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How I Survived Middle School Books in Order

How I Survived Middle School by Nancy Krulik contains 13 books, published between 2007 and 2010. The first book is Can You Get An F In Lunch? (2007) and the newest is I Thought We Were Friends! (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2007–2010
Pages on record
974 in 9 of 13 books
Reading time
16–24 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 974 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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How I Survived Middle School is a 13-book children's fiction series by Nancy Krulik, published from 2007 to 2010. Can You Get An F In Lunch? (2007) begins the series and I Thought We Were Friends! (2010) ends the listing. Subject headings include middle school students, sixth grade girls, friendship, popularity, gossip, contests and school elections. Madame President, The New Girl and Caught in the Web are other titles.

How many How I Survived Middle School books are there?

How I Survived Middle School has 13 books, released between 2007 and 2010.

How I Survived Middle School Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 How I Survived Middle School 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 Can You Get An F In Lunch? by Nancy Krulik, book 1 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2007)
  2. Cover of Madame President by Nancy Krulik, book 2 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2007)
  3. Cover of The New Girl by Nancy Krulik, book 4 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2008)
  4. Cover of Cheat Sheet by Nancy Krulik, book 5 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2008)
  5. Cover of P.S. I Really Like You by Nancy Krulik, book 6 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2008)
  6. Cover of It's All Downhill From Here by Nancy Krulik, book 8 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2009)
  7. Cover of Caught in the Web by Nancy Krulik, book 9 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2009)
  8. Cover of Into the Woods by Nancy Krulik, book 10 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2009)
  9. Cover of Wish Upon a Star by Nancy Krulik, book 11 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2009)
  10. Cover of How the Pops Stole Christmas by Nancy Krulik, book 12 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2009)
  11. Cover of I Thought We Were Friends! by Nancy Krulik, book 13 of the How I Survived Middle School series (2010)
  1. 1
    Can You Get An F In Lunch?2007 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007112
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  2. 2
    Madame President2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  3. 3
    I Heard a Rumor2007 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007104
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  4. 4
    The New Girl2008 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200896
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  5. 5
    Cheat Sheet2008 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008112
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    P.S. I Really Like You2008 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008112
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Who's Got Spirit?2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  8. 8
    It's All Downhill From Here2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Caught in the Web2009 · 115 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009115
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Into the Woods2009 · 109 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009109
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Wish Upon a Star2009 · 97 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200997
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    How the Pops Stole Christmas2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    I Thought We Were Friends!2010 · 117 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010117
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Is there a chronological order for How I Survived Middle School?

No separate chronological order is on record for How I Survived Middle School, 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 How I Survived Middle School books in order?

You should read the How I Survived Middle School books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each How I Survived Middle School book also stands alone.

Where to start with How I Survived Middle School

Start with Can You Get An F In Lunch? (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest How I Survived Middle School book?

I Thought We Were Friends! (2010) is the newest How I Survived Middle School book released so far.

Is there a new How I Survived Middle School book coming?

No next How I Survived Middle School book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

How I Survived Middle School at a glance

No recent titles
The newest How I Survived Middle School title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
How I Survived Middle School books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
974 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most How I Survived Middle School books, 12 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the How I Survived Middle School books are about

All 13 How I Survived Middle School 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 13 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Nancy Krulik

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

Other series by Nancy Krulik

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