Willard Price Books in Order
Willard Price has written 42 books, published between 1914 and 1983. The first book is Real revolution in China (1914) and the newest is The Queen of the Pharisees' Children (1983). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 42
- Published
- 1914–1983
- Pages on record
- 3,885 in 15 of 42 books
Willard Price (1887-1983) was a traveller, journalist and author, born in Canada and later American. The Hal & Roger Hunt Adventures are adventure stories built around the brothers Hal and Roger Hunt, with deep diving, explorers and the Arctic among the subjects. Before the adventure novels came Price's reporting on Japan and the Pacific: Mysterious Micronesia (1936), Japan Reaches Out (1938) and Japan Rides the Tiger (1942). The catalogue holds 42 titles dated from 1914, with the 1960s the busiest decade.
How many Willard Price books are there?
Willard Price has 42 books, released between 1914 and 1983. 14 of them belong to the Hal & Roger Hunt Adventures series.
Willard Price Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 42 Willard Price 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.
- 1Real revolution in China1914 · confirmed 1/41914–1/4
- 2The Negro Around the World1915 · confirmed 1/41915–1/4
- 3Ancient Peoples at New Tasks1918 · confirmed 1/41918–1/4
- 4Mysterious Micronesia1936 · confirmed 1/41936–1/4
- 5Rip Tide in the South Seas1936 · confirmed 1/41936–1/4
- 6Japan reaches out1938 · confirmed 1/41938–1/4
- 7Japan's new horizons,1938 · confirmed 1/41938–1/4
- 8Where are you going, Japan?1938 · confirmed 1/41938–1/4
- 9Japan rides the tiger1942 · confirmed 1/41942–1/4
- 10Japan's islands of mystery1944 · confirmed 1/41944–1/4
- 11Japan and the Son of Heaven1945 · confirmed 1/41945–1/4
- 12The Son of Heaven1945 · confirmed 1/41945–1/4
- 13Key to Japan;1946 · confirmed 1/41946–1/4
- 14Roving south, Rio Grande to Patagonia;1948 · confirmed 1/41948–1/4
- 1519492591/4
- 16Journey by Junk1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 17I Cannot Rest From Travel1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 1819522591/4
- 19The Amazing Amazon1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 2019541891/4
- 21Adventures in Paradise1955 · confirmed 1/41955–1/4
- 2219562561/4
- 23Roaming Britain - 8,000 Miles Through England Scotland and Wales1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 2419602721/4
- 25Incredible Africa1961 · confirmed 1/41961–1/4
- 261963–1/4
- 27The amazing Mississippi1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 2819642721/4
- 29Rivers I have known1965 · confirmed 1/41965–1/4
- 3019662591/4
- 31America's Paradise Lost1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 3219672561/4
- 33Innocents in Britain1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 3419692721/4
- 35Odd way round the world1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 3619702881/4
- 37The Japanese Miracle And Peril1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 3819733041/4
- 3919793041/4
- 4019822591/4
- 41My Own Life Of Adventure1982 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/419822761/4
- 42The Queen of the Pharisees' Children1983 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419831601/4
Willard Price series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Willard Price 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.
Standalone books
28 books28 Willard Price titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Willard Price books in order?
You only need to read Willard Price books in order within the Hal & Roger Hunt Adventures series, which holds 14 of the 42 Willard Price books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Willard Price
Start with Amazon Adventure (1949), the first Hal & Roger Hunt Adventures book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Real revolution in China (1914).
What is the newest Willard Price book?
The Queen of the Pharisees' Children (1983) is the newest Willard Price book released so far.
Is there a new Willard Price book coming?
No next Willard Price book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Willard Price at a glance
- Died
- Willard Price died in 1983, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Willard Price on record dates from 1983.
- Release pace
- Willard Price books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,885 pages across the 15 of 42 books with a recorded length, a median of 259 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Willard Price books, 12 of 42, were published in the 1960s.
What the Willard Price books are about
6 of the 42 Willard Price 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 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 4 of 6 books