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Rebecca Lim Books in Order

Browse Rebecca Lim books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and simple suggestions for where to start, from Mercy to Tiger Daughter.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

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Whiffy Newton in the Affair of the Fiendish Phantoms

by Rebecca Lim

2006

Whiffy's father starts dating again just as eerie disturbances break out in his laboratory. With a suspicious new girlfriend and a possible ghost in the mix, Whiffy has to solve a mystery much too close to home.

Whiffy Newton in the Case of the Dastardly Deeds

by Rebecca Lim

2006

Awkward amateur sleuth Whiffy Newton and his friends Doreen and Paz take on their biggest case yet. What starts as school-level detective work quickly turns into a much stranger and more dangerous mystery.

Whiffy Newton in the Mystery of the Marble Beach Mugger

by Rebecca Lim

2006

A seaside holiday turns into a case when a mystery thief terrorises Marble Beach around dinnertime. Whiffy, Doreen, and Paz must uncover the culprit before the town's beloved fish and chips become history.

Whiffy Newton in the Riddle of the Two-Tone Trousers

by Rebecca Lim

2006

Someone is stealing trousers all over Kentwood, then stitching them back together in bizarre new combinations. Whiffy and The Agency must crack the case before the town runs out of decent pants.

The Sweet Life

by Rebecca Lim

2008

A mysterious letter sends sixteen-year-old Janey Gordon to Italy in search of long-lost family. Rome should be all food, fashion, and freedom, but someone called Fellini seems to be shadowing her every move.

Messiest Monster Ever

by Rebecca Lim

2009

This cheerful collection gathers three short monster stories, full of bright illustrations, playful mess, and gentle surprises. It's built for quick bedtime reading and young readers who like their monsters funny rather than frightening.

Mercy

by Rebecca Lim

2010

Mercy wakes on a bus to Paradise with no clear past and a dangerous secret: she's an exiled angel living in borrowed bodies. When another local girl disappears, Mercy and Ryan race to stop a killer before heaven's hunters catch her.

Exile

by Rebecca Lim

2011

Mercy wakes inside Lela Neill, a young woman caring for her dying mother, with only fragments of memory to guide her. As Ryan and Luc return to her mind, she must decide how much of Lela's life she is willing to risk.

Muse

by Rebecca Lim

2011

Mercy wakes in the body of Irina, a supermodel on the verge of collapse, and finds herself adrift in Milan's glittering fashion world. As her powers grow, so do her doubts about Luc and the war building around her.

Fury

by Rebecca Lim

2012

Betrayed and burning with anger, Mercy prepares for open war with Luc and his demons. Ryan still loves her, but that love puts him in terrible danger as Mercy moves toward her hardest choice yet.

The Astrologer's Daughter

by Rebecca Lim

2014

When Avicenna Crowe's astrologer mother disappears, the police miss the questions that matter most. Using her own inherited gift, Avicenna digs into family secrets, a cold-case murder, and Melbourne's darker corners.

Afterlight

by Rebecca Lim

2015

Grieving teenager Sophie switches schools hoping to disappear into ordinary life, but a ghostlike figure has other plans. With the help of a boy who knows the paranormal world, she is drawn into a violent mystery.

Wraith

by Rebecca Lim

2017

Two years after the chaos in Milan, Gia Basso is dragged back into Mercy's world when Ryan is held captive by Lucifer. To save him, Mercy and Gia must cross the world and bargain with powers far darker than either wants.

The Relic of the Blue Dragon

by Rebecca Lim

2018

Thirteen-year-old Harley Spark finds an old Chinese vase and accidentally frees Qing, a dragon girl imprisoned for centuries. Suddenly he's pulled into a dangerous quest to free Qing's sisters and survive an ancient supernatural feud.

The Race for the Red Dragon

by Rebecca Lim

2019

Harley and Qing race toward the Wudang Mountains, then detour after rumours of another dragon vase. With enemies closing in and Qing's powers growing, their quest becomes faster, riskier, and far more tangled.

Bravest Princess Ever

by Rebecca Lim

2020

Princess Arabella stars in three short adventures involving dragons, witches, and circus mishaps. These quick, friendly tales turn scary moments into brave, funny fun for young readers.

Aussie STEM Stars: Eddie Woo - Superstar Maths Teacher

by Rebecca Lim

2021

This lively biography follows Eddie Woo from maths-loving kid to widely admired teacher and WooTube star. It's a clear, inspiring look at how curiosity, empathy, and creative teaching can change the way students see maths.

Tiger Daughter

by Rebecca Lim

2021

Wen Zhou feels trapped between her parents' expectations and the life she wants for herself. Her friendship with Henry offers hope and escape, until tragedy forces both of them to fight for a future on their own terms.

Where should I start?

For the big paranormal saga: MercyExileMuseFuryWraith
For dark YA mysteries with a real-world edge: The Astrologer's DaughterAfterlight
For her most grounded and emotional contemporary novel: Tiger Daughter
For younger fantasy adventure readers: The Relic of the Blue DragonThe Race for the Red Dragon
For younger mystery fans who want something funny: Whiffy Newton in the Case of the Dastardly DeedsWhiffy Newton in the Riddle of the Two-Tone Trousers

Author bio

Rebecca Lim was born in Singapore and moved with her family to Warwick, Queensland, as a toddler before later settling in Melbourne. That mix of places shows up in her work. Her books often pay close attention to belonging, class, family pressure, and the feeling of being slightly out of step with the world around you.

She was a huge reader from the start. After racing through the children's books in her school and local libraries, she gravitated toward fantasy and science fiction, partly because those genres felt less boxed in and gave her more room to imagine lives that looked a bit closer to her own.

That early reading life never really left her.

Before many readers knew her as a novelist, Lim trained and worked as a commercial lawyer. She has also worked as an illustrator and editor, and she has spoken about writing alongside a busy professional life rather than waiting for perfect conditions. That practical streak matters. Her stories can get strange, supernatural, or mythic, but they usually stay grounded in real streets, real pressures, and real emotional mess.

A lot of readers first found her through the Mercy books, which begin with an exiled angel waking in borrowed bodies and unfold into a mix of mystery, romance, and supernatural danger. Across Mercy, Exile, Muse, Fury, and Wraith, she keeps widening the world while holding on to the human stakes. The big questions are about memory, love, guilt, identity, and what it costs to try to save somebody.

She doesn't stay in one lane for long. The Astrologer's Daughter is a sharp Melbourne mystery threaded with astrology, grief, and family secrets, while Afterlight blends ghosts, bullying, kindness, and crime into something darker and more contemporary. Readers often come to Lim for the hook, angels, missing mothers, restless spirits, dragons, but stay for the girls at the centre of the story, who are smart, stubborn, funny, and not especially interested in being easy to like.

Then came Tiger Daughter, a more grounded and personal novel about a Chinese Australian girl growing up under pressure, trying to protect a friend and imagine a future of her own. The book brought a wider audience to Lim's work and won major Australian prizes, including the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers.

She writes for younger readers too.

In Children of the Dragon, she mixes Chinese mythology, martial arts, and fast adventure. In the Whiffy Newton books, she turns schoolyard embarrassment and oddball sleuthing into warm, goofy mysteries. Even in her shorter work for children, there is a clear through line. Brave kids matter. Outsiders matter. So do humour, pace, and the refusal to talk down to readers.

Lim is also a co-founder of Voices from the Intersection and a co-editor of Meet Me at the Intersection, an anthology created to make more room for writers and illustrators from communities that are often pushed to the edges. She lives in Melbourne, and has continued to work across writing, editing, and law. Whether she is writing about angels, dragons, missing people, or a superstar maths teacher, her books keep circling the same idea: young people notice more than adults think, and they are often braver than anyone gives them credit for.

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