Theodora Goss Collections books in order

Theodora Goss's short story collections gather her fairy tale and fantasy fiction across two decades, from In the Forest of Forgetting through Snow White Learns Witchcraft.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 In the Forest of Forgetting 2005 Theodora Goss Buy
2 Songs for Ophelia 2014 Theodora Goss Buy
3 Snow White Learns Witchcraft 2019 Theodora Goss Buy
4 The Collected Enchantments 2023 Theodora Goss Buy
5 Letters from an Imaginary Country 2025 Theodora Goss Buy

Goss’s collections are the clearest window into her short fiction, gathering stories that originally appeared in magazines and anthologies into more cohesive volumes. In the Forest of Forgetting established her reputation as a writer willing to take fairy tales seriously as a literary form rather than just a genre backdrop.

Snow White Learns Witchcraft, published two decades later, revisits many of the same source materials but with a surer hand and a more openly feminist perspective. The distance between the two books shows genuine development rather than just repetition of a successful formula.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Theodora Goss Collections series?

There are five books in the Theodora Goss Collections series, published between 2005 and 2025.

What is the first book in the Theodora Goss Collections series?

The first book in the Theodora Goss Collections series is In the Forest of Forgetting, published in 2005.

Which collection is the best place to start?

In the Forest of Forgetting is her debut collection and still one of the strongest introductions to her short fiction. Snow White Learns Witchcraft is more recent and shows how her voice has developed.

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