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Alison Croggon Books in Order

Alison Croggon has written 18 books, published between 1996 and 2021. The first book is Navigatio (1996) and the newest is Monsters: A Reckoning (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1996–2021
Pages on record
2,848 in 9 of 18 books
Reading time
47–71 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,848 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Alison Croggon, author

Alison Croggon has 18 books in the catalogue, published from Navigatio (1996) to Monsters: A Reckoning (2021). Croggon, born in 1962, is an Australian poet, playwright, librettist and fantasy novelist. The catalogue lists the Books of Pellinor and Newport City series, and the recorded subjects name a Pellinor quartet. The Gift / The Naming (2002), The Riddle (2005), The Crow (2006) and The Singing (2008) appear among the titles. Other subjects include magic, the supernatural, riddles, poetry and drama, and Theatre (2008) and Black Spring (2012) are also listed.

How many Alison Croggon books are there?

Alison Croggon has 18 books, released between 1996 and 2021. They include 2 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.

Alison Croggon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Alison Croggon 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 Gift / The Naming by Alison Croggon, book 1 of the Books of Pellinor series (2002)
  2. Cover of Attempts at Being by Alison Croggon (2002)
  3. Cover of The Riddle by Alison Croggon, book 2 of the Books of Pellinor series (2005)
  4. Cover of The Common Flesh by Alison Croggon (2005)
  5. Cover of The Crow by Alison Croggon, book 3 of the Books of Pellinor series (2006)
  6. Cover of The Singing by Alison Croggon, book 4 of the Books of Pellinor series (2008)
  7. Cover of Black Spring by Alison Croggon (2012)
  8. Cover of The Bone Queen by Alison Croggon, book 6 of the Books of Pellinor series (2016)
  9. Cover of New and Selected Poems 1991-2017 by Alison Croggon (2017)
  1. 1
    Navigatio1996 · 111 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996111
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  2. 2
    The Blue Gate1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    The Gift / The NamingBooks of Pellinor #12002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  4. 4
    Attempts at Being2002 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002188
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  5. 5
    The RiddleBooks of Pellinor #22005 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005512
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  6. 6
    The Common Flesh2005 · 111 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005111
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The CrowBooks of Pellinor #32006 · 528 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006528
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  8. 8
    The SingingBooks of Pellinor #42008 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008496
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  9. 9
    Theatre2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  10. 10
    Black Spring2012 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012286
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The FriendshipBooks of Pellinor #52012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    The River and the Book2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  13. 13
    The Bone QueenBooks of Pellinor #62016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  14. 14
    New and Selected Poems 1991-20172017 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017328
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  15. 15
    The IslandBooks of Pellinor #72017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  16. 16
    FleshersNewport City #12018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  17. 17
    Remembered Presences2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  18. 18
    Monsters: A Reckoning2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021288
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Alison Croggon 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.

Books of Pellinor in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Gift / The Naming
  2. 2. The Riddle
  3. 3. The Crow
  4. 4. The Singing
  5. 5. The Friendship
  6. 6. The Bone Queen
  7. 7. The Island

Newport City in order

1 book
  1. 1. Fleshers

Standalone books

10 books

10 Alison Croggon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alison Croggon books in order?

You only need to read Alison Croggon 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 Alison Croggon

Start with Navigatio (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alison Croggon book?

Monsters: A Reckoning (2021) is the newest Alison Croggon book released so far.

Is there a new Alison Croggon book coming?

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

Alison Croggon at a glance

Paused
No new Alison Croggon title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Alison Croggon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,848 pages across the 9 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alison Croggon books, 8 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Alison Croggon books are about

9 of the 18 Alison Croggon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.