Josh Lacey Books in Order
Josh Lacey has written 27 books, published between 2004 and 2021. The first book is The Timetraveller's Guide to Saxon and Viking London (As: Joshua Doder) (2004) and the newest is Hope Jones Will Not Eat Meat (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 2004–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,475 in 19 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 41–62 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,475 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Josh Lacey, born in London in 1968, is a British writer of children's books who also publishes as Joshua Doder. One adult title sits in the catalogue: God Is Brazilian (2005), a biography of Charles Miller, the man who brought football to Brazil. The children's books run to 27 catalogued titles dated 2004 to 2021, with dragons, pets, islands and adventure among the recorded subjects, in series including Dragonsitter, Misfitz Mysteries, Hope Jones and Tom Trelawney.
How many Josh Lacey books are there?
Josh Lacey has 27 books, released between 2004 and 2021. They include 4 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Josh Lacey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Josh Lacey 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.
- 1The Timetraveller's Guide to Saxon and Viking London (As: Joshua Doder)2004 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42004962/4
- 2The Timetraveller's Guide to Shakespeare's London (As: Joshua Doder)2004 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42004962/4
- 3God Is Brazilian2005 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/420052232/4
- 42006–2/4
- 5Bearkeeper2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 6Death Becomes No Stranger2008 · 238 pages · confirmed 2/420082382/4
- 72009–2/4
- 8The Robbers2009 · 61 pages · confirmed 2/42009612/4
- 92009–2/4
- 102010–2/4
- 1120112402/4
- 122011562/4
- 132011562/4
- 142012–2/4
- 1520122982/4
- 162013962/4
- 172013–2/4
- 182014–2/4
- 192015642/4
- 202016962/4
- 212017802/4
- 222017962/4
- 232018802/4
- 242019802/4
- 2520201672/4
- 2620211762/4
- 2720211762/4
Josh Lacey series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Dragonsitter books in order 10 books
Josh Lacey 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.
Misfitz Mysteries in order
3 booksHope Jones in order
3 booksTom Trelawney in order
2 booksChapter in order
2 booksGrk in order
1 bookStandalone books
6 books6 Josh Lacey titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Josh Lacey books in order?
You only need to read Josh Lacey books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Josh Lacey
Start with The Dragonsitter (2012), the first Dragonsitter book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Timetraveller's Guide to Saxon and Viking London (As: Joshua Doder) (2004).
What is the newest Josh Lacey book?
Hope Jones Will Not Eat Meat (2021) is the newest Josh Lacey book released so far.
Is there a new Josh Lacey book coming?
No next Josh Lacey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Josh Lacey at a glance
- Paused
- No new Josh Lacey title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Josh Lacey books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,475 pages across the 19 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 96 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Josh Lacey books, 15 of 27, were published in the 2010s.
What the Josh Lacey books are about
17 of the 27 Josh Lacey 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 10 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 10 of 17 books
- Dragons 7 of 17 books
- Islands 6 of 17 books
- Adventure stories 3 of 17 books
- History 3 of 17 books
- Pets 3 of 17 books
- Biography 2 of 17 books
- Brazil, biography 2 of 17 books
- British 2 of 17 books
- London (england), history 2 of 17 books
- London (england), juvenile literature 2 of 17 books