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Edward Eager Books in Order

Edward Eager has written 7 books, published between 1954 and 1962. The first book is Half Magic (1954) and the newest is Seven Day Magic (1962). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
1954–1962
Total pages
1,584 across 7 books
Reading time
26–40 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,584 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Edward Eager wrote children's fantasy in which magic turns up in the lives of ordinary children. Half Magic (1954) opens a set of 7 books that closes with Seven Day Magic (1962), taking in Knight's Castle (1956), Magic by the Lake (1957) and The Time Garden (1958). Wishes, cousins, friendship and the handling of space and time supply the material, with Connecticut among the settings. Eager also worked as a lyricist and dramatist, and lived from 1911 to 1964.

How many Edward Eager books are there?

Edward Eager has 7 books, released between 1954 and 1962.

Edward Eager Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Edward Eager 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 Half Magic by Edward Eager (1954)
  2. Cover of Knight's Castle by Edward Eager (1956)
  3. Cover of Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager (1957)
  4. Cover of Well-Wishers by Edward Eager (1960)
  1. 1
    Half Magic1954 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954224
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  2. 2
    Knight's Castle1956 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1956224
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  3. 3
    Magic by the Lake1957 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957224
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  4. 4
    The Time Garden1958 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958224
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  5. 5
    Magic or Not1959 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959224
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  6. 6
    Well-Wishers1960 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960240
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  7. 7
    Seven Day Magic1962 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962224
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Edward Eager 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

7 books

7 Edward Eager titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Edward Eager books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 7 Edward Eager books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Edward Eager

Start with Half Magic (1954), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Edward Eager book?

Seven Day Magic (1962) is the newest Edward Eager book released so far.

Is there a new Edward Eager book coming?

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

Edward Eager at a glance

Died
Edward Eager died in 1964, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Edward Eager on record dates from 1962.
Release pace
Edward Eager books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,584 pages across all 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Edward Eager books, 5 of 7, were published in the 1950s.

What the Edward Eager books are about

All 7 Edward Eager books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magic is tagged on 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.