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L. Frank Baum Books in Order

84 books are credited to L. Frank Baum, published between 1891 and 2022; 7 of them appeared after L. Frank Baum's death in 1919. The first book is Our Landlady (1891) and the newest is Can You Survive the Wonderful Wizard of Oz? (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
84
Published
1891–2022
Pages on record
7,506 in 44 of 84 books
Reading time
125–188 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,506 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 44 of 84 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of L. Frank Baum, author

L. Frank Baum, born Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) in Chittenango, New York, was an American author of children's fantasy best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Beyond 14 Oz books, Baum produced 41 other novels, 83 short stories, more than 200 poems and at least 42 scripts, and four further novels were lost unpublished. The 1939 film of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. The catalogue opens with Our Landlady (1891), Mother Goose in Prose (1897) and Father Goose, His Book (1899), and series include Aunt Jane's Nieces, Boy Fortune Hunters, Mary Louise, Flying Girl and Trot & Cap'n Bill. Baum moved west after an unsuccessful spell as a theater producer and playwright.

How many L. Frank Baum books are there?

L. Frank Baum has 84 books, released between 1891 and 2022. 7 of them were published after L. Frank Baum's death in 1919. They include 8 series and 35 titles listed outside any series.

L. Frank Baum Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 84 L. Frank Baum 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 Our Landlady by L. Frank Baum (1891)
  2. Cover of Mother Goose in Prose by L. Frank Baum (1897)
  3. Cover of By the Candelabra's Glare by L. Frank Baum (1898)
  4. Cover of The Annotated Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, book 1 of the Oz series (1900)
  5. Cover of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, book 1 of the Oz series (1900)
  6. Cover of A New Wonderland / The Magical Monarch of Mo by L. Frank Baum (1900)
  7. Cover of The Navy Alphabet by L. Frank Baum (1900)
  8. Cover of American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum (1901)
  9. Cover of The Master Key by L. Frank Baum (1902)
  10. Cover of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum (1902)
  11. Cover of The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum (1903)
  12. Cover of The Marvelous Land of Oz / The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum, book 2 of the Oz series (1904)
  13. Cover of The Discontented Gopher by L. Frank Baum, book 1 of the Prairie Tales series (1905)
  14. Cover of Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum, book 2 of the Oz series (1905)
  15. Cover of Queen Zixi of Ix by L. Frank Baum (1905)
  16. Cover of Annabel by L. Frank Baum (1906)
  17. Cover of Daughters of Destiny (As: Schuyler Staunton) by L. Frank Baum (1906)
  18. Cover of The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama by L. Frank Baum, book 2 of the Boy Fortune Hunters series (1907)
  19. Cover of Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum, book 4 of the Oz series (1908)
  20. Cover of The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum, book 3 of the Little Golden Books series (1909)
  21. Cover of Aunt Jane's Nieces In Society by L. Frank Baum, book 5 of the Aunt Jane's Nieces series (1910)
  22. Cover of The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan by L. Frank Baum, book 5 of the Boy Fortune Hunters series (1910)
  23. Cover of The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum, book 6 of the Oz series (1910)
  24. Cover of The Flying Girl by L. Frank Baum, book 1 of the Flying Girl series (1911)
  1. 1
    Our Landlady1891 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1891285
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  2. 2
    Mother Goose in Prose1897 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1897128
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  3. 3
    By the Candelabra's Glare1898 · 75 pages · confirmed 2/4
    189875
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  4. 4
    Father Goose, His Book1899 · confirmed 2/4
    1899–
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  5. 5
    The Annotated Wizard of OzOz #11900 · 396 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1900396
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  6. 6
    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / The Wizard of OzOz #11900 · 267 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1900267
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  7. 7
    A New Wonderland / The Magical Monarch of Mo1900 · 136 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1900136
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  8. 8
    The Army Alphabet1900 · confirmed 2/4
    1900–
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  9. 9
    The Navy Alphabet1900 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190060
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  10. 10
    Dot and Tot of Merryland1901 · confirmed 2/4
    1901–
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  11. 11
    American Fairy Tales1901 · 209 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1901209
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  12. 12
    The Master Key1902 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1902160
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  13. 13
    The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus1902 · 44 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190244
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  14. 14
    The Enchanted Island of Yew1903 · 138 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1903138
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  15. 15
    A Kidnapped Santa ClausMagical Creatures #11904 · confirmed 2/4
    1904–
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  16. 16
    The Marvelous Land of Oz / The Land of OzOz #21904 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1904291
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  17. 17
    The Discontented GopherPrairie Tales #11905 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190540
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  18. 18
    The Enchanted Buffalo1905 · confirmed 2/4
    1905–
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  19. 19
    The Woggle-Bug BookOz Children's #11905 · confirmed 2/4
    1905–
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  20. 20
    Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of OzOz #21905 · 72 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190572
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  21. 21
    Queen Zixi of Ix1905 · 231 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1905231
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  22. 22
    The Fate of a Crown (As:Schuyler Staunton)1905 · confirmed 2/4
    1905–
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  23. 23
    Aunt Jane's NiecesAunt Jane's Nieces #11906 · confirmed 2/4
    1906–
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  24. 24
    The Boy Fortune Hunters of AlaskaBoy Fortune Hunters #11906 · confirmed 2/4
    1906–
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  25. 25
    Prairie-Dog Town1906 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190660
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  26. 26
    Mr. Woodchuck (As: Laura Bancroft)1906 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190664
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  27. 27
    Bandit Jim Crow (As: Laura Bancroft)1906 · 62 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190662
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  28. 28
    Sugar-Loaf Mountain (As: Laura Bancroft)1906 · 62 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190662
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  29. 29
    Prince Mud-Turtle (As: Laura Bancroft)1906 · 58 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190658
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  30. 30
    Twinkle's Enchantment (As: Laura Bancroft)1906 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/4
    190660
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L. Frank Baum series and characters in order

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

L. Frank Baum books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Oz books in order

16 books by L. Frank Baum
  1. 1. The Annotated Wizard of Oz
  2. 1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / The Wizard of Oz
  3. 2. The Marvelous Land of Oz / The Land of Oz
  4. 2. Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz
  5. 3. Ozma of Oz
  6. 3. Little Wizard Stories of Oz
  7. 4. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
  8. 6. The Emerald City of Oz
  9. 7. The Patchwork Girl of Oz
  10. 8. Tik-Tok of Oz
  11. 9. The Scarecrow of Oz
  12. 10. Rinkitink in Oz
  13. and 4 more in the table above

Aunt Jane's Nieces in order

10 books
  1. 1. Aunt Jane's Nieces
  2. 2. Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad
  3. 3. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville
  4. 4. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
  5. 5. Aunt Jane's Nieces In Society
  6. 6. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John
  7. 7. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation
  8. 8. Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch
  9. 9. Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West
  10. 10. Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross

Boy Fortune Hunters in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Boy Fortune Hunters of Alaska
  2. 2. The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama
  3. 3. The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt
  4. 4. The Boy Fortune Hunters in China
  5. 5. The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan
  6. 6. The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas

Mary Louise in order

5 books
  1. 1. Mary Louise
  2. 2. Mary Louise in the Country
  3. 3. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
  4. 4. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls
  5. 5. Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier

Oz Children's in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Woggle-Bug Book
  2. 2. TikTok and the Nome King

Flying Girl in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Flying Girl
  2. 2. The Flying Girl and Her Chum

Trot & Cap'n Bill in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Sea Fairies
  2. 2. Sky Island

Daring Twins in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Secret of the Lost Fortune
  2. 2. Phoebe Daring

Magical Creatures in order

1 book
  1. 1. A Kidnapped Santa Claus

Prairie Tales in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Discontented Gopher

Can you Survive? in order

1 book
  1. 2. Can You Survive the Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

Little Golden Books in order

1 book
  1. 3. The Road to Oz

Standalone books

35 books

35 L. Frank Baum titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read L. Frank Baum books in order?

You only need to read L. Frank Baum books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with L. Frank Baum

Start with The Annotated Wizard of Oz (1900), the first Oz book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Our Landlady (1891).

What is the newest L. Frank Baum book?

Can You Survive the Wonderful Wizard of Oz? (2022) is the newest L. Frank Baum book released so far.

Is there a new L. Frank Baum book coming?

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

L. Frank Baum at a glance

Died
L. Frank Baum died in 1919, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to L. Frank Baum are still being published after L. Frank Baum's death in 1919; the newest appeared in 2022.
Release pace
L. Frank Baum books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
7,506 pages across the 44 of 84 books with a recorded length, a median of 152 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most L. Frank Baum books, 43 of 84, were published in the 1900s.

What the L. Frank Baum books are about

36 of the 84 L. Frank Baum 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 19 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.