Books in Order: A Comprehensive Guide to Katherine Rundell Works
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Katherine Rundell, born July 10, 1987, is an English author and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Her novel Rooftoppers won the 2015 Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award, The Explorer took the children's prize at the 2017 Costa Book Awards, and Impossible Creatures was named Waterstones Book of the Year for 2023.
The reading order below covers seven books in two groups: Impossible Creatures (2023–2025), Standalone Novels (2013–2019). The Impossible Creatures series is planned to run five books; Walt Disney Studios acquired film rights in October 2025.
Publication Order of Impossible Creatures Books
Start with Book 1: Impossible Creatures
Find it on Amazon →| Start here Impossible Creatures | (2023) | 📚 Find Impossible Creatures on Amazon → |
| The Poisoned King | (2025) | 📚 Find The Poisoned King on Amazon → |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Rooftoppers | (2013) | 📚 Find Rooftoppers on Amazon → |
| Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms | (2014) | 📚 Find Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms on Amazon → |
| The Wolf Wilder | (2015) | 📚 Find The Wolf Wilder on Amazon → |
| The Explorer | (2017) | 📚 Find The Explorer on Amazon → |
| The Good Thieves | (2019) | 📚 Find The Good Thieves on Amazon → |