T. Kingfisher

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2013
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Clocktaur War

1 - Clockwork Boys (Nov-2017)
2 - The Wonder Engine (Feb-2018)

The Saint of Steel

1 - Paladin's Grace (Feb-2020)
2 - Paladin's Strength (Feb-2021)
3 - Paladin's Hope (Oct-2021)

Sworn Soldier

1 - What Moves the Dead (Jul-2022)
2 - What Feasts at Night (Feb-2024)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

Bryony And Roses (May-2015)

Fairytale Retellings: The Snow Queen

The Raven And The Reindeer (Feb-2016)

Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • Nine Goblins

    When a party of goblin warriors find themselves trapped behind enemy lines, it'll take more than whining (and a bemused Elven veterinarian) to get them home again. Nine Goblins is a novella of low...very low...fantasy....

  • Toad Words

    From author T. Kingfisher comes a collection of fairy-tale retellings for adults. By turns funny and dark, sad and lyrical, this anthology draws together in one volume such stories as "The Wolf and the Woodsman," "Loathly," and "Bluebeard's Wife," al...

  • Bryony And Roses

    Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

    Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city. But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in ...

  • The Seventh Bride

    Young Rhea is a miller’s daughter of low birth, so she is understandably surprised when a mysterious nobleman, Lord Crevan, shows up on her doorstep and proposes marriage. Since commoners don’t turn down lords -- no matter how sinister they may s...

  • The Raven And The Reindeer

    Fairytale Retellings: The Snow Queen

    When Gerta’s friend Kay is stolen away by the mysterious Snow Queen, it’s up to Gerta to find him. Her journey will take her through a dangerous land of snow and witchcraft, accompanied only by a bandit and a talking raven. Can she win her friend...

  • Summer in Orcus

    When the witch Baba Yaga walks her house into the backyard, eleven-year-old Summer enters into a bargain for her heart’s desire. Her search will take her to the strange, surreal world of Orcus, where birds talk, women change their shape, and frogs ...

  • Jackalope Wives & Other Stories

    Winner of the Nebula and WSFA Short Fiction AwardsFrom award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes a collection of short stories, including "Jackalope Wives," "The Tomato Thief," "Pocosin," and many others. By turns funny, lyrical, angry and beautiful, ...

  • The Halcyon Fairy Book

    The Halcyon Fairy Book is a delightful collection of wry and insightful comments on traditional fairy tales, originally presented in her blog, along with her first collection of fairy-tale inspired original work, Toad Words....

  • Clockwork Boys

    Clocktaur War - 1

    A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It's not the start of a joke, but rather an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. T. Kingfisher's new novel begins the tale of a murderous band of criminals (and a scholar),...



  • The Wonder Engine

    Clocktaur War - 2

    Pull three people out of prison-a disgraced paladin, a convicted forger, and a heartless assassin. Give them weapons, carnivorous tattoos, and each other. Point them at the enemy. What could possibly go wrong?In the sequel to CLOCK...

  • Swordheart

    Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate… and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman trapped in a prison of enchanted steel. When Halla draws the sword that imprisons him, Sarkis finds hi...

  • Minor Mage

    Oliver was a very minor mage. His familiar reminded him of this several times a day.

    He only knew three spells, and one of them was to control his allergy to armadillo dander. His attempts to summon elementals resulted in nosebleeds, and there is ...

  • The Twisted Ones

    When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods in this chilling novel that reads like The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffit...

  • Fisher-Bird

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  • Metal Like Blood in the Dark

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  • Paladin's Grace

    The Saint of Steel - 1

    Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be useful before he dies. But all that changes when he encounters a fugitive named Grace in an alley and witness...

  • A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

    Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's ...

  • The Hollow Places

    A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant, Nebula Award"winning author) The Twi...

  • Paladin's Strength

    The Saint of Steel - 2

    He’s a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She’s a nun from a secretive order, on the trail of the raiders who burned her convent and kidnapped her sisters. When their paths cross at the point of a sword, ...



  • Paladin's Hope

    The Saint of Steel - 3

    Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. It's a peaceful, if solitary profession…until the day when he's called to the river to examine the latest in ...

  • Nettle & Bone

    From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure.*A very special hardcover edition, featuring gold foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.*This isn't t...

  • What Moves the Dead

    Sworn Soldier - 1

    An instant USA Today & Indie bestsellerFrom T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."*A very special...

  • Illuminations

    Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illuminations in the city. But the eccentric Studio Mandolini has fallen on hard times and the future is no longer certain.While trying to help her family, Rosa di...

  • A House With Good Bones

    A Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of 2023A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family. "Mom seems off." ...

  • Thornhedge

    From USA Today bestselling author T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge is an original, subversive fairytale about a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her ...

  • Paladin's Faith

    Marguerite Florian has spent her life acquiring and selling information, using whatever means necessary. When she falls afoul of a powerful former employer, her usual methods of self-preservation no longer work. Fortunately, she has collected enough ...

  • What Feasts at Night

    Sworn Soldier - 2

    An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie BestsellerEnter a cold, silent forest and find out what feasts at night in this new gothic tale from bestselling and award-winning author T. Kingfisher, set in the world of What Moves the Dead.*A very s...

  • A Sorceress Comes to Call

    From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes A Sorceress Comes to Call -- a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm's "The Goose Girl," rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic.*The hardcover edition features...

Award-Winning Books by T. Kingfisher

The Hollow Places
2021 Dragon Award -- Horror Novel
Metal Like Blood in the Dark
2021 Hugo Award -- Short Story
The Twisted Ones
2020 Dragon Award -- Horror Novel
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
2020 Nebula Award -- Andre Norton Award
2021 Dragon Award -- Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
2021 Hugo Award -- Young Adult
2021 Locus Award -- Young Adult Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

T. Kingfisher has published 28 books.

The next book by T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call, will be published in August 2024.

The first book by T. Kingfisher, Nine Goblins, was published in November 2013.

Yes. T. Kingfisher has 3 series.
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