Philip Pullman

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  • Bibliography:
    44 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1972
  • Latest Book:
    May 2022
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Full Series List in Order

The Book of Dust

1 - La Belle Sauvage (Oct-2017)
2 - The Secret Commonwealth (Oct-2019)

His Dark Materials

1 - The Golden Compass (Apr-1996)
2 - The Subtle Knife (Aug-1997)
3 - The Amber Spyglass (Oct-2000)

His Dark Materials Prequel

Once Upon a Time in the North (Apr-2008)

Sally Lockhart

1 - The Ruby in the Smoke (Dec-1985)
2 - Shadow in the North (Apr-1988)
3 - The Tiger in the Well (Oct-1990)
4 - The Tin Princess (Mar-1994)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

I Was a Rat!...or the Scarlet Slippers (Nov-2000)

Fairytale Retellings: The Snow Queen

Northern Lights (Jul-2018)

Book List in Order: 44 titles

  • The Haunted Storm

  • The Ruby in the Smoke

    Sally Lockhart - 1

    "Beware the Seven Blessings..." When she first utters these words, Sally Lockhart doesn't understand their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally's terrifying journey into the seamy underwor...

  • Shadow in the North

    Sally Lockhart - 2

    Will the sea give up its dead? Sally Jjckhart, spirited heroine of The Ruby in the Smoke, is back! The year is 1878, and Sally, once again defying Victorian sensibilities, has gone into business for herself. When one of her clients loses a large s...

  • The Tiger in the Well

    Sally Lockhart - 3

    A stranger is watching... Sally Lockhart, trying to put her troubled past behind her after her finace's death, has settled into a comfortable life with her daughter, Harriet, her career, and her London friends. But her world comes crashing down ar...

  • The White Mercedes

    A chance meeting with Jenny at an Oxford party leaves seventeen-year-old Chris with hope for a summer romance -- and no premonition of trouble. Busy with his job and soon in love with Jenny, whose cheerful surface belies the dark uncertainty of her p...

  • The Tin Princess

    Sally Lockhart - 4

    A Cockney Queen... After witnessing a mysterious explosion, three young Londoners -- Becky, Jim, and Adelaide -- journey to a tiny country high in the mountains of Central Europe. They're an unlikely trio to lead a country, but when Adelaide's...

  • The Broken Bridge

    At 16, Ginny finds that her love of painting connects her to the artistic Haitian mother she never knew and eases the isolation she feels as the only mixed-race teen in her Welsh village. When she learns she has a half-brother by her father's first m...

  • Firework-Maker's Daughter

    Lila dreams to become a firework-maker, just like her father. In order to become a true firework-maker, she sets off alone on a perilous journey to reach the terrifying Fire-Fiend. She travels through jungles alive with crocodiles, snakes, monkeys an...

  • The Golden Compass

    His Dark Materials - 1

    It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, th...



  • Clockwork: Or All Wound Up

    A tormented apprentice clock-maker—and a deadly knight in armour. A mechanical prince—and the sinister Dr. Kalmenius, who some say is the devil.…

    Wind up these characters, fit them into a story on a cold winter''s evening an...

  • The Subtle Knife

    His Dark Materials - 2

    Having slipped through a newly formed astral portal, the intrepid Lyra finds herself in the beautiful, haunted world of Cittagazze--a city where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and the wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she...

  • Detective Stories

    Young mystery fans will be enthralled by this compelling volume of classic detective fiction. Not even Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot can solve the dilemma of which one of these fifteen exciting and intriguing short stories to read first. The list...

  • Count Karlstein

    It's All Souls' Eve, and Zamiel the Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey! He's headed straight for Castle Karlstein, where the Count has hatched a wicked plan: he'll sacrifice his two young nieces to save his own life. Can Lucy and Charlotte out...

  • Mossycoat

  • The Amber Spyglass

    His Dark Materials - 3

    The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord...

  • I Was a Rat!...or the Scarlet Slippers

    Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

    "I WAS A RAT!" So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it's true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of "Rodent Delusion"? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fai...

  • Puss in Boots

    Here's what the old miller left his sons when he died: To his oldest son, the mill. To his middle son, the donkey. To his youngest son, Jacques,the cat. A fine cat, indeed, but still, just a cat.
    Luckily, as Jacques discovers, Puss is no ordinary ...

  • The Butterfly Tattoo

    Chris falls in love with Jenny the moment he sets eyes on her at an Oxford ball. She`s beautiful but secretive and he can`t help but want to be with her. But fate is cruel and, as their relationship blossoms, tragedy and violence wait in the wings...

  • Spring-Heeled Jack

    Spring-Heeled Jack: The name evoked awe from both criminals and upstanding citizens alike. Some thought he was the devil, but he was actually the original superhero -- leaping over the buildings of Victorian England with the help of springs in the he...



  • Life and Death

    Since time immemorial, life and death have been the preoccupation of all our greatest writers, whether mourning a tragic loss of seizing the moment to live life to its full. Here is a collection of classic poetry and prose to make you laugh with deli...

  • Lyra's Oxford

    This exciting companion to His Dark Materials tells a not-to-be-missed story about Lyra and her world.When a witch's daemon crashes onto the roof of Jordan College, Lyra and her daemon, Pan, are eager to help. But as this unlikely trio scours the win...

  • The Scarecrow and His Servant

    Outrageously zany and filed with non-stop surprises, Simon Reade's theatrical adaptation of The Scarecrow and His Servant, renowned author Philip Pullman's fictional children's tale, is an enchanting play for young readers and performers....

  • Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp

  • Whodunit?

    In Whodunit? compiled by Philip Pullman, unexplained disappearances, daring thefts, perplexing mysteries, and the greatest sleuths of all time combine in a page-turning read. From Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot, famous detectives puzzle their way...

  • Once Upon a Time in the North

    His Dark Materials Prequel

    In this new prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating...

  • The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

    Upon its hardcover publication, renowned author Philip Pullman’s The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ provoked heated debates and stirred a frenzy of controversy throughout the clerical and literary worlds alike with its bold retelling of th...

  • Two Crafty Criminals!

    Benny Kaminsky and Thunderbolt Dobney lead a rag-tag gang of neighborhood rowdies. Their territory is the New Cut on London's South Bank -- a place bristling with swindlers, bookies, pickpockets, and the occasional policeman. And their aim is to solv...

  • The Golden Key: And Other Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm

    The perfect Halloween literary treat: three Brothers Grimm fairy tales retold by Philip Pullman, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Golden Compass Here are three enchanting Brothers Grimm fairy tales retold by one of the most accomplishe...

  • Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm

    #1 New York Times bestseller Philip Pullman retells the world’s best-loved fairy tales on their 200th anniversary Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of "Children’s and Household Tales." Now Philip Pullman, o...



  • Grimm Tales

    In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a'clear as water' retelling, in his unique and brilliant voice. From the quests and...

  • The Adventures of the New Cut Gang

  • The Collectors

    A chilling Gothic tale with a revealing glimpse of the iconic Mrs. Coulter--one of Philip Pullman's most enigmatic characters. This companion story to His Dark Materials is now in print for the first time in a beautiful gift edition.In this darkly de...

  • The Golden Compass Graphic Novel, Volume 1

    The world of Philip Pullman’s internationally bestselling His Dark Materials saga is brought to visual life in book 1 of a three-volume graphic adaptation of The Golden Compass.   Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan...

  • Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel Volume 1

  • The Golden Compass Graphic Novel, Volume 2

    The eagerly awaited second volume in the graphic novel adaptation of Philip Pullman’s international bestseller The Golden Compass. This second volume of the graphic novel finds Lyra in the far North. With the help of Gyptian fighters, newfoun...

  • Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel Volume 2

  • Mystery of the Ghost Ship

    Trapped in the mists of time by a terrible research experiment gone wrong, John Blake and his mysterious ship are doomed to sail between the centuries, searching for a way home. In the ocean of the modern day, John rescues a shipwrecked young girl hi...

  • La Belle Sauvage

    The Book of Dust - 1

    The much-anticipated new work from the author of The Golden Compass is coming at last! Renowned storyteller Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of Lyra Belacqua and His Dark Materials for a thrilling and epic adventure in which daemons, a...

  • Northern Lights

    Fairytale Retellings: The Snow Queen



  • Four Tales

    Four stories of myth, magic and adventure from the master teller of talesThe Firework Maker's DaughterI Was A Rat!ClockworkThe Scarecrow and His ServantA devilish inventor, a girl who must face a Fire Fiend, a scarecrow brought to life by a bolt of l...

  • The Secret Commonwealth

    The Book of Dust - 2

    Lyra Silvertongue's adventures in the North are long over--the windows between the many worlds have been sealed, and her beloved Will is lost to her. She does still have the alethiometer: the truth-telling device given to her by the master of Jor...

  • Serpentine

    A bewitching tale with a fascinating new glimpse of young Lyra and her dæmon, Pantalaimon. This companion to the New York Times bestselling His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust series follows Pullman's beloved characters on a brand new adventure....

  • The Subtle Knife: The Graphic Novel

    This graphic novel adaptation of The Subtle Knife is a great entry for readers new to His Dark Materials and an exciting new look at the classic for existing Pullman fans. Philip Pullman's world is brought to visual life in The Subtle Knife Graphic N...

  • The Imagination Chamber

    Appearances can be deceptive—this is a book like no other. It contains untold riches—every word a tiny particle of story from the universe of His Dark Materials, made alive for us by the writer's imagination.Every word will give you ...

Award-Winning Books by Philip Pullman

The Amber Spyglass
2000 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Gold
2001 Bookseller's Choice -- Young Adult
2001 Costa Book Award -- Children's
2002 Audies -- Children Ages 8-12
2002 Audies -- Innovation Excellence
2002 Audies -- Multi-Voice Performance
The Golden Compass
1995 Carnegie Medal -- Children's
2000 Audies -- Children's
Northern Lights
1995 Carnegie Medal -- Children's
The Scarecrow and His Servant
2005 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Silver
The Subtle Knife
2001 Audies -- Children Ages 8-12


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Philip Pullman has published 44 books.

Philip Pullman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Imagination Chamber, was published in May 2022.

The first book by Philip Pullman, The Haunted Storm, was published in January 1972.

Yes. Philip Pullman has 4 series.
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