Annalena McAfee Books in Order
Annalena McAfee has written 11 books, published between 1985 and 2020. The first book is The Visitors Who Came To Stay (1985) and the newest is Nightshade (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1985–2020
- Pages on record
- 1,335 in 9 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 22–33 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,335 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Annalena McAfee, born around 1952, is a British author and journalist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. The catalogue holds 11 books between 1985 and 2020 and runs in two directions: picture books for children, with subjects of imagination, dinosaurs, pets and stories in rhyme, and later titles The Spoiler (2011), Hame (2017) and Nightshade (2020). Earlier entries include The Visitors Who Came To Stay (1985), Kirsty Knows Best (1987) and Patrick's Perfect Pet (2002). The median recorded length is 64 pages.
How many Annalena McAfee books are there?
Annalena McAfee has 11 books, released between 1985 and 2020.
Annalena McAfee Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Annalena McAfee 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.
- 1The Visitors Who Came To Stay1985 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/41985322/4
- 2Kirsty Knows Best1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/41987322/4
- 3The Girl Who Got to Number One1991 · 162 pages · confirmed 2/419911622/4
- 4All the Way to the Stars1995 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/41995322/4
- 5Why Do Stars Come Out At Night?1997 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/41997402/4
- 6Dreamkidz1998 · 124 pages · confirmed 2/419981242/4
- 7Busy Baby1998 · confirmed 2/41998–2/4
- 82002642/4
- 9The Spoiler2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 10Hame2017 · 577 pages · confirmed 2/420175772/4
- 11Nightshade2020 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420202722/4
Annalena McAfee 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.
Sprinters in order
1 bookStandalone books
10 books10 Annalena McAfee titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Annalena McAfee books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Annalena McAfee books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Annalena McAfee
Start with The Visitors Who Came To Stay (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Annalena McAfee book?
Nightshade (2020) is the newest Annalena McAfee book released so far.
Is there a new Annalena McAfee book coming?
No next Annalena McAfee book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Annalena McAfee at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Annalena McAfee title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Annalena McAfee books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,335 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 64 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Annalena McAfee books, 5 of 11, were published in the 1990s.
What the Annalena McAfee books are about
9 of the 11 Annalena McAfee 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.
- Children's fiction 4 of 9 books