Bailey City Monsters Books in Order
Bailey City Monsters by Marcia Thornton Jones contains 9 books, published between 1997 and 2000. The first book is The Monsters Next Door (1997) and the newest is Happy Boo Day (2000). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1997–2000
- Pages on record
- 593 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 9.9–15 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 593 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Bailey City Monsters is a children's series by Marcia Thornton Jones, nine short books published between 1997 and 2000. Subject headings name monsters, vampires, haunted houses, wizards, grandmothers and pets, and file the books as humorous horror for children. The Monsters Next Door (1997) opens the run and Happy Boo Day (2000) closes it, with four titles dated 1999. The books run to a median of 74 pages, and Jones is credited on all nine.
How many Bailey City Monsters books are there?
Bailey City Monsters has 9 books, released between 1997 and 2000.
Bailey City Monsters Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Bailey City Monsters 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.
- 1The Monsters Next Door1997 · 71 pages · confirmed 1/41997711/4
- 2Vampire Trouble1998 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/41998801/4
- 3Kilmer's Pet Monster1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 4Howling at the Hauntlys'1998 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/41998801/4
- 5Double Trouble Monsters1999 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/41999801/4
- 6Spooky Spells1999 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/41999721/4
- 7Vampire Baby1999 · 69 pages · confirmed 1/41999691/4
- 8Snow Monster Mystery1999 · 75 pages · confirmed 1/41999751/4
- 9Happy Boo Day2000 · 66 pages · confirmed 1/42000661/4
Is there a chronological order for Bailey City Monsters?
No separate chronological order is on record for Bailey City Monsters, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Bailey City Monsters books in order?
You should read the Bailey City Monsters books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Bailey City Monsters book also stands alone.
Where to start with Bailey City Monsters
Start with The Monsters Next Door (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bailey City Monsters book?
Happy Boo Day (2000) is the newest Bailey City Monsters book released so far.
Is there a new Bailey City Monsters book coming?
No next Bailey City Monsters book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bailey City Monsters at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Bailey City Monsters title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Bailey City Monsters books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 593 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 74 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bailey City Monsters books, 8 of 9, were published in the 1990s.
What the Bailey City Monsters books are about
All 9 Bailey City Monsters 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 9 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 9 of 9 books
- Humor 8 of 9 books
- Monsters 8 of 9 books
- Haunted houses 3 of 9 books
- Ghosts 2 of 9 books
- Horror 2 of 9 books
- Vampires 2 of 9 books
More books by Marcia Thornton Jones
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Characters in the Bailey City Monsters books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Other series by Marcia Thornton Jones
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