Cornelia Funke

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  • Bibliography:
    46 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2002
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Dragon Rider

1 - Dragon Rider (Sep-2004)
2 - The Griffin's Feather (Aug-2018)
3 - The Aurelia Curse (Jul-2022)

Ghosthunters

1 - Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost! (Aug-2006)
2 - Ghosthunters and the Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost! (Oct-2006)
3 - Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness! (Jan-2007)
4 - Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom! (Apr-2007)

Inkheart

1 - Inkheart (Oct-2003)
2 - Inkspell (Oct-2005)
3 - Inkdeath (Oct-2008)
4 - Inkworld: The Color of Revenge (Nov-2024)

A Mirrorworld Novel

1 - Reckless (Sep-2010)
2 - Fearless (Apr-2013)
3 - Heartless (May-2016)

Reckless

1 - The Petrified Flesh (Oct-2016)
2 - Living Shadows (Oct-2016)
3 - The Golden Yarn (Dec-2015)
4 - The Silver Tracks (Nov-2021)

Wild Chicks

1 - The Wild Chicks (May-2018)
2 - Class Trip (May-2018)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty

Reckless (Sep-2010)

Book List in Order: 46 titles

  • The Thief Lord

    Welcome to the magical underworld of Venice, Italy. Here, hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets.... After escaping from their cruel aunt and uncle, orphans Prosper and Bo meet a mysterious boy w...

  • Inkheart

    Inkheart - 1

    One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from Inkheart, and an evil ruler named Capricorn escapes the boundaries of the book, landing in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie's in the middle of the kind of adventure she thought only took place in f...

  • The Princess Knight

    Cornelia Funke, author of the international best-seller THE THIEF LORD, makes her brilliant debut as a picture-book writer with this winning tale of a young princess's adventure!

    Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world t...

  • Dragon Rider

    Dragon Rider - 1

    The blockbuster #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic, now with a brand-new cover in anticipation of Book Two in the series!With a lonely boy named Ben on board, the brave young dragon Firedrake sets out on a magical journey to find the mythic...

  • Pirate Girl

    Best-selling author Cornelia Funke and acclaimed illustrator Kerstin Meyer -- the winning team behind THE PRINCESS KNIGHT -- deliver another glorious adventure tale that celebrates girlhood!

    Ferocious pirate Captain Firebeard THINKS that he an...

  • Inkspell

    Inkheart - 2

    THE BEST BOOKS NEVER END,,, Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life and changed her life forever. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, th...

  • The Wildest Brother

    By day, Ben is one brave brother--but when night falls, even the wildest boy sometimes needs protecting by his big sis. The third hit picture book by the best-selling Funke and award-winning Meyer.

    Brave as a lion, strong as an elephant, Ben i...

  • Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost!

    Ghosthunters - 1

    Get scared silly! Dripping sticky slime wherever it goes, an Averagely Spooky Ghost is hiding out in Tom's cellar. Why? Because he's being haunted, too -- by a much bigger, way badder Incredibly Revolting Ghost. Confused? So is Tom! Good thing his ...

  • Ghosthunters and the Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost!

    Ghosthunters - 2

    Danger, Tom: High Voltage! No ghoul can defeat Tom and the ghosthunters--"until their too close encounter at a beachfront hotel with a Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost. This superheated specter is passing its eternal vacation by turning the guest...



  • When Santa Fell To Earth

    “The angel is right," he whispered. "Niklas is the last true Santa. But if they had their way" -- the elf pointed to a white door at the opposite end of the caravan -- "our dear Niklas would have been turned into chocolate a long time ago." "Oh ...

  • Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness!

    Ghosthunters - 3

    Book 3 in the ghastly fantastic GHOSTHUNTERS series of illustrated paperback originals by bestselling author Cornelia Funke. Get scared silly!

    Strange and stinky things are happening at Gloomsburg Castle. To begin with, the creepy place is cra...

  • Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom!

    Ghosthunters - 4

    More frightening fun for 7-to-10-year-olds from the phenomenal Cornelia Funke! Book 4 in the spooky-silly GHOSTHUNTERS series.

    Intrepid ghosthunter-in-training Tom has battled Incredibly Revolting Ghosts, Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghosts, ...

  • Princess Pigsty

    The fourth picture book by literary sensation Funke and celebrated illustrator Meyer; a modern-day, girl-powered, fairy-tale-in-reverse!One morning Princess Isabella throws her crown out the window--it's BORING being a princess, she declares. When sh...

  • Igraine the Brave

    Do you have to be BIG to be BRAVE? IGRAINE, who turns twelve tomorrow, dreams of becoming a famous knight. But today, like most days, life at the family castle remains ... rather boring. Until the nefarious nephew of the baroness-next-door shows up...

  • Inkdeath

    Inkheart - 3

    “Go back and rid the world of that book. Fill it with words before spring comes, or winter will never end for you. And I will take not only your life for the Adderhead's but your daughter's, too, because she helped you bind the book. Do you underst...

  • Reckless

    A Mirrorworld Novel - 1
    Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty

    For years, Jacob Reckless has been escaping to another world--a world behind the mirror, where witches haunt the forests and fairies and dwarfs roam. A world for treasure hunts and magnificent quests--but also a world locked in a deadly war. Jacob...

  • Tintenherz

  • Rosanna

    in What You Wish For

    A stellar collection from Newbery medalists and bestselling authors written to benefit Darfuri refugees With contributions from some of the best talent writing for children today, What You Wish For is a compelling collection of affecting, inspirin...

  • The Summer Gang

    This Summer the girls became a gang. They call themselves the C.H.I.X. after the first letters of their names and the chickens they look after.After looking after Charlie's grandma's chickens, best friends Charlie, Hannah, Izzie and Xa (Alexandra) fo...



  • Ghost Knight

    on didn't expect to be confronted by a pack of vengeful ghosts at his new boarding school. Now he and his friend Ella must uncover a centuries-old murder, all while haunted by terrifying spirits. When Jon summons the ghost of Knight Longspee, only on...

  • Fearless

    A Mirrorworld Novel - 2

    Jacob Reckless returns once again to the Mirrorworld--filled with profound characters, extraordinary creatures, and epic life-or-death treasure hunts that could only come from the mind of the master storyteller of our generation, Cornelia Funke. J...

  • Young Werewolf

  • The Monster From The Blue Planet

  • Monster Busters

  • The Pirate Pig

    Who needs a treasure map when you have a pirate pig with a nose for gold? Stout Sam and his deckhand, Pip, find a pig washed up in a barrel on the beach. They want to keep her as a pet, but they soon realize Julie is no ordinary pig. She can sniff ou...

  • The Pirate Pig and Ruffleclaw

    This collection includes The Pirate Pig and Ruffleclaw. The Pirate Pig: The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart brings imagination, adventure, and humor to a swashbuckling audiobook!   Who needs a treasure map when you have a pirate pi...

  • Ruffleclaw

    The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart returns with a chapter book full of mischief, heart, hilarious illustrations, and pet monsters! Goodbye, earthworms. Hello, chocolate cake! Ruffleclaw is a furry red monster who lives under a too...

  • The Golden Yarn

    Reckless - 3

    First paperback publication of the third book in Cornelia Funke's internationally bestselling Reckless series.The worlds on either side of the mirror are about to collide. And there's nothing Jacob can do to stop them.After a perilous encounter with ...

  • Heartless

    A Mirrorworld Novel - 3



  • The Moonshine Dragon

  • Living Shadows

    Reckless - 2

    Jacob Reckless's shadowy adventures continue in the second volume of Cornelia Funke's spellbinding Reckless series.Jacob has saved his brother from the Mirrorworld, but now he will pay a terrible price. A fairy's curse is burning in his heart, and to...

  • The Petrified Flesh

    Reckless - 1

    Discover the world behind the Mirrors -- where ogres, elves, and witches run amok, and every fairy tale is true -- in this young adult fantasy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Inkheart! Jacob has uncovered the doorway to another world, ...

  • The Book No One Ever Read

    What if books want to be read as much as we want to read them? This is certainly true of our young hero in THE BOOK NO ONE EVER READ. Morry, a young book, is tired of standing still on a shelf amid dignified first editions, and yearns for the excitem...

  • Lilly and Fin: A Mermaid's Tale

    These mermaid friends are fishing for trouble! Lilly and Fin are merpups -- mermaid kids who love to play and explore the caves outside the mermaid city. They aren't really supposed to leave the city, but that's what makes it so much fun! Surely ...

  • Class Trip

    Wild Chicks - 2

    The second book in Cornelia Funke’s popular THE WILD CHICKS series, THE WILD CHICKS: CLASS TRIP follows our favorite rival gangs as they go on an overnight school adventure. The Wild Chicks and the Pygmies have had a truce since the end of the firs...

  • The Wild Chicks

    Wild Chicks - 1

    The series that launched Cornelia Funke as one of the most beloved authors in German, THE WILD CHICKS is a middle-grades to YA series about a group of German girls who form the eponymous “Wild Chicks” gang. Funke began the series after her editor...

  • The Griffin's Feather

    Dragon Rider - 2

    It's now been two years since Ben and Firedrake defeated Nettlebrand and rescued the silver dragons. Both boy and dragon have finally found homes, but they must live hundreds of miles apart and can only see each other every once in a while. During...

  • The Glass of Lead and Gold

    In a land of elves, mermaids and trolls, true magic is where you least expect it...In the snow-covered city of Londra, young Tabetha survives by finding treasures in the mudbanks of the river Themse. On Christmas Eve, a sinister stranger asks her to ...

  • Molly Rogers to the Rescue

    Cornelia Funke and illustrator Kasia Matyjaszek return with another swashbuckling adventure for little readers, bursting with brilliant characters and lots of girl-power!Thieves, greedy pirates and mischief-makers are no match for Molly Rogers! When ...



  • Through the Water Curtain

    A delightful, diverse selection of fairy tales from around the world by one of our most beloved children's writers.GOLD FOIL AND OTHER SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE FOR A RICH, GIFTY PAPER-OVER-BOARDS COVERInternational bestselling children's author Cornelia ...

  • Gawain Greytail and the Terrible Tab

  • Molly Rogers, Pirate Girl

  • The Silver Tracks

    Reckless - 4

    The thrilling fourth instalment in Cornelia Funke's internationally bestselling Reckless seriesThe fourth adventure through the Mirror leads to the Far East, where Jacob and Fox finally track down Will, who is travelling with rival hunter Nerron. In ...

  • The Aurelia Curse

    Dragon Rider - 3

    Dragons, myth, and magic unite in the third installment of Cornelia Funke's bestselling Dragon Rider series. Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean -- a creature who can bring either light or darkness to wh...

  • Inkworld: The Color of Revenge

    Inkheart - 4

    Vengeance awaits in the follow up to the epic, award-winning, New York Times bestselling Inkheart trilogy by internationally acclaimed author Cornelia Funke.At last, the story continues…Five years after the events of Inkdeath, Meggie, Mo, and the p...

  • The Green Kingdom

    Caspia's summer is transformed when she discovers a bundle of letters containing ten plant-based riddles in this enchanting adventure for children ages 10 and up All right, she had to admit it: it really was an adventure to be in a new place. A d...

Award-Winning Books by Cornelia Funke

Inkheart
2006 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award -- Juvenile
2007 Colorado Children's Book Award -- Junior Novel
2009 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction
Inkspell
2006 Book Sense Book of the Year Award -- Children's Literature
The Thief Lord
2002 Book Sense Book of the Year Award -- Children's
2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Award -- Children's
2004 Massachusetts Children's Book Award -- Children's Book
2005 Garden State Teen Book Award -- Fiction (Grades 6-8)


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cornelia Funke has published 46 books.

The next book by Cornelia Funke, The Green Kingdom, will be published in April 2025.

The first book by Cornelia Funke, The Thief Lord, was published in July 2002.

Yes. Cornelia Funke has 6 series.
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