Reading order · 3 books · 1986 to 2008 · Set in Ingary
Howl's Castle Books in Order
Howl’s Castle begins with Howl’s Moving Castle, about Sophie, a young hatter turned into an old woman by a witch, and the vain wizard Howl. The two later books are separate adventures in which they appear.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 1986 to 2008
- First book
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Latest
- House of Many Ways (2008)
- Setting
- Set in Ingary
The reading order
Every Howl's Castle book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in Ingary
- 1Howl's Moving Castle1986With Sophie HatterSophie Hatter, the eldest of three sisters and so expected to fail, is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and turned into an old woman.Buy on Amazon
- 2Castle in the Air1990With AbdullahAbdullah, a young carpet merchant who daydreams of being a prince, buys a magic carpet, and is carried into a romance with a princess and an adventure with djinns.Buy on Amazon
- 3House of Many Ways2008With Charmain BakerCharmain Baker, a bookish girl, agrees to look after her great-uncle’s house, a magical house where doors lead to many places, and finds herself involved with a royal mystery.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Howl’s Moving Castle first, then Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Sophie Hatter | Abdullah | Charmain Baker | Howl Jenkins Pendragon | Calcifer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Howl's Moving Castle | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ||
| 2 Castle in the Air | MMajor | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 3 House of Many Ways | MMajor | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Howl's Castle books
5 characters from Diana Wynne Jones’s chart, with the number of Howl's Castle books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Sophie HatterEldest of three sisters | 3 | Howl's Moving Castle 1986 |
| AbdullahCarpet seller | 1 | Castle in the Air 1990 |
| Charmain BakerBookish girl left to mind a house | 1 | House of Many Ways 2008 |
| Howl Jenkins PendragonVain wizard of the moving castle | 3 | Howl's Moving Castle 1986 |
| CalciferFire demon | 3 | Howl's Moving Castle 1986 |