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Twelve Days of Christmas Books in Order

Twelve Days of Christmas contains 14 books, published between 2013 and 2022. The first book is A Partridge in a Pear Tree (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2013–2022
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Twelve Days of Christmas numbers its titles: A Partridge in a Pear Tree, Five Gold Rings, Six Geese a Laying, Seven Swans a Swimming, Eight Maids a Milking, Nine Ladies Dancing, Ten Lords a Leaping, Eleven Pipers Piping and Twelve Drummers Drumming. Emily E.K. Murdoch is credited on 12 of the 14 catalogued books and Amanda McCabe on two. The listing dates A Partridge in a Pear Tree to both 2013 and 2022, and records no entry after 2022.

How many Twelve Days of Christmas books are there?

Twelve Days of Christmas has 14 books, released between 2013 and 2022.

Twelve Days of Christmas Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Twelve Days of Christmas books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    A Partridge in a Pear Tree2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  2. 1
    Twelve Drummers Drumming2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  3. 2
    Nine Ladies Dancing2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  4. 2
    Eleven Pipers Piping2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  5. 3
    Ten Lords a Leaping2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  6. 4
    Nine Ladies Dancing2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  7. 5
    Eight Maids a Milking2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  8. 6
    Seven Swans a Swimming2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  9. 7
    Six Geese a Laying2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  10. 8
    Five Gold Rings2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  11. 9
    Four Calling Birds2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  12. 10
    Three French Hens2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  13. 11
    Two Turtle Doves2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  14. 12
    A Partridge in a Pear Tree2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Do you have to read Twelve Days of Christmas books in order?

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

Where to start with Twelve Days of Christmas

Start with A Partridge in a Pear Tree (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Twelve Days of Christmas book?

A Partridge in a Pear Tree (2022) is the newest Twelve Days of Christmas book released so far.

Is there a new Twelve Days of Christmas book coming?

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

Twelve Days of Christmas at a glance

Paused
No new Twelve Days of Christmas title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Twelve Days of Christmas books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Busiest decade
Most Twelve Days of Christmas books, 12 of 14, were published in the 2020s.
Attribution
Of the 14 titles, 12 are credited to Emily E.K. Murdoch and 2 to Amanda McCabe.

Other series by Emily E.K. Murdoch

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