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This catalog lists the Susan Cooper books currently available in Sequencebooks, including standalone titles and series entries when available.

Are Susan Cooper series listed separately?

Yes. Each Susan Cooper series is broken out with book numbers, publication years, and a dedicated reading-order page.

Should I read Susan Cooper books in publication order or chronological order?

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Susan Cooper Books in Order

Q: What is the best order to read Susan Cooper books?

Start with the series reading order for any connected books, then use the chronological list on this page for the full Susan Cooper bibliography.

Find every Susan Cooper book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 82 books / 6 series

British author best known for the *The Dark Is Rising* fantasy series. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide and won the Newbery Medal. This page provides the Susan Cooper books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Susan Cooper Books in Chronological Order

1915 The Valley of Fear(By: Adrian Flynn) POoDB / 1 Buy

1947 All My Sons(By: Arthur Miller) POoDB / 2 Buy

1949 Death of a Salesman(By: Arthur Miller) POoDB / 3 Buy

1953 The Crucible(By: Arthur Miller) POoDB / 4 Buy

1955 A View from the Bridge(By: Arthur Miller) POoDB / 5 Buy

1965 Over Sea, Under Stone POoTDIRB / 1 Buy

1966 Mandrake POoSN / 1 Buy

1970 Dawn of Fear POoSN / 2 Buy

1973 The Dark is Rising POoTDIRB / 2 Buy

1974 Greenwitch POoTDIRB / 3 Buy

1975 The Grey King POoTDIRB / 4 Buy

1977 Silver On The Tree POoTDIRB / 5 Buy

1979 Jethro and the Jumbie POoPB / 1 Buy

1983 The Silver Cow POoPB / 2 Buy

1983 Seaward POoSN / 3 Buy

1984 Brother in the Land(By: Robert Swindells) POoDB / 6 Buy

1986 The Selkie Girl POoPB / 3 Buy

1990 Across the Barricades(By: Joan Lingard) POoDB / 7 Buy

1990 A Question of Courage(By: Marjorie Darke) POoDB / 8 Buy

1991 Matthew's Dragon POoPB / 4 Buy

1991 Tam Lin POoPB / 5 Buy

1991 Paper Tigers(By: Steve Skidmore,Steve Barlow) POoDB / 9 Buy

1991 The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler(By: Gene Kemp) POoDB / 10 Buy

1992 Hot Cakes(By: Adrian Flynn) POoDB / 11 Buy

1992 Burston School Strike(By: Roy Nevitt) POoDB / 12 Buy

1993 The Boggart POoTBB / 1 Buy

1993 Danny and the Kings POoPB / 6 Buy

1996 Dreams and Wishes POoNB / 1 Buy

1996 A Tale of Two Cities(By: Steve Skidmore) POoDB / 13 Buy

1997 The Boggart and the Monster POoTBB / 2 Buy

1998 Jane Eyre(By: Steve Skidmore,Steve Barlow) POoDB / 14 Buy

1999 King of Shadows POoSN / 4 Buy

2000 The Labyrinth: Play(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 15 Buy

2000 Working Parts(By: Nick Jones) POoDB / 16 Buy

2002 Green Boy POoSN / 5 Buy

2002 Frog POoPB / 7 Buy

2003 Dracula(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 17 Buy

2003 The Canterbury Tales(By: Martin Riley) POoDB / 18 Buy

2003 The Deamon Headmaster(By: Nick Stafford) POoDB / 19 Buy

2003 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents(By: Terry Pratchett,Stephen Briggs) POoDB / 20 Buy

2003 Johnny and the Dead(By: Terry Pratchett) POoDB / 21 Buy

2003 Frankenstein(By: Philip Pullman) POoDB / 22 Buy

2005 The Magician's Boy POoSN / 6 Buy

2005 Lady Macbeth(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 23 Buy

2005 The Snake-Stone(By: Berlie Doherty) POoDB / 24 Buy

2006 Victory POoSN / 7 Buy

2006 Doctor Faustus(By: Geraldine McCaughrean) POoDB / 25 Buy

2007 Troy 24(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 26 Buy

2007 The White Rose and the Swatiska(By: Adrian Flynn) POoDB / 27 Buy

2007 Salem(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 28 Buy

2008 The Three Musketeers(By: Ken Ludwig) POoDB / 29 Buy

2008 Cry, the Beloved Country(By: Roy Sargeant) POoDB / 30 Buy

2008 Bog Child(By: Siobhan Dowd) POoDB / 31 Buy

2009 Solace of the Road(By: Siobhan Dowd) POoDB / 32 Buy

2011 The Magic Maker POoNB / 2 Buy

2011 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(By: Adrian Flynn) POoDB / 33 Buy

2011 Werewolf(By: Adrian Flynn) POoDB / 35 Buy

2012 The Invisible Man(By: Adrian Flynn) POoDB / 36 Buy

2013 Ghost Hawk POoSN / 8 Buy

2013 The Garbage King(By: Oladipo Agboluaje) POoDB / 37 Buy

2013 The Devil Walks(By: Anne Fine) POoDB / 38 Buy

2013 A Christmas Carol(By: Conor McReynolds,Richard Kidd) POoDB / 39 Buy

2014 Our Day Out(By: Willy Russell) POoDB / 40 Buy

2014 Blood Brothers(By: Willy Russell) POoDB / 41 Buy

2014 Flesh and Blood(By: Benjamin Hulme-Cross) POoDB / 42 Buy

2014 Dodger(By: Stephen Briggs) POoDB / 43 Buy

2014 The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 44 Buy

2014 Stone Cold(By: Robert Swindells) POoDB / 45 Buy

2014 Beowulf(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 46 Buy

2014 Homer's Odyssey(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 47 Buy

2014 Arson About(By: Mark Wheeller) POoDB / 48 Buy

2014 Treasure Island(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 49 Buy

2014 Unman Wittering and Zigo(By: Giles Cooper) POoDB / 50 Buy

2014 The Diary of Anne Frank(By: Frances Goodrich,Albert Hackett) POoDB / 51 Buy

2014 The Hound of the Baskervill(By: John O'Connor) POoDB / 52 Buy

2014 Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror(By: Philip Pullman) POoDB / 53 Buy

2016 Tess of the D'Urbervilles(By: David Calcutt) POoDB / 54 Buy

2016 Cowgirl(By: G.R. Gemin) POoDB / 55 Buy

2017 The Brotherhood of Smoke(By: Adrian Flynn) POoDB / 56 Buy

2018 The Boggart Fights Back POoTBB / 3 Buy

2019 The Word Pirates POoPB / 8 Buy

2019 The Shortest Day POoPB / 9 Buy

Susan Cooper Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Picture Books in Reading Order 9 books / 1979-2019

01 Jethro and the Jumbie 1979 Buy

02 The Silver Cow 1983 Buy

03 The Selkie Girl 1986 Buy

04 Matthew's Dragon 1991 Buy

05 Tam Lin 1991 Buy

06 Danny and the Kings 1993 Buy

07 Frog 2002 Buy

08 The Word Pirates 2019 Buy

09 The Shortest Day 2019 Buy

The Dark Is Rising Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1965-1977

01 Over Sea, Under Stone 1965 Buy

02 The Dark is Rising 1973 Buy

03 Greenwitch 1974 Buy

04 The Grey King 1975 Buy

05 Silver On The Tree 1977 Buy

Dramascripts Books in Reading Order 55 books / 1915-2017

01 The Valley of Fear(By: Adrian Flynn) 1915 Buy

02 All My Sons(By: Arthur Miller) 1947 Buy

03 Death of a Salesman(By: Arthur Miller) 1949 Buy

04 The Crucible(By: Arthur Miller) 1953 Buy

05 A View from the Bridge(By: Arthur Miller) 1955 Buy

06 Brother in the Land(By: Robert Swindells) 1984 Buy

07 Across the Barricades(By: Joan Lingard) 1990 Buy

08 A Question of Courage(By: Marjorie Darke) 1990 Buy

09 Paper Tigers(By: Steve Skidmore,Steve Barlow) 1991 Buy

10 The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler(By: Gene Kemp) 1991 Buy

11 Hot Cakes(By: Adrian Flynn) 1992 Buy

12 Burston School Strike(By: Roy Nevitt) 1992 Buy

13 A Tale of Two Cities(By: Steve Skidmore) 1996 Buy

14 Jane Eyre(By: Steve Skidmore,Steve Barlow) 1998 Buy

15 The Labyrinth: Play(By: David Calcutt) 2000 Buy

16 Working Parts(By: Nick Jones) 2000 Buy

17 Dracula(By: David Calcutt) 2003 Buy

18 The Canterbury Tales(By: Martin Riley) 2003 Buy

19 The Deamon Headmaster(By: Nick Stafford) 2003 Buy

20 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents(By: Terry Pratchett,Stephen Briggs) 2003 Buy

21 Johnny and the Dead(By: Terry Pratchett) 2003 Buy

22 Frankenstein(By: Philip Pullman) 2003 Buy

23 Lady Macbeth(By: David Calcutt) 2005 Buy

24 The Snake-Stone(By: Berlie Doherty) 2005 Buy

25 Doctor Faustus(By: Geraldine McCaughrean) 2006 Buy

26 Troy 24(By: David Calcutt) 2007 Buy

27 The White Rose and the Swatiska(By: Adrian Flynn) 2007 Buy

28 Salem(By: David Calcutt) 2007 Buy

29 The Three Musketeers(By: Ken Ludwig) 2008 Buy

30 Cry, the Beloved Country(By: Roy Sargeant) 2008 Buy

31 Bog Child(By: Siobhan Dowd) 2008 Buy

32 Solace of the Road(By: Siobhan Dowd) 2009 Buy

33 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(By: Adrian Flynn) 2011 Buy

35 Werewolf(By: Adrian Flynn) 2011 Buy

36 The Invisible Man(By: Adrian Flynn) 2012 Buy

37 The Garbage King(By: Oladipo Agboluaje) 2013 Buy

38 The Devil Walks(By: Anne Fine) 2013 Buy

39 A Christmas Carol(By: Conor McReynolds,Richard Kidd) 2013 Buy

40 Our Day Out(By: Willy Russell) 2014 Buy

41 Blood Brothers(By: Willy Russell) 2014 Buy

42 Flesh and Blood(By: Benjamin Hulme-Cross) 2014 Buy

43 Dodger(By: Stephen Briggs) 2014 Buy

44 The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty(By: David Calcutt) 2014 Buy

45 Stone Cold(By: Robert Swindells) 2014 Buy

46 Beowulf(By: David Calcutt) 2014 Buy

47 Homer's Odyssey(By: David Calcutt) 2014 Buy

48 Arson About(By: Mark Wheeller) 2014 Buy

49 Treasure Island(By: David Calcutt) 2014 Buy

50 Unman Wittering and Zigo(By: Giles Cooper) 2014 Buy

51 The Diary of Anne Frank(By: Frances Goodrich,Albert Hackett) 2014 Buy

52 The Hound of the Baskervill(By: John O'Connor) 2014 Buy

53 Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror(By: Philip Pullman) 2014 Buy

54 Tess of the D'Urbervilles(By: David Calcutt) 2016 Buy

55 Cowgirl(By: G.R. Gemin) 2016 Buy

56 The Brotherhood of Smoke(By: Adrian Flynn) 2017 Buy

The Boggart Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1993-2018

01 The Boggart 1993 Buy

02 The Boggart and the Monster 1997 Buy

03 The Boggart Fights Back 2018 Buy

Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1996-2011

01 Dreams and Wishes 1996 Buy

02 The Magic Maker 2011 Buy

Standalone Books in Reading Order 8 books / 1966-2013

01 Mandrake 1966 Buy

02 Dawn of Fear 1970 Buy

03 Seaward 1983 Buy

04 King of Shadows 1999 Buy

05 Green Boy 2002 Buy

06 The Magician's Boy 2005 Buy

07 Victory 2006 Buy

08 Ghost Hawk 2013 Buy

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What is the best order to read Susan Cooper books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

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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