Oz Books in Order
There are 24 Oz books, published between 1900 and 2013: 18 in the 2 main-line series and 6 related titles. The first book is The Annotated Wizard of Oz (1900) and the newest main-line book is Glinda of Oz (1920). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24
- Published
- 1900–2013
- Pages on record
- 3,524 in 14 of 24 books
- Reading time
- 59–88 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,524 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 24 titles with a page count on record.
Oz is the imaginary land of L. Frank Baum's children's fantasy, and the catalogue groups the Oz books under one entry. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / The Wizard of Oz (1900) comes first, followed by The Marvelous Land of Oz / The Land of Oz (1904), Ozma of Oz (1907) and Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908). The Road to Oz (1909), The Emerald City of Oz (1910) and Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913) are later titles. The listing also carries Marvel's Oz Graphic Novels and Little Golden Books. Subjects include wizards, witches and fairy tales.
How many Oz books are there?
Oz has 24 books, released between 1900 and 2013. 18 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Oz, Oz Children's), and 6 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels and other titles.
Oz Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 24 Oz 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.
- 119003962/4
- 219002672/4
- 319042912/4
- 41905–2/4
- 51905722/4
- 61907–2/4
- 719082622/4
- 819092672/4
- 919102952/4
- 101913282/4
- 111913–2/4
- 1219133402/4
- 1319142712/4
- 1419152912/4
- 1519161302/4
- 1619173202/4
- 1719182942/4
- 181919–2/4
- 191920–2/4
- 202009–2/4
- 212010–2/4
- 222011–2/4
- 232011–2/4
- 242013–2/4
Do you have to read Oz books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 6 related titles (graphic novels and other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Oz book also stands alone.
Where to start with Oz
Start with The Annotated Wizard of Oz (1900), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series.
What is the newest Oz book?
Glinda of Oz (1920) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series. The newest related title is Road to Oz (2013).
Is there a new Oz book coming?
No next Oz book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Oz at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Oz title on record is Glinda of Oz (1920), 106 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
- Release pace
- Oz books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 3,524 pages across the 14 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 281 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Oz books, 10 of 24, were published in the 1910s.
- Attribution
- Of the 24 titles, 19 are credited to L. Frank Baum. 5 titles carry no credit.
What the Oz books are about
15 of the 24 Oz books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 12 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 12 of 15 books
- Children's fiction 9 of 15 books
- Classic literature 6 of 15 books
- Fairy tales 5 of 15 books
- Wizards 5 of 15 books
- Juvenile literature 3 of 15 books
- Children's literature, English 2 of 15 books
- Children's literature, Russian 2 of 15 books