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Brent Hartinger Books in Order

Brent Hartinger has written 18 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Geography Club (2003) and the newest is Infinite Drift (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2003–2025
Pages on record
2,683 in 12 of 18 books
Reading time
45–67 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,683 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Novels about gay teenagers are the work most associated with Brent Hartinger, an American author, playwright and screenwriter born in 1971. Geography Club (2003) opens Hartinger's 18 catalogued books, and Infinite Drift (2025) is the newest. Russel Middlebrook is a recurring character, with Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years and Otto Digmore listed as series. Recorded subjects include LGBTQ themes, high schools, clubs, friendship and foster care. Other titles are The Order of the Poison Oak (2005) and Project Sweet Life (2009).

How many Brent Hartinger books are there?

Brent Hartinger has 18 books, released between 2003 and 2025. They include 3 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Brent Hartinger Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Brent Hartinger 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.

  1. Cover of Geography Club by Brent Hartinger, book 1 of the Russel Middlebrook series (2003)
  2. Cover of The Last Chance Texaco by Brent Hartinger (2004)
  3. Cover of Grand & Humble by Brent Hartinger (2006)
  4. Cover of Dreamquest by Brent Hartinger (2007)
  5. Cover of Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies / Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies by Brent Hartinger
  6. Cover of Project Sweet Life by Brent Hartinger (2009)
  7. Cover of Shadow Walkers by Brent Hartinger (2011)
  8. Cover of The Elephant of Surprise by Brent Hartinger, book 4 of the Russel Middlebrook series (2013)
  9. Cover of The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know by Brent Hartinger, book 1 of the Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years series
  10. Cover of Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams by Brent Hartinger, book 2 of the Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years series
  11. Cover of The Road to Amazing by Brent Hartinger, book 3 of the Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years series (2016)
  1. 1
    Geography ClubRussel Middlebrook #12003 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003226
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  2. 2
    The Last Chance Texaco2004 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004228
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  3. 3
    The Order of the Poison OakRussel Middlebrook #22005 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005202
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  4. 4
    Grand & Humble2006 · 209 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006209
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  5. 5
    Dreamquest2007 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007160
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  6. 6
    Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies / Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain ZombiesRussel Middlebrook #32007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  7. 7
    Project Sweet Life2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    Shadow Walkers2011 · 209 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011209
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  9. 9
    The Elephant of SurpriseRussel Middlebrook #42013 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013226
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  10. 10
    Two Thousand Pounds Per Square InchRussel Middlebrook #52013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  11. 11
    The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't KnowRussel Middlebrook: The Futon Years #12014 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014254
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  12. 12
    Barefoot in the City of Broken DreamsRussel Middlebrook: The Futon Years #22015 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015264
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  13. 13
    The Road to AmazingRussel Middlebrook: The Futon Years #32016 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016226
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  14. 14
    Three Truths and a Lie2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  15. 15
    The Otto Digmore DifferenceOtto Digmore #12017 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017228
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  16. 16
    The Otto Digmore DecisionOtto Digmore #22020 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020251
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  17. 17
    Project Pay Day2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  18. 18
    Infinite Drift2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Brent Hartinger series and characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Brent Hartinger books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Russel Middlebrook books in order

5 books by Brent Hartinger
  1. 1. Geography Club
  2. 2. The Order of the Poison Oak
  3. 3. Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies / Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies
  4. 4. The Elephant of Surprise
  5. 5. Two Thousand Pounds Per Square Inch

Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know
  2. 2. Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams
  3. 3. The Road to Amazing

Otto Digmore in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Otto Digmore Difference
  2. 2. The Otto Digmore Decision

Standalone books

8 books

8 Brent Hartinger titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Brent Hartinger books in order?

You only need to read Brent Hartinger books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Brent Hartinger

Start with Geography Club (2003), the first Russel Middlebrook book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Brent Hartinger book?

Infinite Drift (2025) is the newest Brent Hartinger book released so far.

Is there a new Brent Hartinger book coming?

No next Brent Hartinger book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Brent Hartinger at a glance

Still publishing
Brent Hartinger published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Brent Hartinger books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,683 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 226 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Brent Hartinger books, 8 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Brent Hartinger books are about

10 of the 18 Brent Hartinger 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 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.