Lynne Reid Banks Reading Order
1 series · 59 books
Lynne Reid Banks was a prolific British writer whose works captivated both young readers and adults across multiple decades. She is best known for The Indian in the Cupboard, a children's fantasy that became a global phenomenon with over 15 million copies sold and a successful film adaptation. Banks began her career with The L-Shaped Room in 1960, a groundbreaking adult novel that became an immediate bestseller and spawned two sequels, establishing her as a significant voice in contemporary fiction.
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Standalone Novels Series
Complete59 books
Lynne Reid Banks authored 59 standalone novels published between 1972 and 1989, with the series now complete. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with The Kibbutz and continuing through titles like Alice-By-Accident, The Indian in the Cupboard, and Harry the Poisonous Centipede Goes to Sea. Each novel functions independently, allowing readers to approach them individually or systematically through the full collection in the order they were released.
Start with The kibbutz, some personal reflections, the first of 59 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alice-By-Accident |
| 2 | An end to running |
| 3 | Angela and Diabola |
| 4 | Bad cat, good cat |
| 5 | Behind the Scenes of the Indian in the Cupboard |
| 6 | Broken bridge |
| 7 | Casualties |
| 8 | Children at Gate |
| 9 | Creature classics |
| 10 | Dark quartet |
| 11 | Defy the Wilderness |
| 12 | Dungeon |
| 13 | El secreto del indio |
| 14 | Fair exchange |
| 15 | Harry The Poisonous Centipede Goes To Sea |
| 16 | Harry the Poisonous Centipede |
| 17 | Harry the Poisonous Centipede's Big Adventure |
| 18 | Harry the Poisonous Centipede: A Story to Make You Squirm |
| 19 | House of Hope |
| 20 | House of hope |
| 21 | I, Houdini |
| 22 | Indian in the Cupboard |
| 23 | Indian in the Cupboard: 2 in 1 |
| 24 | It never rains |
| 25 | J'ai neuf ans et demi et je m'appelle Alice |
| 26 | La llave mágica |
| 27 | Letters to my Israeli sons |
| 28 | Lynne Reid Banks |
| 29 | Lynne Reid Banks Author Pack |
| 30 | Maura's angel |
| 31 | Melusine |
| 32 | Moses in Egypt |
| 33 | My darling villain |
| 34 | One more river |
| 35 | Path to the silent country |
| 36 | Sarah and after |
| 37 | Stealing Stacey |
| 38 | The Farthest-Away Mountain |
| 39 | The Indian in the Cupboard Novel Units Teacher Guide |
| 40 | The Indian in the Cupboard Series |
| 41 | The Indian in the Cupboard Trilogy |
| 42 | The Key to the Indian |
| 43 | The L-shaped room |
| 44 | The Mystery of the Cupboard |
| 45 | The adventures of King Midas |
| 46 | The backward shadow |
| 47 | The fairy rebel |
| 48 | The magic hare |
| 49 | The warning bell |
| 50 | The writing on the wall |
| 51 | Tiger, Tiger |
| 52 | Torn country |
| 53 | Travels of Yoshi and the Tea Kettle |
| 54 | Two is lonely |
| 55 | Uprooted |
| 56 | The kibbutz, some personal reflections 1972 |
| 57 | The Indian in the Cupboard 1980 |
| 58 | Return of the Indian 1989 |
| 59 | The secret of the Indian 1989 |
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