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Mary Downing Hahn Books in Order

Mary Downing Hahn has written 41 books, published between 1979 and 2024. The first book is The Sara Summer (1979) and the newest is The Old Willis Place (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
1979–2024
Confirmed
2 of 41 titles
Pages on record
6,242 in 32 of 41 books
Reading time
104–156 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,242 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 41 titles with a page count on record.

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Mary Downing Hahn writes ghost stories and mysteries for young readers. Born in 1937 and once a school librarian, Hahn published The Sara Summer in 1979 and has 41 catalogued books through The Old Willis Place (2024). Wait Till Helen Comes and Stepping On The Cracks are among the best known titles, and the Gordy Smith books form the one named series. Ghosts, witches, stepfamilies and family life recur as subjects.

How many Mary Downing Hahn books are there?

Mary Downing Hahn has 41 books, released between 1979 and 2024. They include 2 series and 35 titles listed outside any series.

Mary Downing Hahn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Mary Downing Hahn 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 The Sara Summer by Mary Downing Hahn (1979)
  2. Cover of The Time of the Witch by Mary Downing Hahn (1982)
  3. Cover of Daphne's Book by Mary Downing Hahn (1983)
  4. Cover of The Jellyfish Season by Mary Downing Hahn, book 19 of the Avon Camelot series (1985)
  5. Cover of Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn (1986)
  6. Cover of Tallahassee Higgins by Mary Downing Hahn (1987)
  7. Cover of Following the Mystery Man by Mary Downing Hahn (1988)
  8. Cover of December Stillness by Mary Downing Hahn (1988)
  9. Cover of The Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn (1989)
  10. Cover of The Dead Man in Indian Creek by Mary Downing Hahn (1990)
  11. Cover of The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster by Mary Downing Hahn (1991)
  12. Cover of The Wind Blows Backward by Mary Downing Hahn (1993)
  13. Cover of Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn (1994)
  14. Cover of Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn (1995)
  15. Cover of Following My Own Footsteps by Mary Downing Hahn, book 2 of the Gordy Smith series (1996)
  16. Cover of The Gentleman Outlaw and Me by Mary Downing Hahn (1996)
  17. Cover of As Ever, Gordy by Mary Downing Hahn, book 71 of the Avon Camelot series (1998)
  18. Cover of Anna All Year Round by Mary Downing Hahn, book 1 of the Anna series (1999)
  19. Cover of Promises to the Dead by Mary Downing Hahn (2000)
  20. Cover of Anna on the Farm by Mary Downing Hahn, book 2 of the Anna series (2001)
  21. Cover of Hear the Wind Blow by Mary Downing Hahn (2003)
  22. Cover of The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn (2004)
  23. Cover of Janey and the Famous Author by Mary Downing Hahn (2005)
  24. Cover of Witch Catcher by Mary Downing Hahn (2006)
  1. 1
    The Sara Summer1979 · 135 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979135
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  2. 2
    The Time of the Witch1982 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982176
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  3. 3
    Daphne's Book1983 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983192
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  4. 4
    The Jellyfish SeasonAvon Camelot #191985 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985176
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  5. 5
    Wait Till Helen Comes1986 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986192
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  6. 6
    Tallahassee Higgins1987 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987192
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  7. 7
    Following the Mystery Man1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  8. 8
    December Stillness1988 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988181
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  9. 9
    The Doll in the Garden1989 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989128
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  10. 10
    The Dead Man in Indian Creek1990 · 130 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990130
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  11. 11
    Stepping on the CracksGordy Smith #11991 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991224
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  12. 12
    The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster1991 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991132
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  13. 13
    The Wind Blows Backward1993 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993272
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  14. 14
    Time for Andrew1994 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994176
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  15. 15
    Look for Me by Moonlight1995 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995198
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  16. 16
    Following My Own FootstepsGordy Smith #21996 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996192
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  17. 17
    The Gentleman Outlaw and Me1996 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996224
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  18. 18
    As Ever, GordyAvon Camelot #711998 · 184 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998184
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  19. 19
    Anna All Year RoundAnna #11999 · 133 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999133
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  20. 20
    Promises to the Dead2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  21. 21
    Anna on the FarmAnna #22001 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001125
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  22. 22
    Hear the Wind Blow2003 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003212
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  23. 23
    The Old Willis Place2004 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004208
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  24. 24
    Janey and the Famous Author2005 · 47 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200547
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  25. 25
    Witch Catcher2006 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006236
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  26. 26
    Deep and Dark and Dangerous2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  27. 27
    All the Lovely Bad Ones2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  28. 28
    Closed for the Season2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  29. 29
    The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall2010 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010160
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  30. 30
    Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls2012 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012336
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Mary Downing Hahn 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.

Gordy Smith in order

2 books
  1. 1. Stepping on the Cracks
  2. 2. Following My Own Footsteps

Anna in order

2 books
  1. 1. Anna All Year Round
  2. 2. Anna on the Farm

Avon Camelot in order

2 books
  1. 19. The Jellyfish Season
  2. 71. As Ever, Gordy

Standalone books

35 books

35 Mary Downing Hahn titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mary Downing Hahn books in order?

You only need to read Mary Downing Hahn 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 Mary Downing Hahn

Start with The Sara Summer (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mary Downing Hahn book?

The Old Willis Place (2024) is the newest Mary Downing Hahn book released so far.

Is there a new Mary Downing Hahn book coming?

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

Mary Downing Hahn at a glance

Still publishing
Mary Downing Hahn published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Mary Downing Hahn books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,242 pages across the 32 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mary Downing Hahn books, 10 of 41, were published in the 1990s.

What the Mary Downing Hahn books are about

35 of the 41 Mary Downing Hahn 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 25 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.