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Famous Five Books in Order

Famous Five by Enid Blyton contains 21 books, published between 1942 and 1963. The first book is Five on a Treasure Island (1942) and the newest is Five Are Together Again (1963). Publication order is the reading order below.

Also searched as The Famous Five.

Books
21
Published
1942–1963
Confirmed
21 of 21 titles
Pages on record
3,982 in 17 of 21 books
Reading time
66–100 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,982 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

See all 21 books in order Printable Famous Five checklist

The Famous Five is a children's adventure series by Enid Blyton, running to 21 books published between 1942 and 1963. Publisher copy names the five as Julian, Dick, Anne, George and their dog Timmy. Islands, smugglers, theft and missing persons supply the mysteries. The sequence opens with Five on a Treasure Island (1942) and continues through Five Go Adventuring Again (1943), Five Run Away Together (1944), Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1945), Five on Kirrin Island Again (1947) and Five Fall Into Adventure (1950), closing with Five Are Together Again (1963).

How many Famous Five books are there?

Famous Five has 21 books, released between 1942 and 1963.

Famous Five Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Famous Five 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 Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton, book 1 of the Famous Five series (1942)
  2. Cover of Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton, book 2 of the Famous Five series (1943)
  3. Cover of Five Run Away Together by Enid Blyton, book 3 of the Famous Five series (1944)
  4. Cover of Five Go to Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton, book 4 of the Famous Five series (1945)
  5. Cover of Five Go Off in a Caravan by Enid Blyton, book 5 of the Famous Five series (1946)
  6. Cover of Five on Kirrin Island Again by Enid Blyton, book 6 of the Famous Five series (1947)
  7. Cover of Five Go Off to Camp by Enid Blyton, book 7 of the Famous Five series (1948)
  8. Cover of Five Fall Into Adventure by Enid Blyton, book 9 of the Famous Five series (1950)
  9. Cover of Five on a Hike Together by Enid Blyton, book 10 of the Famous Five series (1951)
  10. Cover of Five Have a Wonderful Time by Enid Blyton, book 11 of the Famous Five series (1952)
  11. Cover of Five Go Down to the Sea by Enid Blyton, book 12 of the Famous Five series (1953)
  12. Cover of Five Go to Mystery Moor by Enid Blyton, book 13 of the Famous Five series (1954)
  13. Cover of Five Have Plenty of Fun by Enid Blyton, book 14 of the Famous Five series (1955)
  14. Cover of Five on a Secret Trail by Enid Blyton, book 15 of the Famous Five series (1956)
  15. Cover of Five Get Into A Fix by Enid Blyton, book 17 of the Famous Five series (1958)
  16. Cover of Five on Finniston Farm by Enid Blyton, book 18 of the Famous Five series (1959)
  17. Cover of Five Go to Demon's Rocks by Enid Blyton, book 19 of the Famous Five series (1960)
  18. Cover of Five Have a Mystery to Solve by Enid Blyton, book 20 of the Famous Five series (1960)
  1. 1
    Five on a Treasure Island1942 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1942256
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  2. 2
    Five Go Adventuring Again1943 · confirmed 3/4
    1943–
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  3. 3
    Five Run Away Together1944 · confirmed 3/4
    1944–
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  4. 4
    Five Go to Smuggler's Top1945 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1945272
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  5. 5
    Five Go Off in a Caravan1946 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1946288
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  6. 6
    Five on Kirrin Island Again1947 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1947256
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  7. 7
    Five Go Off to Camp1948 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1948256
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  8. 8
    Five Get Into Trouble1949 · confirmed 3/4
    1949–
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  9. 9
    Five Fall Into Adventure1950 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1950256
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  10. 10
    Five on a Hike Together1951 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1951224
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  11. 11
    Five Have a Wonderful Time1952 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1952256
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  12. 12
    Five Go Down to the Sea1953 · confirmed 3/4
    1953–
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  13. 13
    Five Go to Mystery Moor1954 · 196 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1954196
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  14. 14
    Five Have Plenty of Fun1955 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1955256
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  15. 15
    Five on a Secret Trail1956 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1956192
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  16. 16
    Five Go to Billycock Hill1957 · 205 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1957205
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  17. 17
    Five Get Into A Fix1958 · 227 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1958227
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  18. 18
    Five on Finniston Farm1959 · 208 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1959208
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  19. 19
    Five Go to Demon's Rocks1960 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1960256
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  20. 20
    Five Have a Mystery to Solve1960 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1960224
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  21. 21
    Five Are Together Again1963 · 154 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1963154
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Famous Five Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Famous Five books run from Five on a Treasure Island (1942) to Five Are Together Again (1963), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Famous Five in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Famous Five books in order?

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

Where to start with Famous Five

Start with Five on a Treasure Island (1942), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Famous Five book?

Five Are Together Again (1963) is the newest Famous Five book released so far.

Is there a new Famous Five book coming?

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

Famous Five at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Famous Five title on record dates from 1963, 63 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Famous Five books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,982 pages across the 17 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Famous Five books, 10 of 21, were published in the 1950s.

What the Famous Five books are about

20 of the 21 Famous Five 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 20 of 20. 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.

Other series by Enid Blyton

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.