Henry Winkler Books in Order
Henry Winkler has written 49 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Niagara Falls, Or Does It? (2003) and the newest is The Mystery at Emerald Pond (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 49
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Confirmed
- 13 of 49 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,870 in 31 of 49 books
- Reading time
- 81–122 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,870 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 49 titles with a page count on record.
Henry Winkler is an American actor, producer, director and author, known to television audiences as Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on Happy Days. As a children's author, Winkler writes humorous school stories: Hank Zipzer anchors the longest run, and Here's Hank, Ghost Buddy, Alien Superstar and Detective Duck follow. Learning disabilities, friendship, bullying and school field trips are recurring subjects. Fifty-six catalogued books start in 2003 and reach The Mystery at Emerald Pond (2025).
How many Henry Winkler books are there?
Henry Winkler has 49 books, released between 2003 and 2025. They include 6 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Henry Winkler Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 49 Henry Winkler 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.
- 120031443/4
- 220031543/4
- 320031533/4
- 420041543/4
- 520041583/4
- 620041563/4
- 720051573/4
- 82005–3/4
- 920061583/4
- 102007–3/4
- 112008–3/4
- 1220081603/4
- 132009–3/4
- 14I've Never Met an Idiot on the River2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 152012–2/4
- 1620121702/4
- 172012–2/4
- 1820121902/4
- 192012–2/4
- 2020121762/4
- 212012–2/4
- 222013–2/4
- 2320131822/4
- 242013–2/4
- 252013–2/4
- 262013–2/4
- 27The World's Greatest Underachiever Is the Ping-Pong WizardHank Zipzer (TV Tie-In) #92013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 2820131892/4
- 2920141222/4
- 3020141282/4
- 3120141212/4
- 3220141442/4
- 3320151232/4
- 3420151232/4
- 3520151282/4
- 362015–2/4
- 3720161282/4
- 3820161282/4
- 3920171282/4
- 4020171282/4
- 4120181442/4
- 4220192642/4
- 4320191282/4
- 4420202562/4
- 4520212962/4
- 462023–2/4
- 47Being Henry: The Fonz... and Beyond2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 482024–2/4
- 492025802/4
Henry Winkler series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Hank Zipzer books in order 44 books
Henry Winkler 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.
Hank Zipzer books in order
13 books by Henry Winkler- 1. Niagara Falls, Or Does It?
- 3. The Day of the Iguana
- 4. The Zippity Zinger
- 5. The Night I Flunked My Field Trip
- 6. Holy Enchilada!
- 7. Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade!
- 8. Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up?
- 9. My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard
- 10. My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat
- 12. Barfing in the Backseat
- 14. The Life of Me (Enter At Your Own Risk)
- 15. A Tale of Two Tails
- and 1 more in the table above
Hank Zipzer (TV Tie-In) in order
12 books- 1. The Crazy Classroom Cascade
- 2. The Crunchy Pickle Disaster
- 3. The Mutant Moth
- 4. The Lucky Monkey Socks
- 5. The Soggy School Trip
- 6. The Killer Chilli
- 7. The Parent-Teacher Trouble
- 8. The Best Worst Summer Ever
- 9. The World's Greatest Underachiever Is the Ping-Pong Wizard
- 10. The House of Halloween Horrors
- 11. My Book of Pickles... Oops, I Mean Lists
- 12. The Cow Poo Treasure
Here's Hank in order
12 books- 1. Bookmarks are People Too!
- 2. A Short Tale About a Long Dog
- 3. Stop That Frog!
- 4. Fake Snakes and Weird Wizards
- 5. There's a Zombie in My Bathtub
- 6. How to Hug an Elephant
- 7. You Can't Drink a Meatball Through a Straw
- 8. The Soggy, Foggy Campout
- 9. Always Watch Out for the Flying Potato Salad!
- 10. Hooray! My Butt Left the Bench!
- 11. Robot on the Loose
- 12. Everybody is Somebody
Ghost Buddy in order
4 booksAlien Superstar in order
3 booksDetective Duck in order
3 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Henry Winkler titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Henry Winkler books in order?
You only need to read Henry Winkler books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Henry Winkler
Start with Niagara Falls, Or Does It? (2003), the first Hank Zipzer book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Henry Winkler book?
The Mystery at Emerald Pond (2025) is the newest Henry Winkler book released so far.
Is there a new Henry Winkler book coming?
No next Henry Winkler book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Henry Winkler at a glance
- Still publishing
- Henry Winkler published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Henry Winkler books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,870 pages across the 31 of 49 books with a recorded length, a median of 153 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Henry Winkler books, 30 of 49, were published in the 2010s.
What the Henry Winkler books are about
47 of the 49 Henry Winkler 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 27 of 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 27 of 47 books
- Humor 21 of 47 books
- Schools 16 of 47 books
- Learning disabilities 13 of 47 books
- Hank Zipzer (Fictitious character) 12 of 47 books
- Friendship 5 of 47 books
- Pets 4 of 47 books
- Bullies 3 of 47 books
- Bullying 3 of 47 books
- Family life 3 of 47 books