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Martyn Ford

2 Series • 7 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of The Imagination Box Books
Start with: The Imagination Box (2015)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of MartynFord Standalone Novels
Start with: Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla (2019)

ⓘ About Martyn Ford

Martyn Ford is a journalist and a best-selling author from the United Kingdom. His first debut book, The Imagination Box for middle-grade kids, was published Faber and Faber in 2015 and was globally accepted. The book has since become a trilogy. In 2019, he published a standalone book titled Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla. Martyn Ford also writes an adults book publishing his debut Every Missing Thing in 2020. The author is represented by Clare Wallace. He spends most of his time thinking about writing and writing. Every Missing Thing Martyn Ford’s book Every Missing Thing follows the story of one family, their two missing children, and a lifetime of skeletons in the closet.

All Book Series by Martyn Ford

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The Imagination Box

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2015

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2015
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Beyond Infinity

Book 2 of 3 · published 2016

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2016
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A Mind of its Own

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2017

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2017
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Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2019

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2019
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Every Missing Thing

Book 2 of 4 · published 2020

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2020
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All Our Darkest Secrets

Book 3 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Any One of Us

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022

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2022

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Martyn Ford?

Martyn Ford is a journalist and a best-selling author from the United Kingdom. His first debut book, The Imagination Box for middle-grade kids, was published Faber and Faber in 2015 and was globally accepted. The book has since become a trilogy.

Which Martyn Ford series should I start with?

The best place to start is The Imagination Box series, the earliest of Martyn Ford's multi-book series: it opens with The Imagination Box (2015) and runs to 3 books across 2015–2017, ending with A Mind of its Own (2017). Martyn Ford's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Martyn Ford written?

Martyn Ford has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2022. Every one of them sits in one of 2 named series — the largest being the MartynFord Standalone Novels series with 4 books.

In what order should Martyn Ford's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Martyn Ford's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Imagination Box (2015–2017, 3 books) and MartynFord Standalone Novels (2019–2022, 4 books).

How are Martyn Ford's books organised into series?

This guide splits Martyn Ford's 7 books into 2 named series, with no standalone titles: MartynFord Standalone Novels (4 books, 2019–2022); The Imagination Box (3 books, 2015–2017).