Ron Roy Books in Order
Ron Roy has written 90 books, published between 1978 and 2024. The first book is Old Tiger, New Tiger (1978) and the newest is Dolphin Detectives (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 90
- Published
- 1978–2024
- Pages on record
- 4,945 in 59 of 90 books
- Reading time
- 82–124 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,945 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 59 of 90 titles with a page count on record.
Ron Roy, born 1940, is an American children's writer working mostly in mystery. Three series carry the name: A to Z Mysteries from 1997, Capital Mysteries from 2001 and Calendar Mysteries from 2009, with A to Z Animal Mysteries and an A to Z Super Edition line alongside. Roy taught fourth grade in Connecticut for ten years, sold a first book in 1978 and wrote full time after that. The catalogue holds 90 titles dated 1978 to 2024, short at a median 84 pages, and reaches Dolphin Detectives (2024).
Source: Wikidata
How many Ron Roy books are there?
Ron Roy has 90 books, released between 1978 and 2024. They include 5 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.
Ron Roy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 90 Ron Roy 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 November 2026.
- 1Old Tiger, New Tiger1978 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41978321/4
- 2A Thousand Pails of Water1978 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/41978281/4
- 3Awful Thursday1979 · 38 pages · confirmed 1/41979381/4
- 4Three Ducks Went Wandering1979 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/41979401/4
- 5Breakfast With My Father1980 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41980321/4
- 61981691/4
- 71981821/4
- 8The Great Frog Swap1981 · 46 pages · confirmed 1/41981461/4
- 9Avalanche!1981 · 58 pages · confirmed 1/41981581/4
- 10I Am a Thief1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 111982–1/4
- 12What Has Ten Legs and Eats Cornflakes?1982 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41982481/4
- 131983881/4
- 14The Chimpanzee Kid1985 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/419851511/4
- 15Move Over, Wheelchairs Coming Through!1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 16Big and Small, Short and Tall1986 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/41986441/4
- 17Whose Hat Is That?1987 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/41987401/4
- 18Whose Shoes Are These?1988 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/41988401/4
- 191996781/4
- 201997861/4
- 211997702/4
- 221998862/4
- 231998861/4
- 241998–1/4
- 251998–1/4
- 261998862/4
- 271999862/4
- 281999862/4
- 292000861/4
- 302000–1/4
- 312000861/4
- 322001742/4
- 332001821/4
- 342001861/4
- 352001802/4
- 362001841/4
- 372002–1/4
- 382002802/4
- 392002841/4
- 402002842/4
- 412003–2/4
- 422003842/4
- 432004–2/4
- 442004–2/4
- 452004841/4
- 462004842/4
- 472005–2/4
- 482005851/4
- 492005851/4
- 502005851/4
- 512006–1/4
- 522006872/4
- 532006962/4
- 5420071151/4
- 552007872/4
- 562007962/4
- 5720081241/4
- 582008872/4
- 592009–2/4
- 602009–2/4
- 612009–2/4
- 622010–2/4
- 632010662/4
- 642010–1/4
- 652010–2/4
- 662011702/4
- 6720111321/4
- 682011–2/4
- 692011–2/4
- 702012–2/4
- 712012–2/4
- 722012–2/4
- 732013–2/4
- 742013682/4
- 7520141281/4
- 762014701/4
- 772014–2/4
- 782014722/4
- 7920151411/4
- 8020151271/4
- 8120171281/4
- 8220181301/4
- 8320191441/4
- 8420201441/4
- 852021–1/4
- 862022–1/4
- 872023–1/4
- 882023–1/4
- 892024–1/4
- 902024–1/4
Ron Roy series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- A to Z Mysteries books in order 40 books
Ron Roy 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.
A to Z Mysteries books in order
26 books by Ron Roy- 1. The Absent Author
- 2. The Bald Bandit
- 3. The Canary Caper
- 4. The Deadly Dungeon
- 5. The Empty Envelope
- 6. The Falcon's Feathers
- 7. The Goose's Gold
- 8. The Haunted Hotel
- 9. The Invisible Island
- 10. The Jaguar's Jewel
- 11. The Kidnapped King
- 12. The Lucky Lottery
- and 14 more in the table above
Capital Mysteries in order
14 books- 1. Who Cloned the President?
- 2. Kidnapped at the Capital
- 3. The Skeleton in the Smithsonian
- 4. A Spy in the White House
- 5. Who Broke Lincoln's Thumb?
- 6. Fireworks at the FBI
- 7. Trouble at the Treasury
- 8. Mystery at the Washington Monument
- 9. A Thief at the National Zoo
- 10. The Election-Day Disaster
- 11. The Secret at Jefferson's Mansion
- 12. The Ghost at Camp David
- and 2 more in the table above
A to Z Mysteries Super Edition in order
14 books- 1. Detective Camp
- 2. Mayflower Treasure Hunt
- 3. White House White-out
- 4. Sleepy Hollow Sleepover
- 5. The New Year Dragon Dilemma
- 6. The Castle Crime
- 7. Operation Orca
- 8. Secret Admirer
- 9. April Fools' Fiasco
- 10. Colossal Fossil
- 11. Grand Canyon Grab
- 12. Space Shuttle Scam
- and 2 more in the table above
Calendar Mysteries in order
13 books- 1. January Joker
- 2. February Friend
- 3. March Mischief
- 4. April Adventure
- 5. May Magic
- 6. June Jam
- 7. July Jitters
- 8. August Acrobat
- 9. September Sneakers
- 10. October Ogre
- 11. November Night
- 12. December Dog
- and 1 more in the table above
Chapter in order
5 booksA to Z Animal Mysteries in order
4 booksStandalone books
14 books14 Ron Roy titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ron Roy books in order?
You only need to read Ron Roy 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 Ron Roy
Start with The Absent Author (1997), the first A to Z Mysteries book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Old Tiger, New Tiger (1978).
What is the newest Ron Roy book?
Dolphin Detectives (2024) is the newest Ron Roy book released so far.
Is there a new Ron Roy book coming?
No next Ron Roy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ron Roy at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ron Roy published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Ron Roy books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,945 pages across the 59 of 90 books with a recorded length, a median of 84 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ron Roy books, 33 of 90, were published in the 2000s.
When Ron Roy books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Ron Roy titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 33 titles.
90 books total across 6 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Ron Roy books are about
77 of the 90 Ron Roy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 45 of 77. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 45 of 77 books
- Children's fiction 40 of 77 books
- Brothers and sisters 11 of 77 books
- Cousins 10 of 77 books
- Twins 10 of 77 books
- Robbers and outlaws 9 of 77 books
- Stealing 6 of 77 books
- Washington (D.C.) 6 of 77 books