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Jeff Brown Books in Order

Jeff Brown has written 25 books, published between 1964 and 2018. The first book is Flat Stanley (1964) and the newest is Lost in New York (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1964–2018
Pages on record
871 in 7 of 25 books
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Jeff Brown created Flat Stanley, and Stanley Lambchop is the character recorded across the catalogue. Brown, born in New York City, worked as a story editor and assistant film producer in Hollywood and on the editorial staffs of The New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, where stories by Brown also appeared. The catalogue holds 25 books for readers in grades 1 to 3, dated from Flat Stanley (1964) to Lost in New York (2018), including Stanley and the Magic Lamp (1985), Stanley in Space (1990), Invisible Stanley (1993) and The Mount Rushmore Calamity (2009). Liz Neporent is credited alongside Brown on 2 titles.

Stanley Lambchop is flattened by a bulletin board but remains alive and well. His flatness allows him to have adventures such as being mailed in an envelope to travel to different places.

How many Jeff Brown books are there?

Jeff Brown has 25 books, released between 1964 and 2018.

Jeff Brown Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Jeff Brown 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 Mount Rushmore Calamity by Jeff Brown (2009)
  2. Cover of The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery by Jeff Brown (2009)
  3. Cover of The Flying Chinese Wonders by Jeff Brown (2011)
  4. Cover of The Australian Boomerang Bonanza by Jeff Brown (2011)
  5. Cover of The US Capital Commotion by Jeff Brown (2011)
  6. Cover of Showdown at the Alamo by Jeff Brown (2013)
  7. Cover of Framed in France by Jeff Brown (2014)
  8. Cover of Escape to California by Jeff Brown (2014)
  9. Cover of Runner's World The Runner's Brain, book 25 of the Runners World Guide series (2015)
  10. Cover of Lost in New York by Jeff Brown (2018)
  1. 1
    Flat Stanley1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  2. 2
    Stanley and the Magic Lamp1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  3. 3
    Stanley in Space1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  4. 4
    Invisible Stanley1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  5. 5
    Stanley's Christmas Adventure2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  6. 6
    Stanley, Flat Again!2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  7. 7
    The Mount Rushmore Calamity2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    The Intrepid Canadian Expedition2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  10. 10
    Flat Stanley and the Haunted HouseI Can Read: Level 2 #252010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  11. 11
    The Flying Chinese Wonders2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  12. 12
    The Australian Boomerang Bonanza2011 · 87 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201187
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  13. 13
    The US Capital Commotion2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  14. 14
    Flat Stanley and the FirehouseI Can Read: Level 2 #292011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  15. 15
    Flat Stanley at BatI Can Read: Level 2 #442012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  16. 16
    Say Goodbye to StressChicken Soup #2162012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    Showdown at the Alamo2013 · 98 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201398
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  18. 18
    Flat Stanley Goes CampingI Can Read: Level 2 #512013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  19. 19
    Framed in France2014 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014105
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  20. 20
    Escape to California2014 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014100
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  21. 21
    Show-and-Tell, Flat Stanley!I Can Read: Level 2 #532014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  22. 22
    Runner's World The Runner's BrainRunners World Guide #252015 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015228
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  23. 23
    The Midnight Ride of Flat Revere2016 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016134
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  24. 24
    Flat Stanley and the Missing PumpkinsI Can Read: Level 2 #572017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  25. 25
    Lost in New York2018 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018119
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Jeff Brown 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.

I Can Read: Level 2 in order

6 books
  1. 25. Flat Stanley and the Haunted House
  2. 29. Flat Stanley and the Firehouse
  3. 44. Flat Stanley at Bat
  4. 51. Flat Stanley Goes Camping
  5. 53. Show-and-Tell, Flat Stanley!
  6. 57. Flat Stanley and the Missing Pumpkins

Runners World Guide in order

1 book
  1. 25. Runner's World The Runner's Brain

Chicken Soup in order

1 book
  1. 216. Say Goodbye to Stress

Standalone books

17 books

17 Jeff Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jeff Brown books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 25 Jeff Brown books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Jeff Brown

Start with Flat Stanley (1964), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jeff Brown book?

Lost in New York (2018) is the newest Jeff Brown book released so far.

Is there a new Jeff Brown book coming?

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

Jeff Brown at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jeff Brown title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jeff Brown books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
871 pages across the 7 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 105 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jeff Brown books, 16 of 25, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jeff Brown books are about

11 of the 25 Jeff Brown 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 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.