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Dog Man Books in Order

Dog Man by Dav Pilkey contains 14 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is Dog Man (2016) and the newest is Big Jim Believes (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2016–2025
Confirmed
14 of 14 titles
Pages on record
2,133 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
36–53 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,133 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Dog Man checklist

Dog Man is a children's graphic novel series written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, spun off from his Captain Underpants books. The lead character is a police officer who is part dog and part man, and the cases are played for humour and adventure. Fourteen titles run from Dog Man (2016) to Big Jim Believes (2025), and the series remains in progress.

How many Dog Man books are there?

Dog Man has 14 books, released between 2016 and 2025.

Who wrote Dog Man?

Dav Pilkey wrote the Dog Man books: every one of the 14 catalogued titles is credited to Dav Pilkey.

Dog Man Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Dog Man 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. Cover of Dog Man by Dav Pilkey, book 1 of the Dog Man series (2016)
  2. Cover of Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey, book 2 of the Dog Man series (2016)
  3. Cover of A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey, book 3 of the Dog Man series (2017)
  4. Cover of Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey, book 4 of the Dog Man series (2017)
  5. Cover of Lord of the Fleas by Dav Pilkey, book 5 of the Dog Man series (2018)
  6. Cover of Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey, book 6 of the Dog Man series (2018)
  7. Cover of Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey, book 8 of the Dog Man series (2019)
  8. Cover of Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey, book 9 of the Dog Man series (2020)
  9. Cover of Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey, book 10 of the Dog Man series (2020)
  10. Cover of Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey, book 11 of the Dog Man series (2023)
  11. Cover of Big Jim Begins by Dav Pilkey, book 13 of the Dog Man series (2024)
  12. Cover of Big Jim Believes by Dav Pilkey, book 14 of the Dog Man series (2025)
  1. 1
    Dog Man2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  2. 2
    Dog Man Unleashed2016 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016224
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  3. 3
    A Tale of Two Kitties2017 · 262 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017262
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  4. 4
    Dog Man and Cat Kid2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  5. 5
    Lord of the Fleas2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018256
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  6. 6
    Brawl of the Wild2018 · 223 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018223
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  7. 7
    For Whom the Ball Rolls2019 · confirmed 4/4
    2019–
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  8. 8
    Fetch-222019 · 240 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019240
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  9. 9
    Grime and Punishment2020 · 240 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2020240
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  10. 10
    Mothering Heights2020 · confirmed 4/4
    2020–
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  11. 11
    Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea2023 · 240 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2023240
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  12. 12
    The Scarlet Shedder2024 · confirmed 4/4
    2024–
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  13. 13
    Big Jim Begins2024 · 224 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2024224
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  14. 14
    Big Jim Believes2025 · 224 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2025224
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Dog Man Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Dog Man books run from Dog Man (2016) to Big Jim Believes (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Dog Man in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Dog Man books in order?

You should read the Dog Man books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Dog Man book also stands alone.

Where to start with Dog Man

Start with Dog Man (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the first Dog Man book?

Dog Man (2016) is the first Dog Man book, and the numbered table above starts with it.

When did the first Dog Man book come out?

Dog Man, the first Dog Man book, was published in 2016. The newest, Big Jim Believes (2025), came out 9 years later.

What is the newest Dog Man book?

Big Jim Believes (2025) is the newest Dog Man book released so far.

Is there a new Dog Man book coming?

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

Printable Dog Man Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 14 books in publication order is on the Dog Man reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Dog Man at a glance

Still running
Dog Man is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Dog Man books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,133 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dog Man books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
8 of the 14 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Dog Man books are about

13 of the 14 Dog Man 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 10 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Dav Pilkey

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Dav Pilkey

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.