Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen wasknown as one of the popular American authors of the young adult genre. He was born as Gary James Paulsen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States on May 17, 1939. Gary passed away on October 13th, 2021.

The best place to start is the Brian Robeson series, the earliest of Gary Paulsen's multi-book series: it opens with Hatchet (1986) and runs to 5 books across 1986–2003, ending with Brian's Hunt (2003). Gary Paulsen's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Gary Paulsen has 182 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1968 and 2022. 87 of them belong to 13 named series — the largest being the Duncan Culpepper series with 30 books — and 95 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Gary Paulsen's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lt. Ronnie Gold (1981–1991, 2 books), Brian Robeson (1986–2003, 5 books) and Murphy (1987–1996, 7 books), plus 10 more.

This guide splits Gary Paulsen's 182 books into 13 named series and 95 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Duncan Culpepper (30 books, 1992–1997); World Of Adventure (18 books, 1994–1998); Murphy (7 books, 1987–1996); Tales to Tickle the Funnybone (6 books, 1990–2006); Francis Tucket (5 books, 1994–1999), plus 8 further series.