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Genius Files Books in Order

Genius Files by Dan Gutman contains 5 books, published between 2011 and 2015. The first book is Mission Unstoppable (2011) and the newest is License to Thrill (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2011–2015
Pages on record
1,148 in 4 of 5 books
Reading time
19–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,148 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

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Twins travelling by recreational vehicle, pursued by assassins, drive The Genius Files. Dan Gutman wrote 5 books in the series, one a year from Mission Unstoppable (2011) to License to Thrill (2015), taking in Never Say Genius (2012), You Only Die Twice (2013) and From Texas with Love (2014). Monuments, family life and Elvis Presley impersonators figure along the way. The Genius Files stands complete at a median of 296 pages a volume.

How many Genius Files books are there?

Genius Files has 5 books, released between 2011 and 2015.

Genius Files Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Genius Files 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 Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman, book 1 of the Genius Files series (2011)
  2. Cover of Never Say Genius by Dan Gutman, book 2 of the Genius Files series (2012)
  3. Cover of You Only Die Twice by Dan Gutman, book 3 of the Genius Files series (2013)
  4. Cover of From Texas with Love by Dan Gutman, book 4 of the Genius Files series (2014)
  5. Cover of License to Thrill by Dan Gutman, book 5 of the Genius Files series (2015)
  1. 1
    Mission Unstoppable2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  2. 2
    Never Say Genius2012 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012304
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  3. 3
    You Only Die Twice2013 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013289
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    From Texas with Love2014 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    License to Thrill2015 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015251
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Is there a chronological order for Genius Files?

No separate chronological order is on record for Genius Files, 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 Genius Files books in order?

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

Where to start with Genius Files

Start with Mission Unstoppable (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Genius Files book?

License to Thrill (2015) is the newest Genius Files book released so far.

Is there a new Genius Files book coming?

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

Genius Files at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Genius Files title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Genius Files books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,148 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Genius Files books, 5 of 5, were published in the 2010s.

What the Genius Files books are about

All 5 Genius Files books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: adventure stories is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Dan Gutman

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

Other series by Dan Gutman

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