Helen Dunmore Books in Order
62 books are credited to Helen Dunmore, published between 1983 and 2019; 1 of them appeared after Helen Dunmore's death in 2017. The first book is Apple Fall (Short Story) (1983) and the newest is Girl, Balancing Other Stories (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 62
- Published
- 1983–2019
- Pages on record
- 9,015 in 51 of 62 books
- Reading time
- 150–225 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,015 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 51 of 62 titles with a page count on record.
Poetry, novels, short stories and children's books all feature in the work of Helen Dunmore FRSL, a British writer born on 12 December 1952 who died on 5 June 2017. The Siege, A Spell of Winter and Zennor in Darkness are among the best-known novels, and Inside the Wave was the final poetry collection. Dunmore won the first Orange Prize for Fiction and the National Poetry Competition, and received the Costa Book Award after death. The catalogue lists 62 books from 1983 to 2019, including Burning Bright (1994) and the Ingo Chronicles series.
How many Helen Dunmore books are there?
Helen Dunmore has 62 books, released between 1983 and 2019. 1 of them were published after Helen Dunmore's death in 2017. They include 5 separate series.
Helen Dunmore Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 62 Helen Dunmore 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.
- 11983632/4
- 21986722/4
- 31988602/4
- 419911922/4
- 519921442/4
- 619931432/4
- 719943202/4
- 81994–2/4
- 91994642/4
- 101994642/4
- 1119953202/4
- 1219963002/4
- 131996632/4
- 141996422/4
- 151997–2/4
- 1619971592/4
- 17Helen Dunmore, Jo Shapcott, Matthew SweeneyPenguin Modern Poets, II #71997 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/419971511/4
- 181997512/4
- 191997582/4
- 201998–2/4
- 211998322/4
- 22Great-Grandma's Dancing Dress (Short Story)Helen Dunmore Children's #111998 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/41998322/4
- 2319992562/4
- 24Brother Brother, Sister Sister (Short Story)Helen Dunmore Children's #121999 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419991282/4
- 251999642/4
- 2620002172/4
- 2720001472/4
- 2820001532/4
- 292000592/4
- 3020013042/4
- 3120012562/4
- 322001642/4
- 332001962/4
- 3420011602/4
- 352002–2/4
- 3620033092/4
- 3720031602/4
- 3820041472/4
- 3920041602/4
- 402005–2/4
- 4120063522/4
- 4220063362/4
- 4320073282/4
- 442007552/4
- 452008–2/4
- 4620083552/4
- 472010–2/4
- 4820103302/4
- 492011–2/4
- 502011402/4
- 51The Land Lubbers Lying Down Below (Short Story)Helen Dunmore Short Stories/Novellas #22012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 5220122992/4
- 5320122242/4
- 542012722/4
- 552013332/4
- 5620152932/4
- 572016–2/4
- 5820164002/4
- 592017–2/4
- 602017722/4
- 6120174162/4
- 6220194002/4
Helen Dunmore series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Helen Dunmore 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.
Helen Dunmore Standalone Novels
13 books13 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ingo Chronicles in order
5 books- 1. Ingo
- 2. The Tide Knot
- 3. The Deep
- 4. The Crossing of Ingo
- 5. Stormswept
Helen Dunmore Picture in order
4 booksSiege in order
2 books- 1. The Siege
- 2. The Betrayal
Helen Dunmore Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Helen Dunmore Graphic Novels in order
1 bookPenguin Modern Poets, II in order
1 bookDo you have to read Helen Dunmore books in order?
You only need to read Helen Dunmore 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 Dunmore
Start with the first book of the Helen Dunmore series you want to read: Helen Dunmore Children's starts with Going to Egypt (Short Story) (1992) and Helen Dunmore Short Story starts with Apple Fall (Short Story) (1983). The earliest catalogued title overall is Apple Fall (Short Story) (1983).
What is the newest Helen Dunmore book?
Girl, Balancing Other Stories (2019) is the newest Helen Dunmore book released so far.
Is there a new Helen Dunmore book coming?
No next Helen Dunmore 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 Helen Dunmore has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 4 nominations for Helen Dunmore. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Women's Prize for Fiction1996Wonfor A Spell of Winter
- Booker Prize2010Shortlistedfor The Betrayal
- Carnegie Medal2007Shortlistedfor The Tide Knot
- Nestlé Children's Book Prize2006Shortlistedfor The Tide Knot
- Carnegie Medal2005Shortlistedfor Ingo
Helen Dunmore at a glance
- Died
- Helen Dunmore died in 2017, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Helen Dunmore are still being published after Helen Dunmore's death in 2017; the newest appeared in 2019.
- Release pace
- Helen Dunmore books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,015 pages across the 51 of 62 books with a recorded length, a median of 151 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Helen Dunmore books, 22 of 62, were published in the 1990s.
What the Helen Dunmore books are about
40 of the 62 Helen Dunmore 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 12 of 40. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 12 of 40 books
- Historical fiction 7 of 40 books
- England 5 of 40 books
- Poetry 5 of 40 books
- Friendship 5 of 40 books
- Brothers and sisters 4 of 40 books
- Cornwall (England : county) 4 of 40 books
- History 4 of 40 books
- Schools 3 of 40 books
- Death 2 of 40 books
- Girls 2 of 40 books