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Start with Calvin and Hobbes and continue through all 18 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Bill Watterson • Published 1987
The first Calvin and Hobbes collection introduces Calvin, a restless six year old, and Hobbes, his supposedly stuffed but very opinionated tiger. Early strips show them battling monsters under the bed, feuding with pa...
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Book 1:Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson • 1987
The first Calvin and Hobbes collection introduces Calvin, a restless six year old, and Hobbes, his supposedly stuffed but very opinionated tiger. Early strips show them battling monsters under the bed, feuding with pa...
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Book 2:Something Under the Bed is Drooling
Bill Watterson • 1988
Calvin is sure something under his bed is out to get him, and Hobbes is happy to play along. This collection leans into night terrors, mutant snowmen, cardboard time machines and run-ins with babysitter Rosalyn, blend...
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Book 3:The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson • 1988
Combining the first two Calvin and Hobbes books with extra color Sunday pages and new material, this oversized treasury is a great one-volume introduction. It highlights Calvin's early monster hunts, snow battles and...
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Book 4:Yukon Ho!
Bill Watterson • 1989
In Yukon Ho!, Calvin dreams of running away to the wilderness, dragging Hobbes and his long-suffering parents into camping disasters and backyard explorations. The strips feature early transmogrifier experiments, scho...
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Book 5:The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
Bill Watterson • 1989
This big, colorful volume collects Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips from the late eighties, when Watterson began stretching his layouts and painting lush scenes. Expect sprawling Spaceman Spiff sequences, elaborate sno...
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Book 6:Weirdos from Another Planet!
Bill Watterson • 1990
Calvin copes with school, chores and neighbor Susie by blasting off as Spaceman Spiff or founding the kids-only club GROSS. Weirdos from Another Planet! is packed with interstellar daydreams, desert island fantasies a...
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Book 7:The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson • 1990
This treasury gathers all the strips from Yukon Ho! and Weirdos from Another Planet! in a larger format, with color Sundays and a new story. It spotlights Calvin's wilderness escapades, space flights and first experim...
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Book 8:The Revenge of the Baby-Sat
Bill Watterson • 1991
In The Revenge of the Baby-Sat, Calvin wages all-out war on his formidable babysitter, Rosalyn, while also battling homework, bath time and school. Stupendous Man debuts, Calvinball gets wilder, and Hobbes tries to ke...
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Book 9:Scientific Progress Goes
Bill Watterson • 1991
This collection centers on Calvin's homemade gadgets, especially the notorious duplicator that fills the house with extra Calvins. Scientific Progress Goes Boink follows his science projects, snow fort campaigns and l...
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Book 10:Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
Bill Watterson • 1992
Calvin's snowmen stage a full-scale uprising in Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons. Between sinister snow sculptures, wild sled rides, more gadget mishaps and clashes with Rosalyn, this book captu...
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Book 11:The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson • 1992
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes is a large treasury that reprints The Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress Goes Boink with color Sundays and extra pages. It showcases some of the strip's most famous sno...
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Book 12:The Days Are Just Packed
Bill Watterson • 1993
Long, lazy days turn out to be anything but in The Days Are Just Packed. Calvin and Hobbes race through summer vacations, camping trips, backyard explorations and high-stakes Calvinball matches, pausing just often eno...
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Book 13:Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Bill Watterson • 1994
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat finds Calvin a little older but no less intense, staging snowball wars, elaborate pranks on Susie and tangled family outings. Watterson pushes the art and layouts here, pairing slapstick se...
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Book 14:The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
Bill Watterson • 1995
Part retrospective, part scrapbook, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book mixes landmark strips with Watterson's own commentary about how and why he made them. It is the best place to hear the creator talk dire...
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Book 15:There's Treasure Everywhere
Bill Watterson • 1996
There's Treasure Everywhere treats childhood as one long treasure hunt, whether Calvin is digging in the yard, scheming to get rich fast or turning a cardboard box into something impossible. Hobbes keeps pace with dry...
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Book 16:It's a Magical World
Bill Watterson • 1996
It's a Magical World gathers the final year of Calvin and Hobbes, including the beloved closing sled sequence. The tone swings between pure goofiness and bittersweet reflection as Calvinball, snowmen and family campin...
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Book 17:Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages, 1985-1995
Bill Watterson • 2001
This art-focused volume selects a decade of Calvin and Hobbes Sunday pages and prints them large, in full color. Alongside the strips, Watterson offers notes on composition, timing and experimentation, giving fans a r...
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Book 18:The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson • 2005 • 1 recommendation
This deluxe collection gathers every Calvin and Hobbes strip from the entire ten-year run in one set, including both daily and Sunday pages. It's the easiest way to follow Calvin and Hobbes from the first snowball to...
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What is the best order to read the Calvin And Hobbes series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Calvin and Hobbes.
How many books are in the Calvin And Hobbes series?
There are 18 books currently listed in the Calvin And Hobbes series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Calvin And Hobbes series?
New readers should start with Calvin and Hobbes, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Calvin And Hobbes series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1987 to 2005.