Kate Daniels Books in Order
Ilona Andrews has written 21 books featuring Kate Daniels, published between 2007 and 2021: 19 in the 2 main-line series and 2 related titles. The first book is Magic Bites (2007) and the newest main-line book is Blood Heir (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 2007–2021
- Confirmed
- 18 of 21 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,602 in 8 of 21 books
Kate Daniels is the central figure of Ilona Andrews's urban fantasy, set in Atlanta among werewolves, shapeshifters and magic. The word Magic opens most of the titles: Magic Bites (2007), Magic Burns (2008), Magic Strikes (2009), Magic Bleeds (2010) and Magic Slays (2011). Twenty-one catalogued entries, novels and short fiction together, reach Blood Heir in 2021, and nothing new has come from the Kate Daniels World since.
How many Kate Daniels books are there?
Kate Daniels appears in 21 books, released between 2007 and 2021. 19 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Kate Daniels, Kate Daniels World), and 2 related titles sit outside it: other titles and short stories and novellas.
Kate Daniels Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Kate Daniels 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.
- 120072604/4
- 220082724/4
- 32009–4/4
- 42009–4/4
- 520103844/4
- 620113084/4
- 72011–4/4
- 82012–4/4
- 92012–3/4
- 102012–4/4
- 112012–2/4
- 122013–4/4
- 132013–2/4
- 142013–2/4
- 1520143814/4
- 162015–4/4
- 1720153424/4
- 182016–4/4
- 1920163284/4
- 2020183274/4
- 212021–4/4
Kate Daniels Books in Chronological Order
In story order, Magic Bites comes first and An Ill-Advised Rescue comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 16 books with a recorded story position run in that sequence below.
- 1Magic Bites2007 · 260 pages · confirmed 4/420072604/4
- 2Magic Burns2008 · 272 pages · confirmed 4/420082724/4
- 3Magic Strikes2009 · confirmed 4/42009–4/4
- 13Naked Dinner2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 4Magic Mourns2009 · confirmed 4/42009–4/4
- 5Magic Bleeds2010 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/420103844/4
- 8Magic Dreams2012 · confirmed 4/42012–4/4
- 6Magic Slays2011 · 308 pages · confirmed 4/420113084/4
- 7Magic Gifts2011 · confirmed 4/42011–4/4
- 11Magic Rises2013 · confirmed 4/42013–4/4
- 14Magic Breaks2014 · 381 pages · confirmed 4/420143814/4
- 15Magic Shifts2015 · 342 pages · confirmed 4/420153424/4
- 17Magic Binds2016 · 328 pages · confirmed 4/420163284/4
- 18Magic Triumphs2018 · 327 pages · confirmed 4/420183274/4
- 9Retribution Clause2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 12An Ill-Advised Rescue2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
Do you have to read Kate Daniels books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (other titles and short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Kate Daniels book also stands alone.
What order should you read Kate Daniels books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Magic Bites (2007), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series. After it come Magic Burns (2008), Magic Strikes (2009), Magic Mourns (2009) and Magic Bleeds (2010); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Kate Daniels book?
Blood Heir (2021) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.
Is there a new Kate Daniels book coming?
No next Kate Daniels book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Daniels at a glance
- Paused
- No new main-line Kate Daniels title has appeared for 5 years. The last was Blood Heir (2021).
- Release pace
- Kate Daniels books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,602 pages across the 8 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Daniels books, 16 of 21, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 17 of the 21 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 18 in at least three.
What the Kate Daniels books are about
12 of the 21 Kate Daniels books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magic is tagged on 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Magic 7 of 12 books
- Shapeshifting 7 of 12 books
- Fantasy, paranormal 6 of 12 books
- Atlanta (ga.) 5 of 12 books
- Fantasy 4 of 12 books
- Werewolves 3 of 12 books
- Fantasy, urban 2 of 12 books
- Supernatural 2 of 12 books
- Paranormal fiction 2 of 12 books
More books by Ilona Andrews
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Series featuring Kate Daniels
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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