Philip Pullman Books in Order

How many Philip Pullman books are there?

Philip Pullman has 51 books, released between 1972 and 2025. They include 7 series and 23 titles listed outside any series.

Philip Pullman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 51 Philip Pullman 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.

Philip Pullman series and characters in order

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

• His Dark Materials books in order 11 books

Philip Pullman 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.

Philip Pullman Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Philip Pullman books run from The Haunted Storm (1972) to The Rose Field (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Philip Pullman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Philip Pullman books in order?

You only need to read Philip Pullman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Philip Pullman books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Northern Lights / The Golden Compass (1995), the first His Dark Materials book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Haunted Storm (1972).

What is the newest Philip Pullman book?

The Rose Field (2025) is the newest Philip Pullman book released so far.

Is there a new Philip Pullman book coming?

No next Philip Pullman 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 Philip Pullman has won

Wikidata records 6 awards and 18 nominations for Philip Pullman. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award2005Won
• Eleanor Farjeon Award2002Won
• Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser2002Won
• Nestlé Children's Book Prize1996Wonfor The Firework-Maker's Daughter
• Guardian Children's Fiction Prize1996Wonfor Northern Lights
• Carnegie Medal1995Wonfor Northern Lights
• Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2020Shortlistedfor The Secret Commonwealth
• Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2018Shortlistedfor La Belle Sauvage
• Carnegie Medal2009Shortlistedfor Once Upon a Time in the North
• Locus Award for Best Novella2009Shortlistedfor Once Upon a Time in the North
• Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2008Shortlistedfor The Golden Compass
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award2005Shortlisted

Philip Pullman at a glance

Still publishing

Philip Pullman published a book as recently as 2025.

Release pace

Philip Pullman books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

8,492 pages across the 38 of 51 books with a recorded length, a median of 184 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Philip Pullman books, 16 of 51, were published in the 1990s.

Corroboration

2 of the 51 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 43 in at least three.

What the Philip Pullman books are about

41 of the 51 Philip Pullman 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 18 of 41. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Children's fiction 18 of 41 books
• Adventure stories 11 of 41 books
• Fantasy 9 of 41 books
• Kidnapping 6 of 41 books
• Mystery & detective 5 of 41 books
• Fairy tales 5 of 41 books
• History 5 of 41 books
• Missing persons 5 of 41 books
• Belacqua, lyra (fictitious character) 4 of 41 books