Joey Pigza Books in Order
Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos contains 5 books, published between 1998 and 2014. The first book is Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (1998) and the newest is The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 1998–2014
- Total pages
- 966 across 5 books
- Reading time
- 16–24 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 966 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Joey Pigza is a Jack Gantos series of 5 books, published from 1998 to 2014, about a well-meaning boy who has ADHD. The books mix humour and heart as Joey deals with family, self-acceptance and everyday life. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (1998) comes first, then Joey Pigza Loses Control (2000), What Would Joey Do? (2002) and I Am Not Joey Pigza (2007). The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza (2014) is the last listed book. Subjects include single-parent families, alcoholism, baseball, fathers and sons, and school stories.
How many Joey Pigza books are there?
Joey Pigza has 5 books, released between 1998 and 2014.
Joey Pigza Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Joey Pigza 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.
- 1Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key1998 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419981601/4
- 2Joey Pigza Loses Control2000 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420002081/4
- 3What Would Joey Do?2002 · 229 pages · confirmed 1/420022291/4
- 4I Am Not Joey Pigza2007 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/420072151/4
- 5The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza2014 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/420141541/4
Is there a chronological order for Joey Pigza?
No separate chronological order is on record for Joey Pigza, 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 Joey Pigza books in order?
You should read the Joey Pigza books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Joey Pigza book also stands alone.
Where to start with Joey Pigza
Start with Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joey Pigza book?
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza (2014) is the newest Joey Pigza book released so far.
Is there a new Joey Pigza book coming?
No next Joey Pigza book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joey Pigza at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Joey Pigza title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Joey Pigza books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 966 pages across all 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joey Pigza books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2000s.
What the Joey Pigza books are about
All 5 Joey Pigza books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder 4 of 5 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 5 books
- Single-parent families 2 of 5 books
- Alcoholism 1 of 5 books
- Infants 1 of 5 books
- Baseball 1 of 5 books
- Baseball stories 1 of 5 books
- Blind 1 of 5 books
- Blind in fiction 1 of 5 books
- Brothers 1 of 5 books
- Diners (Restaurants) 1 of 5 books
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