John Patrick Green Books in Order
John Patrick Green has written 26 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is Nothing but Trouble (2010) and the newest is Weather or Not (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 2010–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,397 in 14 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 23–35 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,397 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
John Patrick Green is an American author and illustrator, known for creating the children's graphic novel series InvestiGators and for illustrating the comic Jax Epoch and the Quicken Forbidden. Alligators, detectives, humour, friendship and sibling rivalry appear among the subjects of 26 catalogued books published between 2010 and 2026, from Nothing but Trouble to Weather or Not. InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T., Kitten Construction Company, Teen Boat! and the Phineas and Ferb Comic Readers are the named series.
The InvestiGators are written as sewer-dwelling detective alligators who use gadgets and teamwork to solve mysteries, traveling through the city by flushing themselves down toilets.
How many John Patrick Green books are there?
John Patrick Green has 26 books, released between 2010 and 2026. They include 5 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
John Patrick Green Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 John Patrick Green 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.
- 12010321/4
- 22010321/4
- 32010321/4
- 42011321/4
- 52011321/4
- 62011321/4
- 720121391/4
- 8Hippopotamister2016 · 84 pages · confirmed 1/42016841/4
- 92018701/4
- 102019801/4
- 112020–2/4
- 1220202081/4
- 1320212082/4
- 1420212082/4
- 152022–2/4
- 162022–2/4
- 172023–1/4
- 182023–1/4
- 192024–1/4
- 202024–1/4
- 212024–1/4
- 222024–2/4
- 232025–1/4
- 2420252082/4
- 252026–1/4
- 262026–1/4
John Patrick Green series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
John Patrick Green 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.
InvestiGators in order
12 booksPhineas and Ferb Comic Reader in order
6 booksKitten Construction Company in order
2 booksTeen Boat! in order
1 book- 1. Teen Boat!
Standalone books
1 book1 John Patrick Green title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Patrick Green books in order?
You only need to read John Patrick Green books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with John Patrick Green
Start with Agents of S.U.I.T. (2023), the first InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T. book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Nothing but Trouble (2010).
What is the newest John Patrick Green book?
Weather or Not (2026) is the newest John Patrick Green book released so far.
Is there a new John Patrick Green book coming?
No next John Patrick Green 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 Patrick Green at a glance
- Still publishing
- John Patrick Green published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- John Patrick Green books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,397 pages across the 14 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 75 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Patrick Green books, 16 of 26, were published in the 2020s.
What the John Patrick Green books are about
16 of the 26 John Patrick Green 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 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 12 of 16 books
- Alligators 7 of 16 books
- Detectives 7 of 16 books
- Humor 7 of 16 books
- Brothers and sisters 5 of 16 books
- Comics & graphic novels 5 of 16 books
- Friendship 3 of 16 books
- Platypus 3 of 16 books
- Science fiction 3 of 16 books
- Sibling rivalry 3 of 16 books