Rumer Godden Reading Order
1 series · 147 books
Rumer Godden was a prolific British novelist whose career spanned nearly seven decades, producing literary fiction alongside works of autobiography and reflection. Her elegant, emotionally nuanced stories often drew on her experiences living in India and exploring themes of desire, morality, and the complexities of human relationships. Several of her novels were adapted into acclaimed films, including the visually stunning Black Narcissus and The River, cementing her reputation as a significant literary voice of the twentieth century.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete147 books
Start with Chinese puzzle, the first of 147 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Breath of Air |
| 2 | A Candle For St. Jude |
| 3 | A Candle For St. Jude |
| 4 | A House with Four Rooms |
| 5 | A House with Four Rooms |
| 6 | A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep |
| 7 | An Episode Of Sparrows |
| 8 | Battle of Villa Florita |
| 9 | Bengal Journey |
| 10 | Best Sellers |
| 11 | Black narcissus |
| 12 | Breakfast with the Nikolides |
| 13 | Candy Floss and Impunity Jane |
| 14 | China Court |
| 15 | Choir and Prayers |
| 16 | Creatures' Choir |
| 17 | Dark Horse |
| 18 | Episode of Sparrows |
| 19 | Five For Sorrow ten for Jou |
| 20 | Five for Sorrow, Ten for You |
| 21 | Great Short Stories of the World |
| 22 | Gypsy Gypsy |
| 23 | Home Is The Sailor |
| 24 | Home is the Sailor |
| 25 | Home is the Sailor |
| 26 | IN THE HOUSE OF BREDE |
| 27 | In Noah's Ark |
| 28 | In Noahs Ark |
| 29 | In This House of Brede |
| 30 | In This House of Brede |
| 31 | In This House of Brede |
| 32 | In This House of Brede (Fawcett Crest #P1466) |
| 33 | India Novels Volume One |
| 34 | India Novels Volume Two |
| 35 | Kingfishers Catch Fire |
| 36 | Kingfishers catch fire |
| 37 | Little Plum |
| 38 | Little Plum |
| 39 | Miss Happiness and Miss Flower |
| 40 | Mouse House |
| 41 | Mouse Time |
| 42 | Prayers from the Ark and the Creatures' Choir |
| 43 | Premlata and the Festival of Lights |
| 44 | Reader's Digest Condensed Books |
| 45 | Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Autumn 1969 Selections |
| 46 | Reader's Digest Great Biographies, Vol. 1 |
| 47 | River |
| 48 | Shiva's Pigeons |
| 49 | Story Holly Ivy & the Doll's House |
| 50 | Swans & turtles |
| 51 | THE BATTLE OF THE VILLA FIORITA. |
| 52 | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita |
| 53 | The Creatures' Choir |
| 54 | The Doll's House |
| 55 | The Dolls' House |
| 56 | The Fairy Doll Other Tales From The Dolls House |
| 57 | The Reader's Digest Book of Christmas by Various (1991-11-03) |
| 58 | The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden (2006-09-14) |
| 59 | The battle of Villa Fiorita |
| 60 | The battle of the Villa Fiorita ; The greengage summer ; An episode of sparrows |
| 61 | The doll's house |
| 62 | The mousewife |
| 63 | Three Novels in One (1) The Battle of the Villa Fiorita; (2) The Greengage Summer; (3) An Episode of Sparrows |
| 64 | Thus Far and No Further |
| 65 | Two under the Indian sun [by] Jon and Rumer Godden |
| 66 | Um Gott und Gold |
| 67 | a breath of air |
| 68 | an episode of sparrows |
| 69 | black narcissus |
| 70 | mooltiki |
| 71 | take three tenses |
| 72 | the battle of the villa fiorita |
| 73 | Ḳizi ha-yaldah ha-Tsoʻaniyah |
| 74 | Chinese puzzle 1936 |
| 75 | Black narcissus 1939 |
| 76 | Gypsy, Gypsy 1940 |
| 77 | Breakfast with the Nikolides 1942 |
| 78 | A fugue in time 1945 |
| 79 | Bengal journey 1945 |
| 80 | The river 1946 |
| 81 | A candle for St. Jude 1948 |
| 82 | Doll's House 1948 |
| 83 | In Noah's ark 1949 |
| 84 | A breath of air 1950 |
| 85 | Mousewife Godden 1951 |
| 86 | Kingfishers catch fire 1953 |
| 87 | Impunity Jane 1954 |
| 88 | Hans Christian Andersen 1955 |
| 89 | The fairy doll 1956 |
| 90 | Mooltiki, and other stories and poems of India 1957 |
| 91 | Mouse House 1957 |
| 92 | Episode of Sparrows 1958 |
| 93 | Candy Floss 1960 |
| 94 | China Court: the hours of a country house 1961 |
| 95 | Rungli-Rungliot means in Paharia 1961 |
| 96 | Saint Jerome and the Lion 1961 |
| 97 | Black Narcissus 1963 |
| 98 | Home is the sailor 1964 |
| 99 | Round the day 1966 |
| 100 | The world around 1966 |
| 101 | The kitchen Madonna 1967 |
| 102 | Gone; a thread of stories 1968 |
| 103 | Mrs. Manders 1968 |
| 104 | Swans & turtles 1968 |
| 105 | In this house of Brede 1969 |
| 106 | Lady and the Unicorn 1969 |
| 107 | Operation Sippacik 1969 |
| 108 | The Raphael Bible (A Studio book) 1970 |
| 109 | The story of Holly & Ivy 1971 |
| 110 | The tale of the tales 1971 |
| 111 | Tottie 1971 |
| 112 | Mr. McFadden's Hallowe'en 1975 |
| 113 | The Butterfly Lions 1977 |
| 114 | The rocking horse secret 1979 |
| 115 | The Battle of Villa Fiorita 1980 |
| 116 | Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy 1981 |
| 117 | Gulbadan, portrait of a rose princess at the Mughal court 1981 |
| 118 | The Dark Horse 1981 |
| 119 | The Dragon of Og 1981 |
| 120 | A Kindle of Kittens 1982 |
| 121 | The old woman who lived in a vinegar bottle 1982 |
| 122 | Four Dolls 1983 |
| 123 | The Greengage summer 1983 |
| 124 | The valiant chatti-maker 1983 |
| 125 | Mouse Time: Two Mouse Stories in One Volume 1984 |
| 126 | The Peacock Spring 1986 |
| 127 | Little Plum 1987 |
| 128 | Miss Happiness and Miss Flower 1987 |
| 129 | Time to Dance, No Time to Weep 1987 |
| 130 | The diddakoi 1988 |
| 131 | Fu-dog 1989 |
| 132 | Indian dust 1989 |
| 133 | Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love 1989 |
| 134 | A House With Four Rooms 1991 |
| 135 | Coromandel sea change 1991 |
| 136 | Great Grandfather's house 1992 |
| 137 | Pippa passes 1994 |
| 138 | Rumer Godden Treble 1995 |
| 139 | A Pocket Book of Spiritual Poems 1996 |
| 140 | Listen to the nightingale 1996 |
| 141 | Premlata and the Festival of Lights 1996 |
| 142 | The Little Chair 1996 |
| 143 | Thursday's Children 1996 |
| 144 | Cromartie v. the god Shiva 1998 |
| 145 | Gypsy girl 2002 |
| 146 | Kingfishers catch fire and a Winter diary 2002 |
| 147 | Cockcrow to Starlight 2003 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Rumer Godden has written 147 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1936 to 2003.
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