Lloyd Alexander Books in Order

Alexander's first novel turns his own bank-messenger days into a sharp, comic look at work, money, and youthful frustration. It is part satire, part coming-of-age story, and very far from fantasy.

In this memoir, Alexander writes about five very different cats and the households they quietly ruled. It is affectionate, funny, and observant about the odd bargains people make with the animals they love.

Alexander recounts the life of August Bondi, an Austrian Jewish immigrant who fought slavery in Bleeding Kansas and later served in the Civil War. It is a brisk portrait of a man drawn again and again toward freedom's rough edge.

This historical biography follows Aaron Lopez, a Jewish refugee turned merchant and philanthropist in colonial Newport. Alexander frames business, belief, and public life as the story of one man building a future in early America.

Jason's cat Gareth can talk, and even better, he can visit the places of his nine lives. Together they travel through history, turning a cat's curiosity into a string of playful adventures.

Alexander tells the story of the ASPCA through rescues, court fights, shelters, and the people who took animal protection seriously. It is brisk nonfiction, packed with strange cases and genuine affection for the work.

Taran, an Assistant Pig-Keeper who dreams of heroism, goes after the missing pig Hen Wen and stumbles into a much larger fight. Along the way he meets allies, enemies, and the first real test of courage.

Before Taran's story begins, Coll is living a quiet life with his white pig, Hen Wen, until Arawn's riders steal her away. His rescue mission feels like a small fairy tale set on the edge of Prydain's larger war.

This lively nonfiction book follows ASPCA agent William Michael Ryan through rescues, cruelty cases, and the daily scramble of protecting animals. Alexander turns real incidents into brisk stories with humor and heart.

Taran and his companions take on a deadly mission into enemy territory to destroy the Black Cauldron, source of Arawn's undead warriors. It begins as a chance for glory and becomes a lesson in sacrifice.

Eilonwy is sent away for princess training on the Isle of Mona, but the trip turns dangerous when Queen Achren targets her magical gifts. Taran and his companions race to rescue her before the spell tightens.

Now a proven hero, Taran sets out with Gurgi to learn who he really is. His journey across Prydain becomes a search for birth, worth, and the hard truth that character matters more than rank.

Before he became Prydain's most cheerful bard, King Fflewddur Fflam received a harp with a sharp habit: its strings snap whenever he stretches the truth. It is a funny, pointed tale about boasting and honesty.

Arawn has gained a terrible advantage, and Taran joins Gwydion and his friends for Prydain's last great war. The final book of the series brings battle, loss, and a choice that will shape Taran's whole life.

A young fiddler is cast out of court and hits the road with a cat, a princess, a peasant, and a dangerous enchanted violin. Their wandering adventure is comic on the surface and shadowed by a real moral cost.

A king plans a grand fountain for his palace, even though it will rob the town below of water. One ordinary man steps forward to argue back, proving that common sense can be a kind of courage.

Three bickering craftsmen pile too much onto one poor donkey on the way to the fair. When the animal gives out, the men end up learning exactly who has been acting like donkeys.

Lionel the cat gets his wish and is turned into a man, then promptly finds human life far messier than expected. In Brightford he faces greed, love, and politics from a very new angle.

This companion collection returns to Prydain for origin stories, side tales, and bits of history behind people and objects from the novels. It deepens the world without losing the series' humor, mystery, and warmth.

Mallory frees a long-trapped wizard from an oak tree and discovers that old magic is not as reliable as it once was. Together they take on a greedy squire in a story about courage, work, and wishful thinking.

These cat stories are funny, sly, and fond of turning the tables on pompous humans. Alexander gives his feline heroes just enough magic and mischief to make every tale feel like a wink.

A prank-loving idler pays for a magic trick and wakes up in another world as a king. Royal life looks splendid at first, until Lukas-Kasha discovers plots, danger, and the price of real responsibility.

Theo, an apprentice printer, is thrown into turmoil after his kingdom starts sliding toward unrest and lies. With the streetwise Mickle and the inventor Musket, he gets caught between rebellion, propaganda, and survival.

The revolution is over, but peace has not arrived. Theo is swept into war while Mickle moves through a harsher political world, and both learn how quickly high ideals can turn into cruelty.

Westmark is still unstable, and the return of its hidden queen could save it or shatter it again. Theo and his friends are pulled into one last struggle over power, loyalty, and what kind of country can survive.

At sixteen, Vesper Holly travels from Philadelphia to Illyria to test her late father's theories about the country's past. Instead she finds revolution, palace intrigue, and her first showdown with Dr. Helvitius.

Vesper Holly travels to El Dorado and lands in a jungle tangle of greed, land schemes, and volcano-sized trouble. Once again, Dr. Helvitius is close by, and Vesper has no intention of letting him win.

What should have been a ceremonial trip to Drackenberg turns into another knot of danger for Vesper Holly and Brinnie. Royal pageantry, hidden plots, and a familiar villain keep the adventure moving fast.

This warm nonfiction book looks at Alexander's life with cats, all independence, mystery, comedy, and negotiation. It is part memoir, part cat watching, and full of the amused patience of someone who knew who really ran the house.

A simple errand, returning an overdue library book, sends Vesper Holly and Brinnie into the deserts of Jedera. Before long they are dealing with slavery, pursuit, and the unwelcome return of Dr. Helvitius.

In 1876 Philadelphia, Vesper Holly is drawn into a plot that threatens the Centennial Exposition and visiting world leaders. To stop Dr. Helvitius, she and Brinnie must solve a public crisis on their home ground.

This collected edition brings together Taran's full journey through Prydain, from Assistant Pig-Keeper to a leader forced to choose his own path. It is the easiest way to read Alexander's classic fantasy saga in one place.

Prince Jen sets out to find the perfect kingdom of T'ien-kuo and learn how a ruler should govern. The farther he travels, the more he loses, and the more he begins to understand people, power, and himself.

A crooked fortune-teller gives a carpenter a slippery prediction about future wealth, and chance takes it from there. This picture book turns bad advice and good timing into a sly folk tale with a grin.

Lucian flees palace intrigue and tumbles into a comic, dangerous journey through a Greece shaped by half-made myths. With a poet turned donkey and a young prophetess beside him, he searches for purpose in a changing world.

Luckless Tooley thinks a visit from the Friendly Folk will solve his problems, but his guest Hooks only eats, loafs, and makes things worse. It is up to Tooley's wise cat to frighten the pest away.

Young King Tamar loses a fateful dice game and must cross a myth-rich land to repay the debt marked by an iron ring. His quest tests his courage, his sense of justice, and the kind of ruler he wants to be.

Rizka lives on the edge of town with her cat and survives by nerve, wit, and quick thinking. When officials try to push her aside, she answers with tricks, kindness, and a talent for exposing foolishness.

Left alone in Mother Holly's cottage, a lazy cat turns simple chores into magical chaos, from rainstorms to thunderbolts. It is a playful origin story for one very important cat talent, the purr.

This omnibus gathers three of Alexander's standalones, The Arkadians, The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen, and The Iron Ring. Together they show his gift for quests, humor, and heroes who grow by getting lost.

When illness keeps David home from school, his fierce and eccentric Aunt Annie becomes his teacher. Real life in Philadelphia blends with the wild stories he invents, and both begin changing the way he sees himself.

After her cruel father's death, young magician Lidi keeps the family act alive on the road through Campania. With a runaway, an orphan seer, and a rebel at her side, she searches for the legendary master of the rope trick.

In five linked tales, a sharp-eyed white cat befriends Emperor Kwan-Yu and quietly upends life at court. Dream-of-Jade teaches him to question pomp, ignore foolish advisers, and see the world more clearly.

Vesper Holly heads east in search of legendary Troy, only to walk straight into one of Dr. Helvitius's traps. The last Vesper adventure is brisk, witty, and full of imprisonments, escapes, and old enemies.

Cast out by his uncle, daydreaming Carlo Chuchio follows a treasure map onto the Road of Golden Dreams. What starts as a hunt for riches becomes a long journey through danger, friendship, war, and hard-earned wisdom.