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Tamsyn Muir Books in Order

Tamsyn Muir has written 12 books, published between 2011 and 2023. The first book is The House that Made the Sixteen Loops of Time (2011) and the newest is The Unwanted Guest (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2011–2023
Confirmed
1 of 12 titles
Pages on record
1,688 in 4 of 12 books
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Photo of Tamsyn Muir, author of the Locked Tomb series

Tamsyn Muir, a New Zealand fantasy, science fiction and horror author born on 14 March 1985, is best known for The Locked Tomb, a science fantasy novel series. Gideon the Ninth (2019), the first Muir novel, won the 2020 Locus Award, and Harrow the Ninth followed in 2020. The catalogue lists 12 books from The House that Made the Sixteen Loops of Time (2011) to The Unwanted Guest (2023). Subject tags include necromancy, lesbians, dark fantasy and LGBTQ science fiction and fantasy, and Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower is also listed.

How many Tamsyn Muir books are there?

Tamsyn Muir has 12 books, released between 2011 and 2023. 5 of them belong to the Locked Tomb series.

Tamsyn Muir Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Tamsyn Muir 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 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, book 1 of the Locked Tomb series (2019)
  2. Cover of Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir (2020)
  3. Cover of Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, book 2 of the Locked Tomb series (2020)
  4. Cover of Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, book 4 of the Locked Tomb series (2022)
  5. Cover of The Unwanted Guest by Tamsyn Muir, book 5 of the Locked Tomb series (2023)
  1. 1
    The House that Made the Sixteen Loops of Time2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  2. 2
    The Deepwater Bride2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  3. 3
    The Woman in the Hill2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  4. 4
    The Magician’s Apprentice2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  5. 5
    Gideon the NinthLocked Tomb #12019 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019448
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  6. 6
    Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower2020 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020216
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  7. 7
    Harrow the NinthLocked Tomb #22020 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020512
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  8. 8
    The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  9. 9
    As Yet UnsentLocked Tomb #32021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  10. 10
    UndercoverInto Shadow #22022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  11. 11
    Nona the NinthLocked Tomb #42022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  12. 12
    The Unwanted GuestLocked Tomb #52023 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2023512
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Tamsyn Muir series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Tamsyn Muir 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.

Into Shadow in order

1 book
  1. 2. Undercover

Standalone books

6 books

6 Tamsyn Muir titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tamsyn Muir books in order?

You only need to read Tamsyn Muir books in order within the Locked Tomb series, which holds 5 of the 12 Tamsyn Muir books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Tamsyn Muir

Start with Gideon the Ninth (2019), the first Locked Tomb book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The House that Made the Sixteen Loops of Time (2011).

What is the newest Tamsyn Muir book?

The Unwanted Guest (2023) is the newest Tamsyn Muir book released so far.

Is there a new Tamsyn Muir book coming?

No next Tamsyn Muir 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 Tamsyn Muir has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 16 nominations for Tamsyn Muir. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Tamsyn Muir at a glance

Paused
No new Tamsyn Muir title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Tamsyn Muir books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,688 pages across the 4 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tamsyn Muir books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2020s.

What the Tamsyn Muir books are about

5 of the 12 Tamsyn Muir books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: necromancy is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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