How many books has Ellen Raskin written?

Ellen Raskin has written 15 books across 2 series. Their published works span from 1966 to 2011.

What is the first book in each Ellen Raskin series?

Here are the first books in Ellen Raskin's series: Picture: Nothing Ever Happens On My Block.

What order should I read Ellen Raskin's books?

We recommend reading Ellen Raskin's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.

Are Ellen Raskin's series complete?

Ellen Raskin has 2 completed series.

Ellen Raskin Reading Order

2 series · 15 books · Born 1928

Mystery & Thriller Young Adult

Ellen Raskin was an acclaimed American author and illustrator of children's mysteries whose intricate plots and clever wordplay captivated young readers throughout her career. Her masterpiece, The Westing Game, earned the prestigious Newbery Medal in 1979 and remains a beloved puzzle-mystery that challenges readers to solve an elaborate inheritance scheme. Raskin's distinctive approach to children's literature emphasized intelligence and wit, as demonstrated by her Newbery Honor-winning novel Figgs & Phantoms and her collection of imaginative standalone works that blend mystery, humor, and visual storytelling.

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Picture Series

Complete

10 books (1966–1976)

Ellen Raskin's Picture series consists of ten standalone mystery and thriller books for young readers published between 1966 and 1976. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Nothing Ever Happens On My Block and concluding with Twenty-two Twenty-three. Each book in the series presents its own mystery for readers to uncover and solve.

Start with Nothing Ever Happens On My Block, the first of 10 books in the Picture series.

Start this series with Nothing Ever Happens On My Block

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1	Nothing Ever Happens On My Block 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Spectacles 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	And It Rained 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Ghost in a Four-Room Apartment 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The world's Greatest Freak Show 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Franklin Stein 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Moe Q. McGlutch, He Smoked Too Much. 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Who, Said Sue, Said Whoo? 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Moose, Goose and Little Nobody 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Twenty-two Twenty-three 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Standalone Novels Series

Complete

5 books (1971–2011)

Ellen Raskin wrote five standalone mystery and young adult novels between 1971 and 2011, all now complete and best experienced in publication order. Beginning with The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon, the series continues through Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues, The Westing Game, and concludes with A Murder for Macaroni and Cheese. Though each book functions as an independent story, reading them in the order they were published provides the fullest appreciation of Raskin's evolving approach to mystery writing for young readers.

Start with The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon, the first of 5 books in the Standalone Novels series.

Start this series with The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon