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Lloyd Alexander Books in Order

Lloyd Alexander has written 45 books, published between 1955 and 2007. The first book is And Let the Credit Go (1955) and the newest is The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
45
Published
1955–2007
Confirmed
5 of 45 titles
Pages on record
6,217 in 30 of 45 books
Reading time
104–155 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,217 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 45 titles with a page count on record.

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Lloyd Alexander wrote fantasy for children and young adults. Alexander lived from 1924 to 2007, grew up in Pennsylvania through the Great Depression, and worked across seven decades; 45 books are catalogued here, from And Let the Credit Go (1955) to The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio (2007). The Chronicles of Prydain, five high fantasy novels set in the imaginary land of Prydain, is the best known work, and its conclusion, The High King, took the 1969 Newbery Medal. The Westmark Trilogy and the Vesper Holly adventures are Alexander's other series. National Book Awards followed in 1971 and 1982, and the work has been translated into 20 languages.

How many Lloyd Alexander books are there?

Lloyd Alexander has 45 books, released between 1955 and 2007. They include 2 series and 31 titles listed outside any series.

Lloyd Alexander Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 Lloyd Alexander 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 Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander (1963)
  2. Cover of The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander, book 1 of the Chronicles of Prydain series (1964)
  3. Cover of The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander, book 2 of the Chronicles of Prydain series (1965)
  4. Cover of The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander, book 3 of the Chronicles of Prydain series (1966)
  5. Cover of Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander, book 4 of the Chronicles of Prydain series (1967)
  6. Cover of The High King by Lloyd Alexander, book 5 of the Chronicles of Prydain series (1968)
  7. Cover of The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian by Lloyd Alexander (1970)
  8. Cover of The King's Fountain by Lloyd Alexander (1971)
  9. Cover of The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander (1973)
  10. Cover of The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man by Lloyd Alexander (1973)
  11. Cover of The Wizard in the Tree by Lloyd Alexander (1974)
  12. Cover of The Town Cats and Other Tales by Lloyd Alexander (1977)
  13. Cover of The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha by Lloyd Alexander (1978)
  14. Cover of Westmark by Lloyd Alexander, book 1 of the Westmark Trilogy (1981)
  15. Cover of The Kestrel by Lloyd Alexander, book 2 of the Westmark Trilogy (1982)
  16. Cover of The Beggar Queen by Lloyd Alexander, book 3 of the Westmark Trilogy (1984)
  17. Cover of The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander, book 1 of the Vesper Holly series (1986)
  18. Cover of The El Dorado Adventure by Lloyd Alexander, book 2 of the Vesper Holly series (1987)
  19. Cover of The Drackenberg Adventure by Lloyd Alexander, book 3 of the Vesper Holly series (1988)
  20. Cover of The Jedera Adventure by Lloyd Alexander, book 4 of the Vesper Holly series (1989)
  21. Cover of The Philadelphia Adventure by Lloyd Alexander, book 5 of the Vesper Holly series (1990)
  22. Cover of The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen by Lloyd Alexander (1991)
  23. Cover of The Fortune-Tellers by Lloyd Alexander (1992)
  24. Cover of The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander (1995)
  1. 1
    And Let the Credit Go1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  2. 2
    My Five Tigers The Cats in My Life1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956–
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  3. 3
    August Bondi: Border Hawk1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  4. 4
    Aaron Lopez: The Flagship Hope1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  5. 5
    Time Cat1963 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963224
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  6. 6
    The Book of ThreeChronicles of Prydain #11964 · 190 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1964190
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  7. 7
    Fifty Years in the Doghouse1964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  8. 8
    Coll and His White Pig1965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965–
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  9. 9
    The Black CauldronChronicles of Prydain #21965 · 208 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1965208
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  10. 10
    Send for Ryan!1965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965–
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  11. 11
    The Castle of LlyrChronicles of Prydain #31966 · 174 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1966174
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  12. 12
    The Truthful Harp1967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
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  13. 13
    Taran WandererChronicles of Prydain #41967 · 222 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1967222
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  14. 14
    The High KingChronicles of Prydain #51968 · 253 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1968253
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  15. 15
    The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian1970 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970204
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  16. 16
    The King's Fountain1971 · 34 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197134
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  17. 17
    The Four Donkeys1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  18. 18
    The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain1973 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973128
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  19. 19
    The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man1973 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973128
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  20. 20
    The Wizard in the Tree1974 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974144
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  21. 21
    The Town Cats and Other Tales1977 · 126 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977126
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  22. 22
    The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha1978 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978213
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  23. 23
    WestmarkWestmark Trilogy #11981 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981184
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  24. 24
    The KestrelWestmark Trilogy #21982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  25. 25
    The Beggar QueenWestmark Trilogy #31984 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984237
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  26. 26
    The Illyrian AdventureVesper Holly #11986 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986132
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  27. 27
    The El Dorado AdventureVesper Holly #21987 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987176
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  28. 28
    The Drackenberg AdventureVesper Holly #31988 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988160
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  29. 29
    My Cats and Me: The Story of an Understanding (A Blank Journal)1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  30. 30
    The Jedera AdventureVesper Holly #41989 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989160
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Lloyd Alexander 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.

Vesper Holly in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Illyrian Adventure
  2. 2. The El Dorado Adventure
  3. 3. The Drackenberg Adventure
  4. 4. The Jedera Adventure
  5. 5. The Philadelphia Adventure
  6. 6. The Xanadu Adventure

Chronicles of Prydain in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Book of Three
  2. 2. The Black Cauldron
  3. 3. The Castle of Llyr
  4. 4. Taran Wanderer
  5. 5. The High King

Westmark Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Westmark
  2. 2. The Kestrel
  3. 3. The Beggar Queen

Standalone books

31 books

31 Lloyd Alexander titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lloyd Alexander books in order?

You only need to read Lloyd Alexander 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 Lloyd Alexander

Start with And Let the Credit Go (1955), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lloyd Alexander book?

The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio (2007) is the newest Lloyd Alexander book released so far.

Is there a new Lloyd Alexander book coming?

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

Awards Lloyd Alexander has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 2 nominations for Lloyd Alexander. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Lloyd Alexander at a glance

Died
Lloyd Alexander died in 2007, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Lloyd Alexander on record dates from 2007.
Release pace
Lloyd Alexander books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,217 pages across the 30 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lloyd Alexander books, 11 of 45, were published in the 1960s.

What the Lloyd Alexander books are about

35 of the 45 Lloyd Alexander 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 27 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.