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Paula Fox Books in Order

Paula Fox has written 35 books, published between 1966 and 2016. The first book is Maurice's Room (1966) and the newest is The Village by the Sea (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
35
Published
1966–2016
Pages on record
4,650 in 29 of 35 books
Reading time
78–116 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,650 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 35 titles with a page count on record.

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Paula Fox (1923-2017) wrote novels for children and for adults, plus two memoirs. Fox took the Newbery Medal in 1974 for The Slave Dancer, the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978 and a National Book Award in 1983 for A Place Apart, and the New York State Writers Hall of Fame admitted her in 2011. The adult fiction found a second audience in the mid-1990s, when younger American writers took it up. The catalogue holds 35 books from Maurice's Room (1966) onward, among them Desperate Characters (1970), at a median of 147 pages.

How many Paula Fox books are there?

Paula Fox has 35 books, released between 1966 and 2016.

Paula Fox Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 35 Paula Fox 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 Poor George by Paula Fox (1967)
  2. Cover of Portrait of Ivan by Paula Fox (1969)
  3. Cover of Blowfish Live in the Sea by Paula Fox (1970)
  4. Cover of The Western Coast by Paula Fox (1972)
  5. Cover of Good Ethan by Paula Fox (1973)
  6. Cover of The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (1974)
  7. Cover of The Widow's Children by Paula Fox (1976)
  8. Cover of The Little Swineherd and Other Tales by Paula Fox (1978)
  9. Cover of One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox (1980)
  10. Cover of A Servant's Tale by Paula Fox (1984)
  11. Cover of The Moonlight Man by Paula Fox (1986)
  12. Cover of Lily and the Lost Boy / The Lost Boy by Paula Fox (1987)
  13. Cover of The Village by the Sea / In a Place of Darkness by Paula Fox (1988)
  14. Cover of In a Place of Danger by Paula Fox (1989)
  15. Cover of Monkey Island by Paula Fox (1991)
  16. Cover of Amzat and His Brothers by Paula Fox, book 6 of the Chapter series (1993)
  17. Cover of Western Wind by Paula Fox (1993)
  18. Cover of The Eagle Kite by Paula Fox (1995)
  19. Cover of Radiance Descending by Paula Fox (1997)
  20. Cover of Borrowed Finery by Paula Fox (2001)
  21. Cover of The Coldest Winter by Paula Fox (2005)
  22. Cover of Traces by Paula Fox (2008)
  1. 1
    Maurice's Room1966 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196664
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  2. 2
    How Many Miles to Babylon?Chapter #11967 · 117 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967117
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  3. 3
    A Likely PlaceChapter #21967 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196780
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  4. 4
    Poor George1967 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967220
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  5. 5
    Dear ProsperChapter #31968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  6. 6
    The Stone-Faced BoyChapter #41968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  7. 7
    Portrait of Ivan1969 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969125
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  8. 8
    The King's FalconChapter #51969 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196956
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  9. 9
    Blowfish Live in the Sea1970 · 106 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970106
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  10. 10
    Desperate Characters1970 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970192
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  11. 11
    The Western Coast1972 · 333 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972333
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  12. 12
    Good Ethan1973 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197332
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  13. 13
    The Slave Dancer1974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  14. 14
    The Widow's Children1976 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976224
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  15. 15
    The Little Swineherd and Other Tales1978 · 134 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978134
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  16. 16
    One-Eyed Cat1980 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980216
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  17. 17
    A Place Apart1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
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  18. 18
    A Servant's Tale1984 · 321 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984321
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  19. 19
    The Moonlight Man1986 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986176
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  20. 20
    Lily and the Lost Boy / The Lost Boy1987 · 149 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987149
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  21. 21
    The Village by the Sea / In a Place of Darkness1988 · 147 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988147
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  22. 22
    In a Place of Danger1989 · 139 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989139
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  23. 23
    The God of Nightmares1990 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990240
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  24. 24
    Monkey Island1991 · 151 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991151
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  25. 25
    Amzat and His BrothersChapter #61993 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199380
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  26. 26
    Western Wind1993 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993201
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  27. 27
    The Rider From Yonder1994 · 182 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994182
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  28. 28
    The Eagle Kite1995 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995144
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  29. 29
    The Gathering Darkness1995 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995128
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  30. 30
    Radiance Descending1997 · 101 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997101
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  31. 31
    Borrowed Finery2001 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001224
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  32. 32
    The Coldest Winter2005 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005144
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  33. 33
    Traces2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  34. 34
    News from the World2011 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011224
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  35. 35
    The Village by the Sea2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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Paula Fox 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.

Chapter in order

6 books
  1. 1. How Many Miles to Babylon?
  2. 2. A Likely Place
  3. 3. Dear Prosper
  4. 4. The Stone-Faced Boy
  5. 5. The King's Falcon
  6. 6. Amzat and His Brothers

Standalone books

29 books

29 Paula Fox titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Paula Fox books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 35 Paula Fox books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Paula Fox

Start with Maurice's Room (1966), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Paula Fox book?

The Village by the Sea (2016) is the newest Paula Fox book released so far.

Is there a new Paula Fox book coming?

No next Paula Fox 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 Paula Fox has won

Wikidata records 3 awards for Paula Fox. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Hans Christian Andersen Award1978Won
  • Zilveren Griffel1976Won
  • Newbery Medal1974Wonfor The Slave Dancer

Paula Fox at a glance

Died
Paula Fox died in 2017, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Paula Fox on record dates from 2016.
Release pace
Paula Fox books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,650 pages across the 29 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 147 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Paula Fox books, 8 of 35, were published in the 1990s.

What the Paula Fox books are about

29 of the 35 Paula Fox 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 12 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.