The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 8 books · 2001 to 2012 · Set in Dublin

Eoin Colfer

Children’sMiddle-grade fantasyAdventure and mystery

Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl is a twelve-year-old Irish criminal mastermind who kidnaps a fairy officer, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon, and discovers that the fairy world underground is high-tech and armed.

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. Colfer also wrote And Another Thing..., a sixth Hitchhiker's Guide novel, not charted here.

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Eoin Colfer books in order

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Artemis Fowl

8 books · Set in DublinMiddle-grade fantasyAdventure and mystery
  1. 1Artemis Fowl2001With Artemis Fowl II and Holly ShortBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Arctic Incident2002With Artemis Fowl II and Holly ShortBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Eternity Code2003With Artemis Fowl II and Holly ShortBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Opal Deception2005With Artemis Fowl II and Holly ShortBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Lost Colony2006With Artemis Fowl II and Holly ShortBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Time Paradox2008With Artemis Fowl II and Holly ShortBuy on Amazon
  7. 7The Atlantis Complex2010With Artemis Fowl II and Holly ShortBuy on Amazon
  8. 8The Last Guardian2012With Artemis Fowl II and Holly ShortBuy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Fowl Manor and Haven City