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Beatrix Potter Books in Order

30 books are credited to Beatrix Potter, published between 1901 and 2021; 6 of them appeared after Beatrix Potter's death in 1943. The first book is The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901) and the newest is The Christmas Present Hunt (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
30
Published
1901–2021
Pages on record
1,339 in 18 of 30 books
Reading time
22–33 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,339 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 30 titles with a page count on record.

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Beatrix Potter wrote small books about animals for children. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901) is the earliest of the catalogued tales, followed by The Tailor of Gloucester (1903), The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903), The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904) and The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905). Thirty-one titles are catalogued in all, most of them from the 1900s, and they run short at a median 64 pages.

How many Beatrix Potter books are there?

Beatrix Potter has 30 books, released between 1901 and 2021. 6 of them were published after Beatrix Potter's death in 1943.

Beatrix Potter Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Beatrix Potter books in the order they were released, 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 Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (1901)
  2. Cover of The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter (1903)
  3. Cover of The Story of Miss Moppet by Beatrix Potter (1906)
  4. Cover of The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter (1907)
  5. Cover of The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter (1908)
  6. Cover of The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter (1909)
  7. Cover of The Tale of Mr. Tod by Beatrix Potter (1912)
  8. Cover of Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes by Beatrix Potter (1917)
  9. Cover of The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse by Beatrix Potter (1918)
  10. Cover of Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes by Beatrix Potter (1922)
  11. Cover of The Fairy Caravan by Beatrix Potter (1929)
  12. Cover of The Tale of Little Pig Robinson by Beatrix Potter (1930)
  13. Cover of Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter (1992)
  14. Cover of Peter Rabbit and Eleven Other Favorite Tales by Beatrix Potter (1993)
  15. Cover of Peter Rabbit Peek Through Board Books: Mice by Beatrix Potter (1996)
  16. Cover of The Christmas Present Hunt by Beatrix Potter (2021)
  1. 1
    The Tale of Peter Rabbit1901 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190132
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  2. 2
    The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin1903 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190332
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  3. 3
    The Tailor of Gloucester1903 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190364
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  4. 4
    The Tale of Benjamin Bunny1904 · confirmed 1/4
    1904–
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  5. 5
    The Tale of Two Bad Mice1904 · confirmed 1/4
    1904–
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  6. 6
    The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle1905 · confirmed 1/4
    1905–
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  7. 7
    The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan1905 · confirmed 1/4
    1905–
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  8. 8
    The Story of Miss Moppet1906 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190640
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  9. 9
    The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher1906 · confirmed 1/4
    1906–
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  10. 10
    The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit1906 · confirmed 1/4
    1906–
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  11. 11
    The Tale of Tom Kitten1907 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190764
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  12. 12
    The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck1908 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190856
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  13. 13
    The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the Roly-Poly Pudding1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  14. 14
    The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies1909 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190964
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  15. 15
    The Tale of Ginger & Pickles1909 · confirmed 1/4
    1909–
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  16. 16
    The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse1910 · confirmed 1/4
    1910–
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  17. 17
    The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  18. 18
    The Tale of Mr. Tod1912 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    191288
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  19. 19
    The Tale of Pigling Bland1913 · confirmed 1/4
    1913–
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  20. 20
    Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes1917 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    191740
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  21. 21
    The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse1918 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    191864
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  22. 22
    Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes1922 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    192240
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  23. 23
    The Fairy Caravan1929 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1929192
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  24. 24
    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson1930 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1930128
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  25. 25
    Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter1992 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992235
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  26. 26
    Peter Rabbit and Eleven Other Favorite Tales1993 · 92 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199392
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  27. 27
    Peter Rabbit Peek Through Board Books: Mice1996 · 12 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199612
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  28. 28
    The Tale of Kitty In Boots2016 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201672
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  29. 29
    Fairy Tales for Adults2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  30. 30
    The Christmas Present Hunt2021 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202124
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Beatrix Potter 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.

Standalone books

30 books

30 Beatrix Potter titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Beatrix Potter books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 30 Beatrix Potter books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Beatrix Potter

Start with The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Beatrix Potter book?

The Christmas Present Hunt (2021) is the newest Beatrix Potter book released so far.

Is there a new Beatrix Potter book coming?

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

Beatrix Potter at a glance

Died
Beatrix Potter died in 1943, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Beatrix Potter are still being published after Beatrix Potter's death in 1943; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Beatrix Potter books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,339 pages across the 18 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 64 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Beatrix Potter books, 15 of 30, were published in the 1900s.

What the Beatrix Potter books are about

17 of the 30 Beatrix Potter 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 11 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.