Helen Bailey Books in Order
27 books are credited to Helen Bailey, published between 1988 and 2022; 1 of them appeared after Helen Bailey's death in 2016. The first book is My Sister Tatiana, My Brother Ivan (1988) and the newest is The Grande Turtle Adventure (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1988–2022
- Confirmed
- 27 of 27 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,368 in 15 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 39–59 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,368 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
The Electra Brown books for teenage readers are the best known work of Helen Bailey, a British author born in 1964. The catalogue holds 27 titles from 1988 to 2022 and names seven series, including Felicity Wishes, Topaz and Willow of the Woods. Fairies, teenage girls and the Precious Gems Stage School appear among the subjects. Friendship and Fairyschool (2001) and Topaz in the Limelight (2005) are among the titles.
How many Helen Bailey books are there?
Helen Bailey has 27 books, released between 1988 and 2022. 1 of them were published after Helen Bailey's death in 2016. They include 5 separate series.
Helen Bailey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Helen Bailey 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.
- 119881473/4
- 219882463/4
- 32001323/4
- 42002803/4
- 52002803/4
- 62002–3/4
- 72003243/4
- 820043043/4
- 920051443/4
- 1020051283/4
- 1120071213/4
- 1220071443/4
- 132008–3/4
- 142008–3/4
- 1520081443/4
- 1620081443/4
- 172009–3/4
- 182009–3/4
- 192010–3/4
- 2020103133/4
- 212010–3/4
- 2220113173/4
- 232011–3/4
- 242011–3/4
- 252012–3/4
- 262015–3/4
- 272022–3/4
Helen Bailey 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.
Felicity Wishes in order
6 booksTopaz in order
6 booksCrazy World Of Electra Brown in order
5 booksHelen Bailey Non-Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Helen Bailey Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Willow Of The Woods in order
2 booksHelen Bailey Children's in order
2 booksDo you have to read Helen Bailey books in order?
You only need to read Helen Bailey books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Helen Bailey
Start with My Sister Tatiana, My Brother Ivan (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Helen Bailey book?
The Grande Turtle Adventure (2022) is the newest Helen Bailey book released so far.
Is there a new Helen Bailey book coming?
No next Helen Bailey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Helen Bailey at a glance
- Died
- Helen Bailey died in 2016, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Helen Bailey are still being published after Helen Bailey's death in 2016; the newest appeared in 2022.
- Release pace
- Helen Bailey books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,368 pages across the 15 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Helen Bailey books, 16 of 27, were published in the 2000s.
What the Helen Bailey books are about
21 of the 27 Helen Bailey 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 11 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 11 of 21 books
- Fairies 5 of 21 books
- Entertainers 4 of 21 books
- Felicity Wishes (Fictitious character) 4 of 21 books
- Teenage girls 4 of 21 books
- Adventure stories 3 of 21 books
- Entertaining 3 of 21 books
- Short stories 3 of 21 books
- Electra Brown (Fictitious character) 2 of 21 books
- Girls 2 of 21 books