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Rob Harrell Books in Order

Rob Harrell has written 9 books, published between 2005 and 2023. The first book is Big Top (2005) and the newest is Go Pig or Go Home (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2005–2023
Pages on record
1,201 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
20–30 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,201 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

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Rob Harrell writes and draws for children, with subject headings covering humorous stories, middle school, friendship, monsters, adventure and comic strips. Nine catalogued books run from Big Top (2005) to Go Pig or Go Home (2023), taking in Monster on the Hill (2013) and Wink (2020). Life of Zarf and Batpig are the series under the Harrell name. Harrell is credited alone on each book, and the books reach a median of 265 pages. Nothing has been listed since 2023.

How many Rob Harrell books are there?

Rob Harrell has 9 books, released between 2005 and 2023. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Rob Harrell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Rob Harrell 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 Big Top by Rob Harrell (2005)
  2. Cover of Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell (2013)
  3. Cover of The Trouble with Weasels by Rob Harrell, book 1 of the Life of Zarf series (2014)
  4. Cover of The Troll Who Cried Wolf by Rob Harrell, book 2 of the Life of Zarf series (2015)
  5. Cover of Troll Overboard by Rob Harrell, book 3 of the Life of Zarf series (2016)
  6. Cover of Wink by Rob Harrell (2020)
  7. Cover of When Pigs Fly by Rob Harrell, book 1 of the Batpig series (2021)
  8. Cover of Too Pig to Fail by Rob Harrell, book 2 of the Batpig series (2022)
  9. Cover of Go Pig or Go Home by Rob Harrell, book 3 of the Batpig series (2023)
  1. 1
    Big Top2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005128
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  2. 2
    Monster on the Hill2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  3. 3
    The Trouble with WeaselsLife of Zarf #12014 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014280
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  4. 4
    The Troll Who Cried WolfLife of Zarf #22015 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015288
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  5. 5
    Troll OverboardLife of Zarf #32016 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016265
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  6. 6
    Wink2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  7. 7
    When Pigs FlyBatpig #12021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  8. 8
    Too Pig to FailBatpig #22022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  9. 9
    Go Pig or Go HomeBatpig #32023 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023240
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Rob Harrell 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.

Life of Zarf in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Trouble with Weasels
  2. 2. The Troll Who Cried Wolf
  3. 3. Troll Overboard

Batpig in order

3 books
  1. 1. When Pigs Fly
  2. 2. Too Pig to Fail
  3. 3. Go Pig or Go Home

Standalone books

3 books

3 Rob Harrell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Rob Harrell books in order?

You only need to read Rob Harrell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Rob Harrell

Start with Big Top (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Rob Harrell book?

Go Pig or Go Home (2023) is the newest Rob Harrell book released so far.

Is there a new Rob Harrell book coming?

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

Rob Harrell at a glance

Paused
No new Rob Harrell title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Rob Harrell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,201 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 265 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rob Harrell books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2020s.

What the Rob Harrell books are about

All 9 Rob Harrell 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 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.