Gary D. Schmidt Reading Order
1 series · 76 books
Gary D. Schmidt is an American author of children's and young adult fiction known for crafting emotionally resonant standalone novels rather than serialized series. A professor emeritus of English at Calvin University in Michigan, Schmidt brings literary depth and careful characterization to his work across multiple genres and age groups. His prolific output spanning from 1988 to 2008 demonstrates his commitment to exploring complex themes relevant to young readers navigating their formative years.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete76 books
Start with Supplementary Essays Coll Writ Schmidt, the first of 76 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Newbery Honor Collection boxed set |
| 2 | Acceptable words |
| 3 | Almost Time |
| 4 | Anson's Way |
| 5 | Autumn |
| 6 | British children's writers, 1914-1960 |
| 7 | Celia Planted a Garden |
| 8 | Communities of discourse |
| 9 | Communities of discourse |
| 10 | Edging the boundaries of children's literature |
| 11 | First Boy |
| 12 | Just Like That |
| 13 | Just Like That |
| 14 | Kanka Ciltli |
| 15 | Labors of Hercules Beal |
| 16 | Las Guerras de Los Miércoles / the Wednesday Wars |
| 17 | Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy |
| 18 | Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy |
| 19 | Long Road on a Short Day |
| 20 | Making Americans |
| 21 | Mara's Stories |
| 22 | Martin de Porres |
| 23 | Martín de Porres |
| 24 | Okay for Now |
| 25 | Okay for Now |
| 26 | Okay for Now |
| 27 | Okay for now |
| 28 | One Smart Sheep |
| 29 | Orbiting Jupiter |
| 30 | Pay Attention, Carter Jones |
| 31 | Pay Attention, Carter Jones |
| 32 | Poetry for Young People |
| 33 | Poetry for Young People |
| 34 | Poetry for Young People |
| 35 | Practically Human |
| 36 | Sitting at the feet of the past |
| 37 | So tall within |
| 38 | Spring |
| 39 | Straw into Gold |
| 40 | Straw into Gold |
| 41 | Summer |
| 42 | The Blackbirch treasury of American poetry |
| 43 | The Emmaus readers |
| 44 | The Emmaus readers |
| 45 | The Sin Eater |
| 46 | The Voice of the narrator in children's literature |
| 47 | The Wednesday Wars |
| 48 | The Wednesday Wars |
| 49 | Trouble |
| 50 | Wednesday Wars |
| 51 | What Came from the Stars |
| 52 | What Came from the Stars |
| 53 | What came from the stars |
| 54 | Winter |
| 55 | Supplementary Essays Coll Writ Schmidt 1988 |
| 56 | Robert McCloskey 1990 |
| 57 | Hugh Lofting 1992 |
| 58 | Supplementary Essays for Writers 1993 |
| 59 | Katherine Paterson 1994 |
| 60 | Pilgrim's progress 1994 |
| 61 | The iconography of the Mouth of hell 1995 |
| 62 | The sin eater 1996 |
| 63 | Robert Lawson 1997 |
| 64 | The blessing of the Lord 1997 |
| 65 | William Bradford 1998 |
| 66 | Anson's way 1999 |
| 67 | SAINT CIARAN 2000 |
| 68 | Mara's stories 2001 |
| 69 | Straw into gold 2001 |
| 70 | The Great Stone Face 2002 |
| 71 | The wonders of Donal O'Donnell 2002 |
| 72 | A passionate usefulness 2004 |
| 73 | Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy 2004 |
| 74 | First boy 2005 |
| 75 | The Wednesday wars 2007 |
| 76 | Trouble 2008 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Gary D. Schmidt written?
- Gary D. Schmidt has written 76 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1988 to 2008.
- Are Gary D. Schmidt's series complete?
- Gary D. Schmidt has 1 completed series.