Brian Froud Books in Order: All 18 books (1978

How many Brian Froud books are there?

Brian Froud has 18 books, released between 1978 and 2023. They include 2 separate series.

Brian Froud Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Brian Froud 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.

Cover of Faeries by Brian Froud, book 1 of the Brian Froud Standalone Novels series (1978)

Cover of The World of The Dark Crystal (Short Story) by Brian Froud, book 1 of the Dark Crystal series (1982)

Brian Froud 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.

Dark Crystal in order

6 books

1. The World of The Dark Crystal (Short Story)
3. Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths, Volume 1 (Short Story)
4. Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths Vol. 2 (Short Story)
6. Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths, Volume 3 (Short Story)
7. Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Artist Tribute (Short Story)
9. Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Creation Myths:: The Complete 40th Anniversary Collection HC (Short Story)

Brian Froud Non-Fiction

5 books

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

Brian Froud in order

3 books

1. The Goblins of Labyrinth
2. Trolls (Short Story)
3. The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins (Short Story)

Brian Froud Standalone Novels

2 books

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

Lady Cottington in order

2 books

1. Lady Cottington's Fairy Album (Short Story)
2. Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Letters (Short Story)

Do you have to read Brian Froud books in order?

You only need to read Brian Froud 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 Brian Froud

Start with Faeries (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Brian Froud book?

Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Creation Myths:: The Complete 40th Anniversary Collection HC (Short Story) (2023) is the newest Brian Froud book released so far.

Is there a new Brian Froud book coming?

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

Brian Froud at a glance

Paused: No new Brian Froud title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace: Brian Froud books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length: 1,688 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 138 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Brian Froud books, 6 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Brian Froud books are about

17 of the 18 Brian Froud books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fairies is tagged on 6 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Fairies 6 of 17 books
Comics & graphic novels, fantasy 2 of 17 books
Divination cards 2 of 17 books
English wit and humor, Pictorial 2 of 17 books
Fairies in art 2 of 17 books
Fantasy in art 2 of 17 books
Fortune-telling by cards 2 of 17 books
Goblins 2 of 17 books
Goblins in art 2 of 17 books
Humor 2 of 17 books
Miscellanea 2 of 17 books
Pictorial English wit and humor 2 of 17 books