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Plants Vs. Zombies Books in Order

Plants Vs. Zombies contains 24 books, published between 2013 and 2023. The first book is Lawnmageddon (2013) and the newest is Faulty Fables (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
2013–2023
Pages on record
1,715 in 19 of 24 books
Reading time
29–43 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,715 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Plants Vs. Zombies checklist

Plants Vs. Zombies is a graphic novel series for children with 24 books from 2013 to 2023, most of them credited to Paul Tobin. Lawnmageddon (2013) is first, and Faulty Fables (2023) is the newest. In Timepocalypse, the inventor Crazy Dave helps niece Patrice and Nate Timely stop an attack by Zomboss. Annie Auerbach, Tracey West and Brandon T. Snider are credited on the other 4. Subjects include plants, zombies, science fiction, horror and humorous stories. Other titles include Bully For You (2015) and Garden Warfare (2016).

How many Plants Vs. Zombies books are there?

Plants Vs. Zombies has 24 books, released between 2013 and 2023.

Plants Vs. Zombies Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Plants Vs. Zombies 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 Brains and the Beanstalk by Annie Auerbach, book 1 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2013)
  2. Cover of Lawnmageddon by Paul Tobin, book 1 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2013)
  3. Cover of Timepocalypse by Paul Tobin, book 2 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2015)
  4. Cover of Bully For You by Paul Tobin, book 3 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2015)
  5. Cover of Grown Sweet Home by Paul Tobin, book 5 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2016)
  6. Cover of Petal to the Metal by Paul Tobin, book 6 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2016)
  7. Cover of Battle Extravagonzo by Paul Tobin, book 8 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2017)
  8. Cover of Lawn of Doom by Paul Tobin, book 9 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2017)
  9. Cover of Dino-Might by Paul Tobin, book 13 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2019)
  10. Cover of Snow Thanks by Paul Tobin, book 14 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2019)
  11. Cover of A Little Problem by Paul Tobin, book 15 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2019)
  12. Cover of The Garden Path by Paul Tobin, book 17 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2020)
  13. Cover of Constructionary Tales by Paul Tobin, book 19 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2021)
  14. Cover of Faulty Fables by Paul Tobin, book 20 of the Plants Vs. Zombies series (2023)
  1. 1
    Brains and the Beanstalk2013 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201324
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  2. 1
    Lawnmageddon2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  3. 2
    The Three Little Pigs Fight Back2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  4. 2
    Timepocalypse2015 · 75 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201575
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  5. 3
    Plant Your Path2013 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013144
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  6. 3
    Bully For You2015 · 92 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201592
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  7. 4
    Brain Food2013 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013224
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  8. 4
    Garden Warfare2016 · 88 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201688
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  9. 5
    Grown Sweet Home2016 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201676
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  10. 6
    Petal to the Metal2016 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201682
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  11. 7
    Boom Boom Mushroom2017 · 78 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201778
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  12. 8
    Battle Extravagonzo2017 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201776
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  13. 9
    Lawn of Doom2017 · 83 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201783
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  14. 10
    The Greatest Show Unearthed2018 · 69 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201869
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  15. 11
    Rumble at Lake Gumbo2018 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201876
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  16. 12
    War and Peas2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  17. 13
    Dino-Might2019 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201988
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  18. 14
    Snow Thanks2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  19. 15
    A Little Problem2019 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201988
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  20. 16
    Better Homes and Guardens2020 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202088
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  21. 17
    The Garden Path2020 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202088
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  22. 18
    Multi-ball-istic2020 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202088
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  23. 19
    Constructionary Tales2021 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202188
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  24. 20
    Faulty Fables2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Do you have to read Plants Vs. Zombies books in order?

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

Where to start with Plants Vs. Zombies

Start with Lawnmageddon (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Plants Vs. Zombies book?

Faulty Fables (2023) is the newest Plants Vs. Zombies book released so far.

Is there a new Plants Vs. Zombies book coming?

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

Plants Vs. Zombies at a glance

Paused
No new Plants Vs. Zombies title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Plants Vs. Zombies books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,715 pages across the 19 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 88 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Plants Vs. Zombies books, 19 of 24, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 24 titles, 20 are credited to Paul Tobin, 2 to Annie Auerbach and 1 to Tracey West. One title carries no credit.

What the Plants Vs. Zombies books are about

23 of the 24 Plants Vs. Zombies 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 14 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other series by Paul Tobin

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