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Tortall Books in Order

Tamora Pierce has written 17 Tortall books, published between 1983 and 2011. The first book is Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) and the newest is Mastiff (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1983–2011
Confirmed
17 of 17 titles
Pages on record
5,760 in 15 of 17 books
Reading time
96–144 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,760 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable Tortall checklist

Tortall is the name grouping five Tamora Pierce fantasy series: Song of the Lioness, Immortals, Protector of the Small, Daughter of the Lioness and Beka Cooper. Subject tags include knights and knighthood, sex roles, human-animal communication and the characters Alanna and Daine. The 17 Tortall books run from Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) to Mastiff (2011). In the Hand of the Goddess (1984), Lioness Rampant (1988), Wild Magic (1992) and First Test (1999) are among the titles.

How many Tortall books are there?

Tortall has 17 books, released between 1983 and 2011.

Tortall Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Tortall 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 Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce, book 1 of the Song of the Lioness series (1983)
  2. Cover of In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce, book 2 of the Song of the Lioness series (1984)
  3. Cover of Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce, book 1 of the Immortals series (1992)
  4. Cover of Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce, book 2 of the Immortals series (1993)
  5. Cover of Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce, book 3 of the Immortals series (1995)
  6. Cover of The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce, book 4 of the Immortals series (1996)
  7. Cover of First Test by Tamora Pierce, book 1 of the Protector of the Small series (1999)
  8. Cover of Page by Tamora Pierce, book 2 of the Protector of the Small series (2000)
  9. Cover of Squire by Tamora Pierce, book 3 of the Protector of the Small series (2001)
  10. Cover of Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce, book 4 of the Protector of the Small series (2002)
  11. Cover of Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce, book 1 of the Daughter of the Lioness series (2003)
  12. Cover of Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce, book 2 of the Daughter of the Lioness series (2004)
  13. Cover of Terrier by Tamora Pierce, book 1 of the Beka Cooper series (2006)
  14. Cover of Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce, book 2 of the Beka Cooper series (2009)
  1. 1
    Alanna: The First AdventureSong of the Lioness #11983 · confirmed 4/4
    1983–
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  2. 2
    In the Hand of the GoddessSong of the Lioness #21984 · 241 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984241
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  3. 3
    The Woman Who Rides Like a ManSong of the Lioness #31986 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986260
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  4. 4
    Lioness RampantSong of the Lioness #41988 · 353 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988353
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  5. 5
    Wild MagicImmortals #11992 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992384
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  6. 6
    Wolf-SpeakerImmortals #21993 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993368
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  7. 7
    Emperor MageImmortals #31995 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995384
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  8. 8
    The Realms of the GodsImmortals #41996 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996368
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  9. 9
    First TestProtector of the Small #11999 · 216 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999216
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  10. 10
    PageProtector of the Small #22000 · 268 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000268
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  11. 11
    SquireProtector of the Small #32001 · 399 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001399
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  12. 12
    Lady KnightProtector of the Small #42002 · 429 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002429
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  13. 13
    Trickster's ChoiceDaughter of the Lioness #12003 · 422 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003422
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  14. 14
    Trickster's QueenDaughter of the Lioness #22004 · 467 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004467
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  15. 15
    TerrierBeka Cooper #12006 · 608 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006608
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  16. 16
    BloodhoundBeka Cooper #22009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  17. 17
    MastiffBeka Cooper #32011 · 593 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011593
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Tortall Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Tortall books run from Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) to Mastiff (2011), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Tortall in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Tortall books in order?

You should read the Tortall books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Tortall book also stands alone.

Where to start with Tortall

Start with Alanna: The First Adventure (1983), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tortall book?

Mastiff (2011) is the newest Tortall book released so far.

Is there a new Tortall book coming?

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

Award nominations for Tortall

Wikidata records 3 nominations for Tortall. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2012Shortlistedfor Mastiff
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2004Shortlistedfor Trickster's Choice
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2003Shortlistedfor Lady Knight

Tortall at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Tortall title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Tortall books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,760 pages across the 15 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tortall books, 7 of 17, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
1 of the 17 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Tortall books are about

All 17 Tortall 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 14 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Tamora Pierce

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.