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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis

First published 1950
Type Novel
Series Narnia Universe › Narnia #1

Synopsis

Summary from copyright page: Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Notes

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2001 Retro Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
2006 National Fantasy Fan Federation Speculative Fiction Awards Best Reprint Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Fantasy Novel Nominee/Finalist

Publications (122)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1950 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Geoffrey Bles Novel
November 1950 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Macmillan Novel
October 1959 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Puffin Novel
1961 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Macmillan Novel
1961 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Macmillan Novel
1965 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
1967 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Puffin Novel 9
1970 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children Collier Books Novel
1972 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children Collier Books Novel
1973 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia with The Lion of Judah in Never-Never Land Religious Book Club Omnibus |1
1973 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Macmillan / SFBC Novel
1973 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children Collier Books Novel 1
1974 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children Collier Books Novel
1974 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children Collier Books Novel
1974 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
1975 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children Collier Books Novel
1975 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Puffin Novel 9
1976 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collier Books Novel
1977 The Chronicles of Narnia with The Lion of Judah in Never-Never Land Religious Book Club Omnibus |1
1979 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Puffin Novel 9
1979 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Easton Press Novel
1979 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Puffin Novel
1980 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Fontana Lions Novel 9
1980 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Fontana Lions Novel 9
1983 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Macmillan Novel
1983 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
1983 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
April 1985 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Fontana Lions Novel 9
1986 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collier Books Novel
1986 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe G. K. Hall & Co. Novel
September 1986 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Windrush Large Print Novel
1987 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Scholastic Novel
June 1987 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
December 1987 Tales of Narnia Collins Omnibus 7
September 1988 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lions Novel
September 1988 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Macmillan Novel
October 1990 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lions / HarperCollins (UK) Novel
October 1991 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins (UK) Novel
1994 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia (Boxed Set) HarperCollins Omnibus
1994 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia (Boxed Set) Collier Books Omnibus [1]
1994 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
1994 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia (Boxed Set) HarperCollins Omnibus
July 1994 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperTrophy Novel
July 1994 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperTrophy Novel
November 1996 Three Books from the Chronicles of Narnia Collins Omnibus 171
April 1997 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
September 1997 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
1998 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
1998 The Complete Chronicles of Narnia Collins Omnibus 107
September 1998 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Narnia Collins Omnibus 73
October 1998 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Omnibus |2
October 1998 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Narnia Collins Omnibus 73
2000 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia (Boxed Set) HarperTrophy Omnibus 2
2000 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperTrophy Novel 3
2000 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Omnibus 73
September 2000 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
October 2000 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Omnibus 73
October 2000 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
May 2001 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew / The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / The Horse and his Boy Collins Omnibus
October 2001 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollinsPublishers Omnibus 107
October 2001 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
October 2001 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia Collins Omnibus |1
2002 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
2002 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollinsPublishers Omnibus 107
March 2002 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperTrophy Novel
July 2002 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins Novel
2003 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
2003 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
October 2004 The Chronicles of Narnia Collins Omnibus |1
November 2004 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Omnibus
November 2004 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia: Boxed Set Harper Children's Audio Omnibus |2
December 2004 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperAudio Novel
2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperTrophy Novel
June 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
June 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperAudio Novel
June 2005 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperAudio Omnibus
October 2005 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Children's Books Omnibus
October 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Children's Books Novel
October 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Children's Books Novel
October 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Harper Children's Audio Novel
October 2005 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia Movie Tie-in Box Set HarperKidsEntertainment Omnibus
November 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperEntertainment Novel
November 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperEntertainment Novel
November 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperEntertainment Novel
November 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
November 2005 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
November 2005 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia: Full-Color Gift Edition Box Set HarperCollins Omnibus
November 2005 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia Movie Tie-in Box Set HarperKidsEntertainment Omnibus
November 2005 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperKidsEntertainment Omnibus
November 2005 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set HarperCollins Omnibus
September 2006 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
October 2006 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Omnibus
2007 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia (Boxed Set) HarperTrophy Omnibus 2
January 2007 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Fitzgerald Books Novel
January 2008 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperEntertainment Omnibus
February 2008 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Children's Books Omnibus
2009 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 107
May 2009 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Children's Books Novel
June 2009 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Galaxy Novel
October 2009 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Children's Books Novel
October 2009 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
November 2009 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Harper Novel
October 2010 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia (Boxed Set) HarperCollins Omnibus |2
October 2010 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperFestival Omnibus
October 2010 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Children's Books Omnibus
October 2010 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Children's Books Omnibus |1
November 2010 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Omnibus 107
January 2014 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Project Gutenberg Canada Novel
September 2014 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Children's Books Novel
December 2014 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Harper Voyager (UK) Novel
November 2015 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Children's Books Omnibus
March 2017 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Thorndike Press Novel
October 2017 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
April 2018 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Dreamscape Media Novel
November 2018 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Children's Books Novel
December 2019 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperAudio Omnibus |2
February 2022 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia Intra Omnibus |1
October 2023 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Youth Large Print Novel
April 2025 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Children's Books Novel
April 2025 Cover The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins Novel
October 2025 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Omnibus |107
November 2025 Cover The Chronicles of Narnia HarperCollins Omnibus