Peter Pan, his fellow characters, and the setting of Neverland have appeared in many works since the original books and 1904 play by J. M. Barrie. The earliest were the stage productions of the play, and an adaptation to silent film, done with Barrie's involvement and personal approval. Later works were authorised by Great Ormond Street Hospital, to which Barrie gave the rights to the Peter Pan works; these include adaptations of the main story in both animated and live-action films, musical stage productions, and a sequel novel. In addition, there have been numerous uses of Barrie's characters, settings, and storylines which challenged or took advantage of the changing copyright status of these elements, including reinterpretations, sequels, prequels, and spin-offs in a variety of media, including film, television series, and books.
Adaptations of Peter Pan for public performance have a unique status in UK copyright law: Great Ormond Street Hospital has the right to receive royalties in perpetuity under specific provisions in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
When dramatised, the character of Peter has usually been played by an adult woman. For boys' roles to be played by women is a convention of the pantomime tradition that was popular when the play was first produced, and was necessitated by laws restricting the use of child actors for evening performances. Later adaptations have often followed this example, for reasons that include tradition, the performance demands of the role, and the marketing advantages of "star" actresses. The roles of Captain Hook and George Darling happened to be played by the same actor in the original production, a tradition which has sometimes been continued in later dramatic adaptations.

| Year | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | The Peter Pan Picture Book | Daniel O'Connor | Alice B. Woodward | G. Bell & Sons |
| Based on the original stage production of 1904. The text was also published as Peter Pan Keepsake but illustrated with photographs from the first productions. It is the first novelisation of the play and also the first illustrated version of the story. This version differs from Barrie's own 1911 novelisation because he had made several changes to his play and story since it was first staged in 1904. | ||||
| 1915 | Peter Pan and Wendy | Retold by May Byron | Mabel Lucie Attwell (1921) | |
| It was the first time that this form of the title was used, later reused also for Barrie's own novel. | ||||
| 1987 | Peter Pan and the Only Children | Gilbert Adair | Jenny Thorne | Macmillan Children's Books |
| An unauthorised sequel/prequel novel. This book is written and presented in a format similar to Peter and Wendy, with bound-in colour illustrations. It has Peter living with a different gang of Lost Boys under the ocean, recruiting "only children" who jump from passing ships as new members, including the newest: 10-year-old Marissa Porter. They have adventures under the sea, including a duel with Captain Hook which ends indecisively. The narrator suggests at the end that perhaps this is a prequel to the adventure with Wendy Darling, or they take place without sequence. Adair's previous novel was Alice through the Needle's Eye, a sequel to the Alice in Wonderland stories | ||||
| 1989 | Neverland | Toby Forward | Simon & Schuster | |
| First of the cancelled Neverland series where Peter Pan, Captain Hook etc. are brought back to life through a computer game. Published when Peter Pan first entered the public domain in the UK, before the copyright was revived in 1995 | ||||
| 1991 | Hook | Terry Brooks | ||
| A novelization of the Spielberg film | ||||
| 1999 | After the Rain: A New Adventure for Peter Pan | J. E. Somma | Kyle Reed | Daisy Books |
| An unauthorised sequel novel. Set in modern times, telling of Peter's reaction to a world that has grown to neglect him, and his rescue by three children who teach him that it's OK to grow up. It was published without incident in Canada, where the copyright to Peter Pan was generally agreed to have expired, but Somma and GOSH were in legal dispute when it was published in the U.S. in 2002, where GOSH claimed their copyrights were still valid. They eventually settled out of court. | ||||
| 2003 | Jardines de Kensington | Rodrigo Fresán | SEUIL | |
| Translated into English as "Kensington Gardens". Interweaves the story of Peter Pan, his creator JM Barrie, and various aspects of 1960s London pop culture. The narrator is called "Peter Hook" | ||||
| 2004 | The Lost Girls: A Novel | Laurie Fox | Simon & Schuster | |
| An unauthorised sequel novel. Follows the interaction of Peter Pan with each generation of Wendy Darling's female descendants, up to a distinctly 21st-century great-great-granddaughter. | ||||
| 2004 - 2011 | The Starcatchers books | Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson | Hyperion Books (US), Walker Books (UK) | |
| An unauthorised series reboot, Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) Peter and the Shadow Thieves (2006) Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (2007) Peter and the Sword of Mercy (2009) The Bridge to Never Land (2011) | ||||
| 2006-2008 | Never Land Books | Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson | Greg Call | |
| A series of unauthorised spin-off chapter books. Based on the continuity established by the "Starcatchers" novels, for a younger audience: Escape from the Carnivale (2006), Cave of the Dark Wind (2007), Blood Tide (2008) | ||||
| 2005 | Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth | James V. Hart | Brett Helquist | HarperCollins (US) |
| An authorised (non-canon) prequel illustrated novel. Details the history of 15-year-old James Matthew, young Oppidan Scholar and future Captain Hook. The book portrays the villainous youth in a sympathetic light | ||||
| 2005, 2007 | Disney Fairies | Gail Carson Levine | David Christiana | Disney Press (US), HarperCollins (UK) |
| A series of spin-off illustrated novels for children. Part of the Disney Fairies franchise, introduces a new cast of "Never Fairies", in addition to Tinker Bell. Peter Pan and Captain Hook are mentioned but play very minor roles. Additional chapter books in the series are intended for younger readers, and were written by various authors, focusing on the different characters invented by Levine: Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg (2005), Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand (2007) | ||||
| 2006 | Peter Pan in Scarlet | Geraldine McCaughrean | Oxford University Press (UK) and Margaret K McElderry (Simon & Schuster) (US) | |
| The official sequel novel, commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, following a competition launched in 2004. It has been sold in 40 different editions in 37 languages. | ||||
| 2008 | Tigerheart | Peter David | Del Rey Books | |
| Transplanting facsimiles of J. M. Barrie's characters into a parallel universe setting. A novel retelling the Peter Pan stories from another character's perspective, referring to him as "the boy" throughout the novel, and referencing both Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy, with changes to many of the original characters. | ||||
| 2009 | The Child Thief | Gerald Brom | Gerald Brom | HarperCollins |
| A new adult illustrated novel reinterpreting Peter Pan based on the darker themes in the story as a ruthless figure recruiting children to serve toward his own ends | ||||
| 2010 | Another Pan | Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri | Candlewick Press | |
| A darker version featuring an adult Peter Pan searching for the magic bone dust so he will never grow old. Characters include Wendy, John and their father George Darling | ||||
| 2011 | Always Neverland | Zoe Barton | Harpercollins Children's Books | |
| Ashley is to be another in a long series of "Wendy girls" Peter brings to Neverland, but she is more interested in adventuring | ||||
| 2013 | Tiger Lily | Jodi Lynn Anderson | Orchard Books | |
| The story of fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily who becomes enthralled and entangled in the life of Peter Pan, told from the perspective of Tinker Bell | ||||
| 2014 | Alias Hook | Lisa Jensen | Snowbooks | |
| Captain Hook is caught in an endless loop of warring with Peter Pan until a woman named Stella Parrish dreams her way into Neverland and begins to change things | ||||
| 2014, 2015 | Hook's Revenge Series | Heidi Schulz | John Hendrix | Disney Publishing Worldwide |
| A humorous adventure series about the 12-year-old daughter of Captain Hook on a quest to avenge her father's death: Hook's Revenge (2014), The Pirate Code (2015) | ||||
| 2014 | Lost: a Never novella | C. S. R. Calloway | CSRC Storytelling | |
| An unofficial interquel set between Peter, Wendy and Hook. | ||||
| 2015 | Lost Boi | Sassafras Lowrey | Arsenal Pulp Press | |
| A novel for adults retelling the story through the lens of homeless queer youth with prominent BDSM themes. Told from the point of view of Tootles, "Pan's best boi" | ||||
| 2015 | Never Never | Brianna R. Shrum | Spencer Hill Press | |
| An alternate history origin of James Hook and his rivalry with Peter, back when they were both Lost Boys in Neverland. | ||||
| 2016 | All Darling Children | Katrina Monroe | Red Adept Publishing | |
| A young adult re-telling told from the perspective of Madge Darling; Wendy Darling's teenage granddaughter. | ||||
| 2016 | Everland | Wendy Spinale | Scholastic Press | |
| First of the young adult Everland tetralogy transplanting facsimiles of J. M. Barrie's characters into a parallel universe setting. This steampunk or dieselpunk retelling set in an alternate history version of the Blitz, where Gwen's sister Joanna is kidnapped by Hook and his Marauders | ||||
| 2016 | The Neverland Wars | Audrey Greathouse | Clean Teen Publishing | |
| First of The Neverland Wars trilogy where an outside worldly organisation goes to war with Neverland. Sixteen-year-old Gwen is caught up in a looming war in Neverland. | ||||
| 2016 | Unhooked | Lisa Maxwell | Simon Pulse | |
| Gwendolyn's mother's fears are proven right when shadowy creatures kidnap her and her best friend Olivia to a terrifying place to Neverland, where Peter Pan and Hook compete for her trust. | ||||
| 2016, 2018 | Never Ever Series | Sara Saedi | Viking Children's Books | |
| Loosely based on Peter Pan. Wylie meets Phinn in a club and he whisks her and her brother off to a magical island where no one ages past seventeen: Never Ever (2016), The Lost Kids (2018) | ||||
| 2017 | Hook' s Tale: Being the Account of an Unjustly Villainized Pirate Written by Himself | John Pielmeier | Scribner | |
| The story from Captain Hook’s perspective. | ||||
| 2017 | Lost Boy | Christina Henry | Berkley Books | |
| In Neverland, Jamie, one of Peter Pan's Lost Boys, grows disenchanted with his leader. | ||||
| 2017 | You Can Fly: A Sequel to the Peter Pan Tales | Chuck Rosenthal | Whitepoint Press | |
| On the eve of his thirteenth birthday, Thomas Pandora discovers the truth about his family legacy. | ||||
| 2019 | Forever Neverland | Susan Adrian | Random House USA Children's Books | |
| A contemporary sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless classic featuring the great-great-grandchildren of Wendy Darling | ||||
| 2020 | Dead Lies Dreaming: Book 1 of the New Management, A new adventure begins in the world of the Laundry Files | Charles Stross | Orbit Books | |
| A pastiche of Peter and Wendy, taking place in Stross' Laundry Files setting. It is first in the Tales of the New Management trilogy | ||||
| 2020 | Neverland: A Fantasy Role-playing Setting | Andrew Kolb | Andrew Kolb | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| 2020 | Straight on Till Morning | Liz Braswell | Disney | |
| Four years after her original adventure, 16-year-old Wendy joins with Tinker Bell in rescuing Peter from Hook. Part of the Twisted Tale Series from the Disney Book Group | ||||
| 2021, 2025 | Son of Neverland Series | Cal Barnes | Magic Hour Press | |
| An epic fantasy series taking place exactly one hundred years after Peter Pan and Hook's final battle, where Peter must leave childhood behind and evolve into the god he was meant to be to save Neverland from the Dark Father of Time, and further, the entire Universe: Son of Neverland (2021), Son of Neverland and the Kingdom of Time (2025) | ||||
| 2021 | Wendy Darling | A. C. Wise | Titan Books | |
| Sequel novel | ||||
| 2022 | Hooked | A. C. Wise | Titan Books | |
| 2023 | Saving Neverland | Abi Elphinstone | Geraldine Rodriguez | Puffin |
| A contemporary sequel featuring the newest residents to 12 Darlington Street Road, the old address of Wendy Darling who encounter Peter Pan | ||||
| 2024 | These Deathless Shores | P. H. Low | Angry Robot | |
| A gender bending origin tale to Captain Hook featuring Malaysian-coded main characters | ||||



...connected the dots between the now-mythic characters and plot points of the original with Dave and Ridley's reboot: (Emp. Added)
Jim Whitaker and Joe Roth serve as producers.