Barbara Bartholomew Books in Order
Barbara Bartholomew has written 52 books, published between 1981 and 2018. The first book is The Cereal Box Adventures (1981) and the newest is Granny Magic (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 52
- Published
- 1981–2018
- Pages on record
- 792 in 6 of 52 books
Barbara Bartholomew's catalogue holds 52 books from The Cereal Box Adventures (1981) to Granny Magic (2018). Early titles include Flight into the unknown (1982), The Great Gradepoint Mystery (1983) and A Love Like This (1984). Series include Lavender, Texas, Magic Moments, Time Keeper, Medicine Stick, Wolf Creek Mystery, Microkid Mystery and Chronicles of the Magic Land. Subjects include plot-your-own stories, mystery stories, computers and high school students. Bartholomew was born in Oklahoma and writes contemporary and inspirational fiction.
How many Barbara Bartholomew books are there?
Barbara Bartholomew has 52 books, released between 1981 and 2018. They include 11 series and 17 titles listed outside any series.
Barbara Bartholomew Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 52 Barbara Bartholomew 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.
- 119811381/4
- 2Anne and Jay1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 3Flight into the unknown1982 · 138 pages · confirmed 1/419821381/4
- 419831061/4
- 5Mirror Image1983 · confirmed 1/41983–1/4
- 6Julie's Magic Moment1983 · confirmed 1/41983–1/4
- 71984–1/4
- 81984–1/4
- 9Something Special1984 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/419842011/4
- 10A Promise Once Made1984 · confirmed 1/41984–1/4
- 111985–1/4
- 121985–1/4
- 131985–1/4
- 141985–1/4
- 15For Every Season1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 16Silent Song1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 17Man Of Character1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 18Romantic and the Realist1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 19Out of the Blue1987 · 137 pages · confirmed 1/419871371/4
- 20A Dog's Dream1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 212006721/4
- 222010–1/4
- 232011–1/4
- 24At This Time of Year2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 252012–1/4
- 262012–1/4
- 27The House Near the River2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 28By the Bay2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 292013–1/4
- 302013–1/4
- 312013–1/4
- 322013–1/4
- 332013–1/4
- 342014–1/4
- 352014–1/4
- 362014–1/4
- 372014–1/4
- 382014–1/4
- 392014–1/4
- 40This Edge of Forever2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 412015–1/4
- 422015–1/4
- 432015–1/4
- 442015–1/4
- 45Through Flame and Fire2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 462016–1/4
- 472016–1/4
- 482016–1/4
- 492017–1/4
- 502017–1/4
- 512017–1/4
- 522018–1/4
Barbara Bartholomew series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Lavender, Texas books in order 9 books
Barbara Bartholomew 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.
Three Sisters in order
4 booksMagic Moments in order
3 booksTime Keeper in order
3 booksMedicine Stick in order
3 booksAncient Cities in order
3 booksChronicles of the Magic Land in order
2 booksChosen of Sanctuary in order
2 booksWolf Creek Mystery in order
2 booksStarring You / Making Choices in order
1 bookMicrokid Mystery in order
1 bookSecrets of Whippoorwill Corners in order
1 bookLavender, Texas Short Stories
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
17 books17 Barbara Bartholomew titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Barbara Bartholomew books in order?
You only need to read Barbara Bartholomew books in order within each series: the books listed here span 11 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Barbara Bartholomew
Start with The Ghost and Miss Hallam (2012), the first Lavender, Texas book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Cereal Box Adventures (1981).
What is the newest Barbara Bartholomew book?
Granny Magic (2018) is the newest Barbara Bartholomew book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara Bartholomew book coming?
No next Barbara Bartholomew book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Barbara Bartholomew at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Barbara Bartholomew title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Barbara Bartholomew books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 792 pages across the 6 of 52 books with a recorded length, a median of 138 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara Bartholomew books, 31 of 52, were published in the 2010s.
What the Barbara Bartholomew books are about
15 of the 52 Barbara Bartholomew books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: plot-your-own stories is tagged on 2 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Plot-your-own stories 2 of 15 books