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Alison Goodman Books in Order

Alison Goodman has written 10 books, published between 1998 and 2025. The first book is Singing the Dogstar Blues (1998) and the newest is The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1998–2025
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
2,435 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
41–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,435 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Alison Goodman writes fantasy and historical fiction, for young adults and for adults. Eon (2008) and its sequel Eona set dragons and apprenticeship at the centre, the Lady Helen novels open with The Dark Days Club (2015), and the Ill-Mannered Ladies books follow. Ten catalogued titles run from Singing the Dogstar Blues (1998) to The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin in 2025.

How many Alison Goodman books are there?

Alison Goodman has 10 books, released between 1998 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.

Alison Goodman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Alison Goodman 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 Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman, book 1 of the Alison Goodman Standalone Novels series (1998)
  2. Cover of Killing the Rabbit / A New Kind of Death by Alison Goodman, book 2 of the Alison Goodman Standalone Novels series
  3. Cover of Eon / The Two Pearls of Wisdom / Eon: Dragoneye Reborn / Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye by Alison Goodman (2008)
  4. Cover of Eona / The Necklace of the Gods / Eona: Return of the Dragoneye / Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman (2011)
  5. Cover of The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman, book 1 of the Lady Helen series (2015)
  6. Cover of The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman, book 4 of the Lady Helen series (2018)
  1. 1
    Singing the Dogstar BluesAlison Goodman Standalone Novels #11998 · 261 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998261
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  2. 2
    Killing the Rabbit / A New Kind of DeathAlison Goodman Standalone Novels #22004 · 433 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004433
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  3. 3
    Eon / The Two Pearls of Wisdom / Eon: Dragoneye Reborn / Eon: Rise of the DragoneyeEon #12008 · 560 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008560
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  4. 4
    Eona / The Necklace of the Gods / Eona: Return of the Dragoneye / Eona: The Last DragoneyeEon #22011 · 637 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011637
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  5. 5
    The Dark Days ClubLady Helen #12015 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015544
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  6. 6
    Lusus NaturaeLady Helen #22016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  7. 7
    The Dark Days PactLady Helen #32017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  8. 8
    The Dark Days DeceitLady Helen #42018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered LadiesIll-Mannered Ladies #12023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    The Ladies Road Guide to Utter RuinIll-Mannered Ladies #22025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Alison Goodman 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.

Lady Helen in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Dark Days Club
  2. 2. Lusus Naturae
  3. 3. The Dark Days Pact
  4. 4. The Dark Days Deceit

Alison Goodman Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Eon in order

2 books
  1. 1. Eon / The Two Pearls of Wisdom / Eon: Dragoneye Reborn / Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye
  2. 2. Eona / The Necklace of the Gods / Eona: Return of the Dragoneye / Eona: The Last Dragoneye

Ill-Mannered Ladies in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
  2. 2. The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin

Do you have to read Alison Goodman books in order?

You only need to read Alison Goodman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Alison Goodman

Start with Singing the Dogstar Blues (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alison Goodman book?

The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin (2025) is the newest Alison Goodman book released so far.

Is there a new Alison Goodman book coming?

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

Awards Alison Goodman has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 3 nominations for Alison Goodman. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel2008Wonfor The Two Pearls of Wisdom
  • Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel1998Wonfor Singing the Dogstar Blues
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2012Shortlistedfor Eona
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2009Shortlistedfor The Two Pearls of Wisdom
  • Otherwise Award1994Shortlisted

Alison Goodman at a glance

Still publishing
Alison Goodman published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Alison Goodman books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,435 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 544 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alison Goodman books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Alison Goodman books are about

5 of the 10 Alison Goodman 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 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.