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Tim Wynne-Jones Books in Order

Tim Wynne-Jones has written 41 books, published between 1977 and 2020. The first book is Madeline & Ermadello (1977) and the newest is War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
1977–2020
Pages on record
5,648 in 33 of 41 books
Reading time
94–141 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,648 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 41 titles with a page count on record.

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Tim Wynne-Jones is an English-Canadian writer of children's picture books, novels for children and young adults, and fiction for adults. Wynne-Jones also wrote radio drama, songs for Fraggle Rock, a children's musical and an opera libretto, and Canada put him forward for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2012. The catalogue holds 41 books from Madeline & Ermadello (1977) to War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories (2020); the Zoom Trilogy and the Rex Zero books are the named series.

How many Tim Wynne-Jones books are there?

Tim Wynne-Jones has 41 books, released between 1977 and 2020. They include 2 series and 35 titles listed outside any series.

Tim Wynne-Jones Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Tim Wynne-Jones 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 Odd's End by Tim Wynne-Jones (1980)
  2. Cover of The Knot by Tim Wynne-Jones (1982)
  3. Cover of Zoom at Sea by Tim Wynne-Jones, book 1 of the Zoom Trilogy (1983)
  4. Cover of Zoom Away by Tim Wynne-Jones, book 2 of the Zoom Trilogy (1987)
  5. Cover of Builder of the Moon by Tim Wynne-Jones (1988)
  6. Cover of Fastyngange by Tim Wynne-Jones (1988)
  7. Cover of Mischief City by Tim Wynne-Jones (1989)
  8. Cover of The Hour of the Frog by Tim Wynne-Jones (1989)
  9. Cover of Zoom Upstream by Tim Wynne-Jones, book 3 of the Zoom Trilogy (1992)
  10. Cover of The Last Piece of Sky by Tim Wynne-Jones (1993)
  11. Cover of Mouse in the Manger by Tim Wynne-Jones (1993)
  12. Cover of Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones (1995)
  13. Cover of The Book of Changes: Stories by Tim Wynne-Jones (1995)
  14. Cover of The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Tim Wynne-Jones (1998)
  15. Cover of Lord of the Fries by Tim Wynne-Jones (1999)
  16. Cover of The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones (2000)
  17. Cover of Ned Mouse Breaks Away by Tim Wynne-Jones (2003)
  18. Cover of A Thief in the House of Memory by Tim Wynne-Jones (2004)
  19. Cover of Rex Zero and the End of the World by Tim Wynne-Jones, book 1 of the Rex Zero series (2006)
  20. Cover of Rex Zero, King of Nothing by Tim Wynne-Jones, book 2 of the Rex Zero series (2007)
  21. Cover of Rex Zero, The Great Pretender by Tim Wynne-Jones, book 3 of the Rex Zero series (2009)
  22. Cover of The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones (2009)
  23. Cover of Blink and Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (2011)
  24. Cover of Pounce de Leon by Tim Wynne-Jones (2014)
  1. 1
    Madeline & Ermadello1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  2. 2
    Odd's End1980 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980226
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  3. 3
    The Knot1982 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982277
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  4. 4
    Zoom at SeaZoom Trilogy #11983 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198332
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  5. 5
    I'll Make You Small1986 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198632
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  6. 6
    Zoom AwayZoom Trilogy #21987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  7. 7
    Builder of the Moon1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198832
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  8. 8
    Architect of the Moon1988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  9. 9
    Fastyngange1988 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988312
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  10. 10
    Mischief City1989 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198936
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  11. 11
    The Hour of the Frog1989 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198932
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  12. 12
    Voices1990 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990320
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  13. 13
    Zoom UpstreamZoom Trilogy #31992 · 34 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199234
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  14. 14
    The Last Piece of Sky1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  15. 15
    Mouse in the Manger1993 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199331
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  16. 16
    Rosie Backstage1994 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199496
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  17. 17
    Some of the Kinder Planets1995 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995130
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  18. 18
    The Book of Changes: Stories1995 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995143
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  19. 19
    The Maestro1995 · 231 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995231
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  20. 20
    The Survival Game1995 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995304
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  21. 21
    The Flight of Burl Crow1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  22. 22
    Stephen Fair1998 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998218
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  23. 23
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame1998 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199848
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  24. 25
    Lord of the Fries1999 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999214
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  25. 26
    The Boy in the Burning House2000 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000213
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  26. 27
    Ned Mouse Breaks Away2003 · 68 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200368
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  27. 28
    A Thief in the House of Memory2004 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004210
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  28. 29
    Rex Zero and the End of the WorldRex Zero #12006 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006186
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  29. 30
    Rex Zero, King of NothingRex Zero #22007 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007224
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Tim Wynne-Jones 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.

Zoom Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Zoom at Sea
  2. 2. Zoom Away
  3. 3. Zoom Upstream

Rex Zero in order

3 books
  1. 1. Rex Zero and the End of the World
  2. 2. Rex Zero, King of Nothing
  3. 3. Rex Zero, The Great Pretender

Standalone books

35 books

35 Tim Wynne-Jones titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tim Wynne-Jones books in order?

You only need to read Tim Wynne-Jones 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 Tim Wynne-Jones

Start with Madeline & Ermadello (1977), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tim Wynne-Jones book?

War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories (2020) is the newest Tim Wynne-Jones book released so far.

Is there a new Tim Wynne-Jones book coming?

No next Tim Wynne-Jones 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 Tim Wynne-Jones has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Tim Wynne-Jones. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Awards2002Won

Tim Wynne-Jones at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Tim Wynne-Jones title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Tim Wynne-Jones books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,648 pages across the 33 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 210 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tim Wynne-Jones books, 14 of 41, were published in the 1990s.

What the Tim Wynne-Jones books are about

34 of the 41 Tim Wynne-Jones 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 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.