Order of Lloyd Alexander Books
Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007) was an American author of fantasy novels for young adults and children. He is best known for his Chronicles of Prydain series and is also the author of the Vesper Holly series and Westmark Trilogy. He won the Newbery Medal for his 1969 novel The High King.
Lloyd Alexander wanted to be a writer ever since he was 15. He realized this dream in 1955 with the novel And Let the Credit Go, an autobiographical satire of his experiences as a bank messenger. His final novel was The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio and was published in 2007. Below is a list of Lloyd Alexander’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of The Chronicles of Prydain Books
| The Book of Three | (1964) |    |
| The Black Cauldron | (1965) | |
| The Castle of Llyr | (1966) | |
| Taran Wanderer | (1967) | |
| The High King | (1968) | |
Publication Order of Westmark Trilogy Books
| Westmark | (1981) | |
| The Kestrel | (1982) | |
| The Beggar Queen | (1984) | |
Publication Order of Vesper Holly Books
| The Illyrian Adventure | (1986) | |
| The El Dorado Adventure | (1987) | |
| The Drackenberg Adventure | (1988) | |
| The Jedera Adventure | (1989) | |
| The Philadelphia Adventure | (1990) | |
| The Xanadu Adventure | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| And Let the Credit Go | (1955) | |
| My Five Tigers The Cats in My Life | (1956) | |
| Time Cat | (1963) | |
| Fifty Years in the Doghouse | (1964) | |
| Send for Ryan! | (1965) | |
| The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian | (1970) | |
| The King's Fountain | (1971) | |
| The Four Donkeys | (1972) | |
| The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man | (1973) | |
| The Wizard in the Tree | (1974) | |
| The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha | (1978) | |
| The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen | (1991) | |
| The Prydain Chronicles | (1991) | |
| The Arkadians | (1995) | |
| The House Gobbaleen | (1995) | |
| The Iron Ring | (1997) | |
| Gypsy Rizka | (1999) | |
| How the Cat Swallowed Thunder | (2000) | |
| The Fantastical Adventures of the Invisible Boy / The Gawgon and the Boy | (2001) | |
| A Lloyd Alexander Collection | (2001) | |
| The Rope Trick | (2002) | |
| Dream-of-Jade | (2005) | |
| The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain | (1973) | |
| The Town Cats and Other Tales | (1977) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| Coll and His White Pig | (1965) | |
| The Truthful Harp | (1967) | |
| The Fortune-Tellers | (1992) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| August Bondi: Border Hawk | (1958) | |
| Aaron Lopez: The Flagship Hope | (1960) | |
| My Cats and Me: The Story of an Understanding (A Blank Journal) | (1989) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction | (2003) | |
| The Wand in the Word | (2006) | |
Note: The Gawgon and the Boy was published in the UK as The Fantastical Adventures of the Invisible Boy.
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Lloyd Alexander Synopsis: The Fortune Tellers is a picture book by Lloyd Alexander and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. It’s the story of a young man who becomes the village fortune teller.
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