Eve Bunting books in order
American children's writer
- Lived
- 1928–2023
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Books
- 117
Eve Bunting published 29 novels, 6 novellas, 1 short story collection and 81 children's books, beginning with The Ghosts of Departure Point (1982). The best-known is Scary, Scary Halloween (1986).
Updated September 2026
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Scary, Scary Halloween
Eve Bunting's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
Lady's Girl (1974)
Ghost of Summer (1977)
Fifteen (1978)
Oh, Rick (1978)
The Girl in the Painting (1978)
The Pumpkin Fair (1980)
Your Move (1982)
If I Asked You, Would You Stay? (1984)
Surrogate Sister (1984)
Face at the Edge of the World (1985)
The Haunting of SafeKeep (1985)
Happy Birthday, Dear Duck (1988)
In the Haunted House (1990)
Jumping the Nail (1991)
Red Fox Running (1993)
Sunflower House (1996)
Ducky (1997)
Butterfly House (1999)
Train to Somewhere (2000)
Gleam and Glow (2001)
Riding the Tiger (2001)
Too Many Monsters (2001)
The Wedding (2003)
The Presence (Sep 2003)
Walking to School (2005)
My Robot (2006)
Voyage of the Sea Wolf (2012)
Forbidden (2015)
Mr. Goat's Valentine (2016)
Novellas in order
Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island (1984)
Such Nice Kids (1990)
Sharing Susan (1991)
The Hideout (1991)
Dandelions (1995)
Blackwater (1999)
Short story collections in order
Finn McCool and the Great Fish (2010)
Children's books in order
One More Flight (1976)
The Big Cheese (1977)
Magic and the Night River (1978)
The Cloverdale Switch (1979)
The Sea World Book of Sharks (1979)
Blackbird Singing (1980)
St. Patrick's Day in the Morning (1980)
Terrible Things (1980)
The Giant Squid (1981)
The Ghosts of Departure Point (1982)
The Great White Shark (1982)
Karen Kepplewhite Is the World's Best Kisser (1983)
Ghost Behind Me (1984)
Nobody Knows but Me (1984)
The Man Who Could Call Down Owls (1984)
Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance (1986)
Scary, Scary Halloween (1986)
Sixth-Grade Sleepover (1986)
The Mother's Day Mice (1986)
Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour (1987)
A Sudden Silence (1988)
How Many Days to America? a Thanksgiving Story (1988)
Is Anybody There? (1988)
The Wednesday Surprise (1988)
The Ghost Children (1989)
Our Sixth-grade Sugar Babies (1990)
The Wall (1990)
A Perfect Father's Day (1991)
A Turkey for Thanksgiving (1991)
Fly Away Home (1991)
Night Tree (1991)
Coffin on a Case (1992)
The Day Before Christmas (1992)
The Mirror Planet (1992)
Someday a Tree (1993)
Night of the Gargoyles (1994)
Rabbit's Party (1994)
Seriously Stinky Trainers (1994)
Sunshine Home (1994)
The In-between Days (1994)
Smoky Night (Mar 1994)
Spying on Miss Müller (1995)
Tweak, Tweak (1995)
Secret Place (1996)
SOS Titanic (1996)
Summer Wheels (1996)
December (1997)
I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert (1997)
Moonstick (1997)
A Day's Work (1998)
So Far from the Sea (1998)
A Picnic in October (1999)
Can You Do This, Old Badger? (1999)
Dreaming of America (1999)
Flower Garden (1999)
I Have an Olive Tree (1999)
Doll Baby (2000)
Swan in Love (2000)
The Memory String (2000)
No Nap (2001)
The Summer of Riley (2001)
Bones of Fred McFee (2002)
Cheyenne Again (2002)
Little Bear's Little Boat (2003)
The Valentine Bears (2003)
Whales Passing (2003)
I Love You, Too! (2004)
My Special Day at Third Street School (2004)
That's What Leprechauns Do (2005)
The Lambkins (2005)
One Green Apple (2006)
Our Library (2006)
Pop's Bridge (2006)
Hurry! Hurry! (2007)
The Man with the Red Bag (2007)
Green Shamrocks (2011)
The Pirate Captain's Daughter (2011)
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? (2013)
Frog and Friends (2015)
Whose Shoe? (2015)
Yard Sale (2015)
About Eve Bunting
Eve Bjørgum Bunting, better known as Eve Bunting, was a Northern Irish-born American writer of more than 250 books. Her work covered a broad array of subjects and included fiction and non-fiction books. Her novels are primarily aimed at children and young adults, but she has also written the text for picture books. While many of her books are set in Northern Ireland where she grew up, her topics and settings range from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Bunting's first book, The Two Giants, was published in 1971. Due to the popularity of her books with children, she has been listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eve Bunting FAQ
- How many books has Eve Bunting written?
- Eve Bunting published 29 novels, 6 novellas, 1 short story collection and 81 children's books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Eve Bunting's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Scary, Scary Halloween.
- What is Eve Bunting's last book?
- Mr. Goat's Valentine (2016).
- What is Eve Bunting's most famous book?
- Scary, Scary Halloween (1986) is Eve Bunting's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.