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Lewis Barnavelt Books in Order

Lewis Barnavelt contains 12 books, published between 1973 and 2008. The first book is The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973) and the newest is The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1973–2008
Pages on record
1,888 in 11 of 12 books
Reading time
31–47 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,888 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Lewis Barnavelt is a series of mystery novels for young readers about Lewis Barnavelt, an American boy, with magic, witches and wizards among the catalogued subjects. John Bellairs wrote the first 3 books, beginning with The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973). After Bellairs died in 1991, the Bellairs estate commissioned Brad Strickland to complete 3 more from Bellairs's notes and manuscripts, and Strickland then wrote 6 original sequels. The 12 books run to The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer (2008).

How many Lewis Barnavelt books are there?

Lewis Barnavelt has 12 books, released between 1973 and 2008.

Lewis Barnavelt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Lewis Barnavelt 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 The House with a Clock in Its Walls, book 1 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (1973)
  2. Cover of The Letter, the Witch and the Ring by John Bellairs, book 3 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (1976)
  3. Cover of The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder, book 4 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (1993)
  4. Cover of The Doom of the Haunted Opera, book 6 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (1995)
  5. Cover of The Specter from the Magician's Museum by Brad Strickland, book 7 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (1998)
  6. Cover of The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge by Brad Strickland, book 8 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (2000)
  7. Cover of The Tower at the End of the World by Brad Strickland, book 9 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (2001)
  8. Cover of The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost by Brad Strickland, book 10 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (2003)
  9. Cover of The House Where Nobody Lived by Brad Strickland, book 11 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (2006)
  10. Cover of The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer by Brad Strickland, book 12 of the Lewis Barnavelt series (2008)
  1. 1
    The House with a Clock in Its Walls1973 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973179
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  2. 2
    The Figure in the Shadows1975 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975160
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  3. 3
    The Letter, the Witch and the Ring1976 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976272
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  4. 4
    The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder1993 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993160
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  5. 5
    The Ghost in the Mirror1993 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993160
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  6. 6
    The Doom of the Haunted Opera1995 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995160
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  7. 7
    The Specter from the Magician's Museum1998 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998149
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  8. 8
    The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge2000 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000160
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  9. 9
    The Tower at the End of the World2001 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001160
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  10. 10
    The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost2003 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003152
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  11. 11
    The House Where Nobody Lived2006 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006176
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  12. 12
    The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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Do you have to read Lewis Barnavelt books in order?

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

Where to start with Lewis Barnavelt

Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lewis Barnavelt book?

The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer (2008) is the newest Lewis Barnavelt book released so far.

Is there a new Lewis Barnavelt book coming?

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

Lewis Barnavelt at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Lewis Barnavelt title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Lewis Barnavelt books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,888 pages across the 11 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lewis Barnavelt books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 12 titles, 8 are credited to Brad Strickland, 6 to John Bellairs and 3 to Edward Gorey.

What the Lewis Barnavelt books are about

All 12 Lewis Barnavelt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magic is tagged on 11 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.