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Jim Benton Books in Order

Jim Benton has written 18 books, published between 2004 and 2021. The first book is Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2004) and the newest is You're Making Me Six (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2004–2021
Pages on record
788 in 6 of 18 books
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Jim Benton, born 31 October 1960, is an American illustrator and writer. It's Happy Bunny is the Benton creation most known, and other Benton properties include Dear Dumb Diary, Franny K. Stein, Dog of Glee and Just Jimmy. The catalogue lists 18 books under Grades 3-5, from Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2004) to You're Making Me Six (2021). Humorous stories, diaries, middle school and the character Jamie Kelly lead the subjects.

How many Jim Benton books are there?

Jim Benton has 18 books, released between 2004 and 2021.

Jim Benton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Jim Benton 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 Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jim Benton (2004)
  2. Cover of That's What Friends Aren't For by Jim Benton (2010)
  3. Cover of The Worst Things in Life Are Also Free by Jim Benton (2010)
  4. Cover of It's Me. by Jim Benton (2019)
  5. Cover of It's Me, Two by Jim Benton (2019)
  6. Cover of Me, Three! by Jim Benton (2019)
  7. Cover of Four Me? by Jim Benton (2019)
  8. Cover of High Five! by Jim Benton (2021)
  9. Cover of You're Making Me Six by Jim Benton (2021)
  1. 1
    Let's Pretend This Never Happened2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  2. 2
    My Pants Are Haunted2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  3. 3
    Am I the Princess or the Frog2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  4. 4
    Never Do Anything, Ever2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  5. 5
    Can Adults Become Human2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  6. 6
    The Problem with Here Is That it's Where I'm From2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  7. 7
    Never Underestimate Your Dumbness2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  8. 8
    It's Not My Fault I Know Everything2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    That's What Friends Aren't For2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  10. 10
    The Worst Things in Life Are Also Free2010 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010148
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  11. 11
    Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  12. 12
    Me!2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  13. 13
    It's Me.2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019128
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  14. 14
    It's Me, Two2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019128
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  15. 15
    Me, Three!2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  16. 16
    Four Me?2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019128
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  17. 17
    High Five!2021 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021128
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  18. 18
    You're Making Me Six2021 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021128
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Jim Benton 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

18 books

18 Jim Benton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jim Benton books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 18 Jim Benton books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Jim Benton

Start with Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jim Benton book?

You're Making Me Six (2021) is the newest Jim Benton book released so far.

Is there a new Jim Benton book coming?

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

Jim Benton at a glance

Paused
No new Jim Benton title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Jim Benton books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
788 pages across the 6 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jim Benton books, 8 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jim Benton books are about

5 of the 18 Jim Benton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: diaries is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.