William Johnston Books in Order: All 64 books (1960

How many William Johnston books are there?

William Johnston has 64 books, released between 1960 and 1990. They include 8 series and 28 titles listed outside any series.

William Johnston Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 64 William Johnston 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.

Cover of Fonzie Drops In by William Johnston, book 2 of the Happy Days series (1974)

Cover of Sons and Daughters by William Johnston (1974)

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William Johnston 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.

Max Smart in order

9 books

1. Get Smart
2. Get Smart Once Again
3. Missed It By That Much!
4. Max Smart and the Perilous Pellets
5. Sorry, Chief...
6. And Loving It!
7. The Spy Who Went Out to the Cold
8. Max Smart Loses Control
9. Max Smart and the Ghastly Ghost Affair

Happy Days in order

8 books

1. Ready to Go Steady
2. Fonzie Drops In
3. The Invaders
4. Fonzie, Fonzie Superstar
5. The Bike Tycoon
6. Fonz and La Zonga
7. Dear Fonzie...
8. Fonzie Goes to College

Welcome Back, Kotter in order

6 books

1. 10-4 Sweathogs!
2. The Sweathog Newshawks
3. Sweathog Trail
4. The Super Sweathogs
5. The Sweathog Sit-In
6. Barbarino Drops Out

Flying Nun in order

5 books

1. Miracle at San Tanco
2. The Littlest Rebels
3. Mother of Invention
4. The Little Green Men
5. The Underground Picnic

Doctor Kildare in order

3 books

1. The Faces of Love
2. The Heart Has An Answer.
3. The Magic Key

Nurses in order

2 books

1. The Nurses
2. Two Loves Has Nurse Powell

Munsters in order

2 books

1. The Great Camera Caper
2. The Last Resort

Lancer Brady Bunch Novelizations in order

1 book

1. Brady Bunch

Standalone books

28 books

28 William Johnston titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read William Johnston books in order?

You only need to read William Johnston books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with William Johnston

Start with Searching Spector (1960), the earliest published title.

What is the newest William Johnston book?

Dick Tracy (1990) is the newest William Johnston book released so far.

Is there a new William Johnston book coming?

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

William Johnston at a glance

No recent titles: The newest William Johnston title on record dates from 1990, 36 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace: William Johnston books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 2,378 pages across the 14 of 64 books with a recorded length, a median of 158 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most William Johnston books, 33 of 64, were published in the 1970s.

When William Johnston books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when William Johnston titles appeared. 1970s was the most productive decade with 33 titles.

1960s

29

1970s

33

1980s

1

1990s

1

64 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the William Johnston books are about

11 of the 64 William Johnston books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 2 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Fiction in English 2 of 11 books
Teenagers 2 of 11 books