Cornelia Funke Books in Order

Tom discovers a slimy ghost hiding in his cellar because an even more terrifying spirit has driven it from home. With help from expert ghosthunter Hetty Hyssop, he learns that frightening apparitions can have problems of their own.

Charlie forms a girls' gang with her friends to challenge the rival Piranhas. Their contest quickly produces pranks, secret notes, and escalating trouble, testing whether the two groups can find a way to live alongside each other.

Charlie, Freya, Trudie, and Melanie form the Wild Chicks, a gang whose adventures grow out of everyday life. Friendship and humor help them navigate rivalries and imperfect families in a story rooted in a German childhood.

Tom, Hetty Hyssop, and Hugo the ghost face an unusually dangerous assignment at a seaside hotel. A blazing apparition has occupied its penthouse and is turning guests into ghosts, forcing the team to devise a plan against fiery supernatural power.

Tom's quest for a Ghosthunting Diploma leads him to haunted Bogpool, where a mud-loving minotaur commands an army of ghosts. What begins as an examination becomes a race to prevent the creature's plans for catastrophe.

Tiny biting ghosts infest Gloomsburg Castle, where a murderous baroness appears to have possessed the landlady. While Hugo falls for the foul-smelling spirit, Tom must devise a way to stop the haunting before its dangers worsen.

An overnight school trip renews the feud between the Wild Chicks and the Pygmies when the boys reject their hometown truce. Pranks mix with a prospective new member, family worries, and first crushes as the girls test their friendship.

Firedrake the dragon, a boy named Ben, and their companion Sorrel search for a legendary refuge where dragons can live safely. Their journey across unfamiliar lands brings wondrous creatures, unexpected friendships, and a relentless enemy.

Two orphaned brothers flee to Venice and find shelter with a gang of children led by the mysterious Thief Lord. Their new freedom becomes precarious as a detective searches for them and an enchanted treasure enters their lives.

Princess Violetta wants the strength and freedom her brothers enjoy, so she secretly trains herself in the skills of a knight. Her determination faces its greatest test when royal expectations threaten her right to choose her own future.

Meggie discovers that her bookbinder father can bring characters to life by reading aloud. When dangerous figures from a story intrude into their world, she must confront the consequences of a gift that has already torn her family apart.

Dustfinger's desperate effort to return to his fictional home draws Meggie and others into the Inkworld. There, rival princes and rebels struggle for power, and changing a story becomes far more dangerous than simply reading it.

Captain Firebeard's pirates kidnap Molly, expecting a frightened child who will reveal her parents' identities. Instead, the defiant girl sends secret messages in bottles, leaving the crew unaware of the formidable rescue their captive may summon.

Ben spends his days protecting his older sister Anna from imaginary monsters, robbers, and ghosts. His fearless adventures fill the house with excitement, but when darkness arrives, the brave defender discovers that he needs reassurance too.

Santa's sleigh crashes into an ordinary neighborhood after his reindeer bolts in a storm. With children Ben and Charlotte, he must resist a Christmas council leader determined to replace wishes and magic with a profit-making holiday scheme.

Igraine dreams of knighthood, but a siege threatens her family's castle just as her magician parents accidentally become pigs. With precious singing spellbooks at stake, she must find the courage to turn her ambitions into action.

The Inkworld falls into chaos under the Adderhead, and its author can no longer control the story's characters. As eternal winter threatens, Mo enters a dangerous bargain with Death in an attempt to change their fate.

Princess Isabella is tired of crowns, fine clothes, and the tedious duties of royal life. When her refusal to obey sends her to the pigsty, the king discovers that his punishment may offer precisely the freedom she wants.

Jacob Reckless explores a magical world hidden beyond his father's mirror, finding treasure with the shapeshifter Fox. When his younger brother follows him and falls under a curse, Jacob must find a cure before he turns permanently to stone.

Emma's grandmother gives her Mississippi, a horse left behind by a deceased friend. Her holiday joy becomes a fight to protect her new companion when the man's nephew demands the horse back and refuses to accept opposition.

Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft arrives reluctantly at a Salisbury boarding school after trouble at home. When ghostly riders appear outside his window, his ordinary school worries become entangled with a frightening threat from the past.

Jacob Reckless has only months to live after saving his brother at the cost of a fairy curse. With Fox, he seeks a legendary crossbow that might cure him, racing another treasure hunter toward a perilous last hope.

Charlie and her friends arrive at camp to find their rival boys' gang there too. A new girl offers to spy for the C.H.I.X., but their competition soon raises harder questions about loyalty, belonging, and supporting one another.

After encountering a strange beast with his friend Lisa, Matt begins growing fur, developing yellow eyes, and losing control of a wolf within him. With the full moon approaching, the friends have only two days to find a cure.

Sandy Cove looks like a seaside holiday village, but its summer pleasures come with unexpected magic. Messages in bottles, a mermaid's crab, and tiny pigs in the sand turn familiar beach adventures into a collection of whimsical surprises.

A miniature dragon and knight escape from Patrick's storybook, bringing their battle into his bedroom. Moonlight magic shrinks Patrick too, forcing him to take shelter in a toy castle and protect the dragon until morning.

The mice of Raven Castle face extinction at the claws of Sir Tristan's ferocious cat, Terrible Tab. Their remaining defenders turn to homemade armor and the courage of mouse knight Gawain Greytail in a battle against their formidable enemy.

Rosa and Ivan encounter a genuine monster inside a fairground ghost train and discover a talent for fighting such creatures. As more monsters appear, the young adventurers learn that understanding them can matter as much as defeating them.

Ruffleclaw abandons life under a toolshed and moves in with Tommy's family, attracted by human food. Tommy wants a pet monster, but teaching a creature that eats plates and drinks shampoo to behave proves an extraordinary challenge.

Jacob, Will, and Fox travel east through Mirrorworld toward lands shaped by Russian folklore. A mysterious force connects their world more closely with ours, bringing their lives together while a dangerous new kind of pursuer follows them.

Young alien Zaleb uses her birthday spaceship to visit the mysterious blue planet and capture a human as a pet. Her chosen specimen, Izzy, has other ideas, turning an interplanetary adventure into an unexpected test of friendship.

Stout Sam and Pip rescue a pig from a barrel washed onto the beach and discover that Julie can sniff out treasure. Her remarkable talent draws danger when a greedy pirate sees an opportunity to use her for himself.

The world's last Pegasus has eggs that can hatch only beneath a griffin's feather. Ben joins the Greenblooms on a quest to save the species, but obtaining the feather means confronting creatures that are deadly enemies of dragons.

Mermaid children Lilly and Fin love exploring forbidden caves beyond their underwater city. They dismiss tales of humans as warnings for youngsters, unaware that two collectors are searching for a mermaid to add to their collection of rare sea creatures.

Molly Rogers is kidnapped by Captain Firebeard and the crew of the Horrible Haddock, who expect an easy ransom. Her defiance unsettles them, while their ignorance of her mother's piratical reputation makes the abduction a dangerous miscalculation.

Morry is a young book tired of sitting unread among dignified volumes in a library. Longing to share his story with a child, he dreams of the adventures and connection that might begin when someone finally opens his pages.

Young mudlark Tabetha searches Londra's riverbanks for saleable treasures when a stranger asks her to find a powerful magical glass. As others pursue the missing object, unexpected companions draw her into a Christmas Eve adventure beyond ordinary riches.

Cornelia Funke brings together thirteen fairy tales from several cultures, including stories of magical creatures, difficult journeys and unexpected heroes. Her accompanying reflections explore what drew her to these tales and how their imaginative worlds have influenced her own storytelling.

Jacob and Fox's happiness in Mirrorworld is interrupted by Will's return in the company of their enemies. Following him toward Nihon and another magical mirror, they face difficult truths, uncertain loyalties, and dangers drawn from a new landscape.

Ben and the Greenblooms travel to California to protect an Aurelia, a mythical sea creature whose arrival can bring light or darkness. If it is harmed, magical beings everywhere may vanish, making their mission a race with extraordinary stakes.

Peace in Ombra is threatened when Orpheus pursues revenge through enchanted portraits. Dustfinger must confront an enemy whose power may now lie in pictures rather than words, as familiar companions face a danger that could erase them.

Twelve-year-old Caspia reluctantly spends the summer in Brooklyn, where she discovers letters containing botanical riddles. Searching the city for plants leads her to unexpected friendships and a new understanding of how an unfamiliar place can become home.