Andrew Clements Books in Order
83 books are credited to Andrew Clements, published between 1985 and 2024; 1 of them appeared after Andrew Clements's death in 2019. The first book is Bird Adalbert (1985) and the newest is The Frindle Files (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 83
- Published
- 1985–2024
- Confirmed
- 83 of 83 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,468 in 50 of 83 books
- Reading time
- 74–112 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,468 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 50 of 83 titles with a page count on record.
Andrew Clements (May 29, 1949 to November 28, 2019) was an American children's author. Frindle, the first Clements novel, won an award decided by the votes of schoolchildren in about 20 U.S. states, and received the 2016 Phoenix Award, given to a book that missed a major prize on first publication. The catalogue lists 83 books from Bird Adalbert (1985) to The Frindle Files (2024). Schools, teachers, friendship and dogs recur in the subjects. The Clements series include Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School, Jake Drake, Pets to the Rescue and Real Monsters.
The Report Card is among Andrew Clements's novels, alongside Frindle. Clements won the Newbery Honor, one of several awards recognizing his work.
How many Andrew Clements books are there?
Andrew Clements has 83 books, released between 1985 and 2024. 1 of them were published after Andrew Clements's death in 2019. They include 8 separate series.
Andrew Clements Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 83 Andrew Clements books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 11985284/4
- 21987–4/4
- 31988–4/4
- 41990–4/4
- 51991324/4
- 61992–4/4
- 71992–4/4
- 81995164/4
- 91995164/4
- 101995324/4
- 1119961054/4
- 121996–4/4
- 131996324/4
- 141996324/4
- 151997164/4
- 161997–4/4
- 171997164/4
- 181997–4/4
- 191997–4/4
- 201998–4/4
- 211998204/4
- 221998164/4
- 231998334/4
- 241998324/4
- 251998254/4
- 261998244/4
- 271999124/4
- 281999–4/4
- 291999–4/4
- 3019991384/4
- 311999–4/4
- 3220001764/4
- 332000164/4
- 3420001404/4
- 352000–4/4
- 362000324/4
- 372000244/4
- 382001883/4
- 392001324/4
- 402001324/4
- 412001734/4
- 422001764/4
- 4320011964/4
- 4420022514/4
- 452002324/4
- 462002324/4
- 472002804/4
- 482002964/4
- 492002–4/4
- 502002–4/4
- 512004–4/4
- 5220041284/4
- 532004–4/4
- 5420041764/4
- 552004184/4
- 562005324/4
- 572005–4/4
- 5820052224/4
- 592005–4/4
- 602006–4/4
- 612006–4/4
- 6220061924/4
- 632006–4/4
- 642006–4/4
- 652007–4/4
- 6620071604/4
- 672008–3/4
- 682008–4/4
- 692009–4/4
- 7020101604/4
- 712010–4/4
- 7220112044/4
- 732011–4/4
- 7420111404/4
- 752012–4/4
- 762012–4/4
- 7720132094/4
- 7820132584/4
- 7920141304/4
- 802015324/4
- 812017–4/4
- 8220192084/4
- 8320241984/4
Andrew Clements books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Andrew Clements Standalone
46 books46 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Reading Program in order
9 booksBenjamin Pratt in order
5 booksReal Monsters in order
4 booksJake Drake in order
4 booksPets To The Rescue in order
4 booksSlippers in order
4 booksThings in order
3 booksFrindle in order
2 books- 1. Frindle
- 2. The Frindle Files
Andrew Clements Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Andrew Clements books in order?
You only need to read Andrew Clements books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Andrew Clements
Start with Bird Adalbert (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Andrew Clements book?
The Frindle Files (2024) is the newest Andrew Clements book released so far.
Is there a new Andrew Clements book coming?
No next Andrew Clements book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Andrew Clements at a glance
- Died
- Andrew Clements died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Andrew Clements are still being published after Andrew Clements's death in 2019; the newest appeared in 2024.
- Release pace
- Andrew Clements books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,468 pages across the 50 of 83 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Andrew Clements books, 38 of 83, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 81 of the 83 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Andrew Clements books are about
73 of the 83 Andrew Clements books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 37 of 73. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 37 of 73 books
- Schools 26 of 73 books
- Juvenile literature 9 of 73 books
- Dogs 7 of 73 books
- Friendship 5 of 73 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 73 books
- Animals 4 of 73 books
- Teachers 4 of 73 books
- Blind 3 of 73 books
- Cats 3 of 73 books