Mary Downing Hahn Reading Order
7 series · 136 books
Mary Downing Hahn is a prolific American author celebrated for her engaging young adult fiction, particularly in the realms of ghost stories and mysteries. With an impressive catalogue of 136 books spanning seven series, including Gordy Smith, Anna, and Avon Camelot, she has captivated readers since her debut in 1979. Known for standout titles like Wait Till Helen Comes, Hahn's work continues to resonate with fans through 2024.
Anna Series
Complete2 books (1999–2001)
Start with Anna All Year Round and read in order.
Anthologies Series
Complete1 book (1993–1993)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Don't Give Up the Ghost 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
Avon Camelot Series
Complete94 books (1952–2003)
Start with Lottie & Lisa(By: Erich Kastner), the first of 94 books in the Avon Camelot series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lottie & Lisa(By: Erich Kastner) 1952Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Summerdog Comes Home(By: George Albert Zabriskie) 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher(By: Mike Thaler) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Baseball Fever(By: Ray Cruz,Johanna Hurwitz) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Trouble with Tuck(By: Theodore Taylor) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Basic Fun(By: Susan Drake Lipscomb,Margaret Ann Zusnich) 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Irma and Jerry(By: George Selden) 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Behind the Attic Wall(By: Sylvia Cassedy) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Bet You Can! Science Possibilities to Fool You(By: Vicki Cobb) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Bet You Can't!(By: Kathy Darling,Vicki Cobb) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Esp McGee(By: Edward Packard) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Rich Mitch(By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Summerdog(By: Thom Roberts) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The Earth is Flat--And Other Great Mistakes(By: Laurence Pringle) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Tunnel to Yesterday(By: Jerome Beatty Jr.) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Gremlins(By: George Gipe) 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Maura's Angel(By: Lynne Reid Banks) 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Peggy Fleming: Portrait of an Iceskater(By: Bruce Curtis,Stephanie Young) 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Get Rich Mitch!(By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Book 1(By: Andrew Glass,Catherine Edwards Sadler) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  The Jellyfish Season 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Flash Fry, Private Eye(By: Tim Schoch) 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Moroccan Mystery(By: Thomas McKean) 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Mystery of the Melted Diamonds(By: Carol Farley) 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Ralph Fozbek and the Amazing Black Hole Patrol(By: Steve Senn) 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  The Anti-Peggy Plot(By: Thomas McKean) 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Ukrainian Egg Mystery(By: George E. Stanley) 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Best Joke Book for Kids 2(By: Joan Eckstein) 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Summer Camp Creeps(By: Tim Schoch) 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | The Codebreaker Kids(By: George E. Stanley) 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Breezy(By: Leda Blumberg) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  Racing the Sun(By: Paul Pitts) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  The Case of the Lost Look-Alike(By: Carol Farley) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Anne Frank(By: Johanna Hurwitz) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | A Haunting in Williamsburg(By: Lou Kassem) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Ghost Brother(By: C.S. Adler) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  Something Upstairs(By: C.S. Adler) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  The Case of the Vanishing Villain(By: Carol Farley) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  The Best Ever Kids' Book of Lists(By: Eugenie Allen) 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  Ask Me Anything About the Presidents(By: Louis Phillips) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Maria, a Christmas Story(By: Theodore Taylor) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  The Adventures of King Midas(By: Lynne Reid Banks) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 |  Tons of Trash(By: Joan Rattner Heilman) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  Beardance(By: Will Hobbs) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  Christmas Countdown(By: Steve Englehart) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  How to Travel Through Time(By: James M. Deem) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Lucie Babbidge's House(By: Sylvia Cassedy) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Comet Luck(By: Madge Harrah) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 |  Home Front Hero(By: Susan Kirby) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  Lemonade Days(By: Susan Kirby) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 |  Main Street(By: Susan Kirby) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 |  Miss Yonkers Goes Bonkers(By: Mike Thaler) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  Super Snoop Sam Snout and the Case of the Missing Marble(By: Anne C. Lemieux) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  The Mummy's Curse(By: Daniel Cohen) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 |  Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found(By: Johanna Hurwitz) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  Goodbye, Desert Rose(By: Susan Kirby) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 |  Kwanzaa(By: Mildred Pitts Walter) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 |  My Own Two Feet(By: Beverly Cleary) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 |  Spookhouse(By: Don Whittington) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 |  Vampire Mom(By: Don Whittington) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 | Four Perfect Pebbles(By: Lila Perl,Marion Blumenthal Lazan) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 |  Freak Show(By: Don Whittington) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 | Going for the Gold: Shannon Miller(By: Septima Green) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 |  Going to Net(By: Various) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 |  Harry the Poisonous Centipede(By: Lynne Reid Banks) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 |  Zombie Queen(By: Don Whittington) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 |  Danger Along the Ohio(By: Patricia Willis) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | Lasting Echoes(By: Joseph Bruchac) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 |  Tracks in the Snow(By: Lucy Jane Bledsoe) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 |  As Ever, Gordy 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 |  Becoming Felix(By: Nancy Hope Wilson) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 |  Breakaway(By: Kimberley Griffiths Little) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 |  Calling Me Home(By: Patricia Hermes) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 | Flea Circus Summer(By: Cheryl Ware) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 |  It's In Your Hands, Daisy P. Duckwitz(By: Jacqueline Shannon) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 |  Leaving Summer(By: Donal Harding) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 |  Mischief, Mad Mary, and Me(By: Dawn Knight) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 |  Night of the Chupacabras(By: Marie G. Lee) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 |  No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War(By: Anita Lobel) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 |  A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights(By: Kathleen Krull) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 |  Bruce Coville's Alien Visitors(By: Bruce Coville) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 |  Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters(By: Bruce Coville) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 |  Don't Try This at Home!(By: Vicki Cobb) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 |  Get on the Net(By: Robert Pondiscio) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 |  Green Mango Magic(By: Sylvie Hossack) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 |  Love Me, Love My Broccoli(By: Julie Anne Peters) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 |  The Pizza That Time Forgot(By: William DeAndrea,Matthew Deandrea) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 |  Alice-by-Accident(By: Lynne Reid Banks) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 |  All the Answers(By: Anne C. Lemieux) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 |  Bearstone(By: Will Hobbs) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 |  Can of Worms(By: Kathy MacKel) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 92 |  Death at Devil's Bridge(By: Cynthia C. DeFelice) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 93 |  Orphan Journey Home(By: Liza Ketchum) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 94 |  Alice By Accident(By: Lynne Reid Banks) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
Gordy Smith Series
Complete3 books (1991–1998)
Start with Stepping on the Cracks and read in order.
Graphic Novels Series
Ongoing3 books (2022–2024)
Start with Took and read in order.
Short Story Collections Series
Complete1 book (2020–2020)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Likely Complete32 books (1979–2022)
Start with The Sara Summer, the first of 32 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Sara Summer 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Time of the Witch 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Daphne's Book 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Jellyfish Season 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Wait Till Helen Comes 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Tallahassee Higgins 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  December Stillness 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Following the Mystery Man 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Doll in the Garden 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Dead Man in Indian Creek 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Wind Blows Backward 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Time for Andrew 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Look for Me by Moonlight 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Gentleman Outlaw and Me 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Promises to the Dead 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Hear the Wind Blow 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Old Willis Place 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Janey and the Famous Author 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Witch Catcher 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Deep and Dark and Dangerous 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  All the Lovely Bad Ones 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Closed for the Season 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Where I Belong 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Took 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  One for Sorrow 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  The Girl in the Locked Room 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Guest 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  The Thirteenth Cat 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  What We Saw 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Mary Downing Hahn written?
- Mary Downing Hahn has written 136 books across 7 series. Their published works span from 1952 to 2024.
- What is the first book in each Mary Downing Hahn series?
- Here are the first books in Mary Downing Hahn's series: Anna: Anna All Year Round; Avon Camelot: Lottie & Lisa(By: Erich Kastner); Gordy Smith: Stepping on the Cracks; Graphic Novels: Took.
- What order should I read Mary Downing Hahn's books?
- We recommend reading Mary Downing Hahn's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Mary Downing Hahn still writing new books?
- Yes, Mary Downing Hahn has 1 ongoing series: Graphic Novels.