Order of L. Frank Baum Books

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children’s literature and fantasy novels. He is most famous for creating the Land of Oz, including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which was made into one of the most-watched classic films of all time, The Wizard of Oz. He would follow that novel up with 13 sequels. Baum was able to predict inventions such as television, augmented reality, laptops and wireless phones. He also wrote poetry, screenplays, edited a newspaper and more.

L. Frank Baum made his debut as a published author of fiction in 1897 with a collection of fairy tales titled Mother Goose in Prose. His first novel was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900. Over the course of his career, he wrote 59 novels (four of which were lost), 83 short stories, over 200 poems and more. His last original work was Glinda of Oz, published in 1920. Below is a list of L. Frank Baum’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Oz Books

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	(1900)
The Marvelous Land of Oz	(1904)
Ozma of Oz	(1907)
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz	(1908)
The Road to Oz	(1909)
The Emerald City of Oz	(1910)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz	(1913)
Tik-Tok of Oz	(1914)
The Scarecrow of Oz	(1915)
Rinkitink in Oz	(1916)
The Lost Princess of Oz	(1917)
The Tin Woodman of Oz	(1918)
The Magic of Oz	(1919)
Glinda of Oz	(1920)

Publication Order of Oz Children’s Books

The Woggle-Bug Book

(1905)

Publication Order of Oz Collections

Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz	(1905)
Little Wizard Stories of Oz	(1913)

Publication Order of Aunt Jane’s Nieces Books

Aunt Jane's Nieces	(1906)
Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad	(1907)
Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville	(1908)
Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work	(1909)
Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society	(1910)
Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John	(1911)
Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation	(1912)
Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch	(1913)
Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West	(1914)
Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross	(1915)

Publication Order of Boy Fortune Hunters Books

The Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska	(1906)
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama	(1907)
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt	(1908)
The Boy Fortune Hunters in China	(1909)
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan	(1910)
The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas	(1911)

Publication Order of Trot & Cap’n Bill Books

The Sea Fairies	(1911)
Sky Island	(1912)

Publication Order of Flying Girl Books

The Flying Girl	(1911)
The Flying Girl and Her Chum	(1912)

Publication Order of Mary Louise Books

Mary Louise	(1916)
Mary Louise in the Country	(1916)
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery	(1917)
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls	(1918)
Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier	(1919)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Dot and Tot of Merryland	(1901)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus	(1902)
The Master Key	(1902)
The Enchanted Island of Yew	(1903)
Queen Zixi of Ix	(1905)
The Fate of a Crown	(1905)
John Dough and the Cherub	(1906)
Daughters of Destiny	(1906)
Annabel	(1906)
Tamawaca Folks	(1907)
Policeman Bluejay	(1907)
The Last Egyptian	(1908)
The Daring Twins	(1911)
Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies	(1953)
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People	(1968)
Our Landlady	(1996)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Mother Goose in Prose	(1897)
By the Candelabra's Glare	(1898)
Father Goose	(1899)
A New Wonderland	(1900)
The Army Alphabet	(1900)
The Navy Alphabet	(1900)
American Fairy Tales	(1901)
The Twinkle Tales	(1906)
Father Goose's Year Book	(1907)
L. Frank Baum's Juvenile Speaker	(1910)
Animal Fairy Tales	(1969)
The Purple Dragon and Other Fantasies	(1976)

Notes: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was also published as The Wizard of Oz. The Marvelous Land of Oz was also published under the title The Land of Oz. A New Wonderland was also published as The Magical Monarch of Mo. Phoebe Daring is also known as Unjustly Accused!. The Daring Twins was later re-published as The Secret of the Lost Fortune. The Aunt Jane’s Nieces and Mary Louise series along with the standalone title The Flying Girl were written as Edith Van Dyne. Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier was largely ghostwritten by Emma Speed Sampson. The Boy Fortune Hunters series was written under the pseudonym of Floyd Akers. The Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska was originally published as Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea by Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald. The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama was originally published as Sam Steele’s Adventures in Panama by Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald and re-published as The Amazing Bubble Car. The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt was later re-titled The Treasure of Karnak. The Boy Fortune Hunters in China was later re-published under the title The Scream of the Scared Ape. The novels The Fate of a Crown and Daughters of Destiny were written using the nom de plume Schyuler Staunton. The Twinkle Tales was also published as Twinkle & Chubbins, and was written under the pseudonym Laura Bancroft. Policeman Bluejay was also published as Babes in Birdland and was originally published under Laura Bancroft.

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