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Anna James Books in Order

Anna James has written 13 books, published between 2018 and 2026. The first book is The Bookwanderers (2018) and the newest is The Violet Rebellion (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2018–2026
Pages on record
2,080 in 7 of 13 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,080 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Anna James checklist

Anna James writes children's fiction aimed at readers in grades 3 to 5. Two series are catalogued: Pages & Co., which opens with The Bookwanderers (2018) and runs through Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (2020), Tilly and the Map of Stories (2020), The Book Smugglers (2021) and The Last Bookwanderer (2023), and the Chronicles of Whetherwhy. James has 13 catalogued books dated 2018 to 2026, reaching The Violet Rebellion (2026) by way of The Treehouse Library (2023) and The Age of Enchantment (2024).

How many Anna James books are there?

Anna James has 13 books, released between 2018 and 2026. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Anna James Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Anna James 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 Bookwanderers by Anna James, book 1 of the Pages & Co. series (2018)
  2. Cover of The Map of Stories by Anna James (2021)
  3. Cover of The Treehouse Library by Anna James, book 5 of the Pages & Co. series (2023)
  4. Cover of The Last Bookwanderer by Anna James, book 6 of the Pages & Co. series (2023)
  1. 1
    The BookwanderersPages & Co. #12018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  2. 2
    The Lost Fairy Tales2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020304
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  3. 3
    Tilly and the Lost FairytalesPages & Co. #22020 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020400
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  4. 4
    Tilly and the Map of StoriesPages & Co. #32020 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020256
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  5. 5
    The Map of Stories2021 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021240
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  6. 6
    The Book SmugglersPages & Co. #42021 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021288
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  7. 7
    Hetty and the Battle of the Books2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  8. 8
    The Treehouse LibraryPages & Co. #52023 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023288
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  9. 9
    The Last BookwandererPages & Co. #62023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    The Age of EnchantmentChronicles of Whetherwhy #12024 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2024304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Alice with a Why2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Season of FlamesChronicles of Whetherwhy #22026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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  13. 13
    The Violet RebellionChronicles of Whetherwhy #32026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Anna James series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Anna James 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.

Chronicles of Whetherwhy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Age of Enchantment
  2. 2. The Season of Flames
  3. 3. The Violet Rebellion

Standalone books

4 books

4 Anna James titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Anna James books in order?

You only need to read Anna James 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 Anna James

Start with The Bookwanderers (2018), the first Pages & Co. book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Anna James book?

The Violet Rebellion (2026) is the newest Anna James book released so far.

Is there a new Anna James book coming?

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

Anna James at a glance

Still publishing
Anna James published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Anna James books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,080 pages across the 7 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Anna James books, 12 of 13, were published in the 2020s.

What the Anna James books are about

2 of the 13 Anna James 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 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.