Nikolas
Boy who becomes Father Christmas
3 books · 2015 to 2017First appears in A Boy Called ChristmasMatt Haig books in order · Matt Haig reading order · 8 books · 2010 to 2024
Matt Haig Books in Order and Reading Order
Matt Haig writes uplifting novels about life, death and second chances, including the worldwide bestseller The Midnight Library, as well as funny Christmas books for children.
Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip.
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Matt Haig books in order
The first A Boy Called Christmas book is A Boy Called Christmas (2015). There are 8 books in all, published from 2010 to 2024, across 2 series and groups.
The Matt Haig reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.
A Boy Called Christmas
3 books · Set in Elfhelm, Finland- 1A Boy Called Christmas2015With NikolasBuy on Amazon
- 2The Girl Who Saved Christmas2016With Amelia WishartBuy on Amazon
- 3Father Christmas and Me2017Buy on Amazon
Novels
5 books- 1The Radleys2010Set in various placesBuy on Amazon
- 2The Humans2013With Andrew Martin · Set in various placesBuy on Amazon
- 3How to Stop Time2017With Tom Hazard · Set in LondonBuy on Amazon
- 4The Midnight Library2020With Nora Seed · Set in BedfordBuy on Amazon
- 5The Life Impossible2024With Grace Winters · Set in IbizaBuy on Amazon
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Characters
6 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.
Elfhelm
Amelia Wishart
London chimney sweep
2 books · 2016 to 2017First appears in The Girl Who Saved ChristmasLeads
Andrew Martin
Alien in a mathematician’s body
1 book · 2013First appears in The HumansTom Hazard
Man who ages very slowly
1 book · 2017First appears in How to Stop TimeNora Seed
Woman with regrets
1 book · 2020First appears in The Midnight LibraryGrace Winters
Retired maths teacher
1 book · 2024First appears in The Life ImpossibleSimilar authors
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