Order of Ava Reid Books

Ava Reid is an American author of historical fantasy and dark folkloric fiction novels. She is known for blending myth, political intrigue, and psychological depth, often centring her stories on complex female characters navigating oppressive systems. Her work draws heavily on Eastern European folklore and history, weaving atmospheric world‑building with themes of power, identity, trauma, and transformation.

Ava Reid made her debut as a novelist in 2021 with The Wolf and the Woodsman. Below is a list of Ava Reid’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of A Study in Drowning Books

Publication Order of The House Of Teeth Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

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Ava Reid Synopses: The Wolf and the Woodsman is a standalone novel by Ava Reid that blends Hungarian‑inspired folklore with a fierce, character‑driven journey. It follows Évike, the only woman in her pagan village without magic, who is offered up as a human sacrifice to the king’s holy order. The villagers believe sending her will protect the rest of them, and Évike is forced into the forest with the Woodsmen, soldiers who serve the crown.

When the group is attacked, Évike finds herself alone with one surviving Woodsman, a man named Gáspár who carries secrets of his own. He is the disgraced prince of the realm, determined to stop his brother from seizing the throne and unleashing a violent, fanatical regime. Bound together by necessity, Évike and Gáspár travel through a land shaped by ancient magic, warring faiths, and monstrous creatures drawn from legend.

Juniper & Thorn is a standalone novel by Ava Reid that follows Marlinchen, the youngest of three sisters living under the control of their tyrannical wizard father in the crumbling city of Oblya. Once a place shaped by magic, Oblya is rapidly transforming into an industrial center, and the sisters have become curiosities from a fading era. They earn their living by offering old‑world remedies and divinations to visitors who come seeking a glimpse of the past.

Marlinchen spends her days reading fortunes for rubles and trying to appease her father, who keeps his daughters isolated and fearful. But at night, she and her sisters sneak out to explore the city’s pleasures, especially the new ballet theater where Marlinchen meets a dancer whose presence awakens a longing she has never allowed herself to feel.

As her secret meetings grow more intense, so does the danger within her home. Her father’s rage and magic begin to close in, and the city itself trembles under the threat of a monstrous force born from resentment, intolerance, and ancient power. Caught between the world she knows and the one she yearns for, Marlinchen must draw on her own magic to protect Oblya and claim a future that belongs to her alone.

The Lady Macbeth is a standalone novel by Ava Reid that follows a young noblewoman known only as the Lady, a figure surrounded by rumor and fear. Men whisper that her gaze drives them to madness, and she has grown up knowing that her marriage will be a political arrangement to a brutal Scottish warlord who carries his battlefield instincts into every part of his life, including the marriage bed.

When she arrives at his court, she finds a place filled with suspicion, ambition, and danger. To survive, she must rely on her intelligence, her strategic mind, and the witchcraft she has kept hidden since childhood. Yet she soon discovers that her husband is not the simple brute she expected. He is protected by prophecy, shaped by occult forces, and driven by a destiny he believes cannot be altered.

As the Lady begins to understand the true extent of her own power, she realizes that her magic is older, deeper, and far more dangerous than anyone has imagined. It threatens not only her husband’s carefully guarded fate but the very order of the world.

She does not know this yet. But she will.