Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen is an American author of young adult and children’s books, including adventure, western, coming-of-age, non-fiction and more. He is a prolific author with over 200 books in print, plus 200 short stories and magazine articles and many plays. A common theme to his work is the wilderness and survivalist tactics. Some of his most popular books are his Brian Robeson/Hatchet books, but he also writes several other series, including the Francis Tucket, Murphy, World of Adventure, Tales to Tickle the Funnybone, Duncan Culpepper and more.

Gary Paulsen became a published author in 1966 with the novel The Special War. He has won the Newbery Honor Book Award, Northeastern Minnesota Book Award, Sequoyah Book Award, Golden Spur Award Award and the Margaret Edwards Award. Below is a list of Gary Paulsen’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Francis Tucket Books

Mr. Tucket / Chance for Escape (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Call Me Francis Tucket (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tucket's Ride (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tucket's Home (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tucket's Gold (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Lt. Ronnie Gold Books

Publication Order of Brian Robeson Books

Hatchet (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The River / The Return (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brian's Winter / Winter (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brian's Return / The Call (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brian's Hunt (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Murphy Books

Murphy (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murphy's Gold (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murphy's Herd (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murphy's War (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murphy's Stand (With: Brian Burks) (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murphy's Ambush (With: Brian Burks) (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murphy's Trail (With: Brian Burks) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Tales to Tickle the Funnybone Books

The Boy Who Owned the School (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Schernoff Discoveries (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Glass Cafe (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Alida Books

Publication Order of Duncan Culpepper Books

(with Golden Books)

The Case of the Dirty Bird (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc's Doll (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Culpepper's Cannon (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc Gets Tweaked (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc's Halloween (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc Breaks the Record (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and the Flaming Ghost (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos Gets Famous (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and Amos Hit the Big Top (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc's Dump (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and the Scam Artists (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and Amos and the Red Tattoos (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc's Undercover Christmas (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and the Haunted Castle (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cowpokes and Desperados (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wild Culpepper Cruise (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prince Amos (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Coach Amos (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos and the Alien (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and Amos Meet the Slasher (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and the Greased Sticks of Doom (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos's Killer Concert Caper (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos Gets Married (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos Goes Bananas (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and Amos Go to the Dogs (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos and the Vampire (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos and the Chameleon Caper (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos Binder, Secret Agent (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dunc and Amos on Thin Ice (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Super Amos (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Nightjohn Books

Publication Order of World Of Adventure Books

The Legend of Red Horse Cavern (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rodomonte's Revenge / Video Trap (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Escape from Fire Mountain (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Rock Jockeys / Devil's Wall (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gorgon Slayer (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hook 'Em Snotty (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Danger on Midnight River (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Captive! (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Project: A Perfect World / Perfect Danger (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Treasure of El Patron / Treasure Ship (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Skydive! (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Seventh Crystal (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Creature of Black Water Lake (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Time Benders (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grizzly (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thunder Valley (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Curse of the Ruins (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Flight of the Hawk (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Lawn Boy Books

Publication Order of Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties Of...Books

Publication Order of Road Trip Books

(with Jim Paulsen)

Publication Order of Liar, Liar Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Some Birds Don't Fly (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Winterkill (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Implosion Effect (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Death Specialists (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Foxman (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tiltawhirl John / Tasting the Thunder (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Golden Stick (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
CB Jockey / The C.B. Radio Caper (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Curse of the Cobra (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Green Recruit (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tracker (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Night the White Deer Died (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spitball Gang (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Compkill (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dancing Carl (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dogsong (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sentries (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crossing (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Island (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Voyage of the Frog (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Winter Room (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Night Rituals (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kill Fee (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Canyons (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Monument (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haymeadow / The Fourteenth Summer (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Christmas Sonata (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sisters/Hermanas (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tasting the Thunder (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Car (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Tent (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Rifle (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ice Race (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Transall Saga / Blue Light (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Soldier's Heart (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The White Fox Chronicles / White Fox (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Beet Fields (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Time Hackers (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Legend of Bass Reeves (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Notes from the Dog (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mudshark (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Woods Runner (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Masters of Disaster (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
This Side of Wild (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fishbone's Song (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
How to Train Your Dad (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Northwind (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Picture Books

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

All Aboard Stage 5 Traditional Tales (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Paintings from the Cave (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Martin Luther King, the Man Who Climbed the Mountain (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Small Ones (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dribbling, Shooting, and Scoring--Sometimes (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Farm: A History and Celebration of the American Farmer (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tackling, Running, and Kicking - Now and Again (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hiking and Backpacking (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Canoeing, Kayaking, and Rafting (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Downhill, Hotdogging, and Cross-Country If the Snow Isn't Sticky (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pummeling, Falling, and Getting Up Sometimes (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Athletics (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ice Hockey (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Motor Cycling (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Skiing (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tennis (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Woodsong (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Eastern Sun, Winter Moon (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Madonna Stories (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Life in Dog Years (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride / Zero to Sixty (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
How Angel Peterson Got His Name and Other Outrageous Tales About Extreme Sports (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Laurel-Leaf Books

The Day They Came to Arrest the Book (By: Nat Hentoff) (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Outside Shot (By: Walter Dean Myers) (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Living Up the Street (By: Gary Soto) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Father Water, Mother Woods (With: Ruth Wright Paulsen) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman (By: Louise Plummer) (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Easy Answers (By: Johnny Heller,Jeff Woodman,Walter Dean Myers,Virginia Euwer Wolff,Graham Salisbury,Donald R. Gallo,M.E. Kerr) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anna of Byzantium (By: Tracy Barrett) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heaven Eyes (By: David Almond) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ghost Boy (By: Iain Lawrence) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Jumping Tree (By: René Saldaña Jr.) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Under the Mermaid Angel (By: Martha Moore) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shots on Goal (By: Rich Wallace) (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Mr. Tucket was also published as Chance for Escape. The River is also known as The Return. Brian’s Winter is also titled Hatchet: Winter. Brian’s Return was also published as Hatchet: The Call. The final three Murphy books were co-authored by Brian Burks. The Green Recruit was co-authored by Ray Peekner. Road Trip and Field Trip were co-authored with Jim Paulsen. T.V. and Movie Animals was co-authored by Art Browne, Jr.

Rodomonte’s Revenge was also published as Video Trap. The Rock Jockeys was also published as Devil’s Wall. Project: A Perfect World was also published as Perfect Danger. The Treasure of El Patron is also known as Treasure Ship. Tiltawhirl John is also known as Tasting the Thunder. The Haymeadow is also known as The Fourteenth Summer. The Transall Saga is also known as Blue Light.

If You Like Gary Paulsen Books, You’ll Love…

Gary Paulsen Synopses: Paintings from the Cave is a collection of three novels by Gary Paulsen. The novellas are each centered around a 12 year-old. Jake lives in a violent neighbourhood where fear is more common than a good morning greeting, but when he meets the neighbourhood sculptor, he learns of a whole new world. Jojo is not very close to her family, but is very close to her three dogs. When she tries to help a friend out, the dogs know how to help. Jamie and older brother Eric are alone in the world, but Jamie has a way with art and dogs that will lead them down the right path.

Dogteam is a prose poem in the form of a picture book, written by Gary Paulsen and illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen. In it, a team of dogs take the reader on a ride through the snow, in and out of the woods. And you’ll wish this ride will never end.

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