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Jane Johnson Books in Order

Explore Jane Johnson books in order, from Cornwall and Morocco historical novels to her fantasy work, with summaries, series guides, and where to start.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

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18 books

The Wild Road

by Jane Johnson

1997

Pampered kitten Tag is called onto the Wild Road, the secret paths animals use to travel through the world. To save the cats' king and queen from a sinister human known as the Alchemist, he must grow up fast.

The Golden Cat

by Jane Johnson

1998

The royal cats' golden kittens are in danger, and Tag is drawn into another perilous quest. From Cornwall to far stranger places, the search grows darker as a powerful force begins tearing at the Wild Road itself.

The Knot Garden

by Jane Johnson

2001

When Anna moves to the country, she finds herself caught up in a tense human drama and a stranger animal one. Orlando the cat is learning to patrol the Wild Roads just as storms, disappearances, and old secrets close in.

Nonesuch

by Jane Johnson

2002

After the mysterious Stella dies in a fire, the old house of Nonesuch passes to her cousin John Dawe. As he restores it, his wife Anna uncovers a family legacy of dread, damaged love, and secrets that the house will not let stay buried.

The Secret Country

by Jane Johnson

2005

Ben goes into a pet shop for a fish and comes out with Iggy, a talking cat from another world. Together they enter Eidolon, where magical creatures are being stolen and Ben learns his own life is part of a larger secret.

Crossed Bones / The Tenth Gift

by Jane Johnson

2006

A modern woman uncovers a seventeenth-century story of piracy and captivity when she finds old diary entries in a piece of needlework. Catherine Tregenna's abduction to Morocco becomes a sweeping tale of danger, faith, and divided loyalties.

The Shadow World

by Jane Johnson

2006

The Dodman is raising an army to crush Eidolon, and Isadora must return to fight for her people. When Ellie follows her and falls into enemy hands, Ben and Iggy race into even greater danger.

Dragon's Fire

by Jane Johnson

2007

War has reached Eidolon, and the Dodman is closing in on Queen Isadora. Ben and his siblings are drawn into a last, frantic struggle of witches, dragons, and family courage on both sides of the worlds.

Maskmaker

by Jane Johnson

2009

Jamie is sent to a strange maskmaker who offers disguises with real power. To save the people he loves, he must cross continents, solve riddles, and face a magical enemy that plays for keeps.

The Salt Road

by Jane Johnson

2010

After her estranged father's death, Isabelle inherits an amulet and a mystery that pulls her toward the Sahara. Her search echoes the story of Mariata, a desert woman who risks everything for love and freedom.

Goldseekers

by Jane Johnson

2011

Orphaned Jude Lanyon can sense hidden gold, a gift that makes him valuable and vulnerable. Swept into a magical Cornish adventure of pirates, djinns, and dark pursuit, he must decide who to trust.

The Sultan's Wife

by Jane Johnson

2012

In 1677 Morocco, court scribe Nus Nus finds himself tangled in murder and palace intrigue under the brutal King Ismail. When English captive Alys Swann is forced into the royal harem, the two must trust each other to survive.

Pillars of Light

by Jane Johnson

2016

As war closes in after Saladin takes Jerusalem, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and Zohra, a Muslim girl, fall in love in Akka. Their story joins with an English foundling's harsh journey toward the brutal siege ahead.

Court of Lions

by Jane Johnson

2017

Hiding in Granada after trauma, Kate finds a message concealed in the Alhambra's walls. Its trail leads back to the fall of Moorish Granada, tying her fate to love, loss, and unfinished history.

The Sea Gate

by Jane Johnson

2021

After her mother's death, artist Rebecca Young travels to a crumbling house on the Cornish cliffs to help an elderly cousin. What she finds is a nest of wartime secrets, family scandal, and danger that reaches into her own life.

The White Hare

by Jane Johnson

2022

In 1954 Mila and her mother buy a neglected house in Cornwall's White Valley, hoping for a fresh start. But local legends, old hurts, and the strange pull of the place make rebuilding a life far from simple.

The Black Crescent

by Jane Johnson

2023

Born with the marks of the zouhry, Hamou Badi grows up between village legend and hard reality. In Casablanca during the fight for Moroccan independence, he must choose between his work for the French authorities and his own people.

Secrets of the Bees

by Jane Johnson

2025

Old Ezra Curnow will not give up his cottage on the Trengrose estate without a fight. After the landowner dies, buried family secrets, new arrivals, and the pull of Cornwall itself turn a property dispute into something stranger and deeper.

Where to start with Jane Johnson

If you want Morocco-set historical adventure: Crossed Bones / The Tenth GiftThe Sultan's WifeThe Black Crescent
If you want Cornwall full of secrets and atmosphere: The Sea GateThe White HareSecrets of the Bees
If you want sweeping history and romance: Pillars of LightCourt of Lions
If you want younger fantasy: The Secret CountryThe Shadow WorldDragon's Fire
If you want epic fantasy under her Jude Fisher name: Sorcery RisingWild MagicThe Rose of the World

Eidolon Chronicles books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Secret Country"

    The Secret Country

    by Jane Johnson

    2005Eidolon Chronicles, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Shadow World"

    The Shadow World

    by Jane Johnson

    2006Eidolon Chronicles, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Dragon's Fire"

    Dragon's Fire

    by Jane Johnson

    2007Eidolon Chronicles, Book 3

Eidolon Chronicles books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Secret Country"

    The Secret Country

    by Jane Johnson

    2005Eidolon Chronicles, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Shadow World"

    The Shadow World

    by Jane Johnson

    2006Eidolon Chronicles, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Dragon's Fire"

    Dragon's Fire

    by Jane Johnson

    2007Eidolon Chronicles, Book 3

Knot Garden (Jane Johnson) books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Knot Garden"

    The Knot Garden

    by Jane Johnson

    2001Knot Garden, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Nonesuch"

    Nonesuch

    by Jane Johnson

    2002Knot Garden, Book 2

Knot Garden (Jane Johnson) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Knot Garden"

    The Knot Garden

    by Jane Johnson

    2001Knot Garden, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Nonesuch"

    Nonesuch

    by Jane Johnson

    2002Knot Garden, Book 2

Moroccan books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Crossed Bones / The Tenth Gift"

    Crossed Bones / The Tenth Gift

    by Jane Johnson

    2006Moroccan, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Salt Road"

    The Salt Road

    by Jane Johnson

    2010Moroccan, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Sultan's Wife"

    The Sultan's Wife

    by Jane Johnson

    2012Moroccan, Book 3

Moroccan books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Crossed Bones / The Tenth Gift"

    Crossed Bones / The Tenth Gift

    by Jane Johnson

    2006Moroccan, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Salt Road"

    The Salt Road

    by Jane Johnson

    2010Moroccan, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Sultan's Wife"

    The Sultan's Wife

    by Jane Johnson

    2012Moroccan, Book 3

Tag, the Cat (Jane Johnson) books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Wild Road"

    The Wild Road

    by Jane Johnson

    1997Tag, the Cat, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Golden Cat"

    The Golden Cat

    by Jane Johnson

    1998Tag, the Cat, Book 2

Tag, the Cat (Jane Johnson) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Wild Road"

    The Wild Road

    by Jane Johnson

    1997Tag, the Cat, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Golden Cat"

    The Golden Cat

    by Jane Johnson

    1998Tag, the Cat, Book 2

Standalone Jane Johnson books

  1. Book cover for "Maskmaker"

    Maskmaker

    by Jane Johnson

    2009
  2. Book cover for "Goldseekers"

    Goldseekers

    by Jane Johnson

    2011
  3. Book cover for "Pillars of Light"

    Pillars of Light

    by Jane Johnson

    2016
  4. Book cover for "Court of Lions"

    Court of Lions

    by Jane Johnson

    2017
  5. Book cover for "The Sea Gate"

    The Sea Gate

    by Jane Johnson

    2021
  6. Book cover for "The White Hare"

    The White Hare

    by Jane Johnson

    2022
  7. Book cover for "The Black Crescent"

    The Black Crescent

    by Jane Johnson

    2023
  8. Book cover for "Secrets of the Bees"

    Secrets of the Bees

    by Jane Johnson

    2025

Author bio

Jane Johnson grew up in Cornwall, and that landscape never really left her. Cliffs, weather, old stories, hidden coves, and the sense that history is always close to the surface all turn up again and again in her fiction. She writes for adults and younger readers, and she has also spent most of her working life inside publishing, which gives her books a grounded, bookish confidence without ever feeling fussy.

Before becoming known as a novelist, she worked as a bookseller and then moved into publishing after a lucky conversation with a neighbour led to an interview at George Allen & Unwin, the house that published J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien mattered to her long before that. She has said he was her favourite writer from childhood, and that love of myth, language, and landscape helped shape both her reading life and her career.

Books were both her day job and her way in.

At HarperCollins she became a Fiction Publishing Director, working with major fantasy, science fiction, and thriller writers, and for many years she oversaw Tolkien's books. Under the name Jude Fisher, she wrote the official visual companions to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, and she also wrote the epic fantasy trilogy that begins with Sorcery Rising. With M. John Harrison, writing as Gabriel King, she co-created the cat fantasies The Wild Road and The Golden Cat.

She has also written lively children's fantasy under her own name. The Secret Country, The Shadow World, and Dragon's Fire send ordinary children into Eidolon, a parallel world full of strange beasts, danger, and family secrets. Those books show one of her recurring strengths: she likes stories where the everyday world rubs up against something older, wilder, and much harder to explain.

Her adult novels often move between Cornwall and Morocco, with history pressing hard on the present. The Tenth Gift grew from a family legend about a Cornish woman taken by Barbary pirates in the seventeenth century. Later books such as The Salt Road, The Sultan's Wife, The Sea Gate, The White Hare, The Black Crescent, and Secrets of the Bees mix love stories, buried histories, local folklore, and the complicated pull between cultures. Place matters in these books. So does weather. So do secrets.

Then Morocco changed the shape of her life.

In 2005 she travelled there to research The Tenth Gift and met the man who would become her husband, Abdellatif, a Berber from the Anti-Atlas Mountains. During that same trip she and a climbing partner were stranded overnight on a mountain ledge, an experience that made her rethink the London office life she had been leading. She later sold her flat, married in Morocco, and built a life split between Mousehole in Cornwall and Morocco. She still works remotely as a Fiction Publishing Director for HarperCollins.

That mix of deep book knowledge and lived experience gives her fiction its own shape. Readers come to Jane Johnson for sweeping historical plots, vivid settings, folklore that feels rooted rather than decorative, and characters trying to make a home in places marked by old wounds. Whether she is writing about Crusader Akka, postwar Casablanca, or a Cornish valley haunted by rumor, she tends to ask the same quiet question: what does the past still want from us?

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Richard Reis

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Anurag Ramdasan

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