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Books mentioned in this topic
Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived (other topics)The presence of the past: An introduction to landscape history (other topics)
Life in the Garden (other topics)
A House Unlocked (other topics)
Ammonites and Leaping Fish: A Life in Time (other topics)
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Fiction for children
Astercote (1970)
The Whispering Knights (1971)
The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (1971)
The Driftway (1972)
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973) – Carnegie Medal
The House in Norham Gardens (1974)
Going Back (1975)
Boy Without a Name (1975)
A Stitch in Time (1976) – Whitbread Children's Book Award
The Stained Glass Window (1976), illustrated by Michael Pollard
Fanny's Sister (1976)
The Voyage of QV66 (1978)
Fanny and the Monsters (1978)
Fanny and the Battle of Potter's Piece (1980)
The Revenge of Samuel Stokes (1981)
Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories (1984), collection
Dragon Trouble(1984), illus. Valerie Littlewood
Debbie and the Little Devil (1987)
A House Inside Out (1987)
Princess By Mistake (1993)
Judy and the Martian (1993)
The Cat, the Crow, and the Banyan Tree (1994), illus. Terry Milne
Good Night, Sleep Tight (1995), illus. Adriano Gon
Two Bears and Joe (1995), illus. Jan Ormerod
Staying with Grandpa (1995)
A Martian Comes to Stay (1995)
The Disastrous Dog (1995), illus. Robert Bartlett
Ghostly Guests (1997)
One, Two, Three, Jump! (1998), illus. Jan Ormerod
Dragon Trouble (1999), new edition illus. Andrew Rowland
In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid (2001), illus. Ian Andrew
Fiction for adults
The Road to Lichfield (1977) – Booker Prize finalist
Nothing Missing But The Samovar, And Other Stories (1978), collection – Southern Arts Literature Prize
Treasures of Time (1979) – Arts Council National Book Award
Judgment Day (1980)
Next to Nature, Art (1982)
Perfect Happiness (1983)
Corruption, and other stories (1984), collection
According to Mark (1984) – Booker Prize finalist
Pack of Cards, collected short stories 1978–1986 (1986), collection
Moon Tiger (1987) – Booker Prize; Whitbread finalist
Passing On (1989)
City of the Mind (1991)
Cleopatra's Sister (1993)
Heat Wave (1996)
Beyond the Blue Mountains (1997), collection (U.S. title: The Five Thousand and One Nights)[13]
Spiderweb (1998)
The Photograph (2003)
Making it Up (2005)
Consequences (2007)
Family Album (2009) – Costa finalist
How It All Began (November 2011)
The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories (May 2017)
Nonfiction
The Presence Of The Past: An Introduction To Landscape History (1976)
Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived (1994), autobiographical
A House Unlocked (2001), autobiographical
Ammonites and Leaping Fish: A Life in Time (2013), memoir[14] (subsequently Dancing Fish and Ammonites: A Memoir)
Life in the Garden (2018), memoir