The Wardstone Chronicles Books in Order
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Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Joseph Delaney
Old Gregory has served as the Spook for the county, protecting villages from evil for many years. As his time ends, the responsibility of taking over…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Joseph Delaney
The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have defeated witches, ghosts, boggarts, and other dark creatures in the county. However, they still have…
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2006 · Joseph Delaney
Spook's is a children's dark fantasy series written by English author Joseph Delaney. Published by Penguin Random House in the United Kingdom and…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Joseph Delaney
Tom is dismayed when his master the Spook decides they will spend the winter on the gloomy, forbidding Anglezarke Moor. He soon discovers the reason…
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2007 · Joseph Delaney
The Spook's Battle belongs to Spook's (published as The Last Apprentice in the United States), a children's dark fantasy series by English author…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Joseph Delaney
Witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, forcing Tom, the Spook, and Alice to set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous…
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2008 · Joseph Delaney
The Spook's Mistake is a 2008 novel by Joseph Delaney, part of the Spook's series (published as The Last Apprentice in the United States), a…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
As danger increases across the County in the form of press gangers and the Fiend, Tom is sent by his master to another Spook, Bill Arkwright, who…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
This installment continues the adventures of Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son and apprentice to the local Spook. He faces danger and death daily…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Joseph Delaney
Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces. A momentous decision must be made,…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Joseph Delaney
Part of Spook's, published in the United States as The Last Apprentice, a children's dark fantasy series by English author Joseph Delaney, published…
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Buy on AmazonRise of the Huntress (The Last Apprentice #7)
Year unknown · Joseph Delaney
This seventh volume in the series follows long journeys, hard battles, malicious witches, and a small band of kids facing an old enemy. It is…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
The County is facing dark days, and the Spook is haunted by terrifying dreams that seem more like premonitions. With his precious library burned to…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
This book provides insight into the life of Grimalkin, described as one of the deadliest witches in the country, if not the world. Her uneasy truce…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
Creatures of the dark hunt for the witch assassin Grimalkin, who carries the captured Fiend's head. Meanwhile, the Spook's apprentice Tom tries to…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
Alice Dean's destiny is intertwined with Tom Ward's; he is set to become the next Spook, while she is a witch, possibly the most powerful the County…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
Thomas Ward faces his ultimate test as he and his master prepare to deal with the Fiend once and for all.
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Companion & related books
Related titles and editions that sit outside the main numbered order.
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
Separate tales reveal the backgrounds of four terrifying witches, including Alice and Meg, who is the Spook's love interest.
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Year unknown · Joseph Delaney
Spook's is a children's dark fantasy series written by English author Joseph Delaney. Published by Penguin Random House in the United Kingdom and…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Imogen Rossi
Only three weeks have passed since the treacherous Filpepi and the Baron tried to depose Duchess Catriona, and though they seem to have disappeared,…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Joseph Delaney
Prepared for presentation to the last apprentice, Tom Ward, this notebook belonging to the Spook contains instructions for vanquishing boggarts,…
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Buy on AmazonThe Spook's Tale and Other Horrors
Year unknown · Joseph Delaney
In a backward look, sixty-year-old John Gregory explains how he was first exposed to the world of ghosts, ghasts, witches, and boggarts, and how he…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the The Wardstone Chronicles books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with “The Spook's Apprentice”. Start with “The Spook's Apprentice.”
How many books are in the The Wardstone Chronicles series?
We list 25 books by Joseph Delaney , published between 2005–2009.
Where can I buy the The Wardstone Chronicles books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.