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Pearls Before Swine Books in Order

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis contains 24 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is Nighthogs (2005) and the newest is Pearls Gets Plastered (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
2005–2025
Pages on record
2,989 in 17 of 24 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,989 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Pearls Before Swine checklist

Pearls Before Swine is a comic strip collection series by Stephan Pastis, built on a rat, a pig and a crocodile. Twenty-four catalogued volumes run from Nighthogs (2005) to Pearls Gets Plastered (2025), by way of When Pigs Fly (2010), Rat's Wars (2013), The Croc Ate My Homework (2014) and Breaking Stephan (2014). The volumes run short, a median of 128 pages, and the line continues.

How many Pearls Before Swine books are there?

Pearls Before Swine has 24 books, released between 2005 and 2025.

Pearls Before Swine Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Pearls Before Swine 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 Nighthogs by Stephan Pastis, book 1 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2005)
  2. Cover of When Pigs Fly by Stephan Pastis, book 2 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2010)
  3. Cover of Rat's Wars by Stephan Pastis, book 4 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2013)
  4. Cover of Pearls Blows Up by Stephan Pastis, book 5 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2014)
  5. Cover of Pearls Falls Fast by Stephan Pastis, book 6 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2014)
  6. Cover of The Croc Ate My Homework by Stephan Pastis, book 7 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2014)
  7. Cover of Breaking Stephan by Stephan Pastis, book 8 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2014)
  8. Cover of King of the Comics by Stephan Pastis, book 9 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2015)
  9. Cover of Skip School, Fly to Space by Stephan Pastis, book 10 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2015)
  10. Cover of Pearls Gets Sacrificed by Stephan Pastis, book 11 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2015)
  11. Cover of I'm Only in This for Me by Stephan Pastis, book 12 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2016)
  12. Cover of When Crocs Fly by Stephan Pastis, book 13 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2016)
  13. Cover of Pearls Hogs the Road by Stephan Pastis, book 15 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2017)
  14. Cover of Suit Your Selfie by Stephan Pastis, book 16 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2017)
  15. Cover of Floundering Fathers by Stephan Pastis, book 18 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2018)
  16. Cover of Pearls Takes a Wrong Turn by Stephan Pastis, book 19 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2018)
  17. Cover of Pearls Goes Hollywood by Stephan Pastis, book 20 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2020)
  18. Cover of Pearls Awaits the Tide by Stephan Pastis, book 21 of the Pearls Before Swine series (2021)
  1. 1
    Nighthogs2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005128
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  2. 2
    When Pigs Fly2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Unsportsmanlike Conduct2013 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013128
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  4. 4
    Rat's Wars2013 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013128
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  5. 5
    Pearls Blows Up2014 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014255
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  6. 6
    Pearls Falls Fast2014 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014255
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  7. 7
    The Croc Ate My Homework2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Breaking Stephan2014 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014127
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    King of the Comics2015 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015127
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Skip School, Fly to Space2015 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015226
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  11. 11
    Pearls Gets Sacrificed2015 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015248
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  12. 12
    I'm Only in This for Me2016 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016127
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  13. 13
    When Crocs Fly2016 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016178
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  14. 14
    Stephan's Web2016 · 125 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016125
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  15. 15
    Pearls Hogs the Road2017 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017248
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  16. 16
    Suit Your Selfie2017 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017178
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  17. 17
    I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream Because Puns Suck2017 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017127
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  18. 18
    Floundering Fathers2018 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018128
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  19. 19
    Pearls Takes a Wrong Turn2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018256
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  20. 20
    Pearls Goes Hollywood2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  21. 21
    Pearls Awaits the Tide2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  22. 22
    Pearls Seeks Enlightenment2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  23. 23
    Pearls Gets Put in the Pokey2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  24. 24
    Pearls Gets Plastered2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Is there a chronological order for Pearls Before Swine?

No separate chronological order is on record for Pearls Before Swine, 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 Pearls Before Swine books in order?

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

Where to start with Pearls Before Swine

Start with Nighthogs (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Pearls Before Swine book?

Pearls Gets Plastered (2025) is the newest Pearls Before Swine book released so far.

Is there a new Pearls Before Swine book coming?

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

Pearls Before Swine at a glance

Still running
Pearls Before Swine is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Pearls Before Swine books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,989 pages across the 17 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Pearls Before Swine books, 18 of 24, were published in the 2010s.

What the Pearls Before Swine books are about

20 of the 24 Pearls Before Swine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels is tagged on 10 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Stephan Pastis

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

Other series by Stephan Pastis

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