Lynne Reid Banks

Lynne Reid Banks

Lynne Reid Banks was born in London, England on July 31st, 1929 and passed away at the age of 94 on April 4th, 2024.

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Lynne Reid Banks Stats: The highest rated book by Lynne Reid Banks on Book Notification is The Indian in the Cupboard, the first novel in The Indian in the Cupboard series.

The most read book by Lynne Reid Banks on Book Notification is The Indian in the Cupboard, the first novel in The Indian in the Cupboard series. The second most read book is The Secret of the Indian (The Indian in the Cupboard #3).

Below is a complete list of Lynne Reid Banks books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Lynne Reid Banks is The Indian in the Cupboard Series.

List of The Indian in the Cupboard Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.8
The Indian in the Cupboard
1980
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2
6
The Return of the Indian
1985
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3
6
The Secret of the Indian
1989
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4
7
The Mystery of the Cupboard
1993
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5
Key to the Indian
1998
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List of Harry the Poisonous Centipede Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Harry the Poisonous Centipede
1996
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2
Harry the Poisonous Centipede's Big Adventure
2001
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3
Harry the Poisonous Centipede Goes to Sea
2005
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List of Jane Graham Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
The L-Shaped Room
1960
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2
8
Backward Shadow
1970
Go
3
8
Two is Lonely
1975
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List of One More River Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
One More River
1973
Go
2
Broken Bridge
1995
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List of Bronte Biographies Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Dark Quartet
1976
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2
Path to the Silent Country
1977
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Farthest-Away Mountain, The Fairy Rebel, and Angela and Diabola.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
House of Hope
1964
Go
2
Children at Gate
1968
Go
3
Sarah and After
1975
Go
4
8
The Farthest-Away Mountain
1976
Go
5
My Darling Villain
1977
Go
6
I, Houdini
1978
Go
7
Defy The Wilderness
1981
Go
8
Torn Country
1982
Go
9
The Writing on the Wall
1982
Go
10
Maura's Angel
1984
Go
11
The Fairy Rebel
1985
Go
12
Casualties
1986
Go
13
An End To Running
1986
Go
14
The Warning Bell
1987
Go
15
Melusine
1988
Go
16
The Adventures of King Midas
1992
Go
17
Angela and Diabola
1997
Go
18
Fair Exchange
1998
Go
19
Moses in Egypt
1998
Go
20
Alice-by-Accident
2000
Go
21
The Dungeon
2002
Go
22
Stealing Stacey
2004
Go
23
Tiger, Tiger
2004
Go
24
Bad Cat, Good Cat
2011
Go
25
Uprooted - A Canadian War Story
2014
Go
26
The Red Red Dragon
2022
Go

List of Picture Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top picture books are Polly and Jake, The Spice Rack, and The Magic Hare.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Magic Hare
1993
Go
2
Travesia
2001
Go
3
Polly and Jake
2010
Go
4
The Spice Rack
2010
Go

List of Plays in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Yoshi and the Tea Kettle
1993
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Letters To My Israeli Sons
1979
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2
Behind the Scenes of the Indian in the Cupboard
1995
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List of Avon Camelot Books in Publication Order

An imprint publishing engaging fiction and non-fiction books for readers of all ages, offering a variety of stories and topics.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Lottie & Lisa (By: Erich Kastner)
1952
Go
2
Summerdog Comes Home (By: George Albert Zabriskie)
1980
Go
3
A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher (By: Mike Thaler)
1981
Go
4
Baseball Fever (By: Ray Cruz, Johanna Hurwitz)
1981
Go
5
6
The Trouble with Tuck (By: Theodore Taylor)
1981
Go
6
Irma and Jerry (By: George Selden)
1982
Go
7
Basic Fun (By: Susan Drake Lipscomb, Margaret Ann Zusnich)
1982
Go
8
Esp McGee (By: Edward Packard)
1983
Go
9
Tunnel to Yesterday (By: Jerome Beatty Jr.)
1983
Go
10
Bet You Can! Science Possibilities to Fool You (By: Vicki Cobb)
1983
Go
11
Rich Mitch (By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)
1983
Go
12
Summerdog (By: Thom Roberts)
1983
Go
13
Bet You Can't! (By: Kathy Darling, Vicki Cobb)
1983
Go
14
The Earth is Flat--And Other Great Mistakes (By: Laurence Pringle)
1983
Go
15
6
Behind the Attic Wall (By: Sylvia Cassedy)
1983
Go
16
Peggy Fleming: Portrait of an Iceskater (By: Bruce Curtis, Stephanie Young)
1984
Go
17
Gremlins (By: George Gipe)
1984
Go
18
Maura's Angel
1984
Go
19
The Jellyfish Season (By: Mary Downing Hahn)
1985
Go
20
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Book 1 (By: Andrew Glass, Catherine Edwards Sadler)
1985
Go
21
Get Rich Mitch! (By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)
1985
Go
22
Mystery of the Melted Diamonds (By: Carol Farley)
1986
Go
23
Ukrainian Egg Mystery (By: George E. Stanley)
1986
Go
24
Moroccan Mystery (By: Thomas McKean)
1986
Go
25
Ralph Fozbek and the Amazing Black Hole Patrol (By: Steve Senn)
1986
Go
26
Flash Fry, Private Eye (By: Tim Schoch)
1986
Go
27
The Anti-Peggy Plot (By: Thomas McKean)
1986
Go
28
Best Joke Book for Kids 2 (By: Joan Eckstein)
1987
Go
29
The Codebreaker Kids (By: George E. Stanley)
1987
Go
30
Summer Camp Creeps (By: Tim Schoch)
1987
Go
31
The Case of the Lost Look-Alike (By: Carol Farley)
1988
Go
32
Breezy (By: Leda Blumberg)
1988
Go
33
Racing the Sun (By: Paul Pitts)
1988
Go
34
Anne Frank (By: Johanna Hurwitz)
1989
Go
35
The Case of the Vanishing Villain (By: Carol Farley)
1990
Go
36
Something Upstairs (By: C.S. Adler)
1990
Go
37
Ghost Brother (By: C.S. Adler)
1990
Go
38
A Haunting in Williamsburg (By: Lou Kassem)
1990
Go
39
The Best Ever Kids' Book of Lists (By: Eugenie Allen)
1991
Go
40
Ask Me Anything About the Presidents (By: Louis Phillips)
1992
Go
41
The Adventures of King Midas
1992
Go
42
Tons of Trash (By: Joan Rattner Heilman)
1992
Go
43
Maria, a Christmas Story (By: Theodore Taylor)
1992
Go
44
How to Travel Through Time (By: James M. Deem)
1993
Go
45
Lucie Babbidge's House (By: Sylvia Cassedy)
1993
Go
46
Beardance (By: Will Hobbs)
1993
Go
47
Christmas Countdown (By: Steve Englehart)
1993
Go
48
Miss Yonkers Goes Bonkers (By: Mike Thaler)
1994
Go
49
The Mummy's Curse (By: Daniel Cohen)
1994
Go
50
Lemonade Days (By: Susan Kirby)
1994
Go
51
Super Snoop Sam Snout and the Case of the Missing Marble (By: Anne C. Lemieux)
1994
Go
52
Main Street (By: Susan Kirby)
1994
Go
53
Comet Luck (By: Madge Harrah)
1994
Go
54
Home Front Hero (By: Susan Kirby)
1994
Go
55
6
Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found (By: Johanna Hurwitz)
1995
Go
56
Kwanzaa (By: Mildred Pitts Walter)
1995
Go
57
Goodbye, Desert Rose (By: Susan Kirby)
1995
Go
58
Vampire Mom (By: Don Whittington)
1995
Go
59
My Own Two Feet (By: Beverly Cleary)
1995
Go
60
Spookhouse (By: Don Whittington)
1995
Go
61
Harry the Poisonous Centipede
1996
Go
62
Going for the Gold: Shannon Miller (By: Septima Green)
1996
Go
63
8
Four Perfect Pebbles (By: Lila Perl, Marion Blumenthal Lazan)
1996
Go
64
Zombie Queen (By: Don Whittington)
1996
Go
65
Freak Show (By: Don Whittington)
1996
Go
66
Going to Net (By: Various Various)
1996
Go
67
Tracks in the Snow (By: Lucy Jane Bledsoe)
1997
Go
68
Danger Along the Ohio (By: Patricia Willis)
1997
Go
69
Lasting Echoes (By: Joseph Bruchac)
1997
Go
70
Night of the Chupacabras (By: Marie G. Lee)
1998
Go
71
As Ever, Gordy (By: Mary Downing Hahn)
1998
Go
72
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (By: Anita Lobel)
1998
Go
73
Becoming Felix (By: Nancy Hope Wilson)
1998
Go
74
Breakaway (By: Kimberley Griffiths Little)
1998
Go
75
Mischief, Mad Mary, and Me (By: Dawn Knight)
1998
Go
76
It's In Your Hands, Daisy P. Duckwitz (By: Jacqueline Shannon)
1998
Go
77
Leaving Summer (By: Donal Harding)
1998
Go
78
Flea Circus Summer (By: Cheryl Ware)
1998
Go
79
Calling Me Home (By: Patricia Hermes)
1998
Go
80
The Pizza That Time Forgot (By: William DeAndrea, Matthew Deandrea)
1999
Go
81
Love Me, Love My Broccoli (By: Julie Anne Peters)
1999
Go
82
Get on the Net (By: Robert Pondiscio)
1999
Go
83
Don't Try This at Home! (By: Vicki Cobb)
1999
Go
84
Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters (By: Bruce Coville)
1999
Go
85
A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights (By: Kathleen Krull)
1999
Go
86
Bruce Coville's Alien Visitors (By: Bruce Coville)
1999
Go
87
Green Mango Magic (By: Sylvie Hossack)
1999
Go
88
All the Answers (By: Anne C. Lemieux)
2000
Go
89
Can of Worms (By: Kathy MacKel)
2000
Go
90
Orphan Journey Home (By: Liza Ketchum)
2000
Go
91
Bearstone (By: Will Hobbs)
2000
Go
92
Alice-by-Accident
2000
Go
93
Death at Devil's Bridge (By: Cynthia C. DeFelice)
2000
Go
94
Alice By Accident
2003
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List of Lynne Reid Banks Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Treasury of Witches and Wizards
1996
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2
Out of the Mold
1997
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Lynne Reid Banks

Lynne Reid Banks was born on July 31st, 1929. Lynne passed away April 4th, 2024 at 94 years old. Lynne Reid Banks was born in London, England.

Lynne Reid Banks had written 26 standalone novels, starting with House of Hope in 1964. The most recently released novel was The Red Red Dragon, which was released in 2022.

Lynne Reid Banks also wrote The Indian in the Cupboard series which has 5 books including The Indian in the Cupboard and The Return of the Indian.

Lynne Reid Banks: Awards & Accolades

Banks' book, The Mystery of the Cupboard was nominated for the Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, in 1994.

Related Authors

Fans of Lynne Reid Banks also enjoy these authors:

  1. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.
  2. C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles Of Narnia Series.
  3. Roald Dahl, author of the Charlie Bucket Series.
  4. Madeleine L'Engle, author of the Time Quintet Graphic Novels.
  5. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.

Lynne Reid Banks: F.A.Q

When was Lynne Reid Banks Born?

Lynne Reid Banks was born on July 31st, 1929.

When did Lynne Reid Banks die?

Lynne Reid Banks died on April 4th, 2024 at 94 years old.

Where was Lynne Reid Banks Born?

Lynne Reid Banks was born in London, England.

What was the first book Lynne Reid Banks wrote?

The first book written by Lynne Reid Banks was The L-Shaped Room, published in 1960.

What was the most recent book Lynne Reid Banks wrote?

Her most recently released work was The Red Red Dragon on November 3rd, 2022.

What is the most popular book by Lynne Reid Banks?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Lynne Reid Banks book is The Indian in the Cupboard. Here are her most popular books:
  1. The Indian in the Cupboard (6.75)
  2. The Secret of the Indian (6)
  3. The Return of the Indian (6)
  4. The Mystery of the Cupboard (7)
  5. The L-Shaped Room (10)

How many books has Lynne Reid Banks written?

Lynne Reid Banks has written 49 books across 10 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 5 books in The Indian in the Cupboard Series
  • 3 books in the Harry the Poisonous Centipede Series
  • 3 books in the Jane Graham Series
  • 2 books in the One More River Series
  • 2 books in the Bronte Biographies Series
  • 26 Standalone Novels
  • 4 Picture Books
  • 1 Play
  • 2 Non-Fiction Books
  • 5 books in the Avon Camelot Series

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