Eve Bunting Books in Order: All 249 books (1950

Eve Bunting, born Eve Bolton, was a Northern Irish-born American writer of more than 250 books who lived from December 19, 1928, to October 1, 2023. Bunting wrote fiction and non-fiction, mainly novels for children and young adults, and also wrote the text of picture books. Many of the books are set in Northern Ireland, where Bunting grew up, while others range in subject from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. The Two Giants (1971) was Bunting's first book. Series in the catalogue include Frog and Friends, Horse Stories, Dinosaur Machines and Pirate Captain's Daughter, and subjects include animals, horses, stories in rhyme and mystery stories.

Eve Bunting 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.

Horse Stories Series in order

7 books

1. Ride When You're Ready (Short Story)
2. Dream Dancer, (Short Story)
3. Stable of Fear (Short Story)
4. Lady's Girl (Short Story)
5. The Wild One
6. Goodbye, Charlie, (Short Story)
7. The Wild Horses, (Short Story)

Dinosaur Machines in order

4 books

1. The Dinosaur Trap (Short Story)
2. The Day of the Dinosaurs (Short Story)
3. Escape from Tyrannosaurus (Short Story)
4. Death of a Dinosaur (Short Story)

Eve Bunting Non-Fiction

4 books

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

Trophy Picture Books in order

3 books

22. Market Day (Short Story)
23. Going Home (Short Story)
28. Moonstick

Pirate Captain's Daughter in order

2 books

1. The Pirate Captain's Daughter
2. Voyage of the Sea Wolf

Meet the Author in order

1 book

2. Once Upon a Time (Short Story)

Discover the World in order

1 book

6. S Is for Shamrock (Short Story)

Do you have to read Eve Bunting books in order?

You only need to read Eve Bunting books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Eve Bunting

Start with the first book of the Eve Bunting series you want to read: Eve Bunting Picture starts with The Two Giants (Short Story) (1971), Eve Bunting Children's starts with Pitcher to Center Field (Short Story) (1974) and Eve Bunting Teen & Young Adult with Robert Gadbois starts with Just Like Everyone Else (Short Story) (1950). The earliest catalogued title overall is Just Like Everyone Else (Short Story) (1950).

What is the newest Eve Bunting book?

Alligators, Alligators (Short Story) (2023) is the newest Eve Bunting book released so far.

Is there a new Eve Bunting book coming?

No next Eve Bunting 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 Eve Bunting has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Eve Bunting. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Regina Medal1997Won
Edgar Awards1989Won

Eve Bunting at a glance

Died: Eve Bunting died in 2023, according to Wikidata.
Last book: The newest book credited to Eve Bunting on record dates from 2023.
Release pace: Eve Bunting books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 9,766 pages across the 159 of 249 books with a recorded length, a median of 37 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Eve Bunting books, 62 of 249, were published in the 1990s.

What the Eve Bunting books are about

221 of the 249 Eve Bunting 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 143 of 221. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Children's fiction 143 of 221 books
Animals 20 of 221 books
Friendship 20 of 221 books
Stories in rhyme 18 of 221 books
Juvenile literature 13 of 221 books
Mystery & detective 12 of 221 books
Girls 9 of 221 books
Schools 9 of 221 books
Grandparents 8 of 221 books
Ireland 8 of 221 books
Science fiction 8 of 221 books

Eve Bunting Books in Order

How many Eve Bunting books are there?

Eve Bunting Books in Publication Order

Eve Bunting series in order