
Jane Yolen Reading Order
28 series · 395 books · Born 11 February 1939
Jane Yolen is a prolific American author whose works span the realms of fantasy, science fiction, and children’s literature. With an impressive catalog of 395 titles across 28 series—including the beloved Books of the Great Alta and Commander Toad—she has captivated readers for decades. Among her many achievements, her short story "Sister Emily's Lightship" stands out as a Nebula Award winner. Active from 1812 to 2026, Yolen continues to inspire with her imaginative storytelling.
Anthologies Series
Likely Complete103 books (1978–2023)
Start with Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes, the first of 103 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Dragons & Dreams 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | First Annual Collection 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Unicorn Treasury 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Dragons and Warrior Daughters 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Halloween Poems 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Third Annual Collection 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Drabble II: Double Century 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | After the King 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Spells of Enchantment 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Fifth Annual Collection 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Inside the Funhouse 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | A Wizard's Dozen 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Snow White, Blood Red 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | The Ultimate Witch 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Black Thorn, White Rose 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Seventh Annual Collection 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | South From Midnight 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Xanadu 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Angels! 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Blood Muse 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | The Armless Maiden 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | The Book of Kings 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | The Haunted House of Original Stories 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | Women at War 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | Starlight 1 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Black Swan, White Raven 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | Modern Classics of Fantasy 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | Out of the Mold 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | Eleventh Annual Collection 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | In the Shadow of the Gargoyle 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | Nebula Awards 33 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 | Black Heart, Ivory Bones 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Crafty Cat Crimes 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Mirror, Mirror: Forty Folk Tales for Mothers and Daughters to Share 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 | Nebula Awards 34 (2000) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | Ribbiting Tales 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | Sherwood 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 | Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 | Fourteenth Annual Collection 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | Starlight 3 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 | The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 | Fifteenth Annual Collection 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 | Fire and Wings: Dragon Tales from East and West 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 | The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 | New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 | New Magics 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 | The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 | Unexpected 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 | Best New Paranormal Romance 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 | Jabberwocky 2 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | Be Careful What You Wish For 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 | The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 | Firebirds Soaring 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 | The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 | Amazing Faces 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 | Visitants 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 | Happily Ever After 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 | What You Wish For 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 | After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | Conclave 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 | Where Rockets Burn Through 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 | Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 35, April 2013 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 | Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 | Oz Reimagined 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 | The 2013 Rhysling Anthology 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 | Beyond the Pale 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 | Futuredaze 2: Reprise 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 | Mythic Delirium 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 | Been There, Done That 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 | Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 | Mythic Delirium: Volume Two 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 | Scarecrow 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 | Warrior Women 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 92 | Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 93 | Mad Hatters and March Hares 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 94 | Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 95 | The 2017 Rhysling Anthology 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 96 | Multiverse: an international anthology of science fiction poetry 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 97 | Shoreline of Infinity 11½ 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 98 | The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 99 | Wonderland 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 100 | Edited By 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 101 | Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 102 | The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 103 | Unioverse: Stories of the Reconvergence 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Books of the Great Alta Series
Complete3 books (1988–1998)
Start with Sister Light, Sister Dark and read in order.
Children's Series
Ongoing86 books (1971–2025)
Start with The Bird Of Time, the first of 86 books in the Children's series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Bird Of Time 1971Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Girl Who Loved The Wind 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Simple Gifts 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Seeing Stick 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | No Bath Tonight 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Dimity Duck 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Sleeping Ugly 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Lullaby Songbook 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Owl Moon 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Dove Isabeau 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Elfabet 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Tam Lin 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Wings 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Encounter 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Letting Swift River Go 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Greyling 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Mouse's Birthday 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Grandad Bill's Song 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Fever Dream 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Sacred Places 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters(By: Kathleen Ragan) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Merlin And The Dragons 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | The Prince Of Egypt 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Color Me A Rhyme 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Harvest Home 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Hoptoad 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | The Perfect Wizard 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Baby Bear's Books 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Sea Queens 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | My Uncle Emily 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Under The Star 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Lost Boy 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Not All Princesses Dress In Pink 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | The Emily Sonnets 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | Waking Dragons 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Bad Girls 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | Wee Rhymes 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | You Nest Here With Me(With: Heidi E. Y. Stemple) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | Little Frog And The Scary Autumn Thing 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | Last Laughs 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | A Bear Sat On My Porch Today 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | Crow Not Crow 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | A Kite For Moon(With: Heidi E.Y. Stemple) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 | Friendship On The High Seas 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Merbaby's Lullaby 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Racing The Waves 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | School Of Fish 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 | Crossing The Current 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | Emily Writes 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | Interrupting Cow 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 | Interrupting Cow And The Chicken Crossing The Road 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 | Knowing The Name Of A Bird 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | Rocking The Tide 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 | Testing The Waters 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 | New Tricks For The Old Dog 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 | The Leather Apron Club 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | The Mary Celeste 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 | When Nana Dances(With: Maddison Stemple-Piatt) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 | Big Bold Beautiful Me(With: Maddison Stemple-Piatt) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 | Elefantastic! 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 | Interrupting Cow And The Horse Of A Different Color 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 | Love Birds 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 | Interrupting Cow And The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 | Nana And Me 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 | Schlemiel Comes To America 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | Smout And The Lighthouse 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 | Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 | Tea With An Old Giant 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 | The Horseback Librarians 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 | What To Do With A Box 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 | Eeny And Her Sisters 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 | Interrupting Cow Meets The Wise Quacker 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 | Mighty Micah 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 | Quiet As Mud 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | See This Little Dot 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 | The Apple Argument 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 | The Giants' Visitor 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | The Many Problems Of Rochel-leah 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 | Too Many Golems 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 | Animals On Parade 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 | His Fairytale Life 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 | How To Spot A Mermaid 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 | Monsters Of Fife 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 | The Giants' Tree House 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Collections Series
Ongoing6 books (1995–2024)
Start with Among Angels: Poems(With: Nancy Willard), the first of 6 books in the Collections series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Among Angels: Poems(With: Nancy Willard) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Not One Damsel in Distress: Heroic Girls from World Folklore(With: Susan Guevara) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Meow 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Grumbles from the Town(With: Rebecca Kai Dotlich) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | In and Out the Window 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
Commander Toad Series
Complete7 books (1980–1998)
Start with Commander Toad in Space, the first of 7 books in the Commander Toad series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Commander Toad in Space 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Commander Toad and the Dis-Asteroid 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Commander Toad and the Space Pirates 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Commander Toad and the Voyage Home 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
Fairy Tale Cookbooks Series
Complete5 books (2006–2009)
Start with Fairy Tale Feasts, the first of 5 books in the Fairy Tale Cookbooks series.
Foiled Series
Complete2 books (2010–2013)
Start with Foiled and read in order.
Here There Be... Series
Complete5 books (1993–1998)
Start with Here There Be Dragons, the first of 5 books in the Here There Be... series.
How Do Dinosaurs...? Series
Ongoing21 books (2000–2024)
Start with How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?, the first of 21 books in the How Do Dinosaurs...? series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read? 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down?: A Book of Opposites 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday? 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | How Do Dinosaurs Say I'M MAD? 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends? 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas? 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | How Do Dinosaurs Show Good Manners? 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodbye? 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Be Kind? 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
Isabel the Witch Series
Complete1 book (1964–1964)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Witch Who Wasn't 1964Buy 🇺🇸 |
Laksa Anthology: Speculative Fiction Series
Likely Complete5 books (2016–2021)
Start with Strangers Among Us, the first of 5 books in the Laksa Anthology: Speculative Fiction series.
MagicQuest Series
Complete19 books (1958–1985)
Start with The Sherwood Ring(By: Elizabeth Marie Pope), the first of 19 books in the MagicQuest series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Sherwood Ring(By: Elizabeth Marie Pope) 1958Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Seventh Swan(By: Nicholas Stuart Gray) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Dragon Hoard(By: Tanith Lee,Graham Oakley) 1971Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Throme of the Erril of Sherill(By: Patricia A. McKillip) 1973Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Magic Three of Solatia 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Perilous Gard(By: Elizabeth Marie Pope) 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Power of Three(By: Diana Wynne Jones) 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Dark Lord of Pengersick(By: Richard Carlyon) 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Time Piper(By: Delia Huddy) 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | East of Midnight(By: Tanith Lee) 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Devil on the Road(By: Robert Westall) 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Ash Staff(By: Paul R. Fisher) 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Tulku(By: Peter Dickinson) 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Magicians of Caprona(By: Diana Wynne Jones) 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Princess and the Thorn(By: Paul R. Fisher) 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Mont Cant Gold(By: Paul R. Fisher) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | The Hawks of Fellheath(By: Paul R. Fisher) 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Talking to Dragons(By: Patricia C. Wrede) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Last Days of the Edge of the World(By: Brian M. Stableford) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
On Bird Hill and Beyond Series
Complete4 books (2016–2020)
Start with On Bird Hill, the first of 4 books in the On Bird Hill and Beyond series.
Oz Reimagined Series
Complete15 books (2013–2013)
Start with A Meeting in Oz(By: Jeffrey Ford), the first of 15 books in the Oz Reimagined series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Meeting in Oz(By: Jeffrey Ford) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | A Tornado of Dorothys(By: Kat Howard) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Beyond the Naked Eye(By: Rachel Swirsky) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Blown Away 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | City So Bright(By: Dale Bailey) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Dead Blue(By: David Farland) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Dorothy Dreams(By: Simon R. Green) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust(By: Seanan McGuire) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Lost Girls of Oz(By: Theodora Goss) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Off to See the Emperor(By: Orson Scott Card) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | One Flew Over the Rainbow(By: Robin Wasserman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Boy Detective of Oz(By: Tad Williams) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Cobbler of Oz(By: Jonathan Maberry) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz(By: C.C. Finlay,Rae Carson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Veiled Shanghai(By: Ken Liu) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
Picture Series
Ongoing14 books (1992–2026)
Start with Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole, the first of 14 books in the Picture series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Sea Man 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Elsie's Bird 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Sing a Season Song 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Thunder Underground 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Eeny Up Above 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Something New for Rosh Hashanah 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Deborah's Tree 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Giant Island 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Mrs. Noah's Doves 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Yuck, You Suck!(With: Heidi E y Stemple) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Kiki Kicks 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | What to Do with a Stick 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Daddy Plays a Mean Guitar(With: Adam Stemple) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Pit Dragons Series
Complete4 books (1982–2009)
Start with Dragon's Blood, the first of 4 books in the Pit Dragons series.
Robot and Rebecca Series
Complete2 books (1980–1981)
Start with The Case of the Code-Carrying Kids and read in order.
Rock'n' Roll Fairy Tale Series
Complete2 books (2005–2006)
Start with Pay the Piper(By: Adam Stemple) and read in order.
Short Story Collections Series
Likely Complete22 books (1974–2021)
Start with The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales, the first of 22 books in the Short Story Collections series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Hundredth Dove and Other Tales 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Dream Weaver 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Dragonfield and Other Stories 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Favorite Folktales From Around the World 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Merlin's Booke 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Tales of Wonder 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Faery Flag 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Hark! 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Storyteller 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Fish Prince and Other Stories 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Grumbles from the Forest(With: Rebecca Kai Dotlich) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Animal Stories 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Once There Was a Story 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | The Emerald Circus 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | How to Fracture a Fairy Tale 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Meet Me at the Well 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | The Midnight Circus 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Kaddish: Before the Holocaust and After 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Likely Complete30 books (1970–2021)
Start with The Inway Investigators, the first of 30 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Inway Investigators 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Trust a City Kid(With: Anne Huston) 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Transfigured Hart 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Boy Who Spoke Chimp 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Gift of Sarah Barker 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Cards Of Grief 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Children of the Wolf 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Stone Silenus 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Briar Rose 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Devil's Arithmetic 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Dragon's Boy 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Wizard's Hall 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Wild Hunt 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Armageddon Summer(With: Bruce Coville) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Boots and the Seven Leaguers 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Sword of the Rightful King 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Except the Queen(With: Midori Snyder) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Snow in Summer 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | The Last Dragon 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Curse of the Thirteenth Fey 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | B.U.G. 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | A Plague of Unicorns 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Centaur Rising 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Trash Mountain 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Finding Baba Yaga 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Mapping the Bones 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | The Last Tsar's Dragons 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Arch of Bone 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodbye? 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
Stuart Quartet Series
Complete4 books (2000–2007)
Start with Queen's Own Fool, the first of 4 books in the Stuart Quartet series.
Tartan Magic Series
Complete3 books (1999–2002)
Start with The Pictish Child and read in order.
The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library Series
Complete15 books (1812–2016)
Start with Household Tales by Brothers Grimm(By: Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Margaret Hunt), the first of 15 books in the The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Household Tales by Brothers Grimm(By: Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Margaret Hunt) 1812Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece(By: Gustav Schwab) 1837Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Eventyrskatter(By: Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Hans Christian Andersen,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen,Jørgen Engebretsen Moe) 1868Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies(By: Moss Roberts) 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Japanese Tales(By: RoyallTyler) 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | American Indian Myths and Legends(By: Richard Erdoes) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Irish Folk Tales(By: Henry Glassie) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Favorite Folktales From Around the World 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Victorian Fairy Tale Book(By: Michael Patrick Hearn) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Yiddish Folktales(By: Beatrice Weinreich) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Norse Myths(By: Kevin Crossley-Holland) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Legends and Tales of the American West(By: Richard Erdoes) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions(By: John Bierhorst) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Russian Fairy Tales(By: Alexander Afanasyev) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | African Folktales(By: Wole Soyinka) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
The Seelie Wars Series
Complete3 books (2013–2016)
Start with The Hostage Prince and read in order.
The Stone Man Mysteries Series
Complete3 books (2016–2019)
Start with Stone Cold and read in order.
The Young Merlin Trilogy Series
Complete3 books (1996–1997)
Start with Hobby and read in order.
Yolen's Short Fiction Series
Likely Complete4 books (2017–2023)
Start with The Emerald Circus, the first of 4 books in the Yolen's Short Fiction series.
Young Heroes Series
Complete4 books (2001–2004)
Start with Odysseus in the Serpent Maze, the first of 4 books in the Young Heroes series.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Jane Yolen written?
- Jane Yolen has written 395 books across 28 series. Their published works span from 1812 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Jane Yolen series?
- Here are the first books in Jane Yolen's series: Anthologies: Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes; Books of the Great Alta: Sister Light, Sister Dark; Children's: The Bird Of Time; Collections: Among Angels: Poems(With: Nancy Willard); Commander Toad: Commander Toad in Space.
- What order should I read Jane Yolen's books?
- We recommend reading Jane Yolen's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Jane Yolen still writing new books?
- Yes, Jane Yolen has 4 ongoing series: Children's, Collections, How Do Dinosaurs...?, Picture.

