Order of Richard Adams Books
Richard Adams (1920-2016) was an English author of fantasy and literary fiction novels and non-fiction books. Born in Berkshire, he attended Bradfield College. He later would study Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford. Upon the outbreak of World War II, he joined the British Army and served until 1946. He received a class B discharge and returned to Worcester to finish his studies. He took earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 and Master of Arts in 1953. Richard first started telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters, Juliet and Rosamund, and they insisted he get it published. It took two years to write and was rejected by thirteen publishers before finally getting published and receiving record-setting success.
Richard Adams made his debut as a published novelist in 1972 with the novel Watership Down. Below is a list of Richard Adams’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Watership Down Books
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Watership Down |
(1972) |
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Tales from Watership Down |
(1996) |
Publication Order of Beklan Empire Books
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Shardik |
(1974) |
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Maia |
(1984) |
Publication Order of RichardAdams Standalone Novels
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The Tyger Voyage |
(1976) |
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The Plague Dogs |
(1977) |
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The Girl in a Swing |
(1980) |
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The Legend of Te Tuna |
(1982) |
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Traveller |
(1988) |
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The Outlandish Knight |
(1999) |
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Daniel |
(2006) |
Publication Order of RichardAdams Short Story Collections
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The Iron Wolf and Other Stories |
(1980) |
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The Unbroken Web: Stories and Fables |
(1980) |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
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Watership Down: The Graphic Novel |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Picture Books
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The Ship’s Cat |
(1977) |
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The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon |
(2017) |
Publication Order of RichardAdams Non-Fiction Books
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Nature Through the Seasons |
(1975) |
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Nature Day and Night |
(1978) |
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Voyage Through the Antarctic |
(1982) |
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A Nature Diary |
(1985) |
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The Day Gone By: An Autobiography |
(1990) |
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Antarctica |
(1990) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Grimm’s Fairy Tales |
(1909) |
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Sinister and Supernatural Stories / Sinister and Unnatural Stories |
(1978) |
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Richard Adams’s Favorite Animal Stories |
(1981) |
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Occasional Poets |
(1986) |