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Josephine Angelini Books in Order

Explore Josephine Angelini books in order, with quick summaries, series guides for Starcrossed, Worldwalker, and Lucitopia, plus easy where-to-start advice.

Last updated: July 13, 2026

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Starcrossed

by Josephine Angelini

2011

Helen Hamilton has spent years hiding how different she is on tiny Nantucket, until Lucas Delos arrives and awakens both fierce attraction and murderous rage. Their connection leads Helen into a dangerous world of Greek gods, curses, and old family wars.

Dreamless

by Josephine Angelini

2012

Helen can descend into the underworld, and she is determined to use that power to end an ancient cycle of bloodshed. But every night in Hades costs her more, and a new ally complicates both the quest and her heart.

Goddess

by Josephine Angelini

2013

After the gods break free from Olympus, Helen must find a way to imprison them before their thirst for war destroys everything. With friends divided and Lucas's life at risk, every choice feels personal and catastrophic.

Trial by Fire

by Josephine Angelini

2014

Lily Proctor, a sickly teenager with life-threatening allergies, is swept from her own Salem into a brutal alternate version ruled by witches and her ruthless double. In this world, the weakness that made her vulnerable may also make her powerful enough to save it.

Firewalker

by Josephine Angelini

2015

Back in her own world, Lily wants a normal life with Rowan and a chance to hide her dangerous magic. But Lillian is not finished with her, and the pull between two worlds turns the war for Salem even deadlier.

Rowan

by Josephine Angelini

2015

This companion novella shifts the focus to Rowan, who is stunned when Lillian reappears acting like someone else entirely. His confusion, suspicion, and growing hope give a fresh look at the world behind Trial by Fire.

Witch's Pyre

by Josephine Angelini

2016

Lily has become stronger, but victory still looks dangerous from every angle. As she and her allies search for a way to stop the Woven and defeat Lillian without becoming monsters themselves, the final choices demand real sacrifice.

Snow Lane

by Josephine Angelini

2018

In 1985 Massachusetts, fifth-grader Annie Bianchi is the youngest of nine, bright, funny, and struggling with dyslexia. As cracks in her chaotic home life become impossible to ignore, Annie has to make sense of family love, fear, and survival.

What She Found in the Woods

by Josephine Angelini

2019

Sent to her grandparents in the Pacific Northwest after a scandal and psychiatric stay, Magda drifts through the woods looking for a reset. Then she meets Bo, bodies start turning up, and the whole town becomes harder to trust, including herself.

Illustrated Girl

by Josephine Angelini

2020

After speaking a spell, Holly is dropped into the fairy tale world of Lucitopia and turned into Princess Pleasant, a little too late. With an upright knight beside her and only fifteen days to work with, she has to fix the story before it traps her for good.

Scions

by Josephine Angelini

2022

In 1993 New York, Daphne is pulled into a hidden war among descendants of the Greek gods. When she meets Ajax Delos, her supposed enemy, fate, old bloodlines, and a dangerous attraction start steering them toward disaster.

Ensorcelled

by Josephine Angelini

2023

Ramsay enters Lucitopia hoping to become a great mage and ends up apprenticed to the very sorcerer he needs to kill. To win his way home, he teams up with an Elf Queen and hunts the only blade that can stop Asphodel.

Outcasts

by Josephine Angelini

2023

Presumed dead, Daphne and Ajax try to steal a little peace while they still can. Fate drags them back to New York, where old enemies, doomed bloodlines, and Tantalus's plans push their love story into even riskier territory.

The Tinker's Daughter

by Josephine Angelini

2023

Jonara is offered to a dragon as a sacrifice, only to learn this dragon has very different tastes. Their unlikely alliance sends her on a quest to stop the sorcerer Asphodel before he tears through the kingdom.

Timeless

by Josephine Angelini

2023

Helen thought beating Zeus might finally buy her a normal senior year. Instead she is dragged into time-bending tasks for the Titans, while Zeus strikes from captivity and Lucas carries a secret that could break them apart.

Endless

by Josephine Angelini

2024

Helen has power on a godlike scale, but that does not make her grief or her fate any easier to carry. To stop the world from burning, she has to take on the Moirae and challenge the destiny built around her.

Where to start with Josephine Angelini

If you want modern Greek mythology first: StarcrossedDreamlessGoddess
If you want a Starcrossed entry point set earlier: ScionsOutcastsStarcrossed
If you want witches and alternate worlds: Trial by FireRowanFirewalkerWitch's Pyre
If you want lighter, funny fantasy: Illustrated GirlThe Tinker's DaughterEnsorcelled
If you want contemporary stories instead of fantasy: Snow LaneWhat She Found in the Woods

Starcrossed books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Starcrossed"

    Starcrossed

    by Josephine Angelini

    2011Starcrossed, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Dreamless"

    Dreamless

    by Josephine Angelini

    2012Starcrossed, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Goddess"

    Goddess

    by Josephine Angelini

    2013Starcrossed, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Scions"

    Scions

    by Josephine Angelini

    2022Starcrossed, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Outcasts"

    Outcasts

    by Josephine Angelini

    2023Starcrossed, Book 6
  6. Book cover for "Timeless"

    Timeless

    by Josephine Angelini

    2023Starcrossed, Book 5
  7. Book cover for "Endless"

    Endless

    by Josephine Angelini

    2024Starcrossed, Book 7

Starcrossed books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Starcrossed"

    Starcrossed

    by Josephine Angelini

    2011Starcrossed, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Dreamless"

    Dreamless

    by Josephine Angelini

    2012Starcrossed, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Goddess"

    Goddess

    by Josephine Angelini

    2013Starcrossed, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Scions"

    Scions

    by Josephine Angelini

    2022Starcrossed, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Timeless"

    Timeless

    by Josephine Angelini

    2023Starcrossed, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Outcasts"

    Outcasts

    by Josephine Angelini

    2023Starcrossed, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Endless"

    Endless

    by Josephine Angelini

    2024Starcrossed, Book 7

The Chronicles of Lucitopia books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Illustrated Girl"

    Illustrated Girl

    by Josephine Angelini

    2020The Chronicles of Lucitopia, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Ensorcelled"

    Ensorcelled

    by Josephine Angelini

    2023The Chronicles of Lucitopia, Book 3
  3. Book cover for "The Tinker's Daughter"

    The Tinker's Daughter

    by Josephine Angelini

    2023The Chronicles of Lucitopia, Book 2

The Chronicles of Lucitopia books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Illustrated Girl"

    Illustrated Girl

    by Josephine Angelini

    2020The Chronicles of Lucitopia, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Tinker's Daughter"

    The Tinker's Daughter

    by Josephine Angelini

    2023The Chronicles of Lucitopia, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Ensorcelled"

    Ensorcelled

    by Josephine Angelini

    2023The Chronicles of Lucitopia, Book 3

Worldwalker books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Trial by Fire"

    Trial by Fire

    by Josephine Angelini

    2014Worldwalker, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Firewalker"

    Firewalker

    by Josephine Angelini

    2015Worldwalker, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Rowan"

    Rowan

    by Josephine Angelini

    2015Worldwalker, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Witch's Pyre"

    Witch's Pyre

    by Josephine Angelini

    2016Worldwalker, Book 4

Worldwalker books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Trial by Fire"

    Trial by Fire

    by Josephine Angelini

    2014Worldwalker, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Firewalker"

    Firewalker

    by Josephine Angelini

    2015Worldwalker, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Rowan"

    Rowan

    by Josephine Angelini

    2015Worldwalker, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Witch's Pyre"

    Witch's Pyre

    by Josephine Angelini

    2016Worldwalker, Book 4

Standalone Josephine Angelini books

  1. Book cover for "Snow Lane"

    Snow Lane

    by Josephine Angelini

    2018
  2. Book cover for "What She Found in the Woods"

    What She Found in the Woods

    by Josephine Angelini

    2019

Author bio

Josephine Angelini grew up in Ashland, Massachusetts, the youngest of eight children and the daughter of a farmer. She has described her family as loud, funny, and full of strong personalities, which helps explain why her books so often feel packed with sibling energy, loyalty, and conflict.

Family matters in her work because family mattered in her life.

She started writing young, first in a journal her sister gave her when she was ten. Later she studied theater at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, with a focus on the classics. That mix, private notebook writing on one side, Greek drama on the other, turned out to be a pretty direct path to the kind of stories she would eventually tell.

The road to publication was not especially neat. After college she bartended and waited tables, kept filling notebooks, and slowly admitted that writing was the thing she wanted to do for real. She has recalled a moment when a professor saw her writing in a journal and told her, plainly, that she was a writer. That nudge stuck.

The classics never really left her.

Her breakout novel, Starcrossed, takes the emotional machinery of Greek myth and drops it into a contemporary love story. The books that followed, Dreamless and Goddess, turned that setup into a larger saga about fate, family feuds, and the cost of trying to outwit destiny. The trilogy became an international bestseller, and those books also picked up Reader's Choice recognition in Germany. She later returned to that mythology in Scions, Timeless, and Endless, which shows how much life she still saw in that world.

She followed that with the Worldwalker books, beginning with Trial by Fire, then Firewalker and Witch's Pyre. Those novels trade ancient Greece for an alternate Salem where magic beats science and the heroine has to face a far more powerful version of herself. Readers who like fast plots, big feelings, and fantasy worlds built around identity tend to gravitate to this side of her work.

She doesn't stay in one lane for long.

Writing as Josie Angelini, she also published Snow Lane, a middle grade novel that draws on the feel of growing up in a huge family in Massachusetts. Later, after a serious illness and cancer treatment, she wrote What She Found in the Woods, a darker thriller shaped by trauma, memory, and suspicion. More recently, she has moved into cozy fantasy with Illustrated Girl, The Tinker's Daughter, and Ensorcelled, books that feel more playful without losing her interest in brave girls, messy choices, and strange worlds.

Across the bibliography, a few patterns keep returning. Angelini likes heroines who feel out of place before they discover what makes them powerful. She likes stories where fate presses hard, but choice still matters. She likes family ties that protect and suffocate in equal measure. Even when the setting is mythic Nantucket, alternate Salem, or a storybook land called Lucitopia, the emotional engine is usually the same. Who are you, really, and what do you do once you know?

She now lives in Massachusetts with her husband and daughter. Whether she is writing YA fantasy, suspense, middle grade, or a gentler fairy tale adventure, her work keeps circling back to identity, courage, and the trouble people get into when they try to outrun themselves.

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