Wayside School Books in Order
Wayside School by Louis Sachar contains 7 books, published between 1978 and 2020. The first book is Sideways Stories from Wayside School (1978) and the newest is Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 1978–2020
- Pages on record
- 846 in 6 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 14–21 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 846 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Wayside School is a children's series by Louis Sachar, told in linked short stories. A builder misread the blueprints and put the school up sideways, so Wayside stands thirty storeys tall with no 19th floor. Sideways Stories from Wayside School (1978) starts the run, with Wayside School Is Falling Down (1989) and Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (1995) behind it, and Beneath the Cloud of Doom (2020) closing. Two Sideways Arithmetic books add mathematical puzzles. Seven titles are catalogued, and the series is listed as likely complete.
How many Wayside School books are there?
Wayside School has 7 books, released between 1978 and 2020.
Wayside School Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Wayside 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.
- 1Sideways Stories from Wayside School1978 · 124 pages · confirmed 2/419781242/4
- 2Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School1989 · 89 pages · confirmed 1/41989891/4
- 3Wayside School Is Falling Down1989 · 179 pages · confirmed 2/419891792/4
- 4More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School1994 · 94 pages · confirmed 1/41994941/4
- 5Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger1995 · 168 pages · confirmed 2/419951682/4
- 6Beneath the Cloud of Doom2020 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420201921/4
- 7Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Wayside School?
No separate chronological order is on record for Wayside 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 Wayside School books in order?
You should read the Wayside School books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Wayside School book also stands alone.
Where to start with Wayside School
Start with Sideways Stories from Wayside School (1978), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Wayside School book?
Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom (2020) is the newest Wayside School book released so far.
Is there a new Wayside School book coming?
No next Wayside 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.
Wayside School at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Wayside School title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Wayside School books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
- Length
- 846 pages across the 6 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 146 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Wayside School books, 2 of 7, were published in the 2020s.
What the Wayside School books are about
All 7 Wayside School books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: schools is tagged on 6 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Schools 6 of 7 books
- Children's fiction 5 of 7 books
- Humor 5 of 7 books
- Arithmetic 2 of 7 books
- Juvenile literature 2 of 7 books
- Mathematical recreations 2 of 7 books
- Problems, exercises 2 of 7 books
- Puzzles 2 of 7 books
More books by Louis Sachar
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Louis Sachar books in order 30 books