Eoin Colfer Books in Order

Sports-mad Benny Shaw is unhappy when his family moves from Wexford to Tunisia. An unlikely friendship with Omar helps bridge their differences, leading to mischievous adventures and difficult experiences that change Benny's understanding of his new home.

Moving into the big boys' school toilets terrifies Ed Cooper, who imagines dangers lurking below the seat. His grandmother's remarkable potty may offer a solution, but Ed must somehow overcome a fear he cannot avoid forever.

Ed Cooper needs special shoes to correct a problem with his toes, but he fears everyone will laugh. Determined to escape wearing them, he tries his own remedies before confronting a pair even worse than he expected.

After a failed robbery, troubled teenager Meg Finn finds her soul caught between heavenly and demonic claims. Helping pensioner Lowrie fulfill his wish list could offer salvation, but first she must win over the man she tried to rob.

Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl kidnaps fairy police captain Holly Short, expecting to profit from a hidden supernatural world. His scheme brings him up against a resourceful captive and the powerful forces determined to rescue her.

Benny spends the summer with his grandfather and meets tough local girl Babe Meara, who knows the country better than he does. A money-making partnership brings friendship, rivalry, and danger when troublesome Furty Howlin demands a share.

Ed Cooper cannot master his times tables at school, and at home he has started wetting the bed. Facing problems in two places, he needs a way to cope with worries that seem to keep multiplying.

A video message reveals that Artemis Fowl's father is being held by the Russian mafia. To rescue him, Artemis must work with Captain Holly Short and the fairies he once treated as enemies, while their own troubles demand attention.

Artemis Fowl builds a powerful computer from stolen fairy technology, but it falls into the hands of a businessman with criminal connections. Recovering it requires help from the very people whose secrets his invention now threatens to expose.

Will and Marty are sent to the library for the holidays, where terrifying stories surround librarian Spud Murphy. Rumors of her gas-powered potato gun make every rule seem dangerous, and the boys expect reading to be the least of their problems.

Two Artemis Fowl stories accompany character interviews, coded material, fairy identification tips, and diagrams of Foaly's inventions. The companion volume explores Holly Short's early police career and Mulch Diggums's involvement in a scheme surrounding a valuable tiara.

Will's mother thinks library visits will keep him and Marty occupied during the holidays. The brothers dread meeting Spud Murphy, a librarian reputed to punish troublemakers with a potato gun, but their enforced reading brings unexpected possibilities.

Fugitive dwarf Mulch Diggums plans to steal the priceless Fei Fei tiara, but the apparently easy heist hides a trap. Artemis Fowl has arranged the opportunity because he needs Mulch's unusual skills for a scheme of his own.

Cosmo Hill escapes a brutal orphanage and nearly dies before a group of young hunters rescues him. Able to see the blue creatures they fight, he joins the Supernaturalists and discovers corruption surrounding their campaign against the parasites.

Marty's practical jokes already make life difficult for his younger brother Will. When he tells a frightening story about pirate Captain Crow, Will must decide whether the threatening ghost is another trick or something that could actually be real.

Will is terrified by his brother Marty's account of the murderous Captain Crow. Knowing Marty loves tricks offers little comfort as the boy wonders whether a pirate's ghost could truly be pursuing him in this illustrated adventure.

With his memories of fairies erased, Artemis Fowl cannot recall his alliance with Holly Short. Escaped pixie Opal Koboi plots revenge and an attack on the fairy police, forcing Artemis to recover what he has forgotten before disaster strikes.

Schoolboy Fletcher Moon has earned a private investigator's qualification online and solved small mysteries. A series of crimes in the town of Lock brings a more serious case, with suspicion falling on the troublesome Sharkey brothers.

A failing spell sends demons from their timeless colony into the human world, threatening to reveal the fairies' existence. Artemis Fowl investigates, only to find a twelve-year-old rival genius has also deciphered the mystery and reached the same target.

Fourteen-year-old Conor is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned on Great Saltee by Hugo Bonvilain. Determined to clear his name and return to those he loves, he sees a seemingly impossible escape route: learning to fly.

Ten authors build one story around George 'Gee' Keane, a globe-trotting photographer whose life touches people across time and place. Each chapter adds a new voice, slowly revealing the family secrets and surprising connections he leaves behind.

Will longs to beat his older brother Marty in the Giant Jelly Baby competition and be declared the world's best boy. When he finally succeeds, Marty's unhappy reaction threatens to turn the victory into another round of sibling rivalry.

A War Child anthology for younger readers, Midnight Feast assembles short fiction, extracts, illustrations, and a Jamie Oliver mini-pizza recipe from prominent children’s writers. Its pieces range through fantasy, comedy, mystery, and spooky adventure.

Artemis's mother needs a cure made from an animal his younger self helped drive to extinction. Traveling into the past with fairy allies, he must rescue the lemur while outwitting a poacher and his own ten-year-old criminal mind.

In this comic story from Guys Read: Funny Business, Colfer recalls his younger brother Donal, a family schemer who helped inspire Artemis Fowl. One spring day gives the young mastermind an opportunity to devise a particularly troublesome plan.

Artemis Fowl's attempt to present a planet-saving invention is undermined by a magical disorder that distorts his judgment. When an enemy threatens the underwater fairy city of Atlantis, his friends need the brilliant mind he is struggling to control.

Irish bouncer Dan McEvoy's life in New Jersey unravels after club hostess Connie is murdered. His doctor friend disappears, a dangerous dealer becomes an enemy, and an unpredictable policewoman offers help amid an increasingly violent web of crime.

Opal Koboi plans to awaken ancient fairy warriors and use a spell to destroy humanity. Artemis Fowl, Holly Short, Butler, and Mulch must make a final stand against an enemy whose ambitions threaten both their worlds.

The First Doctor searches for his missing granddaughter Susan while confronting a mysterious beam that induces sleep. Marauding Soul Pirates stand in his way in this short adventure written for Doctor Who's fiftieth-anniversary collection.

Mary hates her wild, curly hair and decides to cut it herself, with results her mother does not appreciate. Forbidden from repeating the experiment on her own head, Mary notices the rule leaves other possible customers available.

Dan McEvoy tries to survive New Jersey's gangsters through wit rather than violence. When his step-grandmother arrives searching for his aunt Evelyn, family trouble joins the criminals and corrupt police already threatening his precarious life.

Victorian orphan Riley escapes an assassination task when a future scientist's time machine carries him into modern London. FBI agent Chevie Savano helps him flee his murderous master, whose pursuit through time gives the villain terrifying new knowledge.

Chevie Savano returns to a modern London transformed by a fascist regime. Escaping into the Victorian past, she reunites with Riley to confront the people using future military technology to reshape history and threaten Europe's capitals.

In Ireland in 1955, Charley serves as lookout for his criminal mother, who is trying to protect him from his father. A post-office robbery on his fourteenth birthday forces him into a more dangerous role than he wanted.

Imaginary friend Fred drifts through the world until lonely Sam wishes him into his life. Colfer's text and Oliver Jeffers's illustrations follow their unusual bond in a picture book about the friendship a child hopes to find.

Edited by Eoin Colfer, this anthology gathers stories and poems by Irish children's writers around the theme of place. Each contribution takes inspiration from a location in Ireland, connecting imaginative storytelling with the landscapes and settings that shape it.

A time-travel mishap carries Riley and FBI agent Chevie into a fearful Puritan village threatened by creatures from a wormhole. Branded a witch, Chevie faces execution, while Riley must confront a sinister protector whose past conceals a deadly threat.

Anna Liza uses jokes and songs to cheer up the patients at her mother's psychiatric practice. When she meets Edward, whose father has struggled since his wife left, she devises a plan to help without alerting her mother.

Noel, living with advanced multiple sclerosis, records a message for his best friend after taking an overdose. This darkly comic play follows his rambling memories, apologies, and declarations of love as he revisits forty years of small-town life.

Patrick wants a dog, especially while his father is away for the summer. Oz has been mistreated and lost his bark; their meeting offers a chance for trust and healing in a story that also explores the power of music.

After their borrowed jet explodes, Myles and Beckett Fowl are confined at home with fairy minder Lazuli. Myles's questions about the attack lead to his abduction, leaving Beckett and Lazuli to mount a rescue without his genius to guide them.

Vern, a dragon hiding in a Louisiana swamp, wants only a quiet life. Teenager Squib Moreau and ruthless constable Regence Hooke disrupt that peace, drawing three incompatible ambitions into a violent, absurd collision among the bayous.

Artemis Fowl's younger twin brothers befriend a fugitive troll while left under their home's security system. A nobleman and a sinister nun pursue the creature, drawing scientifically minded Myles and impulsive Beckett into a dangerous adventure alongside a fairy trainee.

Lord Teddy Bleedham-Drye plots lethal revenge against Myles and Beckett Fowl after their earlier humiliation of him. Weaponized technology, clones, and fairy magic complicate the twins' efforts to survive another confrontation with their persistent enemy.

Six-year-old Erin finds comfort in imagining animals among the clouds during a long illness. Returning to school feels unfamiliar, and sharing her experiences becomes part of discovering how her hospital friendships and everyday life can fit together.

Eleven-year-old Juniper suspects a mysterious woodsman is Santa Claus and seeks his help. His concealed magic attracts unwanted attention, drawing her into reindeer training and a struggle to protect an extraordinary secret from people determined to exploit it.

Juniper and her flying reindeer Skara protect Cedar Wood while their mentor is away. A legendary wish-granting fox attracts dangerous pursuers during the Blood Moon, forcing Juniper to confront a witch queen and defend the forest’s magic.

Starr feels upset when her younger sister Babs grows taller than her. With support from her mother and teacher, she confronts the challenges of being a child with dwarfism and learns to appreciate what makes her herself.

Deerheart, a fairy who can take the shape of a red deer, guards a forest’s magical stone. Falling in love with a human complicates her duty as sinister plans threaten both the woodland and the connection she cherishes.