Cradle Books in Order
Cradle by Will Wight contains 13 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is Unsouled (2016) and the newest is Threshold: Stories from Cradle (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2016–2025
- Confirmed
- 13 of 13 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,400 in 7 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 40–60 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,400 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Cradle is a fantasy series built on martial training and the steady climb of its characters through levels of power. Unsouled (2016) opens the run, followed by Soulsmith, Blackflame, Skysworn, Ghostwater, Underlord, Uncrowned and Wintersteel. Thirteen catalogued titles reach Threshold: Stories from Cradle in 2025, at a median of 310 pages.
How many Cradle books are there?
Cradle has 13 books, released between 2016 and 2025.
Cradle Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Cradle 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.
- 1Unsouled2016 · 292 pages · confirmed 4/420162924/4
- 2Soulsmith2016 · 284 pages · confirmed 4/420162844/4
- 3Blackflame2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/420173684/4
- 4Skysworn2017 · 290 pages · confirmed 4/420172904/4
- 5Ghostwater2018 · 310 pages · confirmed 4/420183104/4
- 6Underlord2019 · confirmed 4/42019–4/4
- 7Uncrowned2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/420193364/4
- 8Wintersteel2020 · 520 pages · confirmed 4/420205204/4
- 9Bloodline2021 · confirmed 4/42021–4/4
- 10Reaper2021 · confirmed 4/42021–4/4
- 11Dreadgod2022 · confirmed 4/42022–4/4
- 12Waybound2023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
- 13Threshold: Stories from Cradle2025 · confirmed 3/42025–3/4
Is there a chronological order for Cradle?
No separate chronological order is on record for Cradle, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Cradle books in order?
You should read the Cradle books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Cradle book also stands alone.
Where to start with Cradle
Start with Unsouled (2016), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Cradle book?
Threshold: Stories from Cradle (2025) is the newest Cradle book released so far.
Is there a new Cradle book coming?
No next Cradle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cradle at a glance
- Still running
- Cradle is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Cradle books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,400 pages across the 7 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cradle books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 11 of the 13 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Cradle books are about
5 of the 13 Cradle 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 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 5 of 5 books
More books by Will Wight
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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