Nick Bruel Books in Order
Nick Bruel has written 49 books, published between 2004 and 2026. The first book is Boing! (2004) and the newest is Bad Kitty Gets a Job (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 49
- Published
- 2004–2026
- Pages on record
- 3,106 in 28 of 49 books
- Reading time
- 52–78 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,106 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 49 titles with a page count on record.
Nick Bruel, full name Nicholas Tung Ming Bruel, is an American author and illustrator of children's books, most notably the Bad Kitty series. Bad Kitty (2005), the first in that series, is an alphabet picture book, and the series grew to take in chapter books and a guide to drawing comics. Bruel's books have been New York Times bestsellers. The catalogue lists 49 Bruel books, from Boing! (2004) to Bad Kitty Gets a Job (2026), and cats, dogs, pets and humorous stories lead the subjects.
How many Nick Bruel books are there?
Nick Bruel has 49 books, released between 2004 and 2026. They include 3 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.
Nick Bruel Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 49 Nick Bruel 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.
- 1Boing!2004 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42004321/4
- 22005–1/4
- 3Who Is Melvin Bubble?2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 42007–1/4
- 52007402/4
- 6Little Red Bird2008 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42008321/4
- 72009–1/4
- 820091591/4
- 92010–1/4
- 102011–1/4
- 1120111602/4
- 122011401/4
- 1320121421/4
- 1420121581/4
- 15A Bad Kitty Christmas2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 1620131271/4
- 17Bad Kitty School Daze2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 182014161/4
- 192014–1/4
- 2020141551/4
- 21Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 22A Wonderful Year2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 232015242/4
- 242015242/4
- 25Bad Kitty Makes Comics . . . and You Can Too!Bad Kitty Picture Books #102015 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/420151442/4
- 26Puppy's Big Day2015 · 155 pages · confirmed 1/420151551/4
- 2720161381/4
- 282016–1/4
- 292016241/4
- 302016242/4
- 3120171601/4
- 3220181601/4
- 3320181601/4
- 34Bad Kitty Camp Daze2018 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420181761/4
- 352019–2/4
- 362019–1/4
- 3720201602/4
- 382020–1/4
- 3920211442/4
- 402021241/4
- 41Bad Kitty vs the Babysitter2021 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420211761/4
- 4220221601/4
- 432022–1/4
- 44Bad Kitty: Wash Your Paws & Gets a Shot2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 452023–1/4
- 462023–2/4
- 4720251922/4
- 48Bad Kitty Goes to the Beach2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 492026–1/4
Nick Bruel series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Bad Kitty Picture Books books in order 17 books
- Bad Kitty books in order 32 books
Nick Bruel 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.
Bad Kitty books in order
15 books by Nick Bruel- 1. Bad Kitty Gets a Bath
- 2. Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty
- 3. Bad Kitty vs Uncle Murray: The Uproar at the Front Door
- 4. Bad Kitty Meets the Baby
- 5. Bad Kitty for President
- 6. Bad Kitty School Daze
- 7. Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble
- 8. Puppy's Big Day
- 9. Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet
- 10. Bad Kitty Takes the Test
- 11. Camp Daze
- 12. Kitten Trouble
- and 3 more in the table above
Bad Kitty Graphic Novels in order
5 booksStandalone books
12 books12 Nick Bruel titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nick Bruel books in order?
You only need to read Nick Bruel books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Nick Bruel
Start with the first book of the Nick Bruel series you want to read: Bad Kitty Picture Books starts with Bad Kitty (2005) and Bad Kitty starts with Bad Kitty (2005). The earliest catalogued title overall is Boing! (2004).
What is the newest Nick Bruel book?
Bad Kitty Gets a Job (2026) is the newest Nick Bruel book released so far.
Is there a new Nick Bruel book coming?
No next Nick Bruel book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nick Bruel at a glance
- Still publishing
- Nick Bruel published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Nick Bruel books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,106 pages across the 28 of 49 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nick Bruel books, 28 of 49, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nick Bruel books are about
34 of the 49 Nick Bruel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cats is tagged on 29 of 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Cats 29 of 34 books
- Children's fiction 23 of 34 books
- Humor 22 of 34 books
- Dogs 9 of 34 books
- JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Cats 6 of 34 books
- Alphabet 5 of 34 books
- Stories in rhyme 4 of 34 books
- Pets 3 of 34 books
- Animals 2 of 34 books