Order of Diana Wynne Jones Books
Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) was a British author of fantasy novels for both children and adults. She is the author of the Chrestomanci and Dalemark Quartet series. According to her, Diana began writing during the 1960s in order to maintain her own sanity while raising her children. She won many different awards throughout her career, including the Guardian Prize, Mythopoeic Award and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. Diana was nicknamed the “Queen of the Fantastic.”
Diana Wynne Jones’ first novel was Changeover, published in 1970. Her final novel The Islands of Chaldea, which was completed by Ursula Jones in 2014. Below is a list of Diana Wynne Jones’ books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of The Dalemark Quartet Books
Cart and Cwidder | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Drowned Ammet | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Spellcoats | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Crown of Dalemark | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of MagicQuest Books
The Throme of the Erril of Sherill | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Power of Three | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Tulku | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Magicians of Caprona | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Chrestomanci Books
Charmed Life | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Magicians of Caprona | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Witch Week | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Lives of Christopher Chant | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Conrad's Fate | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Pinhoe Egg | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Chrestomanci Collections
Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Howl's Castle Books
Howl's Moving Castle | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Castle in the Air | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
House of Many Ways | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Magids Books
Deep Secret | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Merlin Conspiracy | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Derkholm Books
Dark Lord of Derkholm | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Year of the Griffin | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Stopping for a Spell | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Minor Arcana | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Believing Is Seeing | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Unexpected Magic | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Vile Visitors | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Yes Dear | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
The Skiver's Guide | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Reflections | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Red Hot Reads Books
(with Anthony Horowitz, Robert Westall, Helen Cresswell, Sally Holmes, Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo)
Ghost Stories | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mystery | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mystifying | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mystery Stories | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Ballet Stories | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Detective Stories | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Animal Stories | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Howl's Moving Castle Film Graphic Novels
(with Hayao Miyazaki)
Howl's Moving Castle Picture Book | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Howl's Moving Castle, Vol. 1 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Howl's Moving Castle, Vol. 2 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Howl's Moving Castle, Vol. 3 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Howl's Moving Castle, Vol. 4 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Howl's Moving Castle Picture Book | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Dragons & Dreams | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Gaslight & Ghosts | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dragons and Warrior Daughters | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Arrows Of Eros | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Hidden Turnings | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Now We Are Sick | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fantasy Stories | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Spellbound | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A Treasury of Witches and Wizards | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mystery Stories | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Secret City | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fantasy: Red Hot Reads | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Wand in the Word | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Wilkins’ Tooth was also published as Witch’s Business. Aunt Maria was also titled Black Maria. The Islands of Chaldea was written with Ursula Jones.
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Diana Wynne Jones Synopsis: In Four Grannies by Diana Wynne Jones, Erg and Emily have four grandmothers – a strict one, a worrier, a stingy one and a saint. When their parents go away, they arrange for one of them to look after them. But all four turn up and things go awry – especially when Erg tries to get rid of them using magic.
DWJ died in 2011, not 2001