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John D. Fitzgerald Books in Order

8 books are credited to John D. Fitzgerald, published between 1967 and 1995; 1 of them appeared after John D. Fitzgerald's death in 1988. The first book is The Great Brain (1967) and the newest is The Great Brain Is Back (1995). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1967–1995
Pages on record
764 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
13–19 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 764 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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John Dennis Fitzgerald (1906-1988) was an American author, most notable for The Great Brain, a run of children's books. Seven of the eight catalogued titles carry the Great Brain name, from The Great Brain (1967) through The Great Brain at the Academy (1972) and The Return of the Great Brain (1975) to The Great Brain Is Back (1995). Humorous stories, brothers, Utah, Mormons and detective stories fill the subject list, and the books are pitched at grades 3 to 5.

The Great Brain books follow Tom Fitzgerald in a small Utah town in the 1890s, where he uses his 'great brain' to solve problems and make money, frequently getting into trouble in the process.

How many John D. Fitzgerald books are there?

John D. Fitzgerald has 8 books, released between 1967 and 1995. 1 of them were published after John D. Fitzgerald's death in 1988.

John D. Fitzgerald Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 John D. Fitzgerald 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 Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald (1967)
  2. Cover of More Adventures of the Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald (1969)
  3. Cover of Me and My Little Brain by John D. Fitzgerald (1971)
  4. Cover of The Great Brain at the Academy by John D. Fitzgerald (1972)
  5. Cover of The Great Brain Reforms by John D. Fitzgerald (1974)
  6. Cover of The Return of the Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald (1975)
  7. Cover of The Great Brain Does it Again by John D. Fitzgerald (1976)
  8. Cover of The Great Brain Is Back by John D. Fitzgerald (1995)
  1. 1
    The Great Brain1967 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967175
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  2. 2
    More Adventures of the Great Brain1969 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969142
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  3. 3
    Me and My Little Brain1971 · 137 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971137
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  4. 4
    The Great Brain at the Academy1972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  5. 5
    The Great Brain Reforms1974 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974166
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  6. 6
    The Return of the Great Brain1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  7. 7
    The Great Brain Does it Again1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  8. 8
    The Great Brain Is Back1995 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995144
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John D. Fitzgerald 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

8 books

8 John D. Fitzgerald titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read John D. Fitzgerald books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 John D. Fitzgerald books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with John D. Fitzgerald

Start with The Great Brain (1967), the earliest published title.

What is the newest John D. Fitzgerald book?

The Great Brain Is Back (1995) is the newest John D. Fitzgerald book released so far.

Is there a new John D. Fitzgerald book coming?

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

John D. Fitzgerald at a glance

Died
John D. Fitzgerald died in 1988, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to John D. Fitzgerald are still being published after John D. Fitzgerald's death in 1988; the newest appeared in 1995.
Release pace
John D. Fitzgerald books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
764 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John D. Fitzgerald books, 5 of 8, were published in the 1970s.

What the John D. Fitzgerald books are about

5 of the 8 John D. Fitzgerald books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.