Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Small Boats on Green Waters |
2007 |
Buy |
| Old Peter’s Russian Tales |
2012 |
Buy |
Children’s Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship |
1968 |
Buy |
| Little Daughter of the Snow |
2005 |
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| Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, in Rhyme |
2008 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
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| Racundra’s First Cruise |
1923 |
Buy |
| Favorite Russian Fairy Tales |
1946 |
Buy |
| The War of the Birds and the Beasts and Other Russian Tales |
1984 |
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| Coots In The North And Other Stories |
1988 |
Buy |
| Racundra’s Third Cruise |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales |
2004 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers |
1904 |
Buy |
| The Child’s Book of the Seasons |
1906 |
Buy |
| The Things in our Garden |
1906 |
Buy |
| Pond and Stream |
1906 |
Buy |
| Bohemia In London |
1907 |
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| The Book of Friendship |
1909 |
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| The Hoofmarks of the Faun |
1911 |
Buy |
| The Book of Love |
1911 |
Buy |
| Oscar Wilde - A Critical Study |
1912 |
Buy |
| Portraits and Speculations |
1913 |
Buy |
| Open Letter to America |
1918 |
Buy |
| Six Weeks in Russia in 1919 |
1919 |
Buy |
| The Crisis In Russia |
1920 |
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| The Soldier and Death |
1922 |
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| The Chinese Puzzle |
1927 |
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| Mainly about Fishing |
1959 |
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| Edgar Allan Poe |
1972 |
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| A History of Story-Telling |
1973 |
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| The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome |
1976 |
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| Rod And Line |
1980 |
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| Signalling From Mars: The Letters of Arthur Ransome |
1997 |
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| Arthur Ransome’s Long-Lost Study of Robert Louis Stevenson |
2011 |
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Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Elixir of Life |
2021 |
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Swallows and Amazons Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Fecskék és fruskák |
1930 |
N/A |
| Swallows and Amazons |
1930 |
Buy |
| Swallowdale |
1931 |
Buy |
| Peter Duck |
1932 |
Buy |
| Téli szünidő |
1933 |
N/A |
| Winter Holiday |
1933 |
Buy |
| Coot Club |
1934 |
Buy |
| Pigeon Post |
1936 |
Buy |
| We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea |
1937 |
Buy |
| Secret Water |
1939 |
Buy |
| The Big Six |
1940 |
Buy |
| Missee Lee |
1941 |
Buy |
| The Picts & the Martyrs or Not Welcome at All |
1943 |
Buy |
| Great Northern? A Scottish Adventure of Swallows & Amazons |
1947 |
Buy |
Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) was a British author whose career spanned journalism, literary criticism, and children’s fiction. He is best remembered for the Swallows and Amazons series, twelve novels published between 1930 and 1947 that follow groups of children on sailing and camping adventures in the English Lake District and Norfolk Broads.
Before his children’s books made him famous, Ransome spent years as a journalist in Russia, covering the Revolution firsthand and publishing political works like Six Weeks in Russia in 1919 and The Crisis In Russia. He also translated Russian fairy tales and wrote literary criticism, including studies of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde. His non-fiction catalog of over twenty titles shows a writer with wide-ranging interests well beyond the sailing adventures he is best known for.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Arthur Ransome written?
Arthur Ransome has written 48 books across six series.
What was Arthur Ransome's first book?
Arthur Ransome’s first book is The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers, published in 1904.
What is Arthur Ransome known for besides children's books?
Before becoming a children’s author, Ransome worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent in Russia during the Revolution. He wrote extensively about Russian politics, translated Russian fairy tales, and published literary criticism. His non-fiction output actually exceeds his fiction in volume.