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Jacqueline West Books in Order

Jacqueline West has written 17 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is The Shadows (2010) and the newest is Black Point (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2010–2026
Pages on record
2,809 in 9 of 17 books
Reading time
47–70 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,809 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Jacqueline West, born December 29, 1979, writes children's fiction and poetry. West's poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and the Books of Elsewhere fantasy series reached the New York Times best seller list. The catalogue holds 17 titles, opening with The Shadows (2010) and running to Black Point (2026), and the listing places the books with readers in grades 3 to 5. Magic, cats, houses, painting, theatre, books and reading, and space and time appear in the recorded subjects. The median West book runs 320 pages.

The Books of Elsewhere series follows Olive, a girl who moves into an old house filled with paintings she enters and explores. Inside the paintings she uncovers secrets about the house's past and encounters forces that threaten to escape into the real world.

How many Jacqueline West books are there?

Jacqueline West has 17 books, released between 2010 and 2026. They include 3 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Jacqueline West Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Jacqueline West 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.

  1. Cover of The Shadows by Jacqueline West, book 1 of the Books of Elsewhere series (2010)
  2. Cover of Spellbound by Jacqueline West, book 2 of the Books of Elsewhere series (2011)
  3. Cover of The Second Spy by Jacqueline West, book 3 of the Books of Elsewhere series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Strangers by Jacqueline West, book 4 of the Books of Elsewhere series (2013)
  5. Cover of Still Life by Jacqueline West, book 5 of the Books of Elsewhere series (2014)
  6. Cover of Wingate Beach by Jacqueline West (2015)
  7. Cover of Dreamers Often Lie by Jacqueline West (2016)
  8. Cover of The Collectors by Jacqueline West, book 1 of the Collectors series (2018)
  9. Cover of A Storm of Wishes by Jacqueline West, book 2 of the Collectors series (2019)
  10. Cover of Last Things by Jacqueline West (2019)
  11. Cover of Long Lost by Jacqueline West (2021)
  1. 1
    The ShadowsBooks of Elsewhere #12010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    SpellboundBooks of Elsewhere #22011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  3. 3
    The Second SpyBooks of Elsewhere #32012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    The StrangersBooks of Elsewhere #42013 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013308
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  5. 5
    Still LifeBooks of Elsewhere #52014 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014330
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  6. 6
    Pickpockets and Prophecies2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  7. 7
    Wingate Beach2015 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015106
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  8. 8
    Dreamers Often Lie2016 · 353 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016353
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Tarzanah2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  10. 10
    Candle and Pins2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  11. 11
    The CollectorsCollectors #12018 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018400
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  12. 12
    A Storm of WishesCollectors #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  13. 13
    Digging Up DangerStory Pirates Present #22019 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019288
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  14. 14
    Last Things2019 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019416
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  15. 15
    Quest for the Crystal CrownStory Pirates Present #32020 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020288
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  16. 16
    Long Lost2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  17. 17
    Black Point2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Jacqueline West 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.

Books of Elsewhere in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Shadows
  2. 2. Spellbound
  3. 3. The Second Spy
  4. 4. The Strangers
  5. 5. Still Life

Collectors in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Collectors
  2. 2. A Storm of Wishes

Story Pirates Present in order

2 books
  1. 2. Digging Up Danger
  2. 3. Quest for the Crystal Crown

Standalone books

8 books

8 Jacqueline West titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jacqueline West books in order?

You only need to read Jacqueline West books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jacqueline West

Start with The Shadows (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jacqueline West book?

Black Point (2026) is the newest Jacqueline West book released so far.

Is there a new Jacqueline West book coming?

No next Jacqueline West book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jacqueline West at a glance

Still publishing
Jacqueline West published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Jacqueline West books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,809 pages across the 9 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jacqueline West books, 14 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jacqueline West books are about

11 of the 17 Jacqueline West 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 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.