Cover of Winterkeep

Winterkeep

core novel 2021 Graceling Realm

Record

First published2021
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.00 (20,179 ratings, collected 2026-08-13)
First-edition ISBN9780593353776
Internal chronology4

Where it sits

Notes

  • From the series record (Graceling Realm): A young-adult secondary-world fantasy sequence about people born with a superhuman 'Grace' in a single specialized skill. Fire (2009) is a prequel set ~35 years before Graceling, in the neighboring land of the Dells; Bitterblue (2012) is a direct sequel to Graceling; Winterkeep (2021) and Seasparrow (2022) continue Bitterblue's story further north. Each book is independently readable per the author's own site, but all 5 share one continuous world and are registered as one universe. No 6th book has been announced; treated as a completed 5-book sequence.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

  • Reading order, within the series Graceling Realm: position 4 of 5: previous Bitterblue (2012) · next Seasparrow (2022)

Sources

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