Gervase Phinn Books in Order
Gervase Phinn has written 54 books, published between 1988 and 2022. The first book is Stage Write (1988) and the newest is At the Captain's Table (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 54
- Published
- 1988–2022
- Confirmed
- 54 of 54 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,883 in 38 of 54 books
- Reading time
- 115–172 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,883 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 38 of 54 titles with a page count on record.
Gervase Phinn is an English author and educator, born on 27 December 1946. Phinn took an Education degree at Leeds Trinity University in 1970, taught, became a schools inspector and later held a Visiting Professorship of Education at the University of Teesside. The published work spans five volumes of memoir, poetry collections and books on education, with a focus on children's literature and literacy. The catalogue lists 54 books from Stage Write (1988) to At the Captain's Table (2022), including The Other Side of the Dale (1998) and the Little Village School and Top of the Dale series.
How many Gervase Phinn books are there?
Gervase Phinn has 54 books, released between 1988 and 2022. They include 4 separate series.
Gervase Phinn Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 54 Gervase Phinn books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119881603/4
- 21989703/4
- 319891723/4
- 41990–3/4
- 51993603/4
- 61995873/4
- 71996673/4
- 81996323/4
- 91996–3/4
- 1019982883/4
- 1119991923/4
- 1219993523/4
- 1320001283/4
- 142001323/4
- 1520013363/4
- 162001963/4
- 1720021283/4
- 182003–3/4
- 192003323/4
- 202003323/4
- 2120031123/4
- 222004963/4
- 2320043523/4
- 242004963/4
- 252004323/4
- 262005963/4
- 2720051283/4
- 282006963/4
- 292006803/4
- 302007–3/4
- 312007963/4
- 322008–3/4
- 332008–3/4
- 3420091193/4
- 352009–3/4
- 36Teaching Poetry in the Primary ClassroomGervase Phinn Non-Fiction #102009 · 149 pages · confirmed 3/420091493/4
- 372009–3/4
- 3820104483/4
- 392010–3/4
- 40There's an Alien in the Classroom - and Other PoemsGervase Phinn Short Story #122010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 4120114003/4
- 422012–3/4
- 432012–3/4
- 442013–3/4
- 4520143993/4
- 4620143523/4
- 4720142243/4
- 4820163523/4
- 4920184163/4
- 502020–3/4
- 512020–3/4
- 5220202883/4
- 5320212883/4
- 542022–3/4
Gervase Phinn 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.
Gervase Phinn Non-Fiction
13 books13 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Gervase Phinn Short Story
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Dales Non-Fiction
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Little Village School in order
5 booksChapter in order
4 booksGervase Phinn Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Top of the Dale in order
3 booksStandalone Plays
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Gervase Phinn Picture in order
2 books- 1. Our Cat Cuddles
- 2. Who Am I?
Best Days of Our Lives in order
2 booksPuffin Poetry in order
2 booksGervase Phinn Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Gervase Phinn books in order?
You only need to read Gervase Phinn books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Gervase Phinn
Start with Stage Write (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Gervase Phinn book?
At the Captain's Table (2022) is the newest Gervase Phinn book released so far.
Is there a new Gervase Phinn book coming?
No next Gervase Phinn book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Gervase Phinn at a glance
- Paused
- No new Gervase Phinn title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Gervase Phinn books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,883 pages across the 38 of 54 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Gervase Phinn books, 25 of 54, were published in the 2000s.
What the Gervase Phinn books are about
47 of the 54 Gervase Phinn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 9 of 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 9 of 47 books
- School management and organization 8 of 47 books
- Schools 8 of 47 books
- Children 6 of 47 books
- Children's fiction 6 of 47 books
- Children's poetry 6 of 47 books
- Children's poetry, English 6 of 47 books
- School administrators 6 of 47 books
- Juvenile poetry 5 of 47 books
- Anecdotes 4 of 47 books
- Biography 4 of 47 books
- England 4 of 47 books