Hamster Princess Books in Order

Hamster Princess by Ursula Vernon contains 6 books, published between 2015 and 2018. The first book is Harriet the Invincible (2015) and the newest is Little Red Rodent Hood (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2015–2018
Pages on record
917 in 4 of 6 books
Reading time
15–23 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 917 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

Hamster Princess is a children's fantasy series by Ursula Vernon that retells fairy tales with rodents. Harriet, the princess of the title, is cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her twelfth birthday and takes up adventuring instead, riding a quail named Mumfrey. Six books run from Harriet the Invincible (2015) through Of Mice and Magic (2016), Ratpunzel (2016), Giant Trouble (2017) and Whiskerella (2018) to Little Red Rodent Hood (2018). Subject headings cover hamsters, giants, fairy godmothers and humorous stories.

How many Hamster Princess books are there?

Hamster Princess has 6 books, released between 2015 and 2018.

Hamster Princess Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Hamster Princess 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
    Harriet the Invincible2015 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015242
  2. 2
    Of Mice and Magic2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  3. 3
    Ratpunzel2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  4. 4
    Giant Trouble2017 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017211
  5. 5
    Whiskerella2018 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018240
  6. 6
    Little Red Rodent Hood2018 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018224

Is there a chronological order for Hamster Princess?

No separate chronological order is on record for Hamster Princess, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Hamster Princess books in order?

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

Where to start with Hamster Princess

Start with Harriet the Invincible (2015), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Hamster Princess book?

Little Red Rodent Hood (2018) is the newest Hamster Princess book released so far.

Is there a new Hamster Princess book coming?

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

Hamster Princess at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Hamster Princess title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Hamster Princess books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
917 pages across the 4 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 232 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Hamster Princess books, 6 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Hamster Princess books are about

All 6 Hamster Princess books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: hamsters is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Ursula Vernon

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

Other series by Ursula Vernon

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