The Most Up-To-Date Oz ListThis is the most comprehensive list of the Wonderful Books of Oz that has ever been compiled in one place. It lists all historically accurate Oz books regardless of whether or not I personally like them. Many of them are...well...not Oz at its best. However, it does not take into consideration any title that attempts to slander or defame our fine country. Hence, while some recent fiction may be interesting, it is peripheral to the purposes of this list. All books that make a determined effort to be faithful to the series, with a reasonable margin for error on the author’s part, are listed here. The books by Roger Baum, previously all listed on this page, have been removed after considerable deliberation. They were always highly questionable at best, and in light of his most recent works, it just seemed criminal to leave any of them on. The same was true of Onyx Madden’s (Jim Nitch’s) The Mysterious Chronicles of Oz, Gina Wickwar’s The Hidden Prince of Oz, and Jack Snow’s A Murder in Oz. In light of Donald Abbott’s How the Wizard Saved Oz, it might be time to consider dropping his titles as well, though he has written some that were reasonably acceptable. All years are, for the most part, accurate to the year in which an event took place, not the year in which the book was written or published. Many of these titles have, in fact, yet to be published! Not all years are completely firm and, as new books are being written every day, the list may not be 100% complete. Please send any additions/corrections to LionCoward@gmail.com. Please put the word “Oz” in the subject field. Last updated 12/26/09 TOTCLAF connotates a non-commercial book available from Tails of the Cowardly Lion and Friends.Forthcoming connotates a pending publication of the above. All others are either commercially available or out of print. Lurline and the White Ravens of Oz by Marcus Mebes (some unknown era in Ancient Greece) The Roots of Wonder in Oz by Gil S. Joel (sometime between Lurline {above} and 1850...) TOTCLAF Dark Ages in Oz by Gil S. Joel (shortly after Roots) 1850 How the Wizard Came to Oz by Donald Abbott 1850 Moonstruck in Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone 1850 A Sure Cure in Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone 1896 A Foolish Fable from Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone 1898 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (the book that started it all!) 1898 The Tin Castle of Oz by Peter Schulenburg (less than 2 weeks after Wizard) 1898 Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Bob Evans (shortly after Tin Castle) 1899 The Magic Chest of Oz by Donald Abbott (1 year after Wizard) 1900 Father Goose in Oz by Donald Abbott 1900 The Speckled Rose of Oz by Donald Abbott (1st day of spring) 1900 or 1901 The Amber Flute of Oz by Donald Abbott 1902 The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum (year designated in text, though written and published later) 1902 The Forest Monster of Oz by Bob Evans and Chris Dulabone (1 week after Land) 1902 The Magic Topaz of Oz by Bob Evans and Carol Silva (immediately follows Forest Monster) 1902 The Lost Emeralds of Oz by Fred Otto 1904/5 The Third Book of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Compiled from newspapers' comic pages.) 1904/5 Denslow's Scarecrow and Tin-Man by W.W. Denslow (Compiled from newspapers' comic pages.) 1907 Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum (year designated in text) 1907 The Nome King's Shadow in Oz by Gil Sprague (immediately follows Ozma) 1907 The Enchanted Apples of Oz comic book by Eric Shanower (overlaps Ozma and Shadow) 1908 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum (year designated in text) 1908 Oz and the Three Witches by Hugh Pendexter III (insert for Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz) 1908 Song of Oz by Jeff Barstock (after above, before Feb.) (second edition being considered) 1908 Dorothy and the Magic Belt by Susan Saunders (autumn) 1908 Dorothy and the Seven-Leaf Clover by Dorothy Hass (about same time as above) 1908 Mister Tinker in Oz by James Howe (windy weather) 1908 Ozma and the Wayward Wand by Polly Berends (fair time, rainy) 1908 Dorothy and Old King Crow by Dorothy Haas 1908 A Pumpkin Patch in Oz by Peter Schulenburg (Has to be before Road. See 1910, The Corn Mansion of Oz, which includes this novelette.) 1908 The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum (year designated in text) (Begins some days before August 21, Ozma's birthday. Has to be before Short Short.) 1908 A Short, Short Oz Story by L. Frank Baum (date is firm, about a child's birthday) 1910 The Corn Mansion of Oz by Peter Schulenburg 1910 The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum (year assumes Dorothy spent less than 1/4 of her daily life in Oz during this period in time) 1911 Starglory of Oz by Jeff Barstock 1913 The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1913 Little Dorothy and Toto in Oz by L. Frank Baum 1913 Tik-Tok and the Nome King of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1913 Ozma and the Little Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1913 Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1913 The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1913 The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1913 The Littlest Giant of Oz by L. Frank Baum 191? The Hollyhock Dolls in Oz by Phyllis Ann Karr 1914 Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1914 The Patchwork Bride of Oz by Gil Sprague (begins December 24 of previous year) 1915 The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1915 Masquerade in Oz by Bill Campbell & Irwin Terry (begins Oct. 30, the day before Betsy Bobbin's birthday) 1916 Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum 1917 The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum (May 19, 2:31 pm) 1918 The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum 1918 The Emerald Enchantress of Oz by Peter Schulenburg (Author said 2 to 3 months after Tin Woodman) 1919 The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Begins in July, about a month before August 21, Ozma's birthday.) 1919 Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum (he died that year and was a historian, not a fortune-teller) 1919 The Ork in Oz by Jack & Larry Brenton 1919 The Emerald Ring of Oz by Jeremy Steadman 1920 Invisible Inzi of Oz by Robert and Virginia Wauchope (as told to them by L. Frank Baum via OUIJA board) 1921 The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1921 Pegasus in Oz by Annie Brzozowski 1921 Ridiculous Rivals in Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone 1922 Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1922 The Joust in Oz by Annie Brzozowski 1923 The Cowardly Lion of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (May) 1924 Grampa in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1924 The Haunted Castle of Oz by Marcus Mebes (Author confirmed year and said after Grampa.) 1925 The Lost King of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1926 The Hungry Tiger of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (begins Oct. 31, Betsy Bobbin's birthday) 1927 The Gnome King of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (when Peter is nine) 1928 The Giant Horse of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1929 Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1930 The Forgotten Land of Oz by Chris Dulabone 1930 The Yellow Knight of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1931 Pirates in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (Summer. Peter is eleven) 1932 The Purple Prince of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (May. Glinda's hundredth anniversary as Queen of the South) 1932 (Rosine and) The Laughing Dragon of Oz by Frank Joslyn Baum (A very heavily shortened version has been published, but never the complete novel. Which is a pity.) 1933 Two Terrific Tales of Oz by Greg Hunter 1933 Ojo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1933 Jimmy Bulber of Oz by Frank Joslyn Baum 1934 Speedy in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1935 The Wishing Horse of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1935 Captain Salt in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (begins 3 years, 11 months, 26 days, 12 hours after Samual Salt sailed to the Octagon Isle in Pirates) 1937 Handy Mandy in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1938 The Silver Princess in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson 1939 Paradox in Oz by Edward Einhorn 1939 Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (autumn) 1939 The Mystic Planes of Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1940 Havenly Dreams Beneath Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone (has to be before Green Goblins)
 1940 The Green Goblins of Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone
 1940 The Land Before Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone (immediately follows Green Goblins) 1940 The Wonder City of Oz by John R. Neill (begins August 18, three days before Ozma's birthday on August 21)
1940 The Dinamonster of Oz by Kenneth Gage Baum
1941 The Scalawagons of Oz by John R. Neill 1942 Lucky Bucky in Oz by John R. Neill 1943 A Runaway in Oz by John R. Neill (2 more or less rewritten editions have been offered; no idea which is closer to Neill's original) 1943 Umbrella Island in Oz by Ruth Waara (a brief retelling with many historical incidents badly altered and many liberties taken without the permission of the people involved was published as the entirity of the 1996 Oziana) 1944 The Magic Cryptogram of Oz by Ruth Waara (unpublished) 1946 The Magical Mimics of Oz by Jack Snow 1946 The Giant Frogman of Oz by Chuck Sabatos (unpublished) 1949 Queen Ann in Oz by Karyl Carlson & Eric Gjovaag (author confirmed that it overlaps Shaggy Man) 1949 The Shaggy Man of Oz by Jack Snow 1949 The Red Jinn of Oz by Mildred Palmer (year assumed, based on earliest possible placement) (unpublished) 1951 The Hidden Valley of Oz by Rachel Cosgrove (Payes) 1951 The Tired Tailor of Oz by Lin Carter (year uncertain, but the Leopard with the Changing Spots is implied in it) 1951 The Umbrellaphant in Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques and Carol P. Silva (Autumn. Has to be after Tired Tailor.) 1952 The Wicked Witch of Oz by Rachel Cosgrove-Payes 1952 Jubilee in Oz by Alexander Hollands Edwards 1953 The Blue Emperor of Oz by Henry Blossom 1955 Traleewu in Oz by Jane MacNeil (unpublished) 1960 Yankee in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (Written in 1940, but references to NASA make it more recent than previously assumed. Begins on Labor Day.) 1963 Merry-Go-Round in Oz by Eloise Jarvis & Lauren Lynn McGraw (the last of the Famous Forty! Begins April evening, about a week before Easter.) 1963 Christmas in Oz by Robin Hess 1968 The Raggedys in Oz by Ray Powell 1969 Mr. Flint in Oz by Ray Powell (out of print) 1970 The Gardener's Boy of Oz by Phyllis Ann Karr
1971 The Braided Man of Oz by Rufus Lionel (out of print) (January)
1971 Egor's Funhouse Goes to Oz by Chris Dulabone 1974 The Flying Bus in Oz by Ruth Morris 1974 Dorothy and the Wooden Soldiers by Ken Romer 1976 The Enchanted Island of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (early summer, shortly before the Cowardly Lion's birthday) 1979 Button-Bright of Oz by Harry Mongold 1980 The Forbidden Fountain of Oz by Eloise Jarvis & Lauren Lynn McGraw 1980 The Seven Blue Mountains of Oz Volume I: The Disenchanted Princess of Oz by Melody Grandy 1981 The Sawhorse of Oz by Harry Mongold 1982 The Seven Blue Mountains of Oz Volume II: Tippetarius in Oz by Melody Grandy 1982 Bucketheads in Oz by Greg Gick, Melody Grandy, Greg Hunter, Phyllis Ann Karr, Jim Vander Noot, Chuck Sabatos, & Chris Dulabone (begins immediately after Tippetarius)
1982 The Seven Blue Mountains of Oz Volume III: Zim Greenleaf of Oz by Melody Grandy (overlaps Bucketheads and Thorns)
 1983 The Awful Ogre of Ogodown by Lin Carter (summer) 1983 High Times on Tip Top Mountain by Lin Carter (summer, immediately following Awful Ogre) 1983 The Wooden Soldier of Oz by Lin Carter (summer, immediately following High Times) 1983 No Joy in Mudville by Lin Carter (summer, immediately following Wooden Soldier) 1984 Thorns and Private Files in Oz by Melody Grandy & Chris Dulabone (autumn) 1985 Abducted to Oz by Bob Evans & Chris Dulabone 1986 The Secret Island of Oz comic book by Eric Shanower 1986 The Deadly Desert around Oz by Chris Dulabone (out of print) 1986 The Ozmapolitan of Oz by Dick Martin 1986 Toto in Oz by Chris Dulabone (begins June 21) 1987 A Viking in Oz by Chris Dulabone (out of print) 1987 Kidnapped in Oz by Ruth Waara (unpublished) 1987 Veggy Man of Oz by Nate Barlow (out of print) 1987 The Colorful Kitten of Oz by Chris Dulabone (out of print) 1987 The Silver Shoes of Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques TOTCLAF 1987 The Marvelous Monkeys of Oz by Chris Dulabone 1987 The Enchantment of Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques (spring) 1987 The Ice King of Oz comic book by Eric Shanower 1987 The Enchanted Gnome of Oz by Greg Hunter (out of print) 1987 Summer Solstice in Oz by Chris Dulabone 1988 Acinad Goes to the Emerald City of Oz by Candice Baca, Peter Dennedy, Danica Libutti, Naomi Maestas, Billy Sanchez, Randy Tappen, & David Tolzman (out of print) 1988 Maybe the Miffin by Phyllis Ann Karr 1988 Hurray for Oz by Chris Dulabone 1988 Barney Backhoe in Oz by Ruth Waara (unpublished) 1988 The Forgotten Forest of Oz comic book by Eric Shanower 1989 The Magic Diamond of Oz by Danica Libutti, Roberto Sanchez, Jason Cook, Matt McDermott, Christina Plunkett, & Ryan Wooten (out of print) 1989 Dagmar in Oz by Chris Dulabone 1989 The Giant King of Oz by Chris Dulabone 1989 Skeezik and the Mys-Tree of Oz by Marcus Mebes, with Pam Baxter, Juan Reggiardo, & Peter Sandbothe (out of print) 1989 The Bunny King of Oz by Chris Dulabone (May) 1989 The Purloined Pachyderm of Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone 1989 The Three Imps of Oz by Chris Dulabone 1989 Our Trip to Oz by the Wiz Kids of Oz 1989 Lunarr and Maureen in Oz by Chris Dulabone (out of print) 1990 A Wonderful Journey in Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1990 The Enchanted Emeralds from Oz by the Wiz Kids of Oz 1990 Time Travelling in Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway (Time travel between May 1917 and June 1990) 1990 The Mysterious Caverns of Oz by Marcus Mebes 1990 The Magic Bowls of Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway & Peter Schulenburg 1990 Beach Blanket BabylOz by Christopher Wayne Buckley 1990 The Knock-Kneed Knight of Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1990 The Lunechien Forest of Oz by Chris Dulabone 1990 The Magic Tapestry of Oz by Marcus Mebes & Chris Dulabone 1990 Do it for Oz! by Chris Dulabone 1990 The Yellow Hen of Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1990 The Magic Book of Oz by Bruce Carroll 1990 Bungle and the Magic Lantern of Oz by Greg Gick 1990 The Enchanted Cat from Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1990 A Million Miles from Here is Oz by Marcus D. Mebes and Chris Dulabone (begins Thanksgiving night) 1990 Three-Headed Elvis Clone Found in Flying Saucer Over Oz by Chris Dulabone (begins December) 1991 Many Lands in Oz by the Wiz Kids of Oz
1991 Kaliko in Oz by K. Kline 1991 Sinister Gases in Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1991 The Fantastic Funhouse of Oz by Chris Dulabone 1991 Gambu in Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1991 Ruggedo in Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1991 The Magic Talisman of Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1991 The Fairy Circle in Oz by Chris Dulabone (before Sept.) 1991 The Liberty Bell in Oz by the Wiz Kids of Oz (Sept.) 1992 The Cheerful Citizens of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (poems were written earlier, but this compilation was created after her death) 1992 The Odd Tale of Osoenft in Oz by Marcus Mebes, with Bekki Lumbert, Jason Gelt, Cera Lumbert, Derek Block, and Chris Dulabone (out of print) 1992 The Fairy Wand of Oz by Carol Silva & Marin Elizabeth Xiques 1992 The Amazing Ozosphere of Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1992 Red Reera the Yookoohoo and the Enchanted Easter Eggs of Oz by Richard Quinn 1992 The Blue Witch of Oz comic book by Eric Shanower 1993 A Queer Quest for Oz by Chris Dulabone 1993 The Case of the Framed Fairy of Oz by Gil S. Joel 1993 As the Clock Strikes Oz by R. M. Atticus Gannaway 1993 The Magic Ruby of Oz by Julia Inglis 1993 Ozma Gets Really... (good taste prevents me from writing the rest of this title) by Lea Briggs 1993 W. W. Denslow in Oz by the Wiz Kids of Oz 1993 Sail Away to Oz by Marcus Mebes 1993 Fwiirp in Oz by Nate Barlow, Jeff Barstock, R. M. Atticus Gannaway, Greg Hunter, Phyllis Ann Karr, Rufus Lionel, Marcus Mebes, Hugh Pendexter III, and Chris Dulabone 1993 The Giant Garden of Oz by Eric Shanower 1993 Cory in Oz by Allison McBain (Begins in spring.) 1993 Dr. Angelina Bean in Oz by Ruth Morris (summer)
1993 Brewster Bunny of Oz by Chris Dulabone (Begins just before Halloween.)
1993 The Healing Power of Oz by Gil S. Joel 1993 The Haunted Hot-Tub of Oz by Chris Dulabone 1993 John R. Neill visits Oz by the Wiz Kids of Oz (Sept.) 1993 Vampires and Oz by Nikki Kay Richardson (Nov. 9) [horror, not for sensitive readers] 1994 The Wogglebug of Oz by K. Kline 1994 Ozallooning in Oz by Margaret Berg (June 21) 1994 The Magic Dishpan of Oz by Jeff Freedman (summer) 1994 A Valuable Gift from Oz by the Wiz Kids of Oz 1994 Brewster Bunny and the Case of the Outrageous Enchantments of Oz broadside by Anon E. Mouse (Marcus Mebes) (Begins Oct. 1. Out of print.) 1994 A Silver Elf in Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone (begins some time before Christmas) 1995 The Shifting Sands of Oz by Greg Hunter, Marcus Mebes, Jeremy Steadman, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, and Chris Dulabone 1995 I Want to Grow Up in Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone 1995 A Mystical Magical Super Adventure in Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques & Chris Dulabone (begins Memorial Day) 199? The Silver Sorceress of Oz by R.M. Atticus Gannaway (Author completed it in May 1998) 1999 The Cloud King of Oz by Amanda Marie Buck (Ends on Dorothy's birthday. Out of print.) 1999 Sunshine in Oz by Amanda Marie Buck (shortly after Cloud King) 2000 The Bouncy Bunnies in Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques (Begins Dec. 31) 2001 The Unwinged Monkey of Oz by Peter Schulenburg 2007 A Baffling Book About Bunnybury of Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques 2008 Sweet Wishes from Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques SOME TITLES I’M NOT SURE WHERE TO PLACE: The Crocheted Cat in Oz by Hugh Pendexter III (begins August, some days before Ozma's birthday) Polychrome in Oz by Nate Barlow
The Rundelstone of Oz by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (winter, at least Jan.)
A Small Adventure in Oz by Peter Clarke
Trubbles in Oz by Greg Hunter Time in Oz by Jeremy Steadman The Wise Ol' Owl in Oz by Melody Grandy and Carolyn Dorow Sasquatches in Oz by Kyle T. Sullivan Wooglet in Oz by Hugh Pendexter III (some time-travel action happens in 1989, but when is Oz action?) The Lavender Bear of Oz by Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry Some books which I have listed in earlier versions are now being expanded or rewritten, as more information has been discovered concerning them. I have opted to leave most of these off, as several are undergoing title changes as well. Any questions/additions/typographical corrections/etc. can be sent to LionCoward@gmail.com. Please put the word “Oz” in the subject field. For inquiries concerning any item designated by a |
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