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Alexander Key Books in Order

Alexander Key has written 19 books, published between 1930 and 1979. The first book is The Red Eagle (1930) and the newest is The Case of the Vanishing Boy (1979). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1930–1979
Pages on record
1,444 in 10 of 19 books
Reading time
24–36 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,444 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Alexander Key was an American science fiction writer, born in 1904 and died in 1979, whose output was mainly children's literature. The catalogue lists 19 books by Key, opening with The Red Eagle (1930) and closing with The Case of the Vanishing Boy (1979). Key's listed series are Sprockets and Witch Mountain, and Escape to Witch Mountain dates from 1968. Subjects recorded for the books include time travel, life on other planets, good and evil, and magic.

How many Alexander Key books are there?

Alexander Key has 19 books, released between 1930 and 1979. They include 2 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.

Alexander Key Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Alexander Key books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key (1965)
  2. Cover of Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key, book 1 of the Witch Mountain series (1968)
  3. Cover of The Golden Enemy by Alexander Key (1969)
  4. Cover of The Incredible Tide by Alexander Key (1970)
  5. Cover of Flight to the Lonesome Place by Alexander Key (1971)
  6. Cover of The Strange White Doves by Alexander Key (1972)
  7. Cover of The Preposterous Adventures of Swimmer by Alexander Key (1973)
  8. Cover of The Magic Meadow by Alexander Key (1975)
  9. Cover of Jagger, the Dog from Elsewhere by Alexander Key (1976)
  10. Cover of Return from Witch Mountain by Alexander Key, book 2 of the Witch Mountain series (1978)
  11. Cover of The Case of the Vanishing Boy by Alexander Key (1979)
  1. 1
    The Red Eagle1930 · confirmed 1/4
    1930–
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  2. 2
    Liberty or death1936 · confirmed 1/4
    1936–
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  3. 3
    The Wrath and The Wind1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  4. 4
    SprocketsSprockets #11963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  5. 5
    Rivets and SprocketsSprockets #21964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  6. 6
    The Forgotten Door1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  7. 7
    BoltsSprockets #31966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  8. 8
    Mystery of the Sassafras Chair1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  9. 9
    Escape to Witch MountainWitch Mountain #11968 · 135 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968135
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  10. 10
    The Golden Enemy1969 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969176
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  11. 11
    The Incredible Tide1970 · 159 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970159
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  12. 12
    Flight to the Lonesome Place1971 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971192
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  13. 13
    The Strange White Doves1972 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972108
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  14. 14
    The Preposterous Adventures of Swimmer1973 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973128
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  15. 15
    The Magic Meadow1975 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975124
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  16. 16
    Jagger, the Dog from Elsewhere1976 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976126
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  17. 17
    The Sword of Aradel1977 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977144
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  18. 18
    Return from Witch MountainWitch Mountain #21978 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978152
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  19. 19
    The Case of the Vanishing Boy1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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Alexander Key books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Sprockets in order

3 books
  1. 1. Sprockets
  2. 2. Rivets and Sprockets
  3. 3. Bolts

Witch Mountain in order

2 books
  1. 1. Escape to Witch Mountain
  2. 2. Return from Witch Mountain

Standalone books

14 books

14 Alexander Key titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alexander Key books in order?

You only need to read Alexander Key books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Alexander Key

Start with The Red Eagle (1930), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alexander Key book?

The Case of the Vanishing Boy (1979) is the newest Alexander Key book released so far.

Is there a new Alexander Key book coming?

No next Alexander Key book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alexander Key at a glance

Died
Alexander Key died in 1979, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Alexander Key on record dates from 1979.
Release pace
Alexander Key books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,444 pages across the 10 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 140 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alexander Key books, 9 of 19, were published in the 1970s.

What the Alexander Key books are about

12 of the 19 Alexander Key books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 8 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.