Will Wight Books in Order
Will Wight has written 29 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is House of Blades (2013) and the newest is Threshold: Stories from Cradle (2025). One more title is announced: Overworld (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29 + 1 announced
- Published
- 2013–2025
- Confirmed
- 30 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,590 in 13 of 30 books
Will Wight, born August 11, 1989, as William Lawrence Wight III, is an American fantasy author. Cradle, which Wight published independently, has topped the Amazon Kindle Store bestseller list more than once and reached the New York Times Best Seller list. Wight also wrote the Traveler's Gate trilogy and the Elder Empire books, split into Sea and Shadow sequences. The catalogue lists 30 titles from 2013, including House of Blades, to Threshold: Stories from Cradle (2025), and Overworld is set for 2027.
In the Cradle series, Lindon begins as 'Unsouled,' unable to use the magic that defines status in his world, and is shunned by his family as a result. After gaining a hidden power, he trains to become a sacred artist, gathering allies along the way.
How many Will Wight books are there?
Will Wight has 29 published books, released between 2013 and 2025. They include 6 separate series. One more, Overworld (2027), is announced.
Will Wight Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Will Wight 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.
- 120132924/4
- 220133844/4
- 32013–3/4
- 420143204/4
- 52014–3/4
- 62014–3/4
- 720143924/4
- 82015–4/4
- 92015–3/4
- 102015–3/4
- 1120162924/4
- 1220162844/4
- 1320173684/4
- 1420172904/4
- 1520183104/4
- 162019–4/4
- 1720193364/4
- 1820203904/4
- 1920204124/4
- 2020205204/4
- 212021–4/4
- 222021–4/4
- 232022–4/4
- 242023–4/4
- 252023–4/4
- 262023–3/4
- 272024–4/4
- 282025–4/4
- 292025–3/4
- 302027–3/4
Will Wight series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Cradle books in order 13 books
Will Wight 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.
Traveler's Gate in order
5 booksLast Horizon in order
4 books- 1. The Captain
- 2. The Engineer
- 3. The Knight
- 4. The Pilot
Elder Empire: Sea in order
3 booksElder Empire: Shadow in order
3 booksTraveler's Gate Chronicles in order
1 bookWill Wight Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Will Wight books in order?
You only need to read Will Wight books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Will Wight
Start with Unsouled (2016), the first Cradle book. The earliest catalogued title overall is House of Blades (2013).
What is the newest Will Wight book?
Threshold: Stories from Cradle (2025) is the newest Will Wight book released so far.
Is there a new Will Wight book coming?
Yes. Overworld (2027) is the next Will Wight book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Will Wight at a glance
- Still publishing
- Will Wight is still publishing. Overworld is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Will Wight books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,590 pages across the 13 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Will Wight books, 17 of 30, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 22 of the 30 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Will Wight books are about
9 of the 30 Will Wight 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 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 8 of 9 books