Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge also writes as: Lee James and J. Eldridge.

Upcoming Jim Eldridge Books

June 18th, 2026: Murder at Canterbury Cathedral (Cathedral Mysteries, #2)

October 22nd, 2026: The Museum Detectives' Christmas Mystery (Museum Mysteries, #13)

March 18th, 2027: Murder at the Vatican (Museum Mysteries, #13)

Murder at the Pyramids (Museum Mysteries, #12) was the most recently released book by Jim Eldridge, on January 22nd, 2026.

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Below is a complete list of Jim Eldridge books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Jim Eldridge is the Museum Mysteries Series.

List of Black Ops Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Jungle Kill
2010
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2
Death in the Desert
2010
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3
Urban Assassin
2011
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List of Cathedral Mysteries Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Murder at St Paul's Cathedral
2025
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2
Murder at Canterbury Cathedral
2026
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List of DCI Paul Stark Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Assassins
2016
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2
Shadows of the Dead
2017
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List of Disgusting Dave Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Disgusting Dave And The Farting Dog
2009
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2
Disgusting Dave And The Flesh Eating Maggots
2010
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3
Disgusting Dave and the Bucketful of Vomit
2011
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List of Fantasy Soldiers Books in Publication Order (as)

Ranked by popularity, the top Fantasy Soldiers books are Plague Ship, Death In The Jungle, and White Death.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Death In The Jungle
1995
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2
Killer In The City
1995
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3
White Death
1995
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4
Plague Ship
1995
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List of Hotel Mysteries Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Murder at the Ritz
2021
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2
Murder at the Savoy
2021
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3
Murder at Claridge's
2022
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List of London Underground Station Mysteries Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top London Underground Station Mysteries books are Murder at Aldwych Station, Murder at Down Street Station, and Murder at Lord's Station.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Murder at Aldwych Station
2022
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2
Murder at Down Street Station
2023
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3
Murder at Lord's Station
2024
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4
Murder at Whitechapel Road Station
2024
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List of The Malichea Quest Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top The Malichea Quest books are The Last Enemy, The Invisible Assassin, and The Deadly Game.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Invisible Assassin
2012
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2
The Deadly Game
2012
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3
The Lethal Target
2013
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4
The Last Enemy
2013
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List of Museum Mysteries Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Museum Mysteries books are Murder at the Fitzwilliam, Murder at the British Museum, and Murder at the Ashmolean.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Murder at the Fitzwilliam
2018
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2
Murder at the British Museum
2019
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3
Murder at the Ashmolean
2019
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4
Murder at the Manchester Museum
2020
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5
Murder at the Natural History Museum
2020
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6
Murder at Madame Tussauds
2021
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7
Murder at the National Gallery
2022
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8
Murder at the Victoria and Albert Museum
2022
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9
Murder at the Tower of London
2023
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10
Murder at the Louvre
2023
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11
Murder at the Colosseum
2025
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12
Murder at the Pyramids
2026
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13
The Museum Detectives' Christmas Mystery
2026
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14
Murder at the Vatican
2027
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List of SAS Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top SAS books are London Siege, Hostile Terrain, and Jungle War.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Hostile Terrain
2003
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2
London Siege
2003
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3
Secret Assault
2004
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4
Jungle War
2004
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List of Survivor Books in Publication Order (with Stephen Davies)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Survivor: Escape from Pompeii
2017
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2
Survivor: Titanic (By: Stephen Davies)
2017
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List of Warpath Books in Publication Order (as J. Eldridge)

Ranked by popularity, the top Warpath books are Tank Attack, Night Bomber, and Behind Enemy Lines.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Tank Attack
1999
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2
Deadly Skies
1999
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3
Behind Enemy Lines
1999
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4
Depth Charge Danger
1999
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5
Night Bomber
2000
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6
Island of Fear
2000
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List of Wrestling Trolls Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Wrestling Trolls books are Big Rock and the Masked Avenger, Hunk and Thud , and The Giant Rumble .

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Big Rock and the Masked Avenger
2014
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2
Hunk and Thud
2014
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3
The Giant Rumble
2014
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4
Thud in Trouble
2015
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5
Jack Versus Veto
2015
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6
The Final Showdown
2015
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are 4.3.2.1, Down Payment On Death, and Desert Duel.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Down Payment On Death
1972
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2
Bad Boyes (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1987
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3
King Street Junior
1988
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4
Bad Boyes and the Gangsters
1988
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5
Monsterman (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1988
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6
Uncle Jack and Operation Green
1990
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7
The Double Life of E.W.Potts, Schoolboy
1991
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8
Time Riders
1991
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9
Uncle Jack and the Loch Ness Monster
1991
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10
The Legend of the Lost Keys
1998
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11
Desert Duel
2004
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12
Dunkirk Escape
2009
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13
4.3.2.1
2010
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14
Sink the Tirpitz
2010
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15
Bomb!
2011
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16
Blood on the Wall
2013
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List of Chapter Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Under Attack
2013
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2
Gunpoint
2016
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List of Picture Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top picture books are Tractor And Digger, Wayfarers, and The Refugee Camp.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Tractor and Digger Save the Day
1997
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2
Tractor And Digger
1999
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3
Wayfarers
2017
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4
The Refugee Camp
2017
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List of Graphic Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Captain Hawk And The Stone Of Destiny
1997
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List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are Courageous First World War Stories, Daring World War Two Stories for Boys, and Second World War Stories for Boys.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Monster Summer Reading Pack
1995
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2
Spies And Special Forces!
2002
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3
Second World War Stories for Boys
2012
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4
Daring World War Two Stories for Boys
2013
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5
Courageous First World War Stories
2014
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Stories of the First World War, Standing Alone, and London Stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Funniest Joke Book
1983
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2
Bogeys, Boils And Bellybuttons (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1986
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3
Save Our Planet
1987
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4
Holidays Survival Guide
1989
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5
The Complete How to Handle Grown-ups (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1991
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6
Completely Misleading Guide to School
1994
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7
What Grown-Ups Say and What They Really Mean
1994
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8
Even More Ways to Handle Grown-ups (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1996
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9
Warriors! True Stories Of Combat, Skill And Courage
2001
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10
A Canny History of Carlisle
2006
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11
Standing Alone
2011
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12
London Stories
2012
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13
Charles Dickens
2012
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14
Alan Turing
2013
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15
Stories of the First World War
2014
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16
Independence. War in Ireland
2017
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List of 50 Things You Should Know About . . . Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top 50 Things You Should Know About . . . books are 50 Things You Should Know about Fierce Creatures, 50 Things You Should Know About The Tudors, and 50 Things You Should Know About The First World War.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
50 Things You Should Know About The Tudors (By: Rupert Matthews)
2004
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2
50 Things You Should Know about Fierce Creatures (By: Steve Parker)
2004
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3
50 Things You Should Know About The First World War
2014
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4
50 Things You Should Know About the Second World War (By: Simon Pratt-Adams)
2015
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5
50 Things You Should Know About The Human Body (By: Angela Royston)
2015
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6
50 Things You Should Know About the Environment (By: Jen Green)
2016
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List of Bug Club Books in Publication Order

Fun kids' stories full of excitement, mystery, and adventures with young heroes solving problems.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Soppy Hoppy (By: Jeanne Willis)
2001
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2
Bug Boy - Spider Camp! (By: Jeanne Willis)
2001
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3
Bug Boy - Slug Picnic (By: Jeanne Willis)
2002
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4
Pompom Pets (By: Jeanne Willis)
2002
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5
The Moon Monsters Get Lost (By: Jeanne Willis)
2002
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6
Sid Did it (By: Jeanne Willis)
2002
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7
Rat and Cat - The Dance (By: Jeanne Willis)
2004
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8
Slug Picnic (By: Jeanne Willis)
2004
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9
Get a Parrot (By: Jeanne Willis)
2007
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10
A Little Green Monster (By: Jeanne Willis)
2007
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11
Keeping a Pet (By: Jeanne Willis)
2007
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12
Giant George & the Robin (By: Jeanne Willis)
2008
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13
Boring, Boring (By: Jeanne Willis)
2008
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14
Babysitting Barney (By: Jeanne Willis)
2008
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15
The Trout Fishing Song (By: Jeanne Willis)
2008
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16
Rat and Cat - The Hat! (By: Jeanne Willis)
2008
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17
Dig Sid Dig (By: Jeanne Willis)
2009
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18
Beetle Cookies (By: Jeanne Willis)
2009
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19
One-Way Ticket to Mars (By: Jeanne Willis)
2009
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20
Little Red Riding Hoody (By: Jeanne Willis)
2010
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21
Spider Camp (By: Jeanne Willis)
2010
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22
The Not-So-Merry-Go-Round (By: Maureen Haselhurst)
2010
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23
The Bop (By: Jeanne Willis)
2010
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24
A Rat and Cat in the Hat Trick (By: Jeanne Willis)
2010
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25
The Quiz Went Fizz! (By: Jeanne Willis)
2010
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26
Let's Rock (By: Jeanne Willis)
2011
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27
Sid and the Boxer Pup (By: Jeanne Willis)
2011
Go
28
Butterfly Pie (By: Jeanne Willis)
2011
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29
Sea Fishing (By: Jeanne Willis)
2011
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30
The Runaway T (By: Jeanne Willis)
2011
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31
Step Inside a Story (By: Julia Donaldson)
2012
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32
Tyrannosaurus Drip (By: Julia Donaldson)
2012
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33
Plays to Act Tiddler (By: Julia Donaldson)
2012
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34
Flash the Dog Dives In!
2012
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35
Changing Places (By: Nette Hilton)
2012
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36
7
The Dragon's Tale and Other Beastly Stories (By: Anthony Horowitz, Simone Massoni)
2012
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37
Machines on the Move (By: Clive Gifford)
2012
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38
Swoop Flies South (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
2012
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39
Rat and Cat - Let's Jump (By: Jeanne Willis)
2012
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40
Missing Milly (By: Julia Donaldson)
2013
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41
Goha and the Shoes (By: Julia Donaldson)
2013
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42
The Best Bet (By: Julia Donaldson, Charlie Alder)
2013
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43
Frog Fight (By: Julia Donaldson)
2013
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44
The Noises Next Door (By: Julia Donaldson)
2013
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45
Don't Call Me Mum! (By: Julia Donaldson)
2013
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46
Rap-unzel (By: Jeanne Willis)
2013
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47
Flash the Dog Bounces In!
2013
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48
Big Giant, Little Bear (By: Rosalind Kerven)
2013
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49
Goldilocks and The Clever Plan (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
2013
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50
Goldilocks and the Big Mess (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
2013
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51
Goldilocks and the Porridge Problem (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
2016
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52
The Road to Freedom (By: Lesa Cline-Ransome)
2017
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53
The Tree (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
2017
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List of I Was There Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top I Was There books are I Was There Boudica's Army, I Was There… Alone In The Trenches, and I Was There Tutankhamun's Tomb.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
I Was There… Alone In The Trenches (By: Vince Cross)
2014
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2
Richard III (By: Stuart Hill)
2014
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3
I Was There Boudica's Army (By: Hilary McKay)
2015
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4
I Was There Tutankhamun's Tomb (By: Sue Reid)
2015
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5
1066
2015
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6
I Was There Viking Invasion (By: Stuart Hill)
2015
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7
I Was There...: Ira Aldridge (By: Judy Hepburn)
2021
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8
On Board the Titanic (By: Margi McAllister)
2021
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List of My Story Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top My Story books are Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, and The Great Plague.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Titanic (By: Ellen Emerson White)
1992
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2
My Story The Trenches
1999
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3
My Story (By: Vince Cross)
2001
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4
The Hunger ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
2001
Go
5
Twentieth Century Girl ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
2001
Go
6
The Crystal Palace (By: Frances Mary Hendry)
2001
Go
7
8
The Great Plague (By: Pamela Oldfield)
2001
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8
The '45 Rising (By: Frances Mary Hendry)
2001
Go
9
Battle of Britain (By: Chris Priestley)
2002
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10
Suffragette ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
2003
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11
Victorian Workhouse (By: Pamela Oldfield)
2004
Go
12
Road to War (By: Valerie Wilding)
2008
Go
13
Sophie's Secret War (By: Jill Atkins)
2009
Go
14
Cadogan Square ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
2010
Go
15
Factory Girl (By: Pamela Oldfield)
2011
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16
Nowhere to Run ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
2012
Go
17
War Spy
2013
Go
18
Victoria (By: Anna Kirwan)
2014
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19
Codename Céline
2015
Go
20
Coming Home
2018
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21
8
Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan (By: Sufiya Ahmed)
2020
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22
Mayflower (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2020
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23
8
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (By: Sufiya Ahmed)
2022
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24
Mary Prince (By: E.L. Norry)
2022
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List of My Story: Boys Books in Publication Order (with Michael Cox, with Chris Priestley, with Bryan Perrett, with Yankev Glatshteyn)

Ranked by popularity, the top My Story: Boys books are Agincourt : Jenkin Lloyd, France, 1415, The Trenches: Billy Stevens, The Western Front, 1914-1918, and Roman Invasion: A British Boy, AD 84.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Trenches: Billy Stevens, The Western Front, 1914-1918
2002
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2
Battle of Britain (By: Chris Priestley)
2002
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3
Trafalgar: James Grant, HMS Norseman, 1799-1806 (By: Bryan Perrett)
2002
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4
Armada: Thomas Hobbs, England, 1587-1588
2002
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5
Agincourt : Jenkin Lloyd, France, 1415 (By: Michael Cox)
2003
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6
Waterloo: Bob Jenkins, Royal Horse Artillery, 1814-1817 (By: Bryan Perrett)
2003
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7
Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918
2003
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8
D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope, Normandy, 1944 (By: Bryan Perrett)
2004
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9
Crimea: Michael Pope, 110th Regiment, 1853-1857 (By: Bryan Perrett)
2004
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10
Spy Smuggler: Paul Lelaud, France, 1942-1944
2004
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11
Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII
2005
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12
U-boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum, 1939-1945 (By: Bryan Perrett)
2005
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13
Roman Invasion: A British Boy, AD 84
2008
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14
The Storm to Come: Two boys on the run from the Nazis, Vienna, 1939 (By: Yankev Glatshteyn)
2010
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15
The Sweep's Boy: A Victorian Boy, London, 1870
2010
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16
Pyramid of Secrets
2010
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17
Dodger: The Story of a Victorian Pickpocket
2011
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List of Jim Eldridge Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Home Again
2020
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Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge has written 16 standalone novels, starting with Down Payment On Death in 1972. The most recently released novel was Blood on the Wall, which was released in 2013. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Jim at this time.

Jim Eldridge has also written 16 Non-Fiction Books, including The Funniest Joke Book and Bogeys, Boils And Bellybuttons.

Related Authors

Fans of Jim Eldridge also enjoy these authors:

  1. Richard Osman, author of the Thursday Murder Club Series.
  2. Louise Penny, author of the Inspector Gamache Series.
  3. Tess Gerritsen, author of the Rizzoli & Isles Series.
  4. Anthony Horowitz, author of the Susan Ryeland Series.
  5. Will Thomas, author of the Barker & Llewelyn Series.

Jim Eldridge: F.A.Q

What was the first book Jim Eldridge wrote?

The first book written by Jim Eldridge was Down Payment On Death, published in 1972.

What was the most recent book Jim Eldridge wrote?

Their most recently released work was Murder at the Pyramids on January 22nd, 2026.

Are there upcoming new books by Jim Eldridge?

Jim Eldridge has three new books coming out: Murder at Canterbury Cathedral will be released on June 18th, 2026. The Museum Detectives' Christmas Mystery will be released on October 22nd, 2026. Murder at the Vatican will be released on March 18th, 2027

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How many books has Jim Eldridge written?

Jim Eldridge has written 117 books across 26 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Black Ops Series
  • 2 books in the Cathedral Mysteries Series
  • 2 books in the DCI Paul Stark Series
  • 3 books in the Disgusting Dave Series
  • 4 books in the Fantasy Soldiers Series
  • 3 books in the Hotel Mysteries Series
  • 4 books in the London Underground Station Mysteries Series
  • 4 books in The Malichea Quest Series
  • 14 books in the Museum Mysteries Series
  • 4 books in the SAS Series
  • 1 book in the Survivor Series
  • 6 books in the Warpath Series
  • 6 books in the Wrestling Trolls Series
  • 16 Standalone Novels
  • 2 Chapter Books
  • 4 Picture Books
  • 1 Graphic Novels
  • 5 Collections
  • 16 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the 50 Things You Should Know About . . . Series
  • 2 books in the Bug Club Series
  • 1 book in the I Was There Series
  • 4 books in the My Story Series
  • 9 books in the My Story: Boys Series

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