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Trudi Canavan Books in Order

Trudi Canavan has written 14 books, published between 2001 and 2020. The first book is The Magicians' Guild (2001) and the newest is Maker's Curse (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2001–2020
Pages on record
7,127 in 13 of 14 books
Reading time
119–178 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,127 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Trudi Canavan is an Australian fantasy novelist, born in 1969, who worked as a graphic designer while establishing the writing career. Fourteen books are catalogued from The Magicians' Guild (2001) to Maker's Curse (2020). The Black Magician Trilogy and Age of the Five are the bestselling sequences; the Traitor Spy Trilogy closed with The Traitor Queen, and Millennium's Rule, set across multiple worlds that characters cross between, ran to four books rather than the three first planned. Magicians, guilds, wizards, magic and the land of Kyralia recur as subjects. Books are long, at a median of 558 pages.

How many Trudi Canavan books are there?

Trudi Canavan has 14 books, released between 2001 and 2020. They include 4 separate series.

Trudi Canavan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Trudi Canavan 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 The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan, book 1 of the Black Magician Trilogy (2001)
  2. Cover of The Novice by Trudi Canavan, book 2 of the Black Magician Trilogy (2002)
  3. Cover of The High Lord by Trudi Canavan, book 3 of the Black Magician Trilogy (2002)
  4. Cover of Priestess of the White by Trudi Canavan, book 1 of the Age of the Five series (2005)
  5. Cover of Last of the Wilds by Trudi Canavan, book 2 of the Age of the Five series (2006)
  6. Cover of Voice of the Gods by Trudi Canavan, book 3 of the Age of the Five series (2007)
  7. Cover of The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan, book 4 of the Black Magician Trilogy (2009)
  8. Cover of The Ambassador's Mission by Trudi Canavan, book 1 of the Traitor Spy Trilogy (2010)
  9. Cover of The Rogue by Trudi Canavan, book 2 of the Traitor Spy Trilogy (2011)
  10. Cover of Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan, book 1 of the Millennium’s Rule series (2014)
  11. Cover of Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan, book 2 of the Millennium’s Rule series (2015)
  1. 1
    The Magicians' GuildBlack Magician Trilogy #12001 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001370
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  2. 2
    The NoviceBlack Magician Trilogy #22002 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002480
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  3. 3
    The High LordBlack Magician Trilogy #32002 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002544
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  4. 4
    Priestess of the WhiteAge of the Five #12005 · 598 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005598
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  5. 5
    Last of the WildsAge of the Five #22006 · 558 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006558
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  6. 6
    Voice of the GodsAge of the Five #32007 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007592
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  7. 7
    The Magician's ApprenticeBlack Magician Trilogy #42009 · 593 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009593
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  8. 8
    The Ambassador's MissionTraitor Spy Trilogy #12010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    The RogueTraitor Spy Trilogy #22011 · 546 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011546
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  10. 10
    The Traitor QueenTraitor Spy Trilogy #32011 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011576
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  11. 11
    Thief's MagicMillennium’s Rule #12014 · 553 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014553
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  12. 12
    Angel of StormsMillennium’s Rule #22015 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015608
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  13. 13
    Successor's PromiseMillennium’s Rule #32017 · 565 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017565
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  14. 14
    Maker's CurseMillennium’s Rule #42020 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020544
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Trudi Canavan 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.

Black Magician Trilogy in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Magicians' Guild
  2. 2. The Novice
  3. 3. The High Lord
  4. 4. The Magician's Apprentice

Millennium’s Rule in order

4 books
  1. 1. Thief's Magic
  2. 2. Angel of Storms
  3. 3. Successor's Promise
  4. 4. Maker's Curse

Age of the Five in order

3 books
  1. 1. Priestess of the White
  2. 2. Last of the Wilds
  3. 3. Voice of the Gods

Traitor Spy Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Ambassador's Mission
  2. 2. The Rogue
  3. 3. The Traitor Queen

Do you have to read Trudi Canavan books in order?

You only need to read Trudi Canavan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Trudi Canavan

Start with The Magicians' Guild (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Trudi Canavan book?

Maker's Curse (2020) is the newest Trudi Canavan book released so far.

Is there a new Trudi Canavan book coming?

No next Trudi Canavan 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 Trudi Canavan has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Trudi Canavan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel2009Wonfor The Magician's Apprentice
  • Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story1999Wonfor Whispers of the Mist Children

Trudi Canavan at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Trudi Canavan title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Trudi Canavan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
7,127 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 558 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Trudi Canavan books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2000s.

What the Trudi Canavan books are about

All 14 Trudi Canavan 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 13 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.