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Jill Paton Walsh Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Jill Paton Walsh in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 48 books / 9 series

British author Jill Paton Walsh is best known for her continuation of Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey series and her acclaimed standalone novel *Knowledge of Angels*. A Booker Prize finalist, her works are celebrated for literary depth and historical precision. This page provides the Jill Paton Walsh books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Jill Paton Walsh in Publication Order

1965 Wordhoard: Anglo-Saxon Stories(With: Kevin Crossley-Holland) POoC / 1 Buy
1966 Hengest's Tale POoSN / 1 Buy
1969 Fireweed POoSN / 2 Buy
1970 The Dolphin Crossing POoSN / 3 Buy
1972 Goldengrove POoGB / 1 Buy
1972 Farewell, Great King POoSN / 4 Buy
1973 The Dawnstone POoC / 1 Buy
1974 Toolmaker POoC / 2 Buy
1974 The Emperor's Winding Sheet POoSN / 5 Buy
1975 The Island Sunrise: Prehistoric Britain POoNB / 1 Buy
1975 The Butty Boy / The Huffler(With: Juliette Palmer) POoSN / 6 Buy
1976 Unleaving POoGB / 2 Buy
1977 Crossing to Salamis POoC / 3 Buy
1977 The Walls of Athens POoSN / 7 Buy
1978 Persian Gold POoC / 4 Buy
1978 A Chance Child POoSN / 8 Buy
1978 Children of the Fox POoSN / 9 Buy
1982 The Green Book / Shine POoC / 5 Buy
1982 Babylon POoC / 6 Buy
1983 A Parcel of Patterns POoSN / 10 Buy
1985 Gaffer Samson's Luck POoC / 7 Buy
1985 Lost and Found(With: Mary Rayner) POoSN / 11 Buy
1986 Five Tides POoC / 8 Buy
1986 Lapsing POoSN / 12 Buy
1988 Torch POoSN / 13 Buy
1989 Birdy and the Ghosties POoGTB / 1 Buy
1989 A School for Lovers POoSN / 14 Buy
1991 Grace POoSN / 15 Buy
1992 When Grandma Came POoPB / 1 Buy
1992 Can I Play Jenny Jones? POoC / 9 Buy
1992 Can I Play Wolf? POoC / 10 Buy
1992 Can I Play Queenie? POoC / 11 Buy
1993 The Wyndham Case POoIQB / 1 Buy
1993 Matthew and the Sea Singer POoC / 12 Buy
1994 Knowledge of Angels POoSN / 16 Buy
1995 A Piece of Justice POoIQB / 2 Buy
1995 Pepi and the Secret Names POoPB / 2 Buy
1995 Thomas and the Tinners(With: Alan Marks) POoGTB / 2 Buy
1996 Connie Came to Play POoPB / 3 Buy
1997 When I Was Little Like You POoPB / 4 Buy
1997 The Serpentine Cave POoSN / 17 Buy
1998 Thrones, Dominations POoLPW&HVB / 1 Buy
2000 A Desert in Bohemia POoSN / 18 Buy
2002 A Presumption of Death POoLPW&HVB / 2 Buy
2006 Debts of Dishonor POoIQB / 3 Buy
2007 The Bad Quarto POoIQB / 4 Buy
2010 The Attenbury Emeralds POoLPW&HVB / 3 Buy
2013 The Late Scholar POoLPW&HVB / 4 Buy

Complete Jill Paton Walsh Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Gripping Tales Reading Order 2 books / 1989-1995
01 Birdy and the Ghosties 1989 Buy
02 Thomas and the Tinners(With: Alan Marks) 1995 Buy
Imogen Quy Reading Order 4 books / 1993-2007
01 The Wyndham Case 1993 Buy
02 A Piece of Justice 1995 Buy
03 Debts of Dishonor 2006 Buy
04 The Bad Quarto 2007 Buy
01 Thrones, Dominations 1998 Buy
02 A Presumption of Death 2002 Buy
03 The Attenbury Emeralds 2010 Buy
04 The Late Scholar 2013 Buy
Picture Reading Order 4 books / 1992-1997
01 When Grandma Came 1992 Buy
02 Pepi and the Secret Names 1995 Buy
03 Connie Came to Play 1996 Buy
04 When I Was Little Like You 1997 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 18 books / 1966-2000
01 Hengest's Tale 1966 Buy
02 Fireweed 1969 Buy
03 The Dolphin Crossing 1970 Buy
04 Farewell, Great King 1972 Buy
05 The Emperor's Winding Sheet 1974 Buy
06 The Butty Boy / The Huffler(With: Juliette Palmer) 1975 Buy
07 The Walls of Athens 1977 Buy
08 A Chance Child 1978 Buy
09 Children of the Fox 1978 Buy
10 A Parcel of Patterns 1983 Buy
11 Lost and Found(With: Mary Rayner) 1985 Buy
12 Lapsing 1986 Buy
13 Torch 1988 Buy
14 A School for Lovers 1989 Buy
15 Grace 1991 Buy
16 Knowledge of Angels 1994 Buy
17 The Serpentine Cave 1997 Buy
18 A Desert in Bohemia 2000 Buy
Goldengrove Reading Order 2 books / 1972-1976
01 Goldengrove 1972 Buy
02 Unleaving 1976 Buy
01 Wordhoard: Anglo-Saxon Stories(With: Kevin Crossley-Holland) 1965 Buy
Chapbooks Reading Order 12 books / 1973-1993
01 The Dawnstone 1973 Buy
02 Toolmaker 1974 Buy
03 Crossing to Salamis 1977 Buy
04 Persian Gold 1978 Buy
05 The Green Book / Shine 1982 Buy
06 Babylon 1982 Buy
07 Gaffer Samson's Luck 1985 Buy
08 Five Tides 1986 Buy
09 Can I Play Jenny Jones? 1992 Buy
10 Can I Play Wolf? 1992 Buy
11 Can I Play Queenie? 1992 Buy
12 Matthew and the Sea Singer 1993 Buy
01 The Island Sunrise: Prehistoric Britain 1975 Buy

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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