Katherine Rundell Books in Order
Katherine Rundell has written 16 books, published between 2011 and 2026. The first book is The Girl Savage / Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (2011) and the newest is The Neverfear (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2011–2026
- Pages on record
- 635 in 3 of 16 books
Katherine Rundell is an English author and academic, born in 1987, who writes mainly for children. Impossible Creatures was named Waterstones Book of the Year for 2023, and Rooftoppers (2013) won both the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story. 16 titles are catalogued, from The Girl Savage, also published as Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (2011), to The Neverfear (2026). Wolves, magic, survival, missing persons, rain forests and Paris appear across the subjects.
How many Katherine Rundell books are there?
Katherine Rundell has 16 books, released between 2011 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Impossible Creatures series.
Katherine Rundell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Katherine Rundell 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 Girl Savage / Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 2Rooftoppers2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 3The Wolf Wilder2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 4The Explorer2017 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/420173241/4
- 5One Christmas Wish2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 6Into the Jungle: Stories for Mowgli2018 · 231 pages · confirmed 1/420182311/4
- 7Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise2019 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42019801/4
- 8The Good Thieves2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 9Skysteppers2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 10Super-Infinite2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 11The Golden Mole2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 12The Zebra's Great Escape2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 132023–1/4
- 14Vanishing Treasures2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 152025–1/4
- 162026–1/4
Katherine Rundell series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Katherine Rundell 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.
Standalone books
13 books13 Katherine Rundell titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Katherine Rundell books in order?
You only need to read Katherine Rundell books in order within the Impossible Creatures series, which holds 3 of the 16 Katherine Rundell books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Katherine Rundell
Start with Impossible Creatures (2023), the first Impossible Creatures book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Girl Savage / Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (2011).
What is the newest Katherine Rundell book?
The Neverfear (2026) is the newest Katherine Rundell book released so far.
Is there a new Katherine Rundell book coming?
No next Katherine Rundell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Katherine Rundell at a glance
- Still publishing
- Katherine Rundell published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Katherine Rundell books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 635 pages across the 3 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 231 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Katherine Rundell books, 8 of 16, were published in the 2020s.
What the Katherine Rundell books are about
8 of the 16 Katherine Rundell 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 6 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 6 of 8 books