Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman is one of the prominent Canadian-American authors who has written some of the very successful novels in his writing career. Most of his books are written under the young adult and children's book genres. In all, he has written more than 85 novels in his writing career so far.

The best place to start is the Macdonald Hall series, the earliest of Gordon Korman's multi-book series: it opens with This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall! (1977) and runs to 7 books across 1977–1995, ending with Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall / The Joke's On Us (1995). Gordon Korman's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Gordon Korman has 143 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1977 and 2026. 99 of them belong to 22 named series — the largest being The 39 Clues series with 14 books — and 44 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. Gordon Korman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Macdonald Hall (1977–1995, 7 books), Bugs Potter (1980–1983, 2 books) and Jeremy Bloom Collections (1992–1996, 2 books), plus 19 more.

This guide splits Gordon Korman's 143 books into 22 named series and 44 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The 39 Clues (14 books, 2008–2013); Swindle Mysteries (8 books, 2008–2016); The Jersey (8 books, 2000–2001); Macdonald Hall (7 books, 1977–1995); Monday Night Football Club (6 books, 1997–1998), plus 17 further series.