Nick Bantock Reading Order

4 books (1991–2016)

The Griffin & Sabine series comprises four complete books published between 1991 and 2016, beginning with Griffin and Sabine and continuing through Sabine's Notebook, The Golden Mean, and The Pharos Gate. These books should be read in publication order to follow the narrative arc. Nick Bantock's series is known for its innovative mixed-media format that incorporates illustrations, collage, and removable elements alongside the prose.

Start with Griffin and Sabine, the first of 4 books in the Griffin & Sabine series.

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1	Griffin and Sabine 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sabine's Notebook 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Golden Mean 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Pharos Gate 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2001–2003)

The Griffin & Sabine: Morning Star trilogy by Nick Bantock comprises three complete books published between 2001 and 2003. This series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Gryphon, followed by Alexandria, and concluding with The Morning Star. The books combine visual art and narrative in Bantock's distinctive style, creating an immersive reading experience across the three volumes.

Start with The Gryphon and read in order.

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1	The Gryphon 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Alexandria 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Morning Star 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1993–2018)

Nick Bantock's non-fiction series comprises five complete books published between 1993 and 2018, beginning with The Egyptian Jukebox: A Conundrum and continuing through Capolan, Urgent 2nd Class, The Trickster's Hat, and Dubious Documents. These works should be read in publication order to experience Bantock's exploration of visual narratives and unconventional storytelling across the collection.

Start with The Egyptian Jukebox: A Conundrum, the first of 5 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	The Egyptian Jukebox: A Conundrum 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Capolan 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Urgent 2nd Class 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Trickster's Hat 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Dubious Documents 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1990–2017)

Nick Bantock's Picture series consists of seven complete books published between 1990 and 2017, all of which should be read in their publication order. The series explores visual narratives and artistic storytelling through Bantock's distinctive illustrated approach. Begin with There Was An Old Lady and continue through Wings, Runners, Sliders, Bouncers, Climbers, and Solomon Grundy to experience the full sequence as the author intended.

Start with There Was An Old Lady, the first of 7 books in the Picture series.

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1	There Was An Old Lady 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Wings 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Runners, Sliders, Bouncers, Climbers 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Solomon Grundy 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Robin Hood 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Kubla Khan 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	My Foolish Heart 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2023–2023)

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1	The Corset & The Jellyfish: A Conundrum of Drabbles(With: Brian Foot) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1996–2006)

Nick Bantock's five standalone novels span from 1996 to 2006 and should be read in publication order beginning with The Venetian's Wife. The complete series includes The Forgetting Room: A Fiction, The Museum at Purgatory, The Artful Dodger, and Windflower, the last co-written with Edoardo Ponti. Each book stands alone as an independent work, allowing readers to approach them individually or as a collected body of work from this prolific author.

Start with The Venetian's Wife, the first of 5 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Venetian's Wife 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Forgetting Room: A Fiction 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Museum at Purgatory 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Artful Dodger 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Windflower(With: Edoardo Ponti) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible