John Christopher Reading Order
1 series · 120 books
John Christopher is the pen name of British author Sam Youd, who crafted imaginative science fiction exploring catastrophic futures and alien invasion scenarios. His prolific output between 1964 and 1988 demonstrates his versatility across both adult and young adult audiences, with The Death of Grass establishing his reputation for post-apocalyptic fiction and The Tripods becoming his most celebrated series. His work earned international recognition, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1971, cementing his influence on generations of science fiction readers.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete120 books
Start with The possessors, the first of 120 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1915 |
| 2 | 1916 |
| 3 | 1917 the First World War in Old Photographs |
| 4 | 1918 |
| 5 | 1939 Second World War in Old Photographs |
| 6 | 1940 - Britain Stands Alone |
| 7 | 1942 |
| 8 | 1943 |
| 9 | 1944 |
| 10 | 1945 |
| 11 | Air Raids |
| 12 | Air Raids |
| 13 | Airships at War |
| 14 | Apollo Story |
| 15 | Apollo Story (DVD and Book Pack) |
| 16 | Aston Martin Story |
| 17 | Beyond the Burning Lands |
| 18 | Bradshaw at the Seaside |
| 19 | Bradshaw's Guide South East Railways |
| 20 | Bradshaw's London |
| 21 | Bradshaw's London |
| 22 | British Posters of the First World War |
| 23 | Brunel in Bristol |
| 24 | Brunel in Cornwall |
| 25 | Brunel's Bridges |
| 26 | Brunel's Bridges |
| 27 | Brunel's Kingdom |
| 28 | Brunel's Railways |
| 29 | Building Great Relationships |
| 30 | Cloud on Silver |
| 31 | East Coast Main Line |
| 32 | Empty World |
| 33 | Euston Station Through Time |
| 34 | Furniture making |
| 35 | German |
| 36 | Great Western Railway Track Topics |
| 37 | HMS Victory Story |
| 38 | It's All About The Drive |
| 39 | Joe Hisaishi Piano Collection |
| 40 | Land Rover |
| 41 | Locomotives of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| 42 | London Bus Story |
| 43 | London and Blackwall Railway |
| 44 | London to Birmingham |
| 45 | London's Historic Railway Stations Through Time |
| 46 | Lost Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| 47 | Luftwaffe |
| 48 | ME 262 Stormbird Story |
| 49 | Mary Rose Story |
| 50 | Mini Moke |
| 51 | New Found Land |
| 52 | No blade of grass; |
| 53 | Organisation Todt |
| 54 | Orient Express Story |
| 55 | Pendulum. |
| 56 | Piggy Pets |
| 57 | Planet in Peril |
| 58 | Pool of Fire |
| 59 | Pool of Fire |
| 60 | Race for Hitler's X-Planes |
| 61 | Race for Hitler's X-Planes |
| 62 | Railways of Ireland |
| 63 | Railways of Wales |
| 64 | Ronan Awakening |
| 65 | SS Great Britain Story |
| 66 | Scent of White Poppies |
| 67 | Scotland's Railways |
| 68 | Second World War in Old Photographs |
| 69 | Sherman M4 Medium Tank |
| 70 | Sherman Tank |
| 71 | Sherman Tank |
| 72 | Shuttle Story |
| 73 | Smile a While |
| 74 | South Easterb Railways |
| 75 | St Pancras Station Through Time |
| 76 | Stealth Story (DVD and Bookpack) |
| 77 | Surrey and Sussex Railway |
| 78 | The Best horror stories |
| 79 | The Caves of Night |
| 80 | The City of Gold and Lead |
| 81 | The City of Gold and Lead (Tripods) |
| 82 | The Little People |
| 83 | The London Bus Story |
| 84 | The Long Voyage |
| 85 | The Long Winter (Fawcett Gold Medal, No. T2323) |
| 86 | The Long Winter, Fawcett Gold Medal Book R2001 |
| 87 | The Lotus Caves |
| 88 | The Lotus Caves |
| 89 | The Pool of Fire (Tripods) |
| 90 | The Prince in Waiting |
| 91 | The White Mountains |
| 92 | The White Voyage |
| 93 | The city of gold and lead |
| 94 | The death of grass |
| 95 | The long winter |
| 96 | The possessors |
| 97 | The twenty-second century |
| 98 | The year of the comet |
| 99 | Thomas Telford |
| 100 | Tie Onnelliseen Ikäerosuhteeseen |
| 101 | Tornado Story |
| 102 | Tornado Story (DVD and Bookpack) |
| 103 | Transatlantic Airships |
| 104 | Tripods : When the Tripods Came |
| 105 | Tripods : the City of Gold and Lead |
| 106 | Victoria Station Through Time |
| 107 | Waterloo Station Through Time |
| 108 | Waterloo Station Through Time Revised Edition |
| 109 | West Coast Main Line |
| 110 | What a difference a day makes |
| 111 | When the Tripods Came |
| 112 | Wild Jack |
| 113 | Wotton under Edge Through Time |
| 114 | Wren's City of London Churches |
| 115 | Wren's City of London Churches |
| 116 | Zeppelin Story |
| 117 | The possessors 1964 |
| 118 | A wrinkle in the skin 1965 |
| 119 | The Possessors 1965 |
| 120 | Tripods Trilogy 1988 |
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- John Christopher has written 120 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1964 to 1988.
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- John Christopher has 1 completed series.