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Ellen Raskin Books in Order

15 books are credited to Ellen Raskin, published between 1966 and 2011; 1 of them appeared after Ellen Raskin's death in 1984. The first book is Nothing Ever Happens On My Block (1966) and the newest is A Murder for Macaroni and Cheese (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1966–2011
Pages on record
310 in 5 of 15 books
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Ellen Raskin (March 13, 1928 to August 8, 1984) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. The Westing Game, a mystery novel, won Raskin the 1979 Newbery Medal, and Figgs & Phantoms (1974), another children's mystery, was named a Newbery Honor Book in 1975. A 2012 School Library Journal survey placed The Westing Game ninth among children's novels of all time. The catalogue begins with Nothing Ever Happens On My Block (1966) and includes Spectacles (1968), Ghost in a Four-Room Apartment (1969) and Franklin Stein (1972).

How many Ellen Raskin books are there?

Ellen Raskin has 15 books, released between 1966 and 2011. 1 of them were published after Ellen Raskin's death in 1984.

Ellen Raskin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Ellen Raskin 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 Nothing Ever Happens On My Block by Ellen Raskin (1966)
  2. Cover of And It Rained by Ellen Raskin (1969)
  3. Cover of The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon by Ellen Raskin (1971)
  4. Cover of Franklin Stein by Ellen Raskin (1972)
  5. Cover of Moe Q. McGlutch, He Smoked Too Much. by Ellen Raskin (1973)
  6. Cover of Figgs & Phantoms by Ellen Raskin (1974)
  7. Cover of The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues by Ellen Raskin (1975)
  8. Cover of Twenty-two Twenty-three by Ellen Raskin (1976)
  9. Cover of The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1978)
  1. 1
    Nothing Ever Happens On My Block1966 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196632
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  2. 2
    Spectacles1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  3. 3
    Ghost in a Four-Room Apartment1969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  4. 4
    And It Rained1969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  5. 5
    The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  6. 6
    The world's Greatest Freak Show1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  7. 7
    Franklin Stein1972 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197232
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  8. 8
    Who, Said Sue, Said Whoo?1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  9. 9
    Moe Q. McGlutch, He Smoked Too Much.1973 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197340
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  10. 10
    Figgs & Phantoms1974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  11. 11
    Moose, Goose and Little Nobody1974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  12. 12
    The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues1975 · confirmed 2/4
    1975–
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  13. 13
    Twenty-two Twenty-three1976 · 24 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197624
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  14. 14
    The Westing Game1978 · 182 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978182
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  15. 15
    A Murder for Macaroni and Cheese2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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Ellen Raskin 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

15 books

15 Ellen Raskin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ellen Raskin books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 15 Ellen Raskin books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ellen Raskin

Start with Nothing Ever Happens On My Block (1966), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ellen Raskin book?

A Murder for Macaroni and Cheese (2011) is the newest Ellen Raskin book released so far.

Is there a new Ellen Raskin book coming?

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

Awards Ellen Raskin has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Ellen Raskin. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Newbery Medal1979Won

Ellen Raskin at a glance

Died
Ellen Raskin died in 1984, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Ellen Raskin are still being published after Ellen Raskin's death in 1984; the newest appeared in 2011.
Release pace
Ellen Raskin books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
310 pages across the 5 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ellen Raskin books, 10 of 15, were published in the 1970s.

What the Ellen Raskin books are about

13 of the 15 Ellen Raskin 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 7 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.