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Brian Selznick Books in Order

Brian Selznick has written 12 books, published between 1991 and 2025. The first book is The Houdini Box (1991) and the newest is Run Away with Me (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1991–2025
Pages on record
1,694 in 6 of 12 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,694 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Brian Selznick, author

Brian Selznick is an American author and illustrator of children's books. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) took the 2008 Caldecott Medal for picture book illustration, and Wonder Struck (2011), The Marvels (2015) and Kaleidoscope (2021) follow it. Selznick's catalogue holds 12 books dated 1991 to 2025, opening with The Houdini Box (1991) and The Robot King (1995), with subjects covering magicians, robots, motion pictures, and brothers and sisters. Run Away with Me (2025) is the newest.

How many Brian Selznick books are there?

Brian Selznick has 12 books, released between 1991 and 2025.

Brian Selznick Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Brian Selznick 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 The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick (1991)
  2. Cover of The Robot King by Brian Selznick (1995)
  3. Cover of The Boy of a Thousand Faces by Brian Selznick (2000)
  4. Cover of The Hugo Movie Companion by Brian Selznick (2011)
  5. Cover of Wonder Struck by Brian Selznick (2011)
  6. Cover of The Marvels by Brian Selznick (2015)
  7. Cover of The Wonderstruck Movie Scrapbook by Brian Selznick (2017)
  8. Cover of Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick (2018)
  9. Cover of Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick (2021)
  10. Cover of Big Tree by Brian Selznick (2023)
  1. 1
    The Houdini Box1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  2. 2
    The Robot King1995 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199580
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  3. 3
    The Boy of a Thousand Faces2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  4. 4
    The Invention of Hugo Cabret2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  5. 5
    The Hugo Movie Companion2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  6. 6
    Wonder Struck2011 · 640 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011640
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  7. 7
    The Marvels2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  8. 8
    The Wonderstruck Movie Scrapbook2017 · 47 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201747
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  9. 9
    Baby Monkey, Private Eye2018 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018191
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  10. 10
    Kaleidoscope2021 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021208
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  11. 11
    Big Tree2023 · 528 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023528
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  12. 12
    Run Away with Me2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Brian Selznick 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.

Standalone books

12 books

12 Brian Selznick titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Brian Selznick books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 Brian Selznick books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Brian Selznick

Start with The Houdini Box (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Brian Selznick book?

Run Away with Me (2025) is the newest Brian Selznick book released so far.

Is there a new Brian Selznick book coming?

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

Awards Brian Selznick has won

Wikidata records 4 awards for Brian Selznick. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Inkpot Award2017Won
  • Premio Bernard Versele2011Won
  • Penzberger Urmel2009Won
  • Caldecott Medal2008Won

Brian Selznick at a glance

Still publishing
Brian Selznick published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Brian Selznick books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,694 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 200 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Brian Selznick books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Brian Selznick books are about

10 of the 12 Brian Selznick 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 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.