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Gary D. Schmidt Books in Order

Gary D. Schmidt has written 34 books, published between 1990 and 2025. The first book is Robert McCloskey (1990) and the newest is A Day at the Beach (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
34
Published
1990–2025
Pages on record
4,205 in 24 of 34 books
Reading time
70–105 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,205 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 34 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Gary D. Schmidt, author

Gary D. Schmidt writes fiction for children and young adults, and criticism about the field. Thirty-five books are catalogued between 1990 and 2025. Early titles carry the names of other writers - Robert McCloskey (1990), Hugh Lofting (1992), Katherine Paterson (1994), Robert Lawson (1997) - and books and reading, history and criticism, and criticism and interpretation sit among the subject headings, beside children's stories, family life and death. Schmidt, born in 1957, is a professor emeritus of English at Calvin University and lives in Alto, Michigan. A Day at the Beach (2025) is the newest title.

How many Gary D. Schmidt books are there?

Gary D. Schmidt has 34 books, released between 1990 and 2025.

Gary D. Schmidt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 34 Gary D. Schmidt 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 Robert McCloskey by Gary D. Schmidt (1990)
  2. Cover of Hugh Lofting by Gary D. Schmidt (1992)
  3. Cover of Katherine Paterson by Gary D. Schmidt (1994)
  4. Cover of The Iconography of the Mouth of Hell by Gary D. Schmidt (1995)
  5. Cover of The Sin Eater by Gary D. Schmidt (1996)
  6. Cover of Robert Lawson by Gary D. Schmidt (1997)
  7. Cover of William Bradford by Gary D. Schmidt (1998)
  8. Cover of Saint Ciaran by Gary D. Schmidt (2000)
  9. Cover of Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt (2001)
  10. Cover of Mara's Stories by Gary D. Schmidt (2001)
  11. Cover of Edging the Boundaries of Children's Literature by Gary D. Schmidt (2001)
  12. Cover of The Wonders of Donal O'Donnell by Gary D. Schmidt (2002)
  13. Cover of In God's Hands by Gary D. Schmidt (2005)
  14. Cover of The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (2007)
  15. Cover of Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt (2011)
  16. Cover of Martin de Porres by Gary D. Schmidt (2012)
  17. Cover of Practically Human by Gary D. Schmidt (2012)
  18. Cover of Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt (2015)
  19. Cover of Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt (2019)
  20. Cover of One Smart Sheep by Gary D. Schmidt (2021)
  21. Cover of Celia Planted a Garden by Gary D. Schmidt, book 8 of the Phyllis Root Picture series (2022)
  22. Cover of The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt (2023)
  23. Cover of Jupiter Rising by Gary D. Schmidt (2024)
  1. 1
    Robert McCloskey1990 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990166
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  2. 2
    Hugh Lofting1992 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992188
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  3. 3
    Pilgrim's Progress1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  4. 4
    Katherine Paterson1994 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994152
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  5. 5
    The Iconography of the Mouth of Hell1995 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995234
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  6. 6
    The Sin Eater1996 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996184
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  7. 7
    Robert Lawson1997 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997149
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  8. 8
    William Bradford1998 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998200
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  9. 9
    Anson's Way1999 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999224
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  10. 10
    Saint Ciaran2000 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200040
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  11. 11
    Straw Into Gold2001 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001172
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  12. 12
    Mara's Stories2001 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001149
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  13. 13
    Edging the Boundaries of Children's Literature2001 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001400
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  14. 14
    The Wonders of Donal O'Donnell2002 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200240
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  15. 15
    Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy2004 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004224
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  16. 16
    In God's Hands2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  17. 17
    First Boy2005 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005224
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  18. 18
    The Wednesday Wars2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  19. 19
    Trouble2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  20. 20
    Okay for Now2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  21. 21
    Martin de Porres2012 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201232
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  22. 22
    Practically Human2012 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012172
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  23. 23
    What Came from the Stars2012 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012304
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  24. 24
    Orbiting Jupiter2015 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015183
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  25. 25
    So Tall Within2018 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201848
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  26. 26
    Pay Attention, Carter Jones2019 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019224
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  27. 27
    A Long Road on a Short Day2020 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202064
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  28. 28
    Almost Time2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  29. 29
    One Smart Sheep2021 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202180
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  30. 30
    Just Like That2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  31. 31
    Celia Planted a GardenPhyllis Root Picture #82022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  32. 32
    The Labors of Hercules Beal2023 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023352
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  33. 33
    Jupiter Rising2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  34. 34
    A Day at the Beach2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Gary D. Schmidt 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.

Phyllis Root Picture in order

1 book
  1. 8. Celia Planted a Garden

Standalone books

33 books

33 Gary D. Schmidt titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gary D. Schmidt books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 34 Gary D. Schmidt books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Gary D. Schmidt

Start with Robert McCloskey (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gary D. Schmidt book?

A Day at the Beach (2025) is the newest Gary D. Schmidt book released so far.

Is there a new Gary D. Schmidt book coming?

No next Gary D. Schmidt 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 Gary D. Schmidt has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Gary D. Schmidt. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Michigan Author Award2011Won
  • Prix des Incorruptibles2021Shortlisted

Gary D. Schmidt at a glance

Still publishing
Gary D. Schmidt published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Gary D. Schmidt books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,205 pages across the 24 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 178 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gary D. Schmidt books, 10 of 34, were published in the 2000s.

What the Gary D. Schmidt books are about

26 of the 34 Gary D. Schmidt 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 12 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.