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Elizabeth Wein Books in Order

Explore Elizabeth Wein books in order, with short summaries, series guides, and easy where-to-start tips for her wartime, aviation, and Arthurian fiction.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

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The Winter Prince

by Elizabeth Wein

1993

Medraut, the eldest son of Artos, cannot forgive the choice of his fragile half brother as heir. His jealousy and hunger for recognition drive this dark, intimate retelling of the Mordred story.

A Coalition of Lions

by Elizabeth Wein

2003

Goewin flees Britain for Aksum, where family rivalry turns into royal politics and dangerous choices. This sequel widens Wein's Arthurian world into a story of exile, diplomacy, and divided loyalties.

The Sunbird

by Elizabeth Wein

2004

With plague closing the borders of Aksum, young Telemakos is sent to uncover treachery in the salt mines. His mission becomes a brutal test of stealth, endurance, and judgment.

The Lion Hunter

by Elizabeth Wein

2007

After a mauling by one of the emperor's lions, Telemakos is sent away from home while old enemies still hunt him. In a foreign court, he must balance survival, spying, and a growing attachment to the people around him.

The Empty Kingdom

by Elizabeth Wein

2008

Held close by a powerful ruler who may also be his enemy, Telemakos tries to protect his home with coded messages and careful silence. His loyalties are tested in a tense finale built on politics, espionage, and trust.

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein

2012

Captured in occupied France, a British secret agent is forced to write a confession for the Gestapo. As her story unfolds, so does the bond between her and pilot Maddie, and the full cost of wartime loyalty.

Rose Under Fire

by Elizabeth Wein

2013

Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Rose Justice is captured by the Germans and sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp. Her survival depends on the women around her in a brutal, deeply human story about witness, friendship, and endurance.

Black Dove White Raven

by Elizabeth Wein

2015

Raised by aviators, Em and Teo grow up between the United States and Ethiopia, carrying their mothers' dreams of a freer life. When Italy moves toward invasion, flying becomes both their greatest gift and their greatest danger.

Cobalt Squadron

by Elizabeth Wein

2017

Rose and Paige Tico serve with the Resistance bomber unit Cobalt Squadron when a mission puts them in the path of the First Order and people begging for help. It is a fast-moving Star Wars adventure with a strong sisterly heart.

The Pearl Thief

by Elizabeth Wein

2017

Just before World War II, Julie Beaufort-Stuart returns to her family's Perthshire estate for a last summer and finds a disappearance, missing pearls, and ugly local suspicion waiting for her. It is a sharp historical mystery with real emotional stakes.

Firebird

by Elizabeth Wein

2018

As war approaches the Soviet Union, gifted pilot Nastia is certain of her loyalty to her country and her family's ideals. Then long-buried secrets crack that certainty open and turn patriotism into a painful personal test.

A Thousand Sisters

by Elizabeth Wein

2019

This nonfiction account follows Marina Raskova and the Soviet women's air regiments who flew combat missions in World War II. Wein turns a huge story into a vivid portrait of courage, loss, and hard-won sisterhood.

White Eagles

by Elizabeth Wein

2019

In 1939 Poland, teenage pilot Kristina Tomiak escapes the Nazi advance in a small plane, only to discover a stowaway on board. Her flight to safety becomes a tense airborne struggle through the first chaos of war.

The Enigma Game

by Elizabeth Wein

2020

At a remote Scottish airfield in 1940, Louisa, Jamie, and Ellen stumble into a secret that could change the course of the war. As enemy forces close in, they must decide how much risk they are willing to take.

The Last Hawk

by Elizabeth Wein

2021

In Nazi Germany, Ingrid feels most free in the air, until a propaganda tour with famed pilot Hanna Reitsch exposes what the regime is hiding. She must choose between safety, admiration, and conscience.

Stateless

by Elizabeth Wein

2023

In 1937, young pilot Stella North enters an international air race meant to celebrate peace, then witnesses sabotage and murder in the sky. As suspicion turns toward her, she must solve the mystery before she becomes the next target.

American Wings

by Elizabeth Wein

2024

This nonfiction history follows Black aviators in Chicago who built clubs, airfields, and schools while segregation tried to keep them grounded. Wein shows how skill, persistence, and community helped change American aviation.

Where to start with Elizabeth Wein

For her signature World War II novels: Code Name VerityRose Under Fire
For the wider linked wartime cycle: The Enigma GameCode Name VerityRose Under FireThe Pearl Thief
For mythic historical adventure: The Winter PrinceA Coalition of LionsThe Sunbird
For aviation-heavy suspense: StatelessBlack Dove White Raven
For nonfiction about flyers and history: A Thousand SistersAmerican Wings

Code Name Verity books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Code Name Verity"

    Code Name Verity

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2012Code Name Verity, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Rose Under Fire"

    Rose Under Fire

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2013Code Name Verity, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Pearl Thief"

    The Pearl Thief

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2017Code Name Verity, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "The Enigma Game"

    The Enigma Game

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2020Code Name Verity, Book 4

Code Name Verity books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Rose Under Fire"

    Rose Under Fire

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2013Code Name Verity, Book 2
  2. Book cover for "The Pearl Thief"

    The Pearl Thief

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2017Code Name Verity, Book 3
  3. Book cover for "The Enigma Game"

    The Enigma Game

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2020Code Name Verity, Book 4

Lion Hunter: Arthurian books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Winter Prince"

    The Winter Prince

    by Elizabeth Wein

    1993Lion Hunter: Arthurian, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "A Coalition of Lions"

    A Coalition of Lions

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2003Lion Hunter: Arthurian, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Sunbird"

    The Sunbird

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2004Lion Hunter: Arthurian, Book 3

Lion Hunter: Arthurian books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Winter Prince"

    The Winter Prince

    by Elizabeth Wein

    1993Lion Hunter: Arthurian, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "A Coalition of Lions"

    A Coalition of Lions

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2003Lion Hunter: Arthurian, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Sunbird"

    The Sunbird

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2004Lion Hunter: Arthurian, Book 3

Lion Hunters: Mark of Solomon books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Lion Hunter"

    The Lion Hunter

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2007Lion Hunters: Mark of Solomon, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Empty Kingdom"

    The Empty Kingdom

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2008Lion Hunters: Mark of Solomon, Book 2

Lion Hunters: Mark of Solomon books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Lion Hunter"

    The Lion Hunter

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2007Lion Hunters: Mark of Solomon, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Empty Kingdom"

    The Empty Kingdom

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2008Lion Hunters: Mark of Solomon, Book 2

Star Wars: The Last Jedi books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Cobalt Squadron"

    Cobalt Squadron

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Book 1

Star Wars: The Last Jedi books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Cobalt Squadron"

    Cobalt Squadron

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Book 1

Elizabeth Wein collections, short stories, and related book types

Short Stories/Novellas

  1. Book cover for "Firebird"

    Firebird

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2018

Non-Fiction

  1. Book cover for "A Thousand Sisters"

    A Thousand Sisters

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2019
  2. Book cover for "American Wings"

    American Wings

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2024Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky

Standalone Elizabeth Wein books

  1. Book cover for "Black Dove White Raven"

    Black Dove White Raven

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2015
  2. Book cover for "White Eagles"

    White Eagles

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2019
  3. Book cover for "The Last Hawk"

    The Last Hawk

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2021
  4. Book cover for "Stateless"

    Stateless

    by Elizabeth Wein

    2023

Author bio

Elizabeth Wein was born in New York City in 1964, but she did not stay in one place for long. She moved to England when she was three, went to school near Alderley Edge, and later spent three childhood years in Jamaica. That early mix of places shows up all through her work, where settings matter, travel changes people, and home is rarely a simple idea.

Jamaica was especially important for her. It was there that she began reading on her own and started writing stories with a friend while still very young. After her parents separated, she returned to the United States and lived in Pennsylvania with her mother, brother, and sister. When her mother died in a car accident in 1978, Wein and her siblings were raised by their grandparents, and books became a lifeline as much as a pleasure.

She kept going back to stories.

Wein studied at Yale University, spent a work-study year in England, and then earned a PhD in folklore at the University of Pennsylvania. While living in Philadelphia, she learned English-style change ringing and met her future husband, Tim, at a bell ringers' dinner-dance. In 1995 she moved back to England with him, and in 2000 they settled in Scotland, where she has lived ever since.

Then flying changed everything.

Her husband loved small planes, and that interest drew her in too. Wein earned her private pilot's license ten years after Tim got his, and she has said that learning to fly shifted the focus of her fiction from Arthurian legend to aviation. That helps explain the strong feeling of motion in her books. Even when her characters are on the ground, they often think like pilots, alert, practical, and aware that one decision can change everything.

Her early novels, beginning with The Winter Prince, rework Arthurian material through the politics and family tensions of sixth-century Britain and Aksum. Readers who start there usually notice how interested she is in loyalty, inheritance, and the damage families can do to one another. Later, she found a much wider audience with Code Name Verity, her World War II novel about friendship, espionage, and survival. That book became a Number 1 New York Times bestseller and a Printz Honor title, and it led many readers to Rose Under Fire, The Pearl Thief, and The Enigma Game, which build a larger historical world around pilots, spies, codes, and the people caught in war's path.

She writes a lot about young people under pressure.

That is true whether she is writing fiction or nonfiction. Black Dove, White Raven follows two young aviators in Ethiopia on the edge of invasion. Stateless turns a 1930s air race into a murder mystery in the sky. In nonfiction, A Thousand Sisters and American Wings show the same deep interest in real pilots, especially women and Black aviators whose stories were often pushed aside. Across all of these books, she comes back to courage, friendship, moral compromise, and the gap between romantic ideas of flying and the hard work it actually takes.

These days Wein lives in Scotland, is a dual American and British citizen, and still rings church bells at Dunkeld Cathedral on the River Tay. She and her husband have two grown children. Her books are full of research, but they never feel far from lived experience, which may be why her stories about history, flight, and survival feel so immediate.

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