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Lyle the Crocodile Books in Order

Lyle the Crocodile by Bernard Waber contains 12 books, published between 1962 and 2022. The first book is The House on East 88th Street (1962) and the newest is Lyle and Friends (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1962–2022
Pages on record
547 in 9 of 12 books
Reading time
9.1–14 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 547 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Lyle the Crocodile checklist

Lyle the Crocodile is a picture book series by Bernard Waber about a crocodile named Lyle. The House on East 88th Street (1962) is the first of 12 books, and Lyle and Friends (2022) is the latest. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1965), Lyle Finds His Mother (1974) and Lyle Walks the Dogs (2010) are also listed. Subjects include children's fiction, birthdays, cats, dogs, mothers and counting, and the median book runs to 48 pages.

How many Lyle the Crocodile books are there?

Lyle the Crocodile has 12 books, released between 1962 and 2022.

Lyle the Crocodile Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Lyle the Crocodile 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 The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber, book 1 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (1962)
  2. Cover of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber, book 2 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (1965)
  3. Cover of Lyle and the Birthday Party by Bernard Waber, book 3 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (1966)
  4. Cover of Lovable Lyle by Bernard Waber, book 4 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (1969)
  5. Cover of Lyle Finds His Mother by Bernard Waber, book 5 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (1974)
  6. Cover of Funny, Funny Lyle by Bernard Waber, book 6 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (1987)
  7. Cover of Lyle at the Office by Bernard Waber, book 7 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (1994)
  8. Cover of Lyle at Christmas by Bernard Waber, book 8 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (1998)
  9. Cover of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Storybook Treasury by Bernard Waber, book 10 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (2012)
  10. Cover of Meet Lyle by Bernard Waber, book 11 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (2022)
  11. Cover of Lyle and Friends by Bernard Waber, book 12 of the Lyle the Crocodile series (2022)
  1. 1
    The House on East 88th Street1962 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196248
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  2. 2
    Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile1965 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196548
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  3. 3
    Lyle and the Birthday Party1966 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196648
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  4. 4
    Lovable Lyle1969 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196948
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  5. 5
    Lyle Finds His Mother1974 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197448
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  6. 6
    Funny, Funny Lyle1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  7. 7
    Lyle at the Office1994 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199448
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  8. 8
    Lyle at Christmas1998 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199848
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  9. 9
    Lyle Walks the Dogs2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  10. 10
    Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Storybook Treasury2012 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012179
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  11. 11
    Meet Lyle2022 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202232
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  12. 12
    Lyle and Friends2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Is there a chronological order for Lyle the Crocodile?

No separate chronological order is on record for Lyle the Crocodile, 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 Lyle the Crocodile books in order?

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

Where to start with Lyle the Crocodile

Start with The House on East 88th Street (1962), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lyle the Crocodile book?

Lyle and Friends (2022) is the newest Lyle the Crocodile book released so far.

Is there a new Lyle the Crocodile book coming?

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

Lyle the Crocodile at a glance

Paused
No new Lyle the Crocodile title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Lyle the Crocodile books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
Length
547 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 48 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lyle the Crocodile books, 4 of 12, were published in the 1960s.

What the Lyle the Crocodile books are about

10 of the 12 Lyle the Crocodile books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crocodiles is tagged on 10 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Bernard Waber

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