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ⓘ About Ransom Riggs
Ransom Riggs is a young adult author and has an unusual hobby of collecting old and orphaned photographs which have been separated for the owners for years and keeps them along with taking his own photographs. These photographs are his key areas of narrating a story and creating a plot of a novel he is dreaming of writing. He worked on short films before mental floss and blogging gave him a job in writing a handbook for Sherlock Holmes. This book was released in 2009 to Sherlock Holmes as his first book. Since then, he is frequently contributing to Mental Floss magazine Riggs had been collecting vernacular photographs for three years and later he approached Quirk Books publishers requesting for use some of the pictures in a picture book.
All Book Series by Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2011
The Desolations of Devil's Acre
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2021
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2011
Hollow City: The Graphic Novel
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2016
The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2024
The Unfortunate Responsibilities of Leopold Berry
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2025
Sunderworld, Vol. 2: The Unfortunate Responsibilities of Leopold Berry
Single-title series · published 2026
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ransom Riggs?
Ransom Riggs is a young adult author and has an unusual hobby of collecting old and orphaned photographs which have been separated for the owners for years and keeps them along with taking his own photographs. These photographs are his key areas of narrating a story and creating a plot of a novel he is dreaming of writing. He worked on short films before mental floss and blogging gave him a job in writing a handbook for Sherlock Holmes.
Which Ransom Riggs series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series, the earliest of Ransom Riggs's multi-book series: it opens with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2011) and runs to 8 books across 2011–2021, ending with The Desolations of Devil's Acre (2021).
How many books has Ransom Riggs written?
Ransom Riggs has 16 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2026. 14 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series with 8 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Ransom Riggs's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ransom Riggs's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (2011–2021, 8 books), Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Graphic Novels (2011–2016, 2 books) and Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Companion (2022, 1 book), plus 2 more.
How are Ransom Riggs's books organised into series?
This guide splits Ransom Riggs's 16 books into 5 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (8 books, 2011–2021); Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Graphic Novels (2 books, 2011–2016); Sunderworld (2 books, 2024–2025); Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Companion (1 book, 2022); Sunderworld (1 book, 2026).