Animorphs Books in Order
Katherine Applegate has written 73 Animorphs books, published between 1996 and 2025: 64 in the 4 main-line series and 9 related titles. The first book is The Invasion (1996) and the newest main-line book is The Beginning (2001). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 73
- Published
- 1996–2025
- Confirmed
- 46 of 73 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,352 in 9 of 73 books
Animorphs is a children's science fiction series about young people who transform into animals in a war with extraterrestrial beings. Katherine Applegate opened it with The Invasion (1996), and the catalogue reaches 73 titles once the Megamorphs, the Andalite Chronicles, Alternamorphs and the graphic novel line are counted. The Capture: The Graphic Novel is the newest entry. Books are short, 156 pages at the median.
How many Animorphs books are there?
Animorphs has 73 books, released between 1996 and 2025. 64 of them belong to the 4 main-line series (Animorphs, Andalite Chronicles, Animorphs Megamorphs and others), and 9 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels and companion books.
Animorphs Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 73 Animorphs 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.
- 11996–2/4
- 21996–3/4
- 31996–3/4
- 41996–3/4
- 51996–3/4
- 61997–2/4
- 71997–2/4
- 819971072/4
- 919971032/4
- 101997–2/4
- 111997–3/4
- 121997–3/4
- 131997–2/4
- 141997–3/4
- 1519971582/4
- 161997–3/4
- 171997–3/4
- 1819971762/4
- 191997–3/4
- 201997–3/4
- 211998–2/4
- 221998–2/4
- 231998–3/4
- 241998–3/4
- 251998–3/4
- 261998–3/4
- 2719981602/4
- 281998–3/4
- 291998–3/4
- 301998–3/4
- 311998–3/4
- 321998–3/4
- 331999–2/4
- 341999–2/4
- 351999–2/4
- 361999–3/4
- 371999–3/4
- 381999–3/4
- 391999–3/4
- 4019991562/4
- 411999–3/4
- 421999–3/4
- 431999–3/4
- 4419991412/4
- 451999–3/4
- 461999–3/4
- 471999–3/4
- 482000–2/4
- 492000–2/4
- 502000–2/4
- 512000–3/4
- 532000–3/4
- 5420001432/4
- 552000–3/4
- 562000–3/4
- 572000–3/4
- 582000–3/4
- 592000–3/4
- 602000–3/4
- 612000–3/4
- 622000–3/4
- 632001–3/4
- 642001–3/4
- 652001–3/4
- 662001–3/4
- 672001–3/4
- 682020–2/4
- 692021–2/4
- 702022–2/4
- 712023–2/4
- 722024–2/4
- 7320252082/4
Animorphs Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the 4 main-line series run from The Invasion (1996) to The Beginning (2001), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Animorphs in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Animorphs books in order?
You should read the 4 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 9 related titles (graphic novels and companion books) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Animorphs book also stands alone.
Where to start with Animorphs
Start with The Invasion (1996), the earliest published book in the 4 main-line series.
What is the newest Animorphs book?
The Beginning (2001) is the newest book in the 4 main-line series. The newest related title is The Capture: The Graphic Novel (2025).
Is there a new Animorphs book coming?
No next Animorphs book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Animorphs at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Animorphs title on record is The Beginning (2001), 25 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
- Release pace
- Animorphs books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,352 pages across the 9 of 73 books with a recorded length, a median of 156 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Animorphs books, 47 of 73, were published in the 1990s.
What the Animorphs books are about
11 of the 73 Animorphs 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 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 7 of 11 books
- Metamorphosis 7 of 11 books
- Science fiction 7 of 11 books
- Extraterrestrial beings 3 of 11 books
- Fantasy 2 of 11 books
- Transformation 2 of 11 books
More books by Katherine Applegate
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Katherine Applegate books in order 228 books