Baby-Sitters Club Books in Order
Baby-Sitters Club contains 352 books, published between 1986 and 2025: 336 in the 9 main-line series and 16 related titles. The first book is Kristy's Great Idea (1986) and the newest main-line book is The Summer Before (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 352
- Published
- 1986–2025
- Confirmed
- 159 of 352 titles
- Pages on record
- 32,601 in 249 of 352 books
- Reading time
- 543–815 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 32,601 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 249 of 352 titles with a page count on record.
The Baby-Sitters Club listing gathers 352 books dated from 1986 to 2025. Kristy's Great Idea (1986) is the first title, with Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (1986) and Boy-Crazy Stacey (1987) close behind. Ann M. Martin is credited on 350 books and Raina Telgemeier on 2. Karen titles such as Karen's Roller Skates (1988) and Karen's Witch (1988) also appear, and the related listings include Baby-Sitters Little Sister, Super Specials and Mysteries. Subjects include babysitters, clubs, girls, friendship, sisters and mystery stories. Karen's Ghost (2025) is the newest entry.
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How many Baby-Sitters Club books are there?
Baby-Sitters Club has 352 books, released between 1986 and 2025. 336 of them belong to the 9 main-line series (Baby-Sitters Club, Baby-Sitters Little Sister, Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries and others), and 16 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels and collections.
Baby-Sitters Club Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 352 Baby-Sitters Club 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.
There are 352 recorded titles, more than one list usefully holds. The 300 earliest are below; the series linked further down carry the rest, each in its own order.
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Do you have to read Baby-Sitters Club books in order?
You should read the 9 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 16 related titles (graphic novels and collections) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Baby-Sitters Club book also stands alone.
Where to start with Baby-Sitters Club
Start with Kristy's Great Idea (1986), the earliest published book in the 9 main-line series.
What is the newest Baby-Sitters Club book?
The Summer Before (2010) is the newest book in the 9 main-line series. The newest related title is Karen's Ghost (2025).
Is there a new Baby-Sitters Club book coming?
No next Baby-Sitters Club book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Baby-Sitters Club at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Baby-Sitters Club title on record is The Summer Before (2010), 16 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
- Release pace
- Baby-Sitters Club books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 32,601 pages across the 249 of 352 books with a recorded length, a median of 132 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Baby-Sitters Club books, 299 of 352, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 352 titles, 350 are credited to Ann M. Martin and 2 to Raina Telgemeier.
When Baby-Sitters Club books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Baby-Sitters Club titles appeared. 1990s was the most productive decade with 299 titles.
352 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Baby-Sitters Club books are about
334 of the 352 Baby-Sitters Club books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: babysitters is tagged on 283 of 334. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Babysitters 283 of 334 books
- Children's fiction 280 of 334 books
- Clubs 90 of 334 books
- Girls 81 of 334 books
- Friendship 72 of 334 books
- Mystery & detective 42 of 334 books
- African Americans 32 of 334 books
- Sisters 22 of 334 books
- Schools 19 of 334 books