Zach Weinersmith Books in Order

Zach Weinersmith has written 12 books, published between 2011 and 2023. The first book is Save Yourself, Mammal! (2011) and the newest is Bea Wolf (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2011–2023
Pages on record
690 in 3 of 12 books
Photo of Zach Weinersmith, author

Zach Weinersmith, born on March 5, 1982, is an American cartoonist and writer best known for the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC). Weinersmith and Kelly Weinersmith co-authored Soonish (2017) and A City on Mars (2023). Weinersmith illustrated Open Borders (2019) by economist Bryan Caplan and wrote Bea Wolf (2023), a children's book loosely adapted from Beowulf. The catalogue lists 12 books from Save Yourself, Mammal! (2011) to Bea Wolf, including SCIENCE: Ruining Everything Since 1543 (2013) and Augie and the Green Knight (2014).

How many Zach Weinersmith books are there?

Zach Weinersmith has 12 books, released between 2011 and 2023. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Zach Weinersmith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Zach Weinersmith 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. 1
    Save Yourself, Mammal!SMBC: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  2. 2
    The Most Dangerous GameSMBC: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal #22011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  3. 3
    Trial of the CloneGamebooks #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  4. 4
    Trial of the Clone 2: Wrath of the PacifistGamebooks #22013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  5. 5
    SCIENCE: Ruining Everything Since 1543SMBC: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal #32013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  6. 62014
  7. 7
    Twins in Time2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  8. 8
    Augie and the Green Knight2014 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014224
  9. 92014
  10. 10
    RELIGION: Ruining Everything Since 4004 BCSMBC: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal #42015 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015258
  11. 112017
  12. 12
    Bea Wolf2023 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023208

Zach Weinersmith 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.

SMBC: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal in order

4 books
  1. 1. Save Yourself, Mammal!
  2. 2. The Most Dangerous Game
  3. 3. SCIENCE: Ruining Everything Since 1543
  4. 4. RELIGION: Ruining Everything Since 4004 BC

Gamebooks in order

2 books
  1. 1. Trial of the Clone
  2. 2. Trial of the Clone 2: Wrath of the Pacifist

Standalone books

6 books

6 Zach Weinersmith titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Zach Weinersmith books in order?

You only need to read Zach Weinersmith 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 Zach Weinersmith

Start with Save Yourself, Mammal! (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Zach Weinersmith book?

Bea Wolf (2023) is the newest Zach Weinersmith book released so far.

Is there a new Zach Weinersmith book coming?

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

Awards Zach Weinersmith has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Zach Weinersmith. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Hugo Award for Best Related Work2024Wonfor A City on Mars
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature2024Shortlistedfor Bea Wolf

Zach Weinersmith at a glance

Paused
No new Zach Weinersmith title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Zach Weinersmith books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
690 pages across the 3 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Zach Weinersmith books, 11 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Zach Weinersmith books are about

1 of the 12 Zach Weinersmith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.