Order of Madeleine L’Engle Books
Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2007) was an American author of young adult fiction, Christian fiction, science fiction, poetry and non-fiction. She is the author of the Time Quintet and Austin Family series. She started writing when she was eight years old, keeping a journal. Because she was shy, clumsy as a child, she was considered to be stupid by her teachers, causing her to spend more time reading and writing. After a career that was not going well financially, L’Engle was strongly considering retiring from writing on her 40th birthday, but soon came up with the idea for what would become her best-known work, A Wrinkle in Time. The young adult novel won the Newbery Award.
Madeleine L’Engle’s first novel was The Small Rain, published in 1945. She would continue writing until her death in 2007; her final original work being the non-fiction book The Joys of Love. Below is a list of Madeleine L’Engle’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Katherine Forrester Vigneras Books
| The Small Rain | (1945) |    |
| Prelude | (1968) | |
| A Severed Wasp | (1982) | |
Publication Order of Camilla Dickinson Books
| Camilla Dickinson / Camilla | (1951) | |
| A Live Coal in the Sea | (1962) | |
Publication Order of Austin Family Chronicles Books
| Meet the Austins | (1960) | |
| The Moon by Night | (1963) | |
| The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas | (1964) | |
| The Young Unicorns | (1968) | |
| A Ring of Endless Light | (1980) | |
| The Anti-Muffins | (1981) | |
| Troubling a Star | (1994) | |
| A Full House | (2000) | |
| When reading this series in chronological order, Troubling a Star and The Anti-Muffins are reversed. | ||
Publication Order of Time Quintet Books
| A Wrinkle in Time | (1962) | |
| A Wind in the Door | (1973) | |
| A Swiftly Tilting Planet | (1978) | |
| Many Waters | (1986) | |
| An Acceptable Time | (1989) | |
| Intergalactic P.S. 3 | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Time Quintet Graphic Novels
| A Wrinkle in Time | (2012) | |
Publication Order of O'Keefe Family Books
| The Arm of the Starfish | (1965) | |
| Dragons in the Waters | (1976) | |
| A House Like a Lotus | (1984) | |
Publication Order of Crosswicks Journals Books
| A Circle of Quiet | (1971) | |
| The Summer of the Great-Grandmother | (1974) | |
| The Irrational Season | (1976) | |
| Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage | (1988) | |
Publication Order of Genesis Books
| And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings | (1983) | |
| A Stone for a Pillow: Journeys with Jacob | (1986) | |
| Sold into Egypt: Joseph's Journey into Human Being | (1989) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Ilsa | (1946) | |
| And Both Were Young | (1949) | |
| A Winter's Love | (1957) | |
| The Love Letters | (1966) | |
| Dance in the Desert | (1969) | |
| The Other Side of the Sun | (1971) | |
| The Weather of the Heart | (1978) | |
| Certain Women | (1992) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Fact of the Matter | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Madeleine L’Engle Short Story Collections
| Lines Scribbled on an Envelope and Other Poems | (1969) | |
| Ladder of Angels | (1979) | |
| A Cry Like a Bell | (1987) | |
| The Sphinx at Dawn: Two Stories | (1989) | |
| WinterSong: Christmas Readings | (1996) | |
| Miracle on 10th Street and Other Christmas Writings | (1998) | |
| 101st Miracle: Early Short Stories | (1999) | |
| The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle | (2005) | |
| The Moment of Tenderness | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Madeleine L’Engle Standalone Plays
| The Journey with Jonah | (1967) | |
Publication Order of Madeleine L’Engle Picture Books
| Moses, Prince of Egypt | (1999) | |
| The Other Dog | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Madeleine L’Engle Non-Fiction Books
| Prayers for Sunday | (1974) | |
| Everyday Prayers | (1974) | |
| Walking on Water: Personal Reflections | (1980) | |
| Trailing Clouds of Glory: Spiritual Values in Children's Literature | (1985) | |
| From This Day Forward | (1989) | |
| The Glorious Impossible | (1990) | |
| The Rock That is Higher: Story as Truth | (1993) | |
| Anytime Prayers | (1994) | |
| Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Spiritual Places | (1996) | |
| Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections | (1996) | |
| Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation | (1997) | |
| Friends for the Journey | (1997) | |
| Mothers & Daughters | (1997) | |
| My Own Small Place: Developing the Writing Life | (1999) | |
| A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends: Partners in Prayer | (1999) | |
| Mothers and Sons | (2000) | |
| Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life | (2001) | |
| The Joys of Love | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Writing Women's Lives | (1994) | |
| Second Sight | (1999) | |
| Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas | (2001) | |
| The Wand in the Word | (2006) | |
| Way More than Luck | (2015) | |
| Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together | (2021) | |
Notes: The novel Camilla Dickinson was also published as Camilla. WinterSong and Friends for the Journey were co-authored with Luci Shaw. Trailing Clouds of Glory was co-authored by Avery Brooke. Mothers & Sons and Mothers & Daughters were co-authored by Maria Rooney. Glimpses of Grace and Madeleine L’Engle Herself were co-authored by Carole F. Chase.
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Madeleine L’Engle Synopsis: In Camilla by Madeleine L’Engle, Camilla Dickinson is a 15 year-old who has had an easy life, but now her parents are starting to act strange towards eachother and fighting over her. Camilla is caught between the two. She soon meets her best friend’s brother, Frank, who lets her know she’s not alone.
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