamora Pierce has 34 books, released between 1983 and 2025. They include 11 separate series.
Tamora Pierce Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Tamora Pierce 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.
- 11983–4/4
- 219842413/4
- 319862603/4
- 419883533/4
- 519923843/4
- 619933683/4
- 719953843/4
- 819963683/4
- 91997953/4
- 1019982513/4
- 111998–3/4
- 1219992163/4
- 1319992583/4
- 1420002643/4
- 1520002683/4
- 1620013003/4
- 1720013993/4
- 1820023553/4
- 1920024293/4
- 2020034223/4
- 2120033683/4
- 2220044673/4
- 232005–3/4
- 2420066083/4
- 2520071523/4
- 2620073123/4
- 272009–3/4
- 282010–3/4
- 2920115933/4
- 3020134643/4
- 3120173203/4
- 322018–3/4
- 332024–3/4
- 342025–3/4
Tamora Pierce characters in order
Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Tortall books in order 17 books
- Circle books in order 11 books
Tamora Pierce 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.
Song of the Lioness in order
4 booksImmortals in order
4 booksCircle of Magic in order
4 booksProtector of the Small in order
4 books- 1. First Test
- 2. Page
- 3. Squire
- 4. Lady Knight
Circle Opens in order
4 books- 1. Magic Steps
- 2. Street Magic
- 3. Cold Fire
- 4. Shatterglass
Circle Reforged in order
3 booksBeka Cooper in order
3 books- 1. Terrier
- 2. Bloodhound
- 3. Mastiff
Daughter of the Lioness in order
2 booksTamora Pierce Graphic Novels in order
2 booksTortall Series in order
2 booksNumair Chronicles in order
1 bookProtector of the Small Graphic Novel in order
1 bookTamora Pierce Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Tamora Pierce books run from Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) to Alanna (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Tamora Pierce in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Tamora Pierce books in order?
You only need to read Tamora Pierce books in order within each series: the books listed here span 11 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Tamora Pierce books in?
Read Tamora Pierce one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Tortall starts with Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) and Circle starts with Sandry's Book / The Magic in the Weaving (1997). The earliest catalogued title overall is Alanna: The First Adventure (1983).
What is the newest Tamora Pierce book?
Alanna (2025) is the newest Tamora Pierce book released so far.
Is there a new Tamora Pierce book coming?
No next Tamora Pierce 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 Tamora Pierce has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 4 nominations for Tamora Pierce. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Margaret Edwards Award2013Won
- Edward E. Smith Memorial Award2005Won
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2012Shortlistedfor Mastiff
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2004Shortlistedfor Trickster's Choice
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2003Shortlistedfor Lady Knight
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature2000Shortlistedfor Circle of Magic
Tamora Pierce at a glance
- Still publishing
- Tamora Pierce published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Tamora Pierce books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,899 pages across the 26 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 354 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tamora Pierce books, 14 of 34, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 34 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Tamora Pierce books are about
32 of the 34 Tamora Pierce 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 27 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 27 of 32 books
- Children's fiction 25 of 32 books
- Magic 17 of 32 books
- Tortall 15 of 32 books
- Knights and knighthood 8 of 32 books
- Alanna (Fictitious character : Pierce) 6 of 32 books
- Sex role 6 of 32 books
- Daine 4 of 32 books
- Human-animal communication 4 of 32 books
- Song of the Lioness 4 of 32 books