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Swallows and Amazons Series

12 primary works • 14 total works

Book 1

Swallows and Amazons
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4.02 · 32795 Ratings · 1558 Reviews · published 1930 · 200 editions
The first title in Arthur Ransome's classic series…

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    Book 2

    Swallowdale
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    4.26     · 4219 Ratings · 262 Reviews · published 1931 · 139 editions
    A summer of adventure with the Swallows and Amazon…

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    Book 3

    Peter Duck: A Treasure Hunt in the Caribbees
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    4.03     · 2443 Ratings · 174 Reviews · published 1932 · 2 editions
    The intrepid Swallows (explorers John, Susan, Titt…

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    Book 4

    Winter Holiday
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    4.32     · 3032 Ratings · 209 Reviews · published 1933 · 112 editions
    The fourth book in Arthur Ransome's classic series…

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    Book 5

    Coot Club
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    4.12     · 2348 Ratings · 149 Reviews · published 1934 · 16 editions
    Someone is wrecking wild birds’ nesting places on …

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    Book 6

    Pigeon Post
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    4.23     · 3528 Ratings · 137 Reviews · published 1936 · 99 editions
    The Swallows, Amazons, and friends search for gold…

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    Book 7

    We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
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    4.28     · 2484 Ratings · 164 Reviews · published 1937 · 103 editions
    In this latest adventure (following Pigeon Post, w…

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    Book 8

    Secret Water
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    4.17     · 2169 Ratings · 96 Reviews · published 1939 · 74 editions
    On an uncharted island, the Swallows discover myst…

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    Book 9

    The Big Six
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    4.08     · 1477 Ratings · 85 Reviews · published 1940 · 71 editions
    There’s a crime wave on the lake! All evidence poi…

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    Book 10

    Missee Lee
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    3.86     · 1365 Ratings · 88 Reviews · published 1941 · 1 edition
    The original cast of the famed Swallows and Amazon…

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    Book 11

    The Picts & the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All
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    4.33     · 1721 Ratings · 97 Reviews · published 1943 · 76 editions
    After their mother goes off sailing in the North S…

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    Book 12

    Great Northern? A Scottish Adventure of Swallows & Amazons
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    4.14     · 1449 Ratings · 84 Reviews · published 1947 · 70 editions
    The Swallows, Amazons, and the Ds are all on a sai…

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    Book 12.5

    Coots in the North & other stories
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    3.75     · 115 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1988 · 4 editions

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    Book 5 & 9 abridged

    Swallows and Amazons for Ever
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    4.12     · 175 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1984 · 4 editions
    Abridged versions of Coot Club and The Big Six.

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