Dawn Kurtagich Books in Order (Updated March 10, 2026)

Dawn Kurtagich’s bibliography is not one long series. It breaks into a small linked sequence, a novella tie-in, several standalones, and a newer adult-horror line. The useful reading order is therefore not “everything by date no matter what,” but “read the connected books together, then choose the standalones in whatever mood suits you.”

The one clear series thread is The Dead House and its short follow-up Naida. The other obvious linked pair is Teeth in the Mist followed by Blood on the Wind. And the Trees Crept In and The Creeper Man are the same novel under different titles, so you do not need both.

The best way to read Dawn Kurtagich

If you want the cleanest path through the connected fiction, read:

1. The Dead House
2. The Dead House: Naida
3. And the Trees Crept In / The Creeper Man
4. Teeth in the Mist
5. Blood on the Wind

After that, move to the adult standalones:

6. The Madness
7. The Thorns

Then treat the announced future books separately:

8. The Wellness Retreat
9. The Seventh Sister

That is not a single narrative order across all titles. It is the most practical reading path through her bibliography as it currently stands.

Dawn Kurtagich books in publication order

1. The Dead House (2015): A boarding-school fire, a vanished girl, and a diary that may belong to someone who does not fully exist turn this into Kurtagich’s signature found-footage-style psychological horror setup.
2. The Dead House: Naida (2016): This digital short returns to the fallout of The Dead House through the Naida tapes, so it works best after the novel rather than before it.
3. And the Trees Crept In (2016) / The Creeper Man: Silla and her sister flee their abusive father to a country house where their aunt, the surrounding woods, and a man with no eyes turn refuge into mounting dread; this is a standalone even though one market retitled it.
4. Teeth in the Mist (2019): A multi-period gothic horror built around an ancient pact and a buried evil, this opens the only clearly continuing series outside The Dead House.
5. The Madness (2024): Mina Murray returns to Wales to help her childhood friend, only to find illness, missing girls, and an old monstrous force blurring the line between psychiatric explanation and something far older.
6. Blood on the Wind (2024): A direct sequel to Teeth in the Mist, this follows the damage done at Mill House and pushes Len, Zoey, and Poulton deeper into the Conjure and its locked-away past.
7. The Thorns (2025): Bethany, now an adult author, is forced to confront the abusive games and buried memories of her African boarding-school past when Stacey resurfaces, turning childhood cruelty into adult psychological horror.

Separate continuity, optional, and title notes

The Dead House sequence

1. The Dead House (2015): Start here, because every mystery in the follow-up depends on knowing what happened at Elmbridge High.
2. The Dead House: Naida (2016): Optional but recommended if you want one more piece of the aftermath and the extra material around Naida.

Teeth in the Mist sequence

1. Teeth in the Mist (2019): The entry point for Kurtagich’s generation-spanning gothic pact story.
2. Blood on the Wind (2024): Read second, because the official copy presents it as the continuation of the journey after Teeth in the Mist.

Standalones

• And the Trees Crept In / The Creeper Man: One book, two market titles. Read either edition, not both.
• The Madness: Standalone adult horror.
• The Thorns: Standalone psychological horror.

Recommended reading orders

If you want the most “Dawn Kurtagich” experience

1. The Dead House
2. The Dead House: Naida
3. And the Trees Crept In / The Creeper Man
4. Teeth in the Mist
5. Blood on the Wind

This route keeps you in the YA and crossover-gothic side of her work first, where her fragmented-document style and creeping dread are most established.

If you want only the linked fiction

1. The Dead House
2. The Dead House: Naida
3. Teeth in the Mist
4. Blood on the Wind

That gives you the two clearest continuity lines without mixing in the standalones.

If you want to start with adult horror

1. The Madness
2. The Thorns

These are the cleanest entry points if you are not specifically looking for her earlier YA horror work.

Do any of the books share a universe?

Only in limited, obvious cases.

Included

• The Dead House and The Dead House: Naida
• Teeth in the Mist and Blood on the Wind

Separate continuity

• And the Trees Crept In / The Creeper Man
• The Madness
• The Thorns

That means there is no need to force all of Kurtagich’s books into one master timeline. Most of them are better treated as self-contained reading experiences.

Latest release status

The most recent published Dawn Kurtagich novel I could confirm is The Thorns (2025). Her official site also lists The Wellness Retreat and The Seventh Sister as upcoming books, and HarperCollins shows The Wellness Retreat with an on-sale date of September 8, 2026. I found the author-site listing for The Seventh Sister, but I did not find an equally clear publisher date in the sources I checked, so I would treat that one as announced rather than firmly slotted into a dated reading order.

FAQ

What is the best Dawn Kurtagich book to start with?

For most readers, The Dead House is the best place to begin. It is her debut, one of her best-known books, and the start of her clearest mini-sequence.

Is The Dead House: Naida a full sequel?

Not exactly. It is a digital short story tied to The Dead House, so it is best treated as an optional follow-up rather than a full second novel.

Are And the Trees Crept In and The Creeper Man different books?

No. They are alternate-title editions of the same novel.

Is Blood on the Wind a sequel?

Yes. The official material presents it as the sequel to Teeth in the Mist.

What is Dawn Kurtagich’s newest book?

Among books already published and clearly confirmed, it is The Thorns (2025). The Wellness Retreat is listed for September 8, 2026.

Source check used for accuracy, outside the article: official Dawn Kurtagich book pages and navigation for the core bibliography and title list, HarperCollins for The Madness and The Wellness Retreat, plus the author’s own Teeth in the Mist and Blood on the Wind pages for the linked-series details.