Gordon Korman Reading Order

4 books (1989–2022)

Start with Connections: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults, the first of 4 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Connections: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	From One Experience to Another 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	This Family Is Driving Me Crazy 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Hope Wins 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1980–1983)

Start with Who is Bugs Potter? and read in order.

#	Title
1	Who is Bugs Potter? 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bugs Potter Live at Nickaninny 1983Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2002–2003)

Start with The Discovery and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Discovery 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Danger 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Deep 2003Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2002–2002)

Start with The Climb and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Climb 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Contest 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Summit 2002Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2001–2001)

Start with Escape and read in order.

#	Title
1	Escape 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shipwreck 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Survival 2001Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1992–1996)

Start with The D-poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About School, Homework, and Life (Sort Of) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The D-poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About School, Homework, and Life (Sort Of) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Last-place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes) 1996Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2006–2006)

Start with The Abduction and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Abduction 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Rescue 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Search 2006Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1977–1995)

Start with This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall!, the first of 7 books in the Macdonald Hall series.

#	Title
1	This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall! 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Go Jump in the Pool! 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	Beware the Fish! 1980Buy 🇺🇸
4	The War with Mr. Wizzle 1982Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Zucchini Warriors 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	MacDonald Hall Goes Hollywood / Lights, Camera, Disaster! 1991Buy 🇺🇸
7	Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall / The Joke's On Us 1995Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2015–2017)

Start with Masterminds and read in order.

#	Title
1	Masterminds 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Criminal Destiny 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Payback 2017Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1997–1998)

Start with Heavy Artillery: I Was Junior Seau, the first of 6 books in the Monday Night Football Club series.

#	Title
1	Heavy Artillery: I Was Junior Seau 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Quarterback Exchange: I Was John Elway 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	Running Back Conversion: I Was Barry Sanders 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Super Bowl Switch: I Was Dan Marino 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	NFL Rules!: Bloopers, Pranks, Upsets and Touchdowns 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Ultimate Scoring Machine: I Was Jerry Rice 1998Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1999–2001)

Start with Nosepickers from Outer Space, the first of 4 books in the Nose Pickers from Outer Space series.

#	Title
1	Nosepickers from Outer Space 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Planet of the Nose Pickers 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	Your Mummy is a Nose Picker 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	Invasion of the Nose Pickers 2001Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2005–2006)

Start with Chasing The Falconers, the first of 6 books in the On The Run series.

#	Title
1	Chasing The Falconers 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Now You See Them, Now You Don't 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Public Enemies 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Fugitive Factor 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Stowaway Solution 2005Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hunting the Hunter 2006Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2012–2012)

2 books (2006–2020)

Start with Tales Of Suspense For Boys and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tales Of Suspense For Boys 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	War Stories 2020Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2019)

Start with Slacker and read in order.

#	Title
1	Slacker 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Level 13 2019Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1999–2000)

Start with All-Mars All-Stars / The Dream Team, the first of 4 books in the Slapshots series.

#	Title
1	All-Mars All-Stars / The Dream Team 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Stars From Mars 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cup Crazy 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Face-Off Phony 2000Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2002–2004)

Start with Son of the Mob and read in order.

#	Title
1	Son of the Mob 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hollywood Hustle 2004Buy 🇺🇸

37 books (1982–2026)

Start with Our Man Weston, the first of 37 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Our Man Weston 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	No Coins, Please 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	I Want to Go Home 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	Don't Care High 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Son of Interflux 1986Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag 1987Buy 🇺🇸
7	Radio Fifth Grade 1989Buy 🇺🇸
8	Losing Joe's Place 1990Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Twinkie Squad 1992Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Toilet Paper Tigers 1993Buy 🇺🇸
11	Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road? 1994Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Chicken Doesn't Skate 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	The 6th Grade Nickname Game 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	No More Dead Dogs 2000Buy 🇺🇸
16	Pop 2000Buy 🇺🇸
17	Jake, Reinvented 2003Buy 🇺🇸
18	Maxx Comedy 2003Buy 🇺🇸
19	Born to Rock 2006Buy 🇺🇸
20	Schooled 2007Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Juvie Three 2008Buy 🇺🇸
22	Restart 2017Buy 🇺🇸
23	Whatshisface 2018Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Unteachables 2019Buy 🇺🇸
25	Mad Science 2020Buy 🇺🇸
26	Notorious 2020Buy 🇺🇸
27	Linked 2021Buy 🇺🇸
28	Unplugged 2021Buy 🇺🇸
29	Operation Do-Over 2022Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Fort 2022Buy 🇺🇸
31	Mixed Up 2023Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Superteacher Project 2023Buy 🇺🇸
33	Faker 2024Buy 🇺🇸
34	Slugfest 2024Buy 🇺🇸
35	Old School 2025Buy 🇺🇸
36	Snoop 2025Buy 🇺🇸
37	Sleepless 2026Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2008–2016)

Start with Swindle, the first of 8 books in the Swindle Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Swindle 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Zoobreak 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Framed 2010Buy 🇺🇸
4	Showoff 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Hideout 2013Buy 🇺🇸
6	Jackpot 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	Unleashed 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Jingle 2016Buy 🇺🇸

14 books (2008–2013)

Start with One False Note, the first of 14 books in the The 39 Clues series.

#	Title
1	One False Note 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Maze of Bones(By: Rick Riordan) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	Beyond the Grave(By: Jude Watson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	In Too Deep(By: Jude Watson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Black Circle(By: Patrick Carman) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Sword Thief(By: Peter Lerangis) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	Into the Gauntlet(By: Margaret Peterson Haddix) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
8	Storm Warning(By: Linda Sue Park) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	The 39 Clues: Agent Handbook(By: Scholastic Inc.) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Emperor's Code 2010Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Viper's Nest(By: Peter Lerangis) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
12	Vespers Rising(By: Jude Watson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Black Book of Buried Secrets (Companion Book)(By: Rick Riordan) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
14	Midnight Ride(By: Clifford Riley) 2013Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2011–2013)

Start with A King's Ransom(By: Jude Watson), the first of 6 books in the The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers series.

#	Title
1	A King's Ransom(By: Jude Watson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Medusa Plot 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Shatterproof(By: Roland Smith) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Dead of Night(By: Peter Lerangis) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Trust No One(By: Linda Sue Park) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	Day of Doom(By: David Baldacci) 2013Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2013–2014)

Start with Breakaway(By: Jeff Hirsch), the first of 4 books in the The 39 Clues: Unstoppable series.

#	Title
1	Breakaway(By: Jeff Hirsch) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Nowhere to Run(By: Jude Watson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Countdown(By: Natalie Standiford) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Flashpoint 2014Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2013–2015)

Start with The Hypnotists and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Hypnotists 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Memory Maze 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Dragonfly Effect 2015Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2000–2001)

Start with It's Magic!(With: Jay Sinclair), the first of 8 books in the The Jersey series.

#	Title
1	It's Magic!(With: Jay Sinclair) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Nick's a Chick(With: Matty Selman) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	No Girly-Girls Allowed(With: Jay Sinclair) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	This Rocks!(With: Matty Selman) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	Fight for Your Right(With: Paul Mantell) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
6	Head Over Heels(With: Paul Mantell) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
7	Need for Speed(With: Elizabeth M. Rees) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Team Player(With: Paul Mantell) 2001Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2011–2011)

Start with Collision Course and read in order.

#	Title
1	Collision Course 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	S.O.S. 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Unsinkable 2011Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2026)

Start with Ungifted and read in order.

#	Title
1	Ungifted 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Supergifted 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Hypergifted 2026Buy 🇺🇸