Tribes of Redwall Books in Order

The Tribes of Redwall books are companion guides, not new novels. Instead of following one hero through one adventure, each volume pauses the action and zooms in on a single kind of creature from Jacques's world. That shift makes them feel less like the next chapter in the saga and more like a guided walk through its lore.

It is a smart idea for this particular series.

The Redwall books are full of creatures with strong identities. Badgers carry the weight of old leadership, prophecy, and battle rage. Otters bring river life, travel, sea-roving energy, and a more easygoing sort of courage. Mice sit near the center of Abbey life, from Martin and Matthias to the many ordinary Abbeydwellers who keep Redwall running when nobody is on a quest. These companion books pull those threads together in one place.

The format is lighter and more scrapbook-like than the novels. You get character profiles, bits of background, tribe traits, custom and history, and fan-friendly extras such as quizzes and posters. So instead of asking what happens next in the story, these books ask a different question: what makes a Redwall badger feel like a Redwall badger, or an otter feel like an otter, across many books and generations?

That matters because the main saga jumps around in time. One book may be an origin tale, the next may move far into the future, and another may land somewhere in between. The Tribes of Redwall books smooth some of that out by organizing the world around species and tradition rather than strict chronology. They help readers notice patterns that the novels only reveal in passing.

They also show how much of Jacques's world-building comes from culture rather than plot. Hares have their swagger and comic formality. Otters travel in holts and crews, always feeling half riverbank, half seashore. Badgers seem larger than life because they are supposed to, part monarch, part warrior, part burden-bearer. Mice often tie the whole setting back to memory, continuity, and home. Reading by tribe highlights those differences in a very direct way.

The planned hare and squirrel volumes fit that same logic, even if they are harder to pin down than the published books. As a line, Tribes of Redwall works best once you already know the novels a little. It is for the reader who wants the side notes, the little customs, the recurring family feel, and the creature-by-creature flavor that the main adventures only have time to show in motion.

These are books for looking around, not just racing ahead.