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The Wicked Years · Gregory Maguire
The Wicked Years books in order
There are 4 books in The Wicked Years. The latest, Out of Oz, came out in 2011, and Gregory Maguire hasn't announced another one yet.
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Release information last checked 12 November 2026.
The Wicked Years books in order
1995Book 1Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
2005Book 2Son of a Witch
2008Book 3A Lion Among Men
2011Book 4Out of Oz
Companion stories
2024CompanionElphie: A Wicked Childhood
2012CompanionTales Told in Oz
What The Wicked Years is about
From the description of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the first book.
Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.
The Wicked Years at a glance
- Author
- Gregory Maguire
- Books published
- 4
- Companion stories
- 2
- Still to come
- None announced yet
- First book published
- 1995
Questions readers ask
Is there going to be another Wicked Years book?
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How many books are in The Wicked Years?
4 books have been published in The Wicked Years so far, plus 2 companion stories.
What order should I read The Wicked Years in?
Read the main books in order: 1. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, 2. Son of a Witch, 3. A Lion Among Men, 4. Out of Oz. The 2 companions can be read alongside them.
Is The Wicked Years finished?
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