Richmal Crompton

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  • Bibliography:
    38 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2001
  • Latest Book:
    April 2017
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Full Series List in Order

Just William

More William (Nov-2009)
William Again (Nov-2009)

Book List in Order: 38 titles

  • Family Roundabout

  • Meet Just William

    Whether he’s getting into adventures with his band of Outlaws, or driving his family crazy, there’s never a dull minute with William Brown around!

    This bind-up includes: WILLIAM’S BIRTHDAY AND OTHER STORIES, WILLIAM AND THE HIDDEN TREA...

  • Just William

    A joyful anniversary edition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first publication of Richmal Crompton's bestselling, much-loved classic Just William - updated for a new generation of readers. Featuring the original text illustrations by Thomas ...

  • More William

    Just William

    William Brown is back in this 100th anniversary edition of More William, featuring fourteen funny, classic Just William adventures by Richmal Crompton - updated for a new generation of readers. This edition featurres timeless original artwork from Th...

  • William Again

    Just William

    The third collection of "Just William" stories presents more adventures of the young scamp....

  • William At War

    Wartime William is still up to mischief!William is always ready to offer his services to his country. But why is it that his enthusiastic contribution is so seldom appreciated? William is determined to do his bit, but unfortunately no one else thinks...

  • William's New Year's Day

    Just William makes his mark in this hilarious collection of twelve classic stories. Whether it's trying to arrange a marriage for his sister or taking a job as a boot boy as step one in his grand plan to run away, William manages to cause chaos where...

  • William the Outlaw

    First published in 1927. William and the Outlaws are back and up to no good. In this collection of ten stories, a long-awaited visitor arrives and wants to send William away to boarding school! Luckily, William the noisy, wild and muddy Outlaw always...

  • William in Trouble

    Now with a fantastic redesigned cover to tie in with the new Just William BBC television series! William is always ready to offer his services to his country. But why is it that his enthusiastic contribution is so seldom appreciated? William is det...



  • William the Conqueror

    Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back and up to no good!William is always in trouble, but sometimes it really isn't his fault. It was Ginger who showed him the book about Robin Hood, and it was Violet Elizabeth Bott's idea to steal from the rich ...

  • William the Good

    First published in 1928, public domain in the US and Canada. Clarence Bergson had the audacity to attack an innocent dog (owner, one William Brown), inform on William's band of Outlaws and worst of all befriend Miss Holding (the girl of William's dre...

  • Caroline

    "Caroline knows best."Caroline's mother ran away from her father when Caroline was four years old, and her father and stepmother died fifteen years later, leaving her with a young step-brother and two young step-sisters to bring up. Orphaned, and in ...

  • Chedsy Place

    Bringing together a memorable cast of characters, Chedsy Place is a warm and witty novel, filled with the humour, piercing observation and remarkable characterization that makes Richmal Crompton one of the world's best-loved writers.When Richard Beat...

  • The Holiday

    Summer has arrived and the Cotteril children are looking forward to the Holiday. For Thea, Susan, Peter and Jane it's always a special time of year, as they escape their lives in the suburbs and visit the delights of the countryside with their mother...

  • Journeying Wave

    When Viola learned of her husband Humphrey's affair, it seemed obvious that she must divorce him so he could be with the woman soon to bear him a child, but now she must deal with her highly-strung and sensitive son Hilary and her sister Frances' sud...

  • Marriage of Hermione

    Aged just seventeen Hermione is passed from the hands of an inattentive mother into an engagement with a young man she barely knows. Glad to have her pretty daughter married and celebrated by their social circle, Hermione's mother gives little though...

  • Merlin Bay

    She glanced at her watch. They would be in Merlin Bay in less than half an hour now. Her heart began to beat more quickly. Something was waiting for her at Merlin Bay. She didn't know what it was yet, but she would know soon-in a day, in a week, perh...

  • Narcissa

    I don't think that people are people to her any longer. They're just mirrors. If she can see the right picture of herself in them, she likes them. If she can't, she dislikes them.Stella Markham is the apple of her aunt's eye: gentle, kind, beautiful ...

  • The Old Man's Birthday

    Richmal Crompton's adult novels are an absolute delight and every bit as charming as her beloved Just William series. The Old Man's Birthday is both a nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, and a dry satire of British vill...



  • Portrait of a Family

    Happily married for thirty years with three children that have long since grown up, Christopher Mainwaring finds himself at a total loss following the death of his beloved wife, Susan. Yet the joyful marriage he remembers may not have been all it see...

  • Steffan Green

    When Lettice Helston's high-society marriage breaks down, leaving a hole in her life, she flees her London life for the comfort of her friend Dorrie. But an unexpected detour to the charming village of Steffan Green introduces her to new friends, so...

  • There Are Four Seasons

    Even as a child all Vicky wants is love. She seeks it from her governess; she expects it from the lowly, loyal gardener, Andrew; but most of all, she is desperate for it from the one person who can't see beyond shadows of the past and open his heart ...

  • William at Christmas

    Everyone's favourite troublemaker is causing trouble all year round in this charming, festive anniversary edition of William at Christmas, with nine classic stories by Richmal Crompton - updated for a new generation of readers. Featuring Thomas Henry...

  • William the Fourth

    First published in 1924. There is only one William. The loveable imp and his band of Outlaws have been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting hundreds of thousands of readers for years. Here, William invents a water race where competitors ha...

  • Just William at Christmas

    There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, loveable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922. In Just William at Christmas, everyone's favorite t...

  • Still William

    First published in 1925. There is only one Just William. The loveable imp has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting hundreds of thousands of readers for years. Here, lisping, frilly-dressed Violet Elizabeth becomes William's worst nigh...

  • Just William's Luck

    In this full-length "Just William" novel, William and the Outlaws decide to form the Knights of the Square Table, 'rightin' wrongs' for a minor fee. In their quest to earn enough money to become tramps, they stop at no amount of do-gooding, embarking...

  • William

    Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in Richmal Crompton's William, a hilarious collection of stories from the classic Just William series â€" with a gorgeous cover illustrated by the award-winning Lauren Child and an introducti...

  • William the Bad

    Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back in Richmal Crompton's William the Bad â€" with a fun and contemporary cover illustrated by Chris Garbutt and an introduction by writer Anne Fine.William doesn't understand why he's not invited to Robert and E...



  • William's Happy Days

    Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in Richmal Crompton's William's Happy Days, a hilarious collection of classic Just William stories â€" with a contemporary cover illustrated by Steven Lenton and an introduction by Outnumbered...

  • Leadon Hill

    The quiet English village of Leadon Hill is ruled by Miss Mitcham - a tiny, sharp old woman who sees and hears everything from behind her lace curtains, and brutally tears apart the lives and reputations of those who cross her.Amongst her victims is ...

  • Linden Rise

    It is the summer of 1892 and fifteen-year-old Tilly Pound has come to Linden Rise - the holiday cottage of the genteel but dysfunctional Culverton family - to work as a housemaid. She starts as just another member of 'the help' but, as the years pass...

  • Millicent Dorrington

    When we first meet Millicent Dorrington she is a young lady on the verge of womanhood in inter-war England. The daughter of a wealthy mill-owner and one of five children - Gordon, Denis, Janet, Lorna, Cecily and Bunny - she is tormented by the high w...

  • Quartet

  • Weatherley Parade

    Weatherley Parade is the compelling saga of the lives and loves of the Weatherley family, spanning the years 1902 to 1940. The story begins with Arthur Weatherley returning - tired and broken - from the Boer War to his wife and three children, and cl...

  • Westover

    When Julia Gideon is widowed during the Second World War with five children to look after, she is left to manage Westover House with insufficient means for its upkeep. Urged by her solicitor brother to downsize and turn the family home into flats, sh...

  • Felicity - Stands By

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Felicity - Stands By is a delightful, charming set of short stories, following the adventures (and misadventures) of a young woman, Miss Norma Felicity Montague Harborough.Having finished school, Felicity returns to the family seat to live with her g...

  • Frost at Morning

    • / General Fiction
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    Frost at Morning is the heart-breaking story of four young children who, deserted by their parents, have been sent off to a vicarage that takes in children as paying guests.There's Philip, a sensitive boy whose father has remarried and gained a more ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Richmal Crompton has published 38 books.

Richmal Crompton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Quartet, was published in April 2017.

The first book by Richmal Crompton, Family Roundabout, was published in March 2001.

Yes. Richmal Crompton has 1 series.
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