Katherine Arden

Katherine Arden

4 Series • 12 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Winternight Trilogy Books
Start with: The Bear and the Nightingale (2017)
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Publication Order of Small Spaces Books
Start with: Small Spaces (2018)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Warm Hands of Ghosts (2024)

ⓘ About Katherine Arden

Katherine Arden is a prolific upcoming author fro America, who is known for writing fiction and fantasy novels. She is particularly famous for writing The Winternight Trilogy series. Author Arden was born in Austin, Texas. She spent her former years studying in a high school located in Rennes, France. Later, she was accepted to study in Vermont’s Middlebury College. But, she decided to defer her enrollment for a period of one year for living and studying in Moscow. And when she joined Middlebury, author Arden went on to specialize in Russian and French literature. After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts degree, Arden shifted to Maui, Hawaii. There, she worked for a number of odd jobs that she could get herself into and earned her livelihood.

All Book Series by Katherine Arden

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The Bear and the Nightingale

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2017

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2017
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The Girl in the Tower

Book 2 of 3 · published 2017

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2017
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The Winter of the Witch

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2019

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2019
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Small Spaces

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2018

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2018
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Dead Voices

Book 2 of 4 · published 2019

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2019
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Dark Waters

Book 3 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Empty Smiles

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2024

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2024
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The Unicorn Hunters

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2026

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2026
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Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2019

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2019
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Twice Cursed

Book 2 of 3 · published 2023

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2023
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The Secret Romantic's Book of Magic

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2025

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2025

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Katherine Arden?

Katherine Arden is a prolific upcoming author fro America, who is known for writing fiction and fantasy novels. She is particularly famous for writing The Winternight Trilogy series. Author Arden was born in Austin, Texas.

Which Katherine Arden series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Winternight Trilogy series, the earliest of Katherine Arden's multi-book series: it opens with The Bear and the Nightingale (2017) and runs to 3 books across 2017–2019, ending with The Winter of the Witch (2019). Katherine Arden's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Katherine Arden written?

Katherine Arden has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2017 and 2026. 7 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Small Spaces series with 4 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Katherine Arden's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Katherine Arden's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Winternight Trilogy (2017–2019, 3 books) and Small Spaces (2018–2022, 4 books).

How are Katherine Arden's books organised into series?

This guide splits Katherine Arden's 12 books into 2 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Small Spaces (4 books, 2018–2022); Winternight Trilogy (3 books, 2017–2019).