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William Nicholson Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 42 books / 8 series

British author best known for the Wind on Fire trilogy and the Noble Warriors series. His novel *The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life* was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. This page provides the William Nicholson books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All William Nicholson Books in Chronological Order

1922 The Velveteen Rabbit(With: Margery Williams Bianco,Dalton Downey) POoMWBCB / 1 Buy
1925 The Little Wooden Doll(By: Margery Williams Bianco) POoMWBCB / 2 Buy
1927 The Skin Horse(By: Margery Williams Bianco,Pamela Bianco) POoMWBCB / 3 Buy
1927 Poor Cecco(By: Margery Williams Bianco) POoMWBCB / 4 Buy
1932 A Street of Little Shops(By: Margery Williams Bianco) POoMWBCB / 5 Buy
1933 The Hurdy-Gurdy Man(By: Margery Williams Bianco) POoMWBCB / 6 Buy
1934 More About Animals(By: Margery Williams Bianco) POoMWBCB / 7 Buy
1936 Tales From A Finnish Fireside(By: James Cloyd Bowman,Margery Williams Bianco) POoMWBCB / 8 Buy
1939 Other People's Houses(By: Margery Williams Bianco) POoMWBCB / 9 Buy
1979 The Seventh Level POoNB / 1 Buy
1989 Shadowlands POoP / 1 Buy
1999 Collected Poems POoWNPB / 1 Buy
1999 Katherine Howard POoP / 2 Buy
2000 The Wind Singer POoTWoFTB / 1 Buy
2001 Slaves of the Mastery POoTWoFTB / 2 Buy
2002 Firesong POoTWoFTB / 3 Buy
2004 The Society of Others POoSN / 1 Buy
2004 The Retreat from Moscow POoP / 3 Buy
2005 Seeker POoNWTB / 1 Buy
2005 The Trial of True Love POoSN / 2 Buy
2006 Jango POoNWTB / 2 Buy
2007 Noman POoNWTB / 3 Buy
2008 The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life POoATHLB / 1 Buy
2009 Rich and Mad POoSN / 3 Buy
2010 All The Hopeful Lovers POoATHLB / 2 Buy
2010 A Plain But Full Exposition of the Catechism of the Church of England Enjoyned to Be Learned of Every Child Before He Be Brought to Be Confirmed by the Bishop / Collected Out of the Best Catechists by William Lord Bishop of Glocester. POoNB / 2 Buy
2011 I Could Love You POoSN / 4 Buy
2011 Crash POoP / 4 Buy
2011 The Golden Hour POoSN / 5 Buy
2012 Motherland POoATHLB / 3 Buy
2014 Reckless POoSN / 6 Buy
2015 Amherst / The Lovers of Amherst POoSN / 7 Buy
2016 Some Other Day .. POoNB / 3 Buy
2017 Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus, Count de Benyowsky POoNB / 4 Buy
2017 The Square Book of Animals POoNB / 5 Buy
2017 Adventures in Modern Marriage POoSN / 8 Buy
2018 The Life of William Nicholson, 1753’1815 POoNB / 6 Buy
2019 The Hour of Magic and Other Poems POoWNPB / 2 Buy
2019 The First Principles Of Chemistry POoNB / 7 Buy
2019 The British Encyclopedia POoNB / 8 Buy
2019 American Edition Of The British Encyclopedia POoNB / 9 Buy
2019 The British Encyclopedia, Or, Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences POoNB / 10 Buy

William Nicholson Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Seeker 2005 Buy
02 Jango 2006 Buy
03 Noman 2007 Buy
01 The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life 2008 Buy
02 All The Hopeful Lovers 2010 Buy
03 Motherland 2012 Buy
01 Collected Poems 1999 Buy
02 The Hour of Magic and Other Poems 2019 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 10 books / 1979-2019
01 The Seventh Level 1979 Buy
02 A Plain But Full Exposition of the Catechism of the Church of England Enjoyned to Be Learned of Every Child Before He Be Brought to Be Confirmed by the Bishop / Collected Out of the Best Catechists by William Lord Bishop of Glocester. 2010 Buy
03 Some Other Day .. 2016 Buy
04 Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus, Count de Benyowsky 2017 Buy
05 The Square Book of Animals 2017 Buy
06 The Life of William Nicholson, 1753’1815 2018 Buy
07 The First Principles Of Chemistry 2019 Buy
08 The British Encyclopedia 2019 Buy
09 American Edition Of The British Encyclopedia 2019 Buy
10 The British Encyclopedia, Or, Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences 2019 Buy
Plays Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1989-2011
01 Shadowlands 1989 Buy
02 Katherine Howard 1999 Buy
03 The Retreat from Moscow 2004 Buy
04 Crash 2011 Buy
01 The Wind Singer 2000 Buy
02 Slaves of the Mastery 2001 Buy
03 Firesong 2002 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 8 books / 2004-2017
01 The Society of Others 2004 Buy
02 The Trial of True Love 2005 Buy
03 Rich and Mad 2009 Buy
04 I Could Love You 2011 Buy
05 The Golden Hour 2011 Buy
06 Reckless 2014 Buy
07 Amherst / The Lovers of Amherst 2015 Buy
08 Adventures in Modern Marriage 2017 Buy
01 The Velveteen Rabbit(With: Margery Williams Bianco,Dalton Downey) 1922 Buy
02 The Little Wooden Doll(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1925 Buy
03 The Skin Horse(By: Margery Williams Bianco,Pamela Bianco) 1927 Buy
04 Poor Cecco(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1927 Buy
05 A Street of Little Shops(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1932 Buy
06 The Hurdy-Gurdy Man(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1933 Buy
07 More About Animals(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1934 Buy
08 Tales From A Finnish Fireside(By: James Cloyd Bowman,Margery Williams Bianco) 1936 Buy
09 Other People's Houses(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1939 Buy

Where to start with William Nicholson

What is the best order to read William Nicholson 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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