Hazel Prior Books in Order
Hazel Prior has written 5 books, published between 2019 and 2024. The first book is Ellie and the Harpmaker (2019) and the newest is Gone with the Penguins (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2019–2024
- Pages on record
- 608 in 2 of 5 books
Hazel Prior is a Celtic harpist and novelist, born in Oxford, England. Wildlife and environmental themes run through her 5 catalogued books, which appear in more than 20 languages. Ellie and the Harpmaker (2019) opens the list. Away with the Penguins (2020), also published as How the Penguins Saved Veronica, became a number one bestseller and a pick for both the Richard & Judy Book Club and the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. Call of the Penguins (2021), Life and Otter Miracles (2023) and Gone with the Penguins (2024) complete the run, and the Veronica McCreedy series is catalogued among them. Prior taught English as a foreign language before writing full time, and lives on Exmoor after spells in Scotland, the Welsh borders and Italy.
How many Hazel Prior books are there?
Hazel Prior has 5 books, released between 2019 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Veronica McCreedy series.
Hazel Prior Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Hazel Prior 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.
- 1Ellie and the Harpmaker2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420192881/4
- 2Away with the Penguins / How the Penguins Saved VeronicaVeronica McCreedy #12020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420203201/4
- 32021–1/4
- 4Life and Otter Miracles2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 52024–1/4
Hazel Prior 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.
Veronica McCreedy in order
3 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Hazel Prior titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Hazel Prior books in order?
You only need to read Hazel Prior books in order within the Veronica McCreedy series, which holds 3 of the 5 Hazel Prior books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Hazel Prior
Start with Ellie and the Harpmaker (2019), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Hazel Prior book?
Gone with the Penguins (2024) is the newest Hazel Prior book released so far.
Is there a new Hazel Prior book coming?
No next Hazel Prior book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Hazel Prior at a glance
- Still publishing
- Hazel Prior published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Hazel Prior books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 608 pages across the 2 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Hazel Prior books, 4 of 5, were published in the 2020s.
What the Hazel Prior books are about
2 of the 5 Hazel Prior books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- English literature 1 of 2 books
- Romance 1 of 2 books
- Contemporary romance 1 of 2 books
- Women 1 of 2 books