Vashti Hardy Books in Order

Vashti Hardy has written 8 books, published between 2018 and 2022. The first book is Brightstorm (2018) and the newest is The Raven Riddle (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2018–2022
Pages on record
1,728 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
29–43 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,728 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Vashti Hardy writes children's fantasy, catalogued under young adult and children's stories with subjects that include mechanical beings and ghosts. Four series headings attach to Hardy: Brightstorm, Griffin Gate, Ghost Machine Adventure and Harley Hitch. The 8 books begin with Brightstorm (2018) and end with The Raven Riddle (2022), taking in WildSpark (2019), Darkwhispers and The Griffin Gate (2020), and Crowfall, Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest and The Puffin Portal (2021). The listing holds nothing newer than 2022.

How many Vashti Hardy books are there?

Vashti Hardy has 8 books, released between 2018 and 2022. They include 4 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Vashti Hardy Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Vashti Hardy 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
    BrightstormBrightstorm #12018 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018336
  2. 2
    WildSparkGhost Machine Adventure #12019 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019448
  3. 3
    The Griffin GateGriffin Gate #12020 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020112
  4. 4
    DarkwhispersBrightstorm #22020 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020400
  5. 5
    Crowfall2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021320
  6. 6
    Harley Hitch and the Iron ForestHarley Hitch #12021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  7. 7
    The Puffin PortalGriffin Gate #22021 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021112
  8. 8
    The Raven RiddleGriffin Gate #32022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022

Vashti Hardy 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.

Griffin Gate in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Griffin Gate
  2. 2. The Puffin Portal
  3. 3. The Raven Riddle

Brightstorm in order

2 books
  1. 1. Brightstorm
  2. 2. Darkwhispers

Ghost Machine Adventure in order

1 book
  1. 1. WildSpark

Harley Hitch in order

1 book
  1. 1. Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest

Standalone books

1 book

1 Vashti Hardy title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Vashti Hardy books in order?

You only need to read Vashti Hardy 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 Vashti Hardy

Start with Brightstorm (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Vashti Hardy book?

The Raven Riddle (2022) is the newest Vashti Hardy book released so far.

Is there a new Vashti Hardy book coming?

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

Vashti Hardy at a glance

Paused
No new Vashti Hardy title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Vashti Hardy books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,728 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Vashti Hardy books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2020s.

What the Vashti Hardy books are about

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