Jon Berkeley Books in Order
Jon Berkeley has written 8 books, published between 1995 and 2020. The first book is A Little Book of Celtic Wisdom (1995) and the newest is The Sleeper's Moon (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1995–2020
- Pages on record
- 951 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 16–24 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 951 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Jon Berkeley, born in Dublin in 1962, works as an illustrator and children's author. Eight books are catalogued between 1995 and 2020. A Little Book of Celtic Wisdom (1995) and A Little Book of Irish Sayings (2002) sit beside recorded subjects of Celtic and Irish folk literature. The fiction runs to Chopsticks (2005), The Palace of Laughter (2006), The Tiger's Egg (2007), The Lightning Key (2009), The Hidden Boy (2010) and The Sleeper's Moon (2020), with subjects naming orphans, dragons, tigers, angels, mice and the circus. Two series stand under the name: Wednesday Tales and Bell Hoot.
How many Jon Berkeley books are there?
Jon Berkeley has 8 books, released between 1995 and 2020. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Jon Berkeley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Jon Berkeley 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.
- 1A Little Book of Celtic Wisdom1995 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/41995642/4
- 2A Little Book of Irish Sayings2002 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/42002602/4
- 3Chopsticks2005 · confirmed 2/42005–2/4
- 420064272/4
- 520074002/4
- 62009–2/4
- 82020–2/4
Jon Berkeley 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.
Wednesday Tales in order
3 booksBell Hoot in order
2 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Jon Berkeley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jon Berkeley books in order?
You only need to read Jon Berkeley books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jon Berkeley
Start with A Little Book of Celtic Wisdom (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jon Berkeley book?
The Sleeper's Moon (2020) is the newest Jon Berkeley book released so far.
Is there a new Jon Berkeley book coming?
No next Jon Berkeley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jon Berkeley at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jon Berkeley title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jon Berkeley books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 951 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 232 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jon Berkeley books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Jon Berkeley books are about
7 of the 8 Jon Berkeley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: adventure stories is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Adventure stories 5 of 7 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 7 books
- Angels 3 of 7 books
- Orphans 3 of 7 books
- Brothers and sisters 2 of 7 books
- Circus 2 of 7 books
- Tigers 2 of 7 books