Kris Bock

Kris Bock has lived in ten states and one foreign country, but she has been in New Mexico for over 20 years and considers it home. The southwestern landscapes inspire many of her stories. She lives with her husband, who works for the Bureau of Geology, and their ferrets.

The best place to start is the Childhood of Famous Americans series, the earliest of Kris Bock's multi-book series: it opens with Abraham Lincoln (1932) and runs to 45 books across 1932–2010, ending with Teddy Kennedy: Lion of the Senate (2010). Kris Bock's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Kris Bock has 130 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1932 and 2026. 119 of them belong to 13 named series — the largest being the Childhood of Famous Americans series with 45 books — and 11 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. Kris Bock's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Childhood of Famous Americans (1932–2010, 45 books), The Way People Live (1994–2005, 25 books) and Chris Eboch Children's (1999–2015, 4 books), plus 10 more.

This guide splits Kris Bock's 130 books into 13 named series and 11 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Childhood of Famous Americans (45 books, 1932–2010); The Way People Live (25 books, 1994–2005); Furrever Friends (8 books, 2019–2024); Accidental Detective (7 books, 2022–2026); Stem in the Real World Set 2 (6 books, 2016), plus 8 further series.