The Boggart Books in Order

The Boggart books follow a timeless mischief spirit who would rather knot shoelaces and rearrange furniture than haunt people in the usual way. Rooted in Scottish folklore, Cooper’s boggart is one of the Old Things of the world, happiest when life is just a bit chaotic.

In The Boggart, that comfortable routine collapses when the last of the MacDevon family dies and their island castle on a Scottish sea loch passes to Canadian relatives, the Volniks. Emily and Jessup visit Castle Keep, fall in love with the place, and unknowingly bring the resident boggart back to Toronto inside an antique desk. There he runs wild with computers, televisions, and traffic lights, turning ordinary suburban life into slapstick chaos and forcing the children to work out how to send him home without losing him altogether.

The mischief only grows in The Boggart and the Monster.

Two years later, Emily and Jess return to Scotland to stay with Mr. Maconochie, the castle’s new owner, and take a camping trip to Loch Ness. The boggart tags along and discovers that Nessie is actually a cousin who long ago chose the shape of a monster and has forgotten how to change back. As scientists sweep the loch with high tech equipment, the children and the boggart race to protect the shy, weary creature from being exposed to the world.

The later novel The Boggart Fights Back brings in a new pair of cousins, Allie and Jay Cameron, whose grandfather runs a small hotel and shop on a different Scottish loch. When a ruthless developer called William Trout plans a luxury resort that would drown the shoreline in concrete, the twins ask the boggart and his cousin Nessie for help. Together they recruit other Old Things of Scottish legend, turning the battle over zoning permits into a very odd, very local uprising.

Across all three books, the series keeps a light, funny tone, but the stakes are real. Families cope with inheritance and money, children fight to protect wild places they love, and the boggart himself has to decide what loyalty looks like when humans keep changing the world around him. Readers who like modern settings with a thread of folklore, prank filled scenes, and a strong sense of Scottish landscape will feel at home here.

You can comfortably start with The Boggart, which sets up Castle Keep and the Volniks, then move to The Boggart and the Monster and The Boggart Fights Back. Each story stands on its own, but the running jokes and family connections are more rewarding in order.