Gary Paulsen
Books in Order by Date of Publication
Gary Paulsen is a renowned American author of children's and young adult literature renowned for his vivid and evocative storytelling style that effortlessly captures the hearts of readers worldwide. With a prolific career spanning over four decades his extensive bibliography boasts an impressive 213 books in publication order. Paulsen's writing style is characterized by its raw emotional and often autobiographical nature which lends itself to exploring themes of survival adventure and the complexities of the human condition. He effortlessly navigates various genres including wilderness survival sports fiction and historical fiction effortlessly crafting compelling narratives that resonate with readers of all ages. The endearing authenticity and unflinching honesty that permeate his works have solidified his position as a beloved and respected figure in the literary world making his books perennial favorites among readers and critics alike.
1. Some Birds Don't Fly (1968) Buy on Amazon
2. Mr. Tucket (1969) Buy on Amazon
3. Winterkill (1976) Buy on Amazon
4. Hitting pitching and running--maybe (1976) Buy on Amazon
5. The building a new buying an old remodeling a used comprehensive home and shelter how-to-do-it book (1976) Buy on Amazon
6. Dribbling shooting and scoring--sometimes (1976) Buy on Amazon
7. The grass eaters (1976) Buy on Amazon
8. Martin Luther King the man who climbed the mountain (1976) Buy on Amazon
9. The small ones (1976) Buy on Amazon
10. The foxman (1977) Buy on Amazon
11. Tiltawhirl John (1977) Buy on Amazon
12. The CB radio caper (1977) Buy on Amazon
13. Farm (1977) Buy on Amazon
14. Tackling running and kicking--now and again (1977) Buy on Amazon
15. Careers in an airport (1977) Buy on Amazon
16. CB Jockey (1977) Buy on Amazon
17. The curse of the cobra (1977) Buy on Amazon
18. The golden stick (1977) Buy on Amazon
19. Riding roping and bulldogging--almost (1977) Buy on Amazon
20. Foxman (1977) Buy on Amazon
21. The CB Radio Caper / The Curse Of The Cobra (1977) Buy on Amazon
22. The Night the White Deer Died (1978) Buy on Amazon
23. Forehanding and Backhanding--If You're Lucky (1978) Buy on Amazon
24. Hiking and backpacking (1978) Buy on Amazon
25. The green recruit (1978) Buy on Amazon
26. Running jumping and throwing--if you can (1978) Buy on Amazon
27. Successful home repair (1978) Buy on Amazon
28. Night the White Deer Died (1978) Buy on Amazon
29. Tasting the Thunder (1979) Buy on Amazon
30. Going Very Fast in a Circle--If You Don't Run Out of Gas (1979) Buy on Amazon
31. Launching Floating High and Landing--If Your Pilot Light Doesn't Go Out (1979) Buy on Amazon
32. Canoeing kayaking and rafting (1979) Buy on Amazon
33. Downhill hotdogging and cross-country--if the snow isn't sticky (1979) Buy on Amazon
34. Facing off checking and goaltending--perhaps (1979) Buy on Amazon
35. Pummeling falling and getting up--sometimes (1979) Buy on Amazon
36. Track enduro and motocross--unless you fall over (1979) Buy on Amazon
37. The spitball gang (1980) Buy on Amazon
38. Skiing (1980) Buy on Amazon
39. Tennis (1980) Buy on Amazon
40. TV & movie animals (1980) Buy on Amazon
41. Motor-cycling (1980) Buy on Amazon
42. Compkill (1981) Buy on Amazon
43. The sweeper (1981) Buy on Amazon
44. Sailing from jibs to jibing (1981) Buy on Amazon
45. Beat the System (1982) Buy on Amazon
46. Dancing Carl (1983) Buy on Amazon
47. Popcorn days & buttermilk nights (1983) Buy on Amazon
48. Tracker (1984) Buy on Amazon
49. Dogsong (1985) Buy on Amazon
50. Hatchet (1986) Buy on Amazon
51. Sentries (1986) Buy on Amazon
52. The Crossing (1987) Buy on Amazon
53. The Gary Paulsen Treasury - Three Complete Novels in One Volume (1987) Buy on Amazon
54. Murphy (1987) Buy on Amazon
55. The Island (1988) Buy on Amazon
56. Murphy's gold (1988) Buy on Amazon
57. The Voyage of the Frog (1989) Buy on Amazon
58. The Winter Room (1989) Buy on Amazon
59. Night rituals (1989) Buy on Amazon
60. Murphy's herd (1989) Buy on Amazon
61. The Madonna (1989) Buy on Amazon
62. Woodsong (1990) Buy on Amazon
63. Canyons (1990) Buy on Amazon
64. Boy Who Owned the School (1990) Buy on Amazon
65. Kill fee (1990) Buy on Amazon
66. Murphy's War (1990) Buy on Amazon
67. The River (1991) Buy on Amazon
68. The Cookcamp (1991) Buy on Amazon
69. The Monument (1991) Buy on Amazon
70. A Lesson plan book for Woodsong (Innovations experiencing literature in the classroom) (1991) Buy on Amazon
71. Newbery Medal Bookshelf (1991) Buy on Amazon
72. The Haymeadow (1992) Buy on Amazon
73. A Christmas Sonata (1992) Buy on Amazon
74. Dunc Breaks the Record (1992) Buy on Amazon
75. The Case of the Dirty Bird (1992) Buy on Amazon
76. Dunc's Halloween (1992) Buy on Amazon
77. Culpepper's Cannon (1992) Buy on Amazon
78. Amos Gets Famous (1992) Buy on Amazon
79. Dunc Gets Tweaked (1992) Buy on Amazon
80. Dunc's Doll (1992) Buy on Amazon
81. Dunc and the Flaming Ghost (1992) Buy on Amazon
82. Clabbered dirt sweet grass (1992) Buy on Amazon
83. Harris and Me (1993) Buy on Amazon
84. Nightjohn (1993) Buy on Amazon
85. Lawn Boy (1993) Buy on Amazon
86. Eastern Sun Winter Moon (1993) Buy on Amazon
87. Dogteam (1993) Buy on Amazon
88. Sisters/Hermanas (1993) Buy on Amazon
89. Cowpokes and Desperadoes (1993) Buy on Amazon
90. Murphy's Stand (1993) Buy on Amazon
91. Dunc and the Scam Artist (1993) Buy on Amazon
92. Dunc's Dump (1993) Buy on Amazon
93. Dunc's undercover Christmas (1993) Buy on Amazon
94. Dunc and the Haunted Castle (1993) Buy on Amazon
95. Dunc and Amos Hit the Big Top/Dunc's Dump (Culpepper Adventures (Cass)) (1993) Buy on Amazon
96. The Wild Culpepper Cruise (1993) Buy on Amazon
97. The Case of the Dirty Bird/Dunc's Doll (1993) Buy on Amazon
98. Dunc and Amos Hit the Big Top (1993) Buy on Amazon
99. Dunc and Amos and the red tattoos (1993) Buy on Amazon
100. Dunc and the Flaming Ghost/Amos Gets Famous (Culpepper Adventures (Cass)) (1993) Buy on Amazon
101. Full of hot air (1993) Buy on Amazon
102. Madonna Stories (1993) Buy on Amazon
103. Amos Meets the Slasher (1993) Buy on Amazon
104. Crossing (1993) Buy on Amazon
105. Winterdance (1994) Buy on Amazon
106. The Car (1994) Buy on Amazon
107. The Legend of Red Horse Cavern (1994) Buy on Amazon
108. Dunc and Amos Meet the Slasher (1994) Buy on Amazon
109. Father Water Mother Woods (1994) Buy on Amazon
110. Prince Amos (1994) Buy on Amazon
111. Amos and the Alien (1994) Buy on Amazon
112. Rodomonte's Revenge (1994) Buy on Amazon
113. Coach Amos (1994) Buy on Amazon
114. AMOS'S KILLER CONCERT CAPER (1994) Buy on Amazon
115. Culpepper's Cannon/Dunc Gets Tweaked (1994) Buy on Amazon
116. Dunc's Halloween/Dunc Breaks the Record (1994) Buy on Amazon
117. Dunc and the greased sticks of doom (1994) Buy on Amazon
118. Dunc and the Scam Artists / Dunc and Amos and the Red Tatoos (1994) Buy on Amazon
119. Call Me Frances Tucket (1995) Buy on Amazon
120. The Rifle (1995) Buy on Amazon
121. The Tortilla Factory (1995) Buy on Amazon
122. Captive! (1995) Buy on Amazon
123. Danger on Midnight River (1995) Buy on Amazon
124. The Tent (1995) Buy on Amazon
125. Amos Gets Married (1995) Buy on Amazon
126. The Gorgon Slayer (1995) Buy on Amazon
127. Hook 'em Snotty! (1995) Buy on Amazon
128. Escape from Fire Mountain (1995) Buy on Amazon
129. Murphy's Ambush (1995) Buy on Amazon
130. The Rock Jockeys (1995) Buy on Amazon
131. Car (1995) Buy on Amazon
132. Brian's Winter (1996) Buy on Amazon
133. Puppies Dogs and Blue Northers (1996) Buy on Amazon
134. Skydive (World of Adventure) (1996) Buy on Amazon
135. The Seventh Crystal (1996) Buy on Amazon
136. Murphy's trail (1996) Buy on Amazon
137. Project (1996) Buy on Amazon
138. Amos Binder Secret Agent (1996) Buy on Amazon
139. Amos and the Vampire (1996) Buy on Amazon
140. Amos Goes Bananas (1996) Buy on Amazon
141. Ice race (1996) Buy on Amazon
142. The Fourteenth Summer (1996) Buy on Amazon
143. AMOS AND THE CHAMELEON CAPER (1996) Buy on Amazon
144. Dunc and Amos go to the dogs (1996) Buy on Amazon
145. My Life in Dog Years (1997) Buy on Amazon
146. Sarny a life remembered (1997) Buy on Amazon
147. The White Fox chronicles (1997) Buy on Amazon
148. Zero to sixty (1997) Buy on Amazon
149. Tucket's Ride (1997) Buy on Amazon
150. Grizzly (1997) Buy on Amazon
151. The Schernoff discoveries (1997) Buy on Amazon
152. Super Amos (1997) Buy on Amazon
153. Time Benders (1997) Buy on Amazon
154. Dunc and Amos on Thin Ice (1997) Buy on Amazon
155. Creature of Black Water Lake (1997) Buy on Amazon
156. Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride (1997) Buy on Amazon
157. Worksong (1997) Buy on Amazon
158. Thunder Valley (1997) Buy on Amazon
159. The Transall saga (1998) Buy on Amazon
160. Soldier's Heart (1998) Buy on Amazon
161. Curse of the Ruins (1998) Buy on Amazon
162. Flight of the Hawk (1998) Buy on Amazon
163. Hatchet With Connections (1998) Buy on Amazon
164. The Call of the Wild with Connections (1998) Buy on Amazon
165. Beet Fields (1998) Buy on Amazon
166. Brian's return (Brian's Saga #4) (1999) Buy on Amazon
167. Tucket's Gold (1999) Buy on Amazon
168. Canoe days (1999) Buy on Amazon
169. Alida's song (1999) Buy on Amazon
170. Devil's wall (1999) Buy on Amazon
171. Perfect Danger (1999) Buy on Amazon
172. Guts (2000) Buy on Amazon
173. Tucket's Home (2000) Buy on Amazon
174. The Beet Fields (2000) Buy on Amazon
175. Caught by the Sea (2001) Buy on Amazon
176. Hatchet and related readings (2001) Buy on Amazon
177. Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices Timeless Themes--Silver Level (2002) Buy on Amazon
178. Brian's Hunt (2003) Buy on Amazon
179. Shelf Life (2003) Buy on Amazon
180. How Angel Peterson Got His Name (2003) Buy on Amazon
181. The Glass Cafe or The stripper and the state (2003) Buy on Amazon
182. Tucket's Travels (2003) Buy on Amazon
183. The Quilt (2004) Buy on Amazon
184. Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day (2004) Buy on Amazon
185. The time hackers (2005) Buy on Amazon
186. The Legend of Bass Reeves (2006) Buy on Amazon
187. World of Adventure Trio (2006) Buy on Amazon
188. The Amazing Life of Birds (2006) Buy on Amazon
189. World of Adventure(World of Adventure Trio) (2006) Buy on Amazon
190. Mudshark (2008) Buy on Amazon
191. Notes from the dog (2009) Buy on Amazon
192. Woods Runner (2010) Buy on Amazon
193. Lawn Boy Returns (2010) Buy on Amazon
194. Masters of disaster (2010) Buy on Amazon
195. Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language (2010) Buy on Amazon
196. Liar liar (2011) Buy on Amazon
197. Flat Broke (2011) Buy on Amazon
198. Paintings from the cave (2011) Buy on Amazon
199. Crush (2012) Buy on Amazon
200. River (2012) Buy on Amazon
201. Vote (2013) Buy on Amazon
202. Family ties (2014) Buy on Amazon
203. Voyage of the Frog (2014) Buy on Amazon
204. Winter Room (2014) Buy on Amazon
205. Cookcamp (2014) Buy on Amazon
206. This Side of Wild (2015) Buy on Amazon
207. Field Trip (2015) Buy on Amazon
208. Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat (2016) Buy on Amazon
209. Fishbone's Song (2016) Buy on Amazon
210. How to Train Your Dad (2021) Buy on Amazon
211. Gone to the Woods (2021) Buy on Amazon
212. Northwind (2022) Buy on Amazon
213. Voyage of the Frog (Scholastic Gold) (2023) Buy on Amazon
About Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen is a renowned American author and novelist celebrated for his captivating storytelling that often explores the human spirit resilience and the connection between nature and people. Born in 1939 Paulsen grew up in a series of foster homes a challenging experience that later influenced his writing. This tumultuous background however also instilled in him a strong sense of determination and an affinity for the great outdoors.
Throughout his illustrious writing career Paulsen has demonstrated a unique ability to craft compelling narratives that transport readers to diverse settings from the wilderness to urban environments. His writing often delves into themes of survival perseverance and self-discovery resonating deeply with readers of all ages. Paulsen's storytelling is characterized by its simplicity honesty and emotional depth making his books relatable and accessible to a broad audience.
As a masterful storyteller Paulsen has managed to transcend genres effortlessly weaving elements of adventure drama and coming-of-age stories into his works. His writing often features strong multidimensional characters and his depiction of the human condition has earned him a devoted following among readers. Paulsen's ability to evoke emotions inspire reflection and spark imagination has cemented his position as one of the most beloved and respected authors of his generation with a body of work that continues to captivate readers worldwide.