Author

T. Kingfisher

Q: What should I read first by T. Kingfisher?

Start with the Saint of Steel series and read it in publication order.

T. Kingfisher has written 29 books across 2 series. Start with Saint of Steel.

T. Kingfisher is the pen name Ursula Vernon uses for her fiction aimed at adult readers, kept separate from the children's and middle-grade work she publishes under her own name, including the Hugo Award-winning graphic novel Digger and the Hamster Princess series. Writing as Kingfisher, Vernon has become one of contemporary fantasy and horror's most distinctive voices, known for taking well-worn fairy-tale and folk-horror premises — Beauty and the Beast in Bryony and Roses, Hansel and Gretel in Nettle and Bone, Lovecraftian cosmic horror in The Hollow Places and What Moves the Dead — and running them through a sensibility that is wry, plainspoken, and unusually grounded, with protagonists who solve problems through competence and dark humor rather than chosen-one destiny. Kingfisher has won multiple major genre awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel for Nettle and Bone and the Nebula Award, unusual recognition for work published largely through a small press before wider mainstream attention followed. Her fiction spans standalone gothic and folk-horror novels alongside series such as the romantic fantasy Saint of Steel books, following a group of god-abandoned paladins, and the Sworn Soldier novellas continuing the world of The Hollow Places. Prolific and genre-agnostic, she has become known for blending horror, romance, and comedy within the same book more successfully than most writers manage within one genre alone.

Series: 2
Books: 29
First published: 2013
Best known for: Saint of Steel

Series by T. Kingfisher

4books

Saint of Steel

T. Kingfisher

romantic fantasy

3books

The Sworn Soldier

T. Kingfisher

gothic horror

Standalone books

Read these in any order — each is a complete story.

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Nine Goblins
Novel2013
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The Seventh Bride
Novel2014
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Bryony and Roses
Novel2015
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Summer in Orcus
Novel2016
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The Raven and the Reindeer
Novel2016
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Clockwork Boys
Novel2017
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The Halcyon Fairy Book
Novel2017
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Swordheart
Novel2018
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The Wonder Engine
Novel2018
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Minor Mage
Novel2019
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The Twisted Ones
Novel2019
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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
Novel2020
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The Hollow Places
Novel2020
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Illuminations
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Nettle & Bone
Novel2022
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A House with Good Bones
Novel2023
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Thornhedge
Novel2023
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A Sorceress Comes to Call
Novel2024
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Hemlock & Silver
Novel2025
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Snake-Eater
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Daggerbound
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Wolf Worm
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Frequently asked questions

What should I read first by T. Kingfisher?

Start with the Saint of Steel series (first published 2020) and read it in publication order.

Are T. Kingfisher's series connected?

Each series stands on its own — you can begin with any of them without missing references.