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Eilis DIllon Books in Order

46 books are credited to Eilis DIllon, published between 1949 and 1995; 1 of them appeared after Eilis DIllon's death in 1994. The first book is Midsummer Magic (1949) and the newest is Down in World Dillon (1995). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
46
Published
1949–1995
Pages on record
6,083 in 32 of 46 books
Reading time
101–152 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,083 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 46 titles with a page count on record.

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Eilis Dillon was an Irish writer of children's adventure stories and detective fiction, and her work has been translated into 14 languages. Islands and the Irish coast recur through the list, in The Lost Island (1952), The House On The Shore (1955) and The Island of Horses (1956). Dillon also wrote crime fiction, including the Inspector Kenny mysteries, and the catalogue takes in Death at Crane's Court (1953) and Sent to His Account (1954). It runs to 46 books published between 1949 and 1995.

How many Eilis DIllon books are there?

Eilis DIllon has 46 books, released between 1949 and 1995. 1 of them were published after Eilis DIllon's death in 1994. 2 of them belong to the Inspector Kenny Mystery series.

Eilis DIllon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 46 Eilis DIllon 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 Sent to His Account by Eilis DIllon (1954)
  2. Cover of The House On The Shore by Eilis DIllon (1955)
  3. Cover of The Fight for Plover Hill by Eilis DIllon, book 2 of the Chapter series (1957)
  4. Cover of The Singing Cave by Eilis DIllon (1959)
  5. Cover of The "Coriander" by Eilis DIllon (1963)
  6. Cover of A Family of Foxes by Eilis DIllon, book 5 of the Chapter series (1964)
  7. Cover of The Lion Cub by Eilis DIllon, book 6 of the Chapter series (1966)
  8. Cover of The key by Eilis DIllon, book 7 of the Chapter series (1967)
  9. Cover of The Cruise of the Santa Maria by Eilis DIllon (1967)
  10. Cover of A Herd Of Deer by Eilis DIllon (1969)
  11. Cover of Five Hundred by Eilis DIllon, book 10 of the Chapter series (1972)
  12. Cover of Across the Bitter Sea by Eilis DIllon (1973)
  13. Cover of Living in Imperial Rome by Eilis DIllon (1974)
  14. Cover of Rome Under the Emperors by Eilis DIllon (1975)
  15. Cover of Inside Ireland by Eilis DIllon (1982)
  16. Cover of Death in the Quadrangle by Eilis DIllon, book 2 of the Inspector Kenny Mystery series (1986)
  17. Cover of The Interloper by Eilis DIllon (1988)
  18. Cover of The Island of Ghosts by Eilis DIllon (1989)
  19. Cover of Children of Bach by Eilis DIllon (1992)
  1. 1
    Midsummer MagicChapter #11949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  2. 2
    Dinky Donkey1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  3. 3
    The Lost Island1952 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1952208
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  4. 4
    Death at Crane's CourtInspector Kenny Mystery #11953 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953160
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  5. 5
    The 'San Sebastian'1953 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953190
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  6. 6
    Sent to His Account1954 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954220
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  7. 7
    The House On The Shore1955 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1955216
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  8. 8
    The Island of Horses1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956–
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  9. 9
    The Fight for Plover HillChapter #21957 · 93 pages · confirmed 1/4
    195793
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  10. 10
    Aunt Bedelia's CatsChapter #31958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  11. 11
    The Bitter Glass1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  12. 12
    The Singing Cave1959 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959259
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  13. 13
    The Head of the Family1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  14. 14
    King Big-Ears1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  15. 15
    The fort of gold1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  16. 16
    The Cats Opera1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  17. 17
    Pony and TrapChapter #41962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  18. 18
    The "Coriander"1963 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963215
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  19. 19
    A Family of FoxesChapter #51964 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964128
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  20. 20
    Bold John Henebry1965 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1965252
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  21. 21
    The Lion CubChapter #61966 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966112
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  22. 22
    The Road to Dunmore1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  23. 23
    The Sea Wall1966 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966119
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  24. 24
    The keyChapter #71967 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196788
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  25. 25
    The Cruise of the Santa Maria1967 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967190
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  26. 26
    The Seals1968 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968126
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  27. 27
    Under the Orange GroveChapter #81969 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196986
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  28. 28
    A Herd Of Deer1969 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969188
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  29. 29
    The Wise Man on the Mountain.Chapter #91970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
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  30. 30
    Five HundredChapter #101972 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197288
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Eilis DIllon 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.

Chapter in order

12 books
  1. 1. Midsummer Magic
  2. 2. The Fight for Plover Hill
  3. 3. Aunt Bedelia's Cats
  4. 4. Pony and Trap
  5. 5. A Family of Foxes
  6. 6. The Lion Cub
  7. 7. The key
  8. 8. Under the Orange Grove
  9. 9. The Wise Man on the Mountain.
  10. 10. Five Hundred
  11. 11. King's Room
  12. 12. Down in World Dillon

Inspector Kenny Mystery in order

2 books
  1. 1. Death at Crane's Court
  2. 2. Death in the Quadrangle

Standalone books

32 books

32 Eilis DIllon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Eilis DIllon books in order?

You only need to read Eilis DIllon books in order within the Inspector Kenny Mystery series, which holds 2 of the 46 Eilis DIllon books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Eilis DIllon

Start with Midsummer Magic (1949), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Eilis DIllon book?

Down in World Dillon (1995) is the newest Eilis DIllon book released so far.

Is there a new Eilis DIllon book coming?

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

Eilis DIllon at a glance

Died
Eilis DIllon died in 1994, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Eilis DIllon are still being published after Eilis DIllon's death in 1994; the newest appeared in 1995.
Release pace
Eilis DIllon books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,083 pages across the 32 of 46 books with a recorded length, a median of 181 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Eilis DIllon books, 16 of 46, were published in the 1960s.

What the Eilis DIllon books are about

28 of the 46 Eilis DIllon 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 12 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.