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Shades Books in Order

Shades contains 12 books, published between 2008 and 2013. The first book is Four Degrees More (2008) and the newest is The Shades (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2008–2013
Pages on record
309 in 5 of 12 books
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Shades is a children's fiction series of 12 catalogued titles published between 2008 and 2013, with a median volume of 62 pages. Gillian Philip is credited on six, Malcolm Rose, Alan Durant and Alex Stewart on three each, and Anne Rooney and Dennis Hamley on two each. Several entries are themed story collections, Crime Stories (2008), Sci-Fi Stories (2008), Funny Stories (2009) and Ghost Stories (2010), and other titles in the run include Four Degrees More (2008), Animal Lab (2008), Mind's Eye (2008) and Asteroid (2009). Science fiction, fantasy, crime and animal experimentation appear in the subject records.

How many Shades books are there?

Shades has 12 books, released between 2008 and 2013.

Shades Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Shades 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 Life of the Party by Gillian Philip, book 2 of the Shades series (2008)
  2. Cover of Crime Stories, book 3 of the Shades series (2008)
  3. Cover of Sci-Fi Stories, book 4 of the Shades series (2008)
  4. Cover of Animal Lab by Malcolm Rose, book 5 of the Shades series (2008)
  5. Cover of Mind's Eye by Gillian Philip, book 6 of the Shades series (2008)
  6. Cover of Funny Stories, book 7 of the Shades series (2009)
  7. Cover of Asteroid by Malcolm Rose, book 8 of the Shades series (2009)
  8. Cover of Ghost Stories, book 9 of the Shades series (2010)
  9. Cover of Coming In to Land by Dennis Hamley, book 10 of the Shades series (2011)
  10. Cover of Dragonwood by Alex Stewart, book 11 of the Shades series (2012)
  1. 1
    Four Degrees More2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  2. 1
    The Shades2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  3. 2
    Life of the Party2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  4. 3
    Crime Stories2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  5. 4
    Sci-Fi Stories2008 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200863
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  6. 5
    Animal Lab2008 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200862
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  7. 6
    Mind's Eye2008 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200862
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  8. 7
    Funny Stories2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  9. 8
    Asteroid2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  10. 9
    Ghost Stories2010 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201064
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  11. 10
    Coming In to Land2011 · 58 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201158
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  12. 11
    Dragonwood2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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Do you have to read Shades books in order?

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

Where to start with Shades

Start with Four Degrees More (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Shades book?

The Shades (2013) is the newest Shades book released so far.

Is there a new Shades book coming?

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

Shades at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Shades title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Shades books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
309 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 62 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Shades books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 12 titles, 6 are credited to Gillian Philip, 3 to Malcolm Rose, 3 to Alan Durant and 3 to Alex Stewart. A further 8 writers are credited.

What the Shades books are about

9 of the 12 Shades 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 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.