Series |
Author |
Publication range |
# of books in series |
The Secrets of Droon |
Tony Abbott |
1999–2010 |
44 |
Danny Dunn |
Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams |
1956–1977 |
15 |
Happy Families |
Allan Ahlberg |
1980– |
21 |
The Chronicles of Prydain |
Lloyd Alexander |
1964–1968 |
5 |
Aldo Zelnick |
Karla Oceanak |
2009–2018 |
A to Z; up to M so far |
Animorphs[1] |
K. A. Applegate |
1996–2001 |
54 + 10 spinoffs |
The Three Investigators |
Robert Arthur, Jr. and others |
1964–1987 |
43 + 17 spinoffs |
Motor Boat Boys |
Louis Arundel |
1912–1915 |
7 |
Crispin |
Avi |
2003–2010 |
3 |
The Railway Series |
Wilbert Awdry |
1945–1972 |
26 |
Christopher Awdry |
1983–2011 |
16 |
Fluffy Little Kitten |
Robert Bassett |
2007–2008 |
4 |
Beverly Gray |
Clair Blank |
1934–1955 |
26 |
The Berenstain Bears |
Stan and Jan Berenstain |
1962–present |
428 |
Arthur |
Luc Besson |
2002–2005 |
4 |
Sam Hawkins, Pirate Detective |
Ian Billings |
2003–2004 |
|
The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks |
John Bittleston and Eliza Quek |
1987 |
4 |
The Famous Five |
Enid Blyton |
1942–1963 |
21 |
The Secret Seven |
Enid Blyton |
1949–1963 |
17 + 7 short spinoffs |
Paddington Bear |
Michael Bond |
1958–2018 |
30 + 5 special publications |
Dave Dawson series |
R. Sidney Bowen |
1941–1946 |
|
Red Randall series |
R. Sidney Bowen |
1944–1946 |
8 |
The Last Kids on Earth |
Max Brallier |
2015–present |
9 + 5 spinoffs |
Clifford the Big Red Dog |
Norman Bridwell |
1963–2015 |
80 |
Arthur |
Marc Brown |
1976–2011 |
46 |
Lola Levine |
Monica Brown |
2015–2017 |
6 |
Sarai |
Monica Brown |
2018–present |
4 |
Babar the Elephant series |
Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff |
1931–present |
44 |
School Friends |
Ann Bryant |
2008–2009 |
12 |
Jennings |
Anthony Buckeridge |
1950–1994 |
24 |
Catfish Bend |
Ben Lucien Burman |
1952–1984 |
7 |
Molly Moon |
Georgia Byng |
2002–2012 |
9 |
Alice |
Lewis Carroll |
1865–1871 |
2 |
Three Thieves |
Scott Chantler |
2008–2016 |
7 |
Henry Huggins |
Beverly Cleary |
1950–1963 |
6 |
Ramona |
Beverly Cleary |
1955–1999 |
8 |
The Magic School Bus |
Joanna Cole |
1986–2010 |
13 + 85 spinoffs and extras |
The Land of Stories |
Chris Colfer |
2012–present |
10 |
Little Bill |
Bill Cosby |
1997–1999 |
12 |
How to Train Your Dragon |
Cressida Cowell |
2003–2015 |
12 |
The Demon Headmaster |
Gillian Cross |
1982–2019 |
8 |
The Animals of Farthing Wood |
Colin Dann |
1979–1994 |
8 |
Dauntless series |
James Kerr (as "Peter Dawlish") |
1947–1960 |
8 |
Alex Archer series |
Tessa Duder |
1987–1993 |
|
Tom Swift |
Victor Appleton |
1910–1941 |
|
William Dougherty, John Almquist, Richard Sklar, James Duncan Lawrence, Thomas Mulvey and Richard McKenna |
1954–1971 |
|
Bill Rotsler, Sharmon Divono, Neal Barrett, Jr. and Robert E. Vardeman |
1981–1984 |
|
Bill McCay, Steven Grant, F. Gwynplaine MacIntrye, Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald, Robert E. Vardeman, Bruce Holland Rogers, Bridget McKenna |
1991–1993 |
|
Tom Swift Young Inventor |
Victor Appleton |
2006–2007 |
6 |
Firland |
Norman Sandiford Power |
1970–1974 |
3 |
Matthew Livingston |
Marco Conelli |
2007– |
|
The Indian in the Cupboard |
Lynne Reid Banks |
1980–1998 |
5 |
Outernet |
Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore |
2002–2003 |
6 |
Peter and the Starcatchers |
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson |
2004–2011 |
5 |
Oz series |
L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson, and others |
1900–1920 (Baum); 1921–1963 (others) |
14 |
Madeline |
Ludwig Bemelmans |
1939–1956 |
6 |
John Bemelmans Marciano |
1999–2013 |
6 |
The Dark Is Rising Sequence |
Susan Cooper |
1965–1977 |
5 |
Geronimo Stilton |
Elisabetta Dami |
1997–present |
84 + 35 spinoffs |
Amber Brown |
Paula Danziger |
1994–2003 |
|
Bruce Coville and Elizabeth Levy |
2012–present |
|
The Hardy Boys |
Franklin W. Dixon |
1927–2005 |
58 |
The Clues Brothers |
Franklin W. Dixon |
1997–2000 |
17 |
The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers |
Franklin W. Dixon |
2005–2012 |
40 |
The Hardy Boys Adventures |
Franklin W. Dixon |
2013–2023 |
23 |
The Familiars |
Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson |
2010–2013 |
4 |
[Hank the Cowdog#] |
John R. Erickson |
1983-current |
82 |
The Black Stallion |
Walter Farley and Steven Farley |
1941–1989 |
21 |
Père Castor |
Paul Faucher |
1933–present |
|
The Great Brain |
John D. Fitzgerald |
1967–1995 |
8 |
The Vanderbeekers |
Karina Yan Glaser |
2017–2023 |
7 |
Just! |
Andy Griffiths |
1997–2012 |
9 |
Raggedy Ann |
Johnny Gruelle |
1918–present |
63 |
Mr. Men |
Roger Hargreaves |
1971–1988 |
6 |
Adam Hargreaves |
1988–present |
|
Little Miss |
Roger Hargreaves |
1981–1988 |
13 |
Adam Hargreaves |
1988–present |
|
Timbuctoo |
Roger Hargreaves |
1978–1979 |
25 |
Beaver Towers |
Nigel Hinton |
1980–1997 |
4 |
Angelina Ballerina |
Katharine Holabird |
1983–2021 |
60 |
Mona the Vampire |
Sonia Holleyman |
1990– |
7 |
Bobbsey Twins |
Laura Lee Hope |
1904–1979 |
72 |
Bunnicula |
Deborah Howe and James Howe |
1979–2006 |
7 |
Oxford Reading Tree |
Roderick Hunt and others |
1985–present |
800+ |
Sugar Creek Gang |
Paul Hutchens |
1940–1970 |
36 |
Redwall |
Brian Jacques |
1986–2011 |
22 + 2 picture books |
Biggles |
W. E. Johns |
1932–1999 |
98 + 4 extras |
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids |
Marcia T. Jones and Debbie Dadey |
1990–2006 |
51 + 33 spinoffs |
Chrestomanci |
Diana Wynne Jones |
1977–2006 |
7 |
The Guardians of Childhood |
William Joyce |
2011–2018 |
5 |
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories[2] |
Carolyn Keene |
1930–2003 |
175 |
Nancy Drew Diaries |
Carolyn Keene |
2013–present |
25 |
Nancy Drew: Girl Detective |
Carolyn Keene |
2004–2012 |
51 |
The Nancy Drew Files |
Carolyn Keene |
1986–1997 |
124 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
Jeff Kinney[3] |
2007–present |
19 |
Cahills vs. Vespers |
Gordon Korman, Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, Roland Smith, Linda Sue Park and David Baldacci |
2011–2013 |
7 |
Pelle No-Tail |
Gösta Knutsson |
1939–1972 |
12 |
Mandie |
Lois Gladys Leppard |
1983–2004 |
44 |
The Chronicles of Narnia |
C. S. Lewis |
1950–1956 |
7 |
The Squickerwonkers |
Evangeline Lilly |
2013–present |
4 |
Pippi Longstocking |
Astrid Lindgren |
1945–1948 |
16 |
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo |
Monteiro Lobato |
1920–1940 |
23 |
Doctor Dolittle |
Hugh Lofting |
1920–1952 |
15 |
Superspecial |
C. Alexander London |
2016 |
1 |
Betsy-Tacy |
Maud Hart Lovelace |
1940–1955 |
10 |
The Deep Valley series |
Maud Hart Lovelace |
1949–1953 |
3 |
Tales of the Kingdom Trilogy |
David and Karen Mains |
1983–1996 |
3 |
The Lost Planet |
Angus MacVicar |
1953–1964 |
8 |
The Baby-Sitters Club |
Ann M. Martin |
1986–1999 |
146 |
The Baby-Sitters Club: Mysteries |
Ann M. Martin |
1991–1998 |
40 |
The Baby-Sitters Club: Friends Forever |
Ann M. Martin |
1999–2000 |
14 |
Winnie-the-Pooh |
A.A. Milne |
1924–1928 |
2 |
David Benedictus |
2009 |
2 |
Anne Shirley series |
Lucy Maud Montgomery |
1908–1921 |
8 |
What-a-Mess |
Frank Muir |
|
23 |
The Worst Witch |
Jill Murphy |
1974–2018 |
8 |
Mrs. Coverlet trilogy |
Mary Nash |
1961–1965 |
3 |
Psammead Trilogy |
E. Nesbit |
1902–1906 |
3 |
The Borrowers |
Mary Norton |
1952–1982 |
5 |
Rats of NIMH |
Robert C. O'Brien |
1972 |
3 |
Jane Leslie Conly |
1986–1990 |
Fancy Nancy |
Jane O'Connor |
2005–2013 |
80 |
The Magic Tree House |
Mary Pope Osborne |
1992–present |
67 |
Abbey Series |
Elsie J. Oxenham |
1920–1967 |
38 |
Vampirina Ballerina |
Anne Marie Pace |
2012–2015 |
4 |
Junie B. Jones |
Barbara Park |
1992–2012 |
28 + 3 extras |
Captain Underpants |
Dav Pilkey |
1997–2015 |
12 + 17 spinoffs and extras |
Peter Rabbit |
Beatrix Potter |
1902–2012 |
6 |
The Nome Trilogy |
Terry Pratchett[4] |
1989–1990 |
3 |
Swallows and Amazons series |
Arthur Ransome |
1930–1988 |
12 |
The Adventures of Tintin |
Georges Prosper Remi (as Hergé) |
1929–1976 |
24 |
Curious George |
H.A. Rey and Margaret Rey |
1941–1966 |
7 +61 spinoffs and extras |
Percy Jackson & the Olympians |
Rick Riordan[5] |
2005–2009 |
6 |
The Heroes of Olympus |
Rick Riordan[6] |
2010–2014 |
5 |
The Kane Chronicles |
Rick Riordan |
2010–2012 |
3 |
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard |
Rick Riordan |
2015–present |
3 |
The Trials of Apollo |
Rick Riordan |
2016 |
5 |
The Clue Hunt |
Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park and Margaret Peterson Haddix |
2008–2011 |
11 |
Harry Potter |
J.K. Rowling |
1997–2007 |
7 |
The Winner's trilogy |
Marie Rutkoski |
2014–2016 |
3 |
Wayside School |
Louis Sachar |
1978–2020 |
4 |
The Little Ghost Godfrey |
Inger and Lasse Sandberg |
1965–2005 |
14 |
Busytown |
Richard Scarry |
1994–2000 |
|
I'm a Happy Hugglewug |
Niamh Sharkey |
2005–2011 |
|
The Rescuers |
Margery Sharp |
1959–1978 |
9 |
Horrid Henry |
Francesca Simon |
1994–present |
24 |
Oddies |
Grant Slater |
2000s |
|
A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Lemony Snicket[7] |
1999–2006 |
13 |
Encyclopedia Brown |
Donald J. Sobol |
1963–2012 |
29 |
Goosebumps[8] |
R. L. Stine |
1992–1997 |
62 |
Tales to Give You Goosebumps |
R. L. Stine |
1994–1997 |
6 |
Give Yourself Goosebumps |
R. L. Stine |
1995–2000 |
50 |
Goosebumps Presents |
R. L. Stine |
1996–1998 |
19 |
Goosebumps Autobiographies |
R. L. Stine |
1997–1998 |
2 |
Goosebumps Triple Header |
R. L. Stine |
1997–1998 |
2 |
Goosebumps Series 2000 |
R. L. Stine |
1998–2000 |
27 |
Goosebumps HorrorLand |
R. L. Stine |
2008–2012 |
25 + 2 extras |
Goosebumps Most Wanted |
R. L. Stine |
2012–present |
14 |
Judy Bolton Mystery Stories[9] |
Margaret Sutton |
1932–2012 |
40 |
The Happy Hollisters |
Andrew E. Svenson |
1953–1969 |
38 |
Anatole |
Eve Titus |
1956–1979 |
10 |
Basil of Baker Street |
Eve Titus |
1958–1982 |
8 |
Cathy Hapka |
2018–2020 |
Mary Poppins |
P. L. Travers |
1934–1988 |
8 |
Bannerdale series |
Geoffrey Trease |
1949–1956 |
5 |
Blinky Bill |
Dorothy Wall |
1933–1934 |
3 |
The Boxcar Children |
Gertrude Chandler Warner |
1924–present |
162 |
Unstoppable |
Jude Watson, Jeff Hirsch, Natalie Standiford and Gordon Korman |
2013–2014 |
4 |
Doublecross |
Jude Watson, C. Alexander London, Jenny Goebel and Sarwat Chadda |
2015–present |
4 |
Monty the Dog |
Colin West |
1989–1996 |
6 |
Little House on the Prairie |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
1932–1971 |
9 + 1 nonfiction extra |
Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo |
Oneeka Williams |
2013–2018 |
5 |
Hank Zipzer |
Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver |
2003–2010 |
18 |
Mercer Boys |
Albert Capwell Wyckoff |
1929–1933 |
10 |
Mystery Hunters |
Albert Capwell Wyckoff |
1934–1936 |
4 |
Secret Coders |
Gene Luen Yang |
2015–2018 |
6 |