Sarah Beth Durst

Books

Cozy Fantasy

Book Club Fiction

Epic Fantasy

Young Adult

Children's Books



Available Now:
The Spellshop (Macmillan/Tor/Bramble, A, 2024)
Spy Ring (HarperCollins/Clarion, MG, 2024)
The Lies Among Us (Lake Union Publishing, A, 2024)
The Lake House (HarperTeen, YA, 2023)
The Shelterlings (HarperCollins/Clarion, MG, 2022)
Even and Odd (HMH/Clarion, MG, 2021)
The Bone Maker (Harper Voyager, A, 2021)
Catalyst (HMH/Clarion, MG, 2020)
Race the Sands (Harper Voyager, A, 2020)
Spark (HMH/Clarion, MG, 2019)
The Deepest Blue (Harper Voyager, A, 2019)
Fire and Heist (Penguin Random House/Crown, YA, 2018)
The Queen of Sorrow (Harper Voyager, A, 2018)
The Stone Girl's Story (HMH/Clarion, MG, 2018)
The Reluctant Queen (Harper Voyager, A, 2017)
Roar and Sparkles Go to School (Running Press, PB, 2017)
Journey Across the Hidden Islands (HMH/Clarion, MG, 2017)
The Queen of Blood (Harper Voyager, A, 2016)
The Girl Who Could Not Dream (HMH/Clarion, MG, 2015)
Chasing Power (Bloomsbury, YA 2014)
The Lost (Harlequin/Mira, A, 2014)
Conjured (Bloomsbury/Walker, YA, 2013)
Vessel (S&S/McElderry, YA, 2012)
Drink, Slay, Love (S&S/McElderry, YA, 2011)
Enchanted Ivy (S&S/McElderry, YA, 2010)
Ice (S&S/McElderry, YA, 2009)
Out of the Wild (Penguin/Razorbill, MG, 2008)
Into the Wild (Penguin/Razorbill, MG, 2007)

 

Forthcoming:
The Warbler (Lake Union Publishing, A, 2025)
The Enchanted Greenhouse (Macmillan/Tor/Bramble, A, 2025)

A = books for adults; YA = books for teens; MG = books for kids (ages 8-12); PB = picture books


All Books (in reverse chronological order):

The Enchanted Greenhouse

The Enchanted Greenhouse
a cozy fantasy novel
Macmillan / Tor / Bramble

Coming in July 2025!

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The Warbler

The Warbler
book club fiction
with a speculative edge
Lake Union Publishing

Coming in March 2025!

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The Spellshop

The Spellshop
a cozy fantasy novel
Macmillan / Tor / Bramble

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Spy Ring

The Spy Ring
a middle-grade contemporary novel
HarperCollins / Clarion Books

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The Lies Among Us

The Lies Among Us
book club fiction
with a speculative edge
Lake Union Publishing

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The Lake House

The Lake House
a YA thriller
HarperTeen

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The Shelterlings

The Shelterlings
a middle-grade fantasy novel
HarperCollins / Clarion Books

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Even and Odd

Even and Odd
a middle-grade fantasy novel
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Clarion Books

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The Bone Maker

The Bone Maker
an epic fantasy novel
Harper Voyager

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Catalyst

Catalyst
a middle-grade fantasy novel
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Clarion Books

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Race the Sands

Race the Sands
an epic fantasy novel
Harper Voyager

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Spark

Spark
a middle-grade fantasy novel
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Clarion Books

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The Deepest Blue

The Deepest Blue
an epic fantasy novel
Harper Voyager

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Fire and Heist

Fire and Heist
a YA fantasy novel
Penguin Random House / Crown

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The Queen of Sorrow

The Queen of Sorrow
Book Three of
The Queens of Renthia

an epic fantasy novel
Harper Voyager

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The Stone Girl's Story

The Stone Girl's Story
a middle-grade fantasy novel
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Clarion Books

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The Reluctant Queen

The Reluctant Queen
Book Two of
The Queens of Renthia

an epic fantasy novel
Harper Voyager

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Roar and Sparkles Go to School


Roar and Sparkles
Go to School

a picture book
by Sarah Beth Durst
illustrated by Ben Whitehouse
Running Press Kids

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Journey Across the Hidden Islands

Journey Across
the Hidden Islands

a middle-grade fantasy novel
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Clarion Books

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The Queen of Blood

The Queen of Blood
Book One of
The Queens of Renthia

an epic fantasy novel
Harper Voyager

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The Girl Who Could Not Dream

The Girl Who Could Not Dream
a middle-grade fantasy novel
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Clarion Books

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Chasing Power

Chasing Power
a YA fantasy novel
Bloomsbury

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The Lost

The Lost
book club fiction
with a speculative edge
Harlequin / Mira

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Conjured

Conjured
a YA fantasy novel
Bloomsbury / Walker

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Vessel

Vessel
a YA fantasy novel
Simon & Schuster / Margaret K. McElderry Books

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Drink, Slay, Love

Drink, Slay, Love
a YA fantasy novel
Simon & Schuster / Margaret K. McElderry Books

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Enchanted Ivy

Enchanted Ivy
a YA fantasy novel
Simon & Schuster / Margaret K. McElderry Books

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Ice

Ice
a YA fantasy novel
Simon & Schuster / Margaret K. McElderry Books

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Out of the Wild

Out of the Wild
sequel to Into the Wild
a middle-grade fantasy novel
Penguin Young Readers / Razorbill

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Into the Wild

Into the Wild
a middle-grade fantasy novel
Penguin Young Readers / Razorbill

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Short Fiction and Essays:

The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie

     

The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie
Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Henry Herz, including my short story "Experiments with Fire"
Blackstone Publishing
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The Sunday Morning Transport

     

"Curses and Cake"
A short story in The Sunday Morning Transport, edited by Fran Wilde and Julian Yap
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Star Wars The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark

     

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark
Edited by Jennifer Heddle, including my short story "Almost A Jedi"
Disney Lucasfilm Press
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Unfettered II

     

Unfettered II
Edited by Shawn Speakman, including my Renthian short story "The Hedgewitch"
Grim Oak Press
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Who Done It?

     

Who Done It?
Edited by Jon Scieszka
Soho Teen
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Through the Wardrobe

     

Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
Edited by Herbie Brennan, including my essay "Missing the Point"
BenBella Books
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Demigods and Monsters

     

Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Edited by Rick Riordan, including my essay "Percy, I Am Your Father"
BenBella Books
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Mind Rain

     

Mind Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series
Edited by Scott Westerfeld, including my essay "Two Princes"
BenBella Books
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