Alan Garner Reading Order

6 books (1969–2018)

Start with A Cavalcade of Goblins, the first of 6 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	A Cavalcade of Goblins 1969Buy 🇺🇸
2	Over the Rainbow 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Treasury of Witches and Wizards 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Freedom 2009Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Lobster's Birthday and Other Stories 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	Cornerstones: Subterranean Writings; from Dartmoor to the Arctic Circle 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1981–1998)

Start with Princess and the Golden Mane and read in order.

#	Title
1	Princess and the Golden Mane 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	Jack and the Beanstalk 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Grey Wolf, Prince Jack and the Firebird 1998Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1975–2011)

Start with The Guizer, the first of 5 books in the Collections series.

#	Title
1	The Guizer 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fairytales of Gold 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	Alan Garner's Book of British Fairy Tales 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Bag of Moonshine 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Collected Folk Tales 2011Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1998–2011)

Start with The Voice That Thunders and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Voice That Thunders 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Where Shall We Run To? 2011Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1975–1997)

Start with The Breadhorse and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Breadhorse 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Little Red Hen 1997Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1965–2021)

Start with Elidor, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Elidor 1965Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Owl Service 1967Buy 🇺🇸
3	Red Shift 1973Buy 🇺🇸
4	Girl of the Golden Gate 1979Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Golden Brothers 1979Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Lad of the Gad 1980Buy 🇺🇸
7	Once Upon a Time 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	Strandloper 1996Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Well of the Wind 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	Thursbitch 2003Buy 🇺🇸
11	Treacle Walker 2021Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1960–2012)

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Weirdstone of Brisingamen 1960Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Moon of Gomrath 1963Buy 🇺🇸
3	Boneland 2012Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1976–1978)

Start with The Stone Book, the first of 4 books in the The Stone Book Quartet series.

#	Title
1	The Stone Book 1976Buy 🇺🇸
2	Granny Reardun 1977Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tom Fobble's Day 1977Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Aimer Gate 1978Buy 🇺🇸