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Home / Authors / Garth Nix Garth Nix Australian author Garth Nix is best known for the Old Kingdom fantasy series, beginning with *Sabriel*. His books have sold over five million copies worldwide and won multiple Aurealis Awards. This page provides the Garth Nix books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1990 The Ragwitch POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1995 Sabriel POoOKB · 1 Buy ↗ 1996 Bad Sign(By: Neal Shusterman) POoTXYAB · 1 Buy ↗ 1997 Shade's Children POoSCB · 1 Buy ↗ 1997 The Calusari POoTXYAB · 2 Buy ↗ 1997 Eve(By: Ellen Steiber) POoTXYAB · 3 Buy ↗ 1997 Our Town(By: Eric Elfman) POoTXYAB · 4 Buy ↗ 1997 Empathy(By: Ellen Steiber) POoTXYAB · 5 Buy ↗ 1997 Fresh Bones(By: Les Martin) POoTXYAB · 6 Buy ↗ 1997 Control(By: Cliff Nielsen,Everett Owens) POoTXYAB · 7 Buy ↗ 1997 The Host(By: Les Martin) POoTXYAB · 8 Buy ↗ 1998 Nathan And The Ice Rockets(By: Debra Oswald) POoABB · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 Hungry Ghosts(By: Ellen Steiber) POoTXYAB · 9 Buy ↗ 1998 Howlers(By: Everett Owens) POoTXYAB · 10 Buy ↗ 1999 Dark Matter(By: Easton Royce) POoTXYAB · 11 Buy ↗ 1999 Grotesque(By: Ellen Steiber) POoTXYAB · 12 Buy ↗ 1999 Quarantine(By: Les Martin) POoTXYAB · 13 Buy ↗ 1999 Regeneration(By: Everett Owens) POoTXYAB · 14 Buy ↗ 2000 The Fall POoTSTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2000 Frank & The Emergency Joke(By: Debra Oswald) POoABB · 2 Buy ↗ 2000 Castle POoTSTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2000 Serena and the Sea Serpent POoABB · 3 Buy ↗ 2000 Aenir POoTSTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2000 Haunted(By: Ellen Steiber) POoTXYAB · 15 Buy ↗ 2000 Miracle Man(By: Terry Bisson) POoTXYAB · 16 Buy ↗ 2001 Lirael POoOKB · 2 Buy ↗ 2001 Above the Veil POoTSTB · 4 Buy ↗ 2001 Into Battle POoTSTB · 5 Buy ↗ 2001 The Violet Keystone POoTSTB · 6 Buy ↗ 2003 Mister Monday POoTKttKB · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 Abhorsen POoOKB · 3 Buy ↗ 2004 Grim Tuesday POoTKttKB · 2 Buy ↗ 2004 Drowned Wednesday POoTKttKB · 3 Buy ↗ 2005 Across the Wall: Tales of the Old Kingdom and Beyond POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Frank and the Secret Club(By: Debra Oswald) POoABB · 4 Buy ↗ 2005 The Creature in the Case POoOKB · 4 Buy ↗ 2006 Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz POoSSC · 2 Buy ↗ 2006 Sir Thursday POoTKttKB · 4 Buy ↗ 2007 One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales POoSSC · 3 Buy ↗ 2007 Lady Friday POoTKttKB · 5 Buy ↗ 2008 Superior Saturday POoTKttKB · 6 Buy ↗ 2009 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One POoBHotYB · 1 Buy ↗ 2010 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two POoBHotYB · 2 Buy ↗ 2010 Lord Sunday POoTKttKB · 7 Buy ↗ 2011 Troubletwisters POoTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 The Monster POoTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three POoBHotYB · 3 Buy ↗ 2012 A Confusion of Princes POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four POoBHotYB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 Wild Born(By: Brandon Mull) POoSAB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Fire Above, Fire Below POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Newt's Emerald POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 The Mystery POoTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five POoBHotYB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 Hunted(By: Maggie Stiefvater) POoSAB · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 Blood Ties(With: Sean Williams) POoSAB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 The Missing POoTB · 4 Buy ↗ 2014 Fire and Ice(By: Shannon Hale) POoSAB · 4 Buy ↗ 2014 Clairel POoOKB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 Against the Tide(By: Tui T. Sutherland) POoSAB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six POoBHotYB · 6 Buy ↗ 2014 Rise and Fall(By: Eliot Schrefer) POoSAB · 6 Buy ↗ 2015 To Hold the Bridge POoSSC · 4 Buy ↗ 2015 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven POoBHotYB · 7 Buy ↗ 2015 The Evertree(By: Marie Lu) POoSAB · 7 Buy ↗ 2016 Doctor Crake Crosses the Wall POoOKB · 7 Buy ↗ 2016 Goldenhand POoOKB · 8 Buy ↗ 2016 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight POoBHotYB · 8 Buy ↗ 2017 Have Sword, Will Travel POoHSWTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 Frogkisser! POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2017 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine POoBHotYB · 9 Buy ↗ 2018 Let Sleeping Dragons Lie POoHSWTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten POoBHotYB · 10 Buy ↗ 2018 The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction POoBHotYB · 11 Buy ↗ 2019 Dislocation Space POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2019 Angel Mage POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2019 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven POoBHotYB · 12 Buy ↗ 2020 The Left-Handed Booksellers of London POoLBoLB · 1 Buy ↗ 2020 The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2020 The Necessary Arthur POoSS · 4 Buy ↗ 2020 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve POoBHotYB · 13 Buy ↗ 2021 Terciel and Elinor POoOKB · 9 Buy ↗ 2021 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen POoBHotYB · 14 Buy ↗ 2022 The Six Deaths of the Saint(By: Alix E. Harrow) POoISB · 1 Buy ↗ 2022 Undercover(By: Tamsyn Muir) POoISB · 2 Buy ↗ 2022 What the Dead Know(By: Nghi Vo) POoISB · 3 Buy ↗ 2022 The Garden(By: Tomi Adeyemi) POoISB · 4 Buy ↗ 2022 Persephone(By: Lev Grossman) POoISB · 5 Buy ↗ 2022 The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch POoSS · 5 Buy ↗ 2022 Out of the Mirror, Darkness POoISB · 6 Buy ↗ 2022 The Candles Are Burning(By: Veronica G. Henry) POoISB · 7 Buy ↗ 2022 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen POoBHotYB · 15 Buy ↗ 2023 The Sinister Booksellers of Bath POoLBoLB · 2 Buy ↗ 2024 We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2024 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen POoBHotYB · 16 Buy ↗ 2024 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen POoBHotYB · 17 Buy ↗ 2025 Asymmetrical POoSS · 6 Buy ↗ 2025 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen POoBHotYB · 18 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of The Keys to the Kingdom Books 7 books · 2003–2010
03 Drowned Wednesday 2004 Buy ↗ 06 Superior Saturday 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Shade's Children Books 1 book · 1997
01 Shade's Children 1997 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Spirit Animals Books 7 books · 2013–2015
01 Wild Born(By: Brandon Mull) 2013 Buy ↗ 02 Hunted(By: Maggie Stiefvater) 2014 Buy ↗ 03 Blood Ties(With: Sean Williams) 2014 Buy ↗ 04 Fire and Ice(By: Shannon Hale) 2014 Buy ↗ 05 Against the Tide(By: Tui T. Sutherland) 2014 Buy ↗ 06 Rise and Fall(By: Eliot Schrefer) 2014 Buy ↗ 07 The Evertree(By: Marie Lu) 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Troubletwisters Books 4 books · 2011–2014
01 Troubletwisters 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Seventh Tower Books 6 books · 2000–2001
04 Above the Veil 2001 Buy ↗ 06 The Violet Keystone 2001 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 7 books · 1990–2026
02 A Confusion of Princes 2012 Buy ↗ 03 Newt's Emerald 2013 Buy ↗ 06 We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Best Horror of the Year Books 18 books · 2009–2025
01 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One 2009 Buy ↗ 02 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010 Buy ↗ 03 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011 Buy ↗ 04 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four 2012 Buy ↗ 05 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five 2013 Buy ↗ 06 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014 Buy ↗ 07 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven 2015 Buy ↗ 08 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016 Buy ↗ 09 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine 2017 Buy ↗ 10 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018 Buy ↗ 11 The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018 Buy ↗ 12 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven 2019 Buy ↗ 13 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 2020 Buy ↗ 14 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021 Buy ↗ 15 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen 2022 Buy ↗ 16 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen 2024 Buy ↗ 17 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen 2024 Buy ↗ 18 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Story Collections 4 books · 2005–2015
01 Across the Wall: Tales of the Old Kingdom and Beyond 2005 Buy ↗ 02 Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz 2006 Buy ↗ 03 One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales 2007 Buy ↗ 04 To Hold the Bridge 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Left-Handed Booksellers of London Books 2 books · 2020–2023
01 The Left-Handed Booksellers of London 2020 Buy ↗ 02 The Sinister Booksellers of Bath 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Aussie Bites Books 4 books · 1998–2005
01 Nathan And The Ice Rockets(By: Debra Oswald) 1998 Buy ↗ 02 Frank & The Emergency Joke(By: Debra Oswald) 2000 Buy ↗ 03 Serena and the Sea Serpent 2000 Buy ↗ 04 Frank and the Secret Club(By: Debra Oswald) 2005 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Old Kingdom Books 8 books · 1995–2021
04 The Creature in the Case 2005 Buy ↗ 07 Doctor Crake Crosses the Wall 2016 Buy ↗ 09 Terciel and Elinor 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 6 books · 2013–2025
01 Fire Above, Fire Below 2013 Buy ↗ 02 Dislocation Space 2019 Buy ↗ 03 The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword 2020 Buy ↗ 04 The Necessary Arthur 2020 Buy ↗ 05 The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Into Shadow Books 7 books · 2022–2022
01 The Six Deaths of the Saint(By: Alix E. Harrow) 2022 Buy ↗ 02 Undercover(By: Tamsyn Muir) 2022 Buy ↗ 03 What the Dead Know(By: Nghi Vo) 2022 Buy ↗ 04 The Garden(By: Tomi Adeyemi) 2022 Buy ↗ 05 Persephone(By: Lev Grossman) 2022 Buy ↗ 06 Out of the Mirror, Darkness 2022 Buy ↗ 07 The Candles Are Burning(By: Veronica G. Henry) 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Have Sword, Will Travel Books 2 books · 2017–2018
01 Have Sword, Will Travel 2017 Buy ↗ 02 Let Sleeping Dragons Lie 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The X-Files: Young Adult Books 16 books · 1996–2000
01 Bad Sign(By: Neal Shusterman) 1996 Buy ↗ 03 Eve(By: Ellen Steiber) 1997 Buy ↗ 04 Our Town(By: Eric Elfman) 1997 Buy ↗ 05 Empathy(By: Ellen Steiber) 1997 Buy ↗ 06 Fresh Bones(By: Les Martin) 1997 Buy ↗ 07 Control(By: Cliff Nielsen,Everett Owens) 1997 Buy ↗ 08 The Host(By: Les Martin) 1997 Buy ↗ 09 Hungry Ghosts(By: Ellen Steiber) 1998 Buy ↗ 10 Howlers(By: Everett Owens) 1998 Buy ↗ 11 Dark Matter(By: Easton Royce) 1999 Buy ↗ 12 Grotesque(By: Ellen Steiber) 1999 Buy ↗ 13 Quarantine(By: Les Martin) 1999 Buy ↗ 14 Regeneration(By: Everett Owens) 1999 Buy ↗ 15 Haunted(By: Ellen Steiber) 2000 Buy ↗ 16 Miracle Man(By: Terry Bisson) 2000 Buy ↗