Redwall
#2234.09 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 22 books Status Complete 1986–2011 Reading commitment High Brian Jacques Last reviewed 2026-08-13
Overview
A 22-novel high-fantasy sequence of anthropomorphic animals centered on Redwall Abbey and the wider Mossflower Woods, spanning generations of mice, otters, badgers, and other woodland creatures defending their home against rats, weasels, and other vermin raiders. British author Brian Jacques published the novels between 1986 and 2011, largely told out of internal chronological order and featuring little magic, favoring instead action, adventure, and richly described feasts and landscapes; the final book, The Rogue Crew, appeared posthumously in May 2011, three months after Jacques's death. A 1999 animated television series adapted three of the novels, Redwall, Mattimeo, and Martin the Warrior, across multiple seasons, and Netflix acquired full adaptation rights to the series in February 2021, though that development was cancelled in 2026. Jacques has been widely recognized as one of the leading children's authors of his generation for the series' scope and longevity.
Epic fantasy · For Middle grade
Core Canon: Reading Order (22 works) counts toward ranking
Redwall Brian Jacques
| Work | Year | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Redwall | 1986 | core | 4.15 (132,513 ratings) |
 | Mossflower | 1988 | core | 4.13 (73,414 ratings) |
 | Mattimeo | 1989 | core | 4.09 (38,061 ratings) |
 | Mariel of Redwall | 1991 | core | 4.01 (30,681 ratings) |
 | Salamandastron | 1992 | core | 4.11 (32,608 ratings) |
 | Martin the Warrior | 1993 | core | 4.17 (45,745 ratings) |
 | The Bellmaker | 1995 | core | 4.00 (24,899 ratings) |
 | Outcast of Redwall | 1995 | core | 3.95 (22,382 ratings) |
 | The Pearls of Lutra | 1996 | core | 4.04 (22,949 ratings) |
 | The Long Patrol | 1997 | core | 4.15 (21,120 ratings) |
 | Marlfox | 1998 | core | 4.05 (18,409 ratings) |
 | The Legend of Luke | 1999 | core | 4.04 (17,814 ratings) |
 | Lord Brocktree | 2000 | core | 4.00 (52,233 ratings) |
 | The Taggerung | 2001 | core | 4.17 (17,264 ratings) |
 | Triss | 2002 | core | 4.03 (13,908 ratings) |
 | Loamhedge | 2003 | core | 3.96 (11,631 ratings) |
 | Rakkety Tam | 2004 | core | 4.18 (11,651 ratings) |
 | High Rhulain | 2005 | core | 4.15 (9,205 ratings) |
 | Eulalia! | 2007 | core | 4.12 (8,640 ratings) |
 | Doomwyte | 2008 | core | 4.04 (5,657 ratings) |
 | The Sable Quean | 2009 | core | 4.15 (4,841 ratings) |
 | The Rogue Crew | 2011 | core | 4.21 (3,794 ratings) |
Brian Jacques's 22-novel high-fantasy sequence of anthropomorphic animals centered on Redwall Abbey, one continuous author-written saga (1986-2011; Jacques died shortly after The Rogue Crew's publication, completing the series). Listed here in original publication order; internal chronology deliberately left unpopulated -- the series' own well-documented publication-vs-internal-chronology divergence (e.g. Mossflower and Martin the Warrior are set generations before Redwall itself) is stated in prose per the same convention already applied to Valdemar's Last Herald-Mage set. Registered per the genre-boundary-transparency convention (talking-animal fantasy, same treatment already extended to Pern's dragons) -- this canon's marketing/critical consensus treats Redwall unambiguously as fantasy, not an animal fable in the Watership Down sense. No independently confirmable award history found.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Redwall? Redwall's Core Canon is 22 books.
- What is the reading order for Redwall? Publication order, starting with Redwall. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Redwall finished? Complete (1986–2011).
- How much reading does Redwall take? High reading commitment (estimated from 22 Core Canon books · ~725 pages).
- How is Redwall ranked? #223 in this site's official ranking, based on 619,419 reader ratings across 22 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #223?
Ranked #223 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.09 across 22 core books.
- Backed by 619k reader ratings.
- Less than 0.01 behind #222, The Books of Pellinor (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
Why explore this universe?
Highly rated · 22 books · Complete · 619k ratings · Ranks #223 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running epic fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (22 Core Canon books)
- Redwall (1986)
- Mossflower (1988)
- Mattimeo (1989)
- Mariel of Redwall (1991)
- Salamandastron (1992)
- Martin the Warrior (1993)
- Outcast of Redwall (1995)
- The Bellmaker (1995)
- The Pearls of Lutra (1996)
- The Long Patrol (1997)
- Marlfox (1998)
- The Legend of Luke (1999)
- Lord Brocktree (2000)
- The Taggerung (2001)
- Triss (2002)
- Loamhedge (2003)
- Rakkety Tam (2004)
- High Rhulain (2005)
- Eulalia! (2007)
- Doomwyte (2008)
- The Sable Quean (2009)
- The Rogue Crew (2011)
Awards (verified)
- No independently confirmable award history found.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.09 across 619,419 ratings on 22 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Redwall admitted; Core Canon = all 22 novels (1986-2011) accepted 2026-08-13
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
Last reviewed: 2026-08-13
Rule: Core = all 22 novels (1986-2011), one continuous author-written saga, listed in original publication order.