Enid Blyton Adventure Books in Order

Enid Blyton has written 8 Enid Blyton Adventure books, published between 1944 and 1955. The first book is The Island of Adventure (1944) and the newest is The River of Adventure (1955). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1944–1955
Confirmed
8 of 8 titles
Pages on record
1,633 in 7 of 8 books
Reading time
27–41 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,633 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Enid Blyton Adventure is the catalogue's heading for the Adventure series, eight children's books written by Enid Blyton between 1944 and 1955. The Island of Adventure (1944) opens the run and The River of Adventure (1955) ends it, with the Castle, Valley, Sea, Mountain, Ship and Circus titles in between. Buried treasure, abandoned mines, tunnels, islands, and brothers and sisters are among the recorded subjects.

How many Enid Blyton Adventure books are there?

Enid Blyton Adventure has 8 books, released between 1944 and 1955.

Enid Blyton Adventure Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Enid Blyton Adventure 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. 1
    The Island of AdventureAdventure #11944 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1944192
  2. 2
    The Castle of AdventureAdventure #21946 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1946288
  3. 3
    The Valley of AdventureAdventure #31947 · 201 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1947201
  4. 4
    The Sea of AdventureAdventure #41948 · 255 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1948255
  5. 5
    The Mountain of AdventureAdventure #51949 · confirmed 3/4
    1949
  6. 6
    The Ship of AdventureAdventure #61950 · 265 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1950265
  7. 7
    The Circus of AdventureAdventure #71952 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1952192
  8. 8
    The River of AdventureAdventure #81955 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1955240

Do you have to read Enid Blyton Adventure books in order?

You should read the Enid Blyton Adventure books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Enid Blyton Adventure book also stands alone.

Where to start with Enid Blyton Adventure

Start with The Island of Adventure (1944), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Enid Blyton Adventure book?

The River of Adventure (1955) is the newest Enid Blyton Adventure book released so far.

Is there a new Enid Blyton Adventure book coming?

No next Enid Blyton Adventure book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Enid Blyton Adventure at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Enid Blyton Adventure title on record dates from 1955, 71 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Enid Blyton Adventure books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,633 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Enid Blyton Adventure books, 5 of 8, were published in the 1940s.

What the Enid Blyton Adventure books are about

All 8 Enid Blyton Adventure 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 8 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Enid Blyton

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.