Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer was a reputed English novelist, who was well known for writing historical fiction novels and children's books. She was particularly popular for her long running book series called The Chalet School series. The list of her successful novel series also includes the La Rochelle series, the Lorna series, the Chudleigh Hold series, and a few other works.

The best place to start is the La Rochelle series, the earliest of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's multi-book series: it opens with Gerry Goes to School (1922) and runs to 7 books across 1922–1953, ending with Janie Steps In (1953). Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer has 96 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1922 and 2020. 83 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being The Chalet School series with 67 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are La Rochelle (1922–1953, 7 books), The Chalet School (1925–2007, 67 books) and Janeways (1927–1937, 2 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's 96 books into 6 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Chalet School (67 books, 1925–2007); La Rochelle (7 books, 1922–1953); Chudleigh Hold (3 books, 1954–2020); Janeways (2 books, 1927–1937); Lorna (2 books, 1947–1948), plus 1 further series.