William Nicholson Reading Order

3 books (2008–2012)

William Nicholson's All The Hopeful Lovers is a complete literary fiction trilogy published between 2008 and 2012. The three books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life, followed by All The Hopeful Lovers, and concluding with Motherland. This interconnected series explores the lives and relationships of its characters across multiple generations.

Start with The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life and read in order.

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1	The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	All The Hopeful Lovers 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Motherland 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1922–1939)

Margery Williams Bianco's Children's series comprises nine books published between 1922 and 1939, featuring whimsical tales illustrated by William Nicholson and other artists. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Velveteen Rabbit and concluding with Other People's Houses. These stories blend literary fiction with young adult and children's literature, offering imaginative narratives that range from enchanted toys to storybook adventures.

Start with The Velveteen Rabbit(With: Margery Williams Bianco,Dalton Downey), the first of 9 books in the Margery Williams Bianco's Childrens series.

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1	The Velveteen Rabbit(With: Margery Williams Bianco,Dalton Downey) 1922Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Little Wooden Doll(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1925Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Poor Cecco(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1927Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Skin Horse(By: Margery Williams Bianco,Pamela Bianco) 1927Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Street of Little Shops(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1932Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Hurdy-Gurdy Man(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1933Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	More About Animals(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1934Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Tales From A Finnish Fireside(By: James Cloyd Bowman,Margery Williams Bianco) 1936Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Other People's Houses(By: Margery Williams Bianco) 1939Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2005–2007)

William Nicholson's Noble Warriors trilogy consists of three complete novels published between 2005 and 2007. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Seeker, followed by Jango, and concluding with Noman. This young adult literary fiction series is best experienced sequentially from start to finish.

Start with Seeker and read in order.

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1	Seeker 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Jango 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Noman 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1979–2019)

William Nicholson's non-fiction series spans four decades from 1979 to 2019 with ten completed entries that should be read in publication order. The collection encompasses diverse subjects ranging from religious instruction and biographical works to scientific treatises and encyclopedic references, reflecting Nicholson's varied intellectual interests across literary and educational domains.

Start with The Seventh Level, the first of 10 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	The Seventh Level 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Plain But Full Exposition of the Catechism of the Church of England Enjoyned to Be Learned of Every Child Before He Be Brought to Be Confirmed by the Bishop / Collected Out of the Best Catechists by William Lord Bishop of Glocester. 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Some Other Day .. 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus, Count de Benyowsky 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Square Book of Animals 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Life of William Nicholson, 1753–1815 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	American Edition Of The British Encyclopedia 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The British Encyclopedia 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The British Encyclopedia, Or, Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The First Principles Of Chemistry 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1989–2011)

William Nicholson's Plays series comprises four complete works published between 1989 and 2011. The four plays should be read in publication order: Shadowlands, Katherine Howard, The Retreat from Moscow, and Crash. This collection represents Nicholson's dramatic works across literary fiction and related genres, with each play standing as a distinct theatrical work.

Start with Shadowlands, the first of 4 books in the Plays series.

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1	Shadowlands 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Katherine Howard 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Retreat from Moscow 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Crash 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2004–2017)

William Nicholson's eight standalone novels span from 2004 to 2017, each telling its own complete story independent of the others. These literary works, which include The Society of Others, The Trial of True Love, Rich and Mad, I Could Love You, The Golden Hour, Reckless, Amherst (also titled The Lovers of Amherst), and Adventures in Modern Marriage, are best experienced in the order they were published. Though each novel stands alone and requires no prior knowledge of the others, reading them chronologically allows readers to follow Nicholson's evolving exploration of human relationships and contemporary life across more than a decade of writing.

Start with The Society of Others, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Society of Others 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Trial of True Love 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Rich and Mad 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	I Could Love You 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Golden Hour 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Reckless 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Amherst / The Lovers of Amherst 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Adventures in Modern Marriage 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2000–2002)

The Wind on Fire Trilogy is a complete fantasy series by William Nicholson comprising three books published between 2000 and 2002. The trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with The Wind Singer, followed by Slaves of the Mastery, and concluding with Firesong. This young adult series combines literary storytelling with epic world-building across its three installments.

Start with The Wind Singer and read in order.

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1	The Wind Singer 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Slaves of the Mastery 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Firesong 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1999–2019)

This poetry series by William Nicholson comprises two collections spanning two decades of his work. Published between 1999 and 2019, the series is now complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Collected Poems followed by The Hour of Magic and Other Poems. These volumes represent the author's poetic output across a period that saw him also working in literary fiction, young adult, and nonfiction genres.

Start with Collected Poems and read in order.

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1	Collected Poems 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Hour of Magic and Other Poems 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible