Theodore Taylor Reading Order
9 series · 135 books
Theodore Taylor was an influential American author known for his engaging young adult fiction, with a career spanning from 1952 to 2005. He wrote an impressive total of 135 books across nine series, most notably the Cape Hatteras Trilogy, Outer Banks, and his acclaimed standalone novel, The Cay. Taylor's work is characterized by its adventurous themes and relatable characters, making a significant impact on young readers.
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 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(By: Mary Downing Hahn) 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 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(By: Mary Downing Hahn) 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 🇺🇸 |
Cape Hatteras Trilogy Series
Complete3 books (1974–1977)
Start with Teetoncey and read in order.
Collections Series
Complete1 book (1996–1996)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Rogue Wave 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
Non-Fiction Series
Complete12 books (1954–2004)
Start with The Magnificent Mitscher, the first of 12 books in the Non-Fiction series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Magnificent Mitscher 1954Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Air Raid--Pearl Harbor! 1971Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Battle in the Arctic Sea 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  A Shepherd Watches, a Shepherd Sings(With: Louis Irigaray) 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Jule 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Battle Off Midway Island 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Battle in the English Channel 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Rocket Island 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Cats of Shambala 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | H. M. S. Hood Vs. Bismarck 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Making Love to Typewriters 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
Outer Banks Series
Complete3 books (1974–1977)
Start with Stranger from the Sea and read in order.
Picture Series
Complete1 book (2002–2002)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Hello, Arctic! 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete18 books (1968–2005)
Start with The Body Trade, the first of 18 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Body Trade 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Rebellion Town, Williamsburg, 1776 1973Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Children's War 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Sweet Friday Island 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Maldonado Miracle 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Walking Up a Rainbow 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Hostage 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Stalker 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Sniper 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Monocolo 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Weirdo 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  To Kill the Leopard 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The Bomb 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  A Sailor Returns 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Lord of the Kill 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Billy the Kid 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Ice Drift 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
The Cay Series
Complete2 books (1969–1993)
Start with The Cay and read in order.
Tuck Series
Complete1 book (1990–1990)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Tuck Triumphant 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Theodore Taylor written?
- Theodore Taylor has written 135 books across 9 series. Their published works span from 1952 to 2005.
- What is the first book in each Theodore Taylor series?
- Here are the first books in Theodore Taylor's series: Avon Camelot: Lottie & Lisa(By: Erich Kastner); Cape Hatteras Trilogy: Teetoncey; Non-Fiction: The Magnificent Mitscher; Outer Banks: Stranger from the Sea; The Cay: The Cay.
- What order should I read Theodore Taylor's books?
- We recommend reading Theodore Taylor's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Are Theodore Taylor's series complete?
- Theodore Taylor has 9 completed series.