Terri Windling Books in Order

Terri Windling has written 9 books, published between 1982 and 2020. The first book is Elsewhere Vol. II (1982) and the newest is The Color of Angels (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1982–2020
Pages on record
1,541 in 8 of 9 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,541 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Terri Windling, author

Terri Windling, born in Fort Dix, New Jersey in 1958, is an American editor, artist and essayist who writes for both children and adults. Nine World Fantasy Awards stand to her name, along with the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award and the SFWA Solstice Award, given in 2010 for significant impact on the speculative fiction field. The catalogue holds 9 books published between 1982 and 2020 and records two series, Elsewhere and Old Oak Wood. Elsewhere Vol. II and Vol. III (1982) are the earliest titles; The Wood Wife (1996), The Raven Queen, A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, The Winter Child and The Faeries of Spring Cottage lead to The Color of Angels (2020). Subjects record fairies, fairy tales and short stories.

How many Terri Windling books are there?

Terri Windling has 9 books, released between 1982 and 2020. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Terri Windling Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Terri Windling 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. 1
    Elsewhere Vol. IIElsewhere #21982 · 388 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982388
  2. 2
    Elsewhere Vol. IIIElsewhere #31982 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982384
  3. 3
    The Changeling1995 · 106 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995106
  4. 4
    The Wood Wife1996 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996320
  5. 5
    A Midsummer Night's Faery TaleOld Oak Wood #11999 · 52 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199952
  6. 6
    The Raven QueenVoyage of the Basset #21999 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999185
  7. 7
    The Winter ChildOld Oak Wood #22001 · 59 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200159
  8. 8
    The Faeries of Spring CottageOld Oak Wood #32003 · 47 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200347
  9. 9
    The Color of Angels2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020

Terri Windling 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.

Old Oak Wood in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale
  2. 2. The Winter Child
  3. 3. The Faeries of Spring Cottage

Elsewhere in order

2 books
  1. 2. Elsewhere Vol. II
  2. 3. Elsewhere Vol. III

Voyage of the Basset in order

1 book
  1. 2. The Raven Queen

Standalone books

3 books

3 Terri Windling titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Terri Windling books in order?

You only need to read Terri Windling 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 Terri Windling

Start with Elsewhere Vol. II (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Terri Windling book?

The Color of Angels (2020) is the newest Terri Windling book released so far.

Is there a new Terri Windling book coming?

No next Terri Windling 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 Terri Windling has won

Wikidata records 11 awards and 45 nominations for Terri Windling. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional2008Won
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2007Wonfor Salon Fantastique
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2003Wonfor The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2000Wonfor Silver Birch, Blood Moon
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology2000Won
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature1997Wonfor The Wood Wife
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology1992Wonfor The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology1990Wonfor The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology1989Wonfor The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection
  • World Fantasy Special Award: Professional1989Won
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Collection1982Wonfor Elsewhere
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2014Shortlistedfor Queen Victoria's Book of Spells

Terri Windling at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Terri Windling title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Terri Windling books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
1,541 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 146 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Terri Windling books, 4 of 9, were published in the 1990s.

What the Terri Windling books are about

8 of the 9 Terri Windling books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fairies is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.