Matt Haig Books in Order

Set in the world of The Midnight Library, this novel follows Wilbur, a lonely man whose best memories are of his lost love Maggie and their honeymoon in Venice, as a magical train offers him the chance to revisit the past at a dangerous cost.

Grace, a widowed former maths teacher numbed by grief, unexpectedly inherits a crumbling house on Ibiza from a woman she barely knew and, after encountering a mysterious light in the sea, finds herself gifted with strange abilities and a second chance at living.

A patchwork of very short reflections, stories, quotes and reminders written for days when everything feels too much, this book gathers ideas that helped Haig through his own dark times and offers gentle, non‑preachy reassurance that feelings can change.

Miika is a small mouse living in Elfhelm who longs to belong and dreams of tasting the finest cheese. When he teams up with the daring Bridget the Brave, his quest leads to robbery, danger and the realisation that courage matters more than smell.

Nora Seed, crushed by regret and convinced she has nothing to live for, steps into a magical library between life and death where each book lets her try a different version of her life and decide whether she truly wants to die.

On a trip to the Amazon rainforest, animal‑whisperer Evie befriends pink river dolphins, a jaguar and an injured sloth, and soon realises the jungle itself is under threat, pushing her to use her unusual gift to stand up for a fragile ecosystem.

Aada is starting at a new school and worries about her accent, her clothes and her outspoken best friend, the Truth Pixie; together they face bullies, bad days and the temptation to pretend, learning that being yourself is braver than fitting in.

Evie has a secret super‑talent: she can hear animals’ thoughts. When a wave of pet thefts hits her city and her own father warns her never to use her gift, Evie must decide whether to stay safe or speak up to save her furry friends.

A small pixie cursed to say only what is true is tired of upsetting everyone she meets, until she crosses paths with a worried human girl and discovers that honest words, even the difficult ones, can sometimes be the kindest magic of all.

Drawing on his own experience of anxiety, Haig explores how news cycles, smartphones, social media and modern busyness can overwhelm us, then offers simple, practical ways to slow down, protect your mind and build a kinder relationship with the world.

Tom Hazard looks forty but has been alive for centuries, quietly changing identities under the control of a secret society that forbids its members to fall in love; when he becomes a history teacher in modern London, that rule grows impossible to follow.

Now adopted by Father Christmas and Mary and living in Elfhelm, Amelia finds it hard to fit in at elf school just as the bitter Easter Bunny and his rabbit army scheme to destroy Christmas, leaving Amelia to decide where she truly belongs.

Amelia Wishart once supplied the hope that powered Father Christmas’s first magical journey, but now she is trapped in a grim Victorian workhouse and losing faith, forcing Father Christmas to repair Elfhelm and race to London before Christmas magic dies out.

Part memoir, part manual, this book charts Matt Haig’s plunge into life‑threatening depression in his twenties and his slow recovery, offering short chapters, lists and honest conversations aimed at anyone who has ever struggled to see a reason to go on.

Eleven‑year‑old Nikolas, nicknamed Christmas, leaves his poor but loving home in Finland to search for his missing father and the legendary elf village of Elfhelm, discovering flying reindeer, talking mice and the beginnings of the Christmas spirit.

A short, humorous companion to The Humans, this alphabetical guide playfully explains human habits, sayings and obsessions as if to a puzzled outsider, turning everyday behaviour into a witty handbook on what makes people so strange and lovable.

In a future ruled by powerful corporations and lifelike robots called echoes, sheltered teenager Audrey loses her parents in a brutal attack and finds an unlikely ally in Daniel, an echo who seems to feel emotions he was never designed to have.

An alien from a hyper‑rational civilisation takes over the body of mathematician Andrew Martin to erase a dangerous discovery, but as he lives among Martin’s wife, son and dog, he begins to fall in love with messy, irrational human life.

Twelve‑year‑old Barney Willow is bullied at school, misses his absent dad and wishes he could escape his life by becoming a cat, but when that wish unexpectedly comes true he discovers that life on four paws has its own dangers and responsibilities.

In a quiet English village, Peter and Helen Radley have hidden the fact that they are abstaining vampires, even from their own teenagers, until a violent incident forces the family to confront bloodlust, lies and the cost of denying who they are.

Antiques dealer Terence Cave has already lost his wife and one of his twin children, and grief curdles into obsession as he tries to control every aspect of his remaining daughter Bryony’s life, with increasingly disturbing and destructive consequences.

When Troll‑Son escapes Shadow Forest to live with his idol Samuel in the human world, Samuel has to hide a gigantic, curious troll in a small Norwegian town while uncovering the danger Troll‑Son was fleeing and deciding where his new friend truly belongs.

After a freak accident kills their parents, Samuel and Martha Blink are sent to live in Norway beside a terrifying forest full of trolls, witches and truth pixies, and Samuel must enter the woods to rescue his sister and face his grief.

In this version of Samuel’s tale, the newly orphaned English boy is warned never to step into the Shadow Forest behind his aunt’s house, but when Martha disappears among its trees he follows, armed only with a mysterious field guide to its creatures.

A modern riff on Hamlet, this story is told by eleven‑year‑old Philip, whose dead father appears as a ghost claiming he was murdered by Philip’s uncle and demanding revenge, even as Philip struggles with school, first love and guilt.

Narrated by Prince, a devoted black Labrador, this novel follows a suburban family in crisis as affairs, teenage rebellion and secrets pile up and Prince must choose between obeying the ancient Labrador Pact or breaking the rules to save his humans.