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Kate Pankhurst Books in Order

Kate Pankhurst has written 14 books, published between 2013 and 2022. The first book is Mariella Mystery Investigates the Ghostly Guinea Pig (2013) and the newest is Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 14 books listed here are in the Mariella Mystery series, which has its own page: Mariella Mystery books in order.

Books
14
Published
2013–2022
Pages on record
1,692 in 12 of 14 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,692 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Kate Pankhurst checklist

Kate Pankhurst is a British writer and illustrator of children's picture books. Pankhurst took second place in the 2002 Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration. The catalogue lists 14 books from 2013 to 2022 in two series, Mariella Mystery and Fantastically Great Women. Mariella Mystery Investigates the Ghostly Guinea Pig (2013) is the first title, and Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories (2022) is the newest.

How many Kate Pankhurst books are there?

Kate Pankhurst has 14 books, released between 2013 and 2022. They include 2 separate series.

Kate Pankhurst Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Kate Pankhurst 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 Mariella Mystery Investigates the Ghostly Guinea Pig by Kate Pankhurst, book 1 of the Mariella Mystery series (2013)
  2. Cover of Mariella Mystery Investigates a Cupcake Conundrum by Kate Pankhurst, book 2 of the Mariella Mystery series (2013)
  3. Cover of Mariella Mystery Investigates the Huge Hair Scare by Kate Pankhurst, book 3 of the Mariella Mystery series (2013)
  4. Cover of The Mystery of the Cursed Poodle by Kate Pankhurst, book 4 of the Mariella Mystery series (2014)
  5. Cover of A Kitty Calamity by Kate Pankhurst, book 6 of the Mariella Mystery series (2015)
  6. Cover of The Disappearance of Diana Dumpling by Kate Pankhurst, book 7 of the Mariella Mystery series (2015)
  7. Cover of Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World by Kate Pankhurst, book 1 of the Fantastically Great Women series
  8. Cover of The Mystic Mustache by Kate Pankhurst, book 8 of the Mariella Mystery series (2016)
  9. Cover of Fantastically Great Women Who Made History by Kate Pankhurst, book 3 of the Fantastically Great Women series (2019)
  1. 1
    Mariella Mystery Investigates the Ghostly Guinea PigMariella Mystery #12013 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013174
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  2. 2
    Mariella Mystery Investigates a Cupcake ConundrumMariella Mystery #22013 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013174
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  3. 3
    Mariella Mystery Investigates the Huge Hair ScareMariella Mystery #32013 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013176
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  4. 4
    The Mystery of the Cursed PoodleMariella Mystery #42014 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014176
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  5. 5
    The Spaghetti YetiMariella Mystery #52014 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014176
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  6. 6
    A Kitty CalamityMariella Mystery #62015 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015176
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  7. 7
    The Disappearance of Diana DumplingMariella Mystery #72015 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015176
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  8. 8
    Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the WorldFantastically Great Women #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  9. 9
    The Mystic MustacheMariella Mystery #82016 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016176
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  10. 10
    Fantastically Great Women Who Worked WondersFantastically Great Women #22019 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201932
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  11. 11
    Fantastically Great Women Who Made HistoryFantastically Great Women #32019 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201932
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  12. 12
    Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the PlanetFantastically Great Women #42020 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202032
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  13. 13
    Fantastically Great Women Scientists and Their StoriesFantastically Great Women #52021 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021192
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  14. 14
    Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their StoriesFantastically Great Women #62022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Kate Pankhurst series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Kate Pankhurst 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.

Fantastically Great Women in order

6 books
  1. 1. Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
  2. 2. Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders
  3. 3. Fantastically Great Women Who Made History
  4. 4. Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet
  5. 5. Fantastically Great Women Scientists and Their Stories
  6. 6. Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories

Do you have to read Kate Pankhurst books in order?

You only need to read Kate Pankhurst 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 Kate Pankhurst

Start with Mariella Mystery Investigates the Ghostly Guinea Pig (2013), the first Mariella Mystery book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Kate Pankhurst book?

Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories (2022) is the newest Kate Pankhurst book released so far.

Is there a new Kate Pankhurst book coming?

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

Kate Pankhurst at a glance

Paused
No new Kate Pankhurst title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Kate Pankhurst books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,692 pages across the 12 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kate Pankhurst books, 11 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kate Pankhurst books are about

10 of the 14 Kate Pankhurst 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 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.