Stephan Pastis

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2004
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Timmy Failure

0.5 - Timmy Failure: Zero to Hero (Apr-2020)
1 - Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (Mar-2013)
2 - Now Look What You've Done (Feb-2014)
3 - We Meet Again (Nov-2014)
4 - Sanitized for Your Protection (Oct-2015)
5 - The Book You're Not Supposed to Have (Oct-2016)
6 - The Cat Stole My Pants (Apr-2017)
7 - Now Look What Mistakes Were Made (Oct-2017)
8 - It's the End When I Say It's the End (Sep-2018)

Trubble Town

1 - Squirrel Do Bad (Sep-2021)
2 - The Why-Why's Gone Bye-Bye (Sep-2022)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic

    The Fab Four of the funny pages come together again-this time in their first book treasury.Rat, Pig, Zebra, and Goat, the central characters of Pearls Before Swine, are back in Sgt. Piggy''s Lonely Hearts Club Comic, the first Pearls Before Swine tre...

  • Pearls Freaks the #*%# Out

    From fire-breathing jugglers to sword-swallowing illusionists, this treasury showcases all strips from Larry in Wonderland and Because Sometimes You Just Gotta Draw a Cover with Your Left Hand, along with Pastis's original commentary, which provides ...

  • Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

    Timmy Failure - 1

    Meet "detective" Timmy Failure, star of the kids’ comedy of the year. Created by New York Times best-selling cartoonist Stephan Pastis. Take eleven-year-old Timmy Failure -- the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agen...

  • Beginning Pearls

     Now younger readers can enjoy the wit and outlandish puns in the world of Pearls Before Swine!Meet the always hilarious cast of Pearls Before Swine. Heading the cast is Rat, a mean-spirited rodent who lives with the trusting and simple-minded Pig. ...

  • Rat's Wars

    Acerbic, biting, and hilarious, Pearls Before Swine entertains with its mocking of human nature depicted by a Rat, a Pig, and a cast of predators and prey."Pearls Before Swine,  the oft-snarky comic that features a kind-hearted pig, a rat with the m...

  • Now Look What You've Done

    Timmy Failure - 2

    "When you lose hope, find it." -- Timmy Failure He doesn’t like to pull rank. To reveal that he’s this guy: Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation. But he is. And he’s abo...

  • Pearls Falls Fast

    In this treasury collection of Unsportsmanlike Conduct and Rat's Wars, the eclectic Pearls Before Swine cast play out their respective roles. Rat is the arrogant know-it-all, taking constant advantage of the naive and simple Pig, with wise and pedant...

  • The Croc Ate My Homework

     The Pearls Before Swine crew is back in their second collection of cartoons for the middle-grade crowd! Always witty and clever, and sometimes irreverent, Pearls Before Swine's sarcastic take on life appeals to fans of all ages. In this second c...

  • We Meet Again

    Timmy Failure - 3

    His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs: for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to e...



  • King of the Comics: A Pearls Before Swine Collection

    Pearls Before Swine’s motley crew is back in King of the Comics -- where chaos is king and every page is filled with turbulence and shipwrecks of titanic proportions.Stephan Pastis offers Pearls Before Swine fans yet another smart, witty, and painf...

  • Skip School, Fly to Space

    Take a flight of fancy with the Pearls Before Swine crew in their third AMP! Comics for Kids collection!Hokey lessons and ancient textbooks are no match for a good Rockitt Shipp, kids. The poorly behaved cast of Pearls Before Swine invites you to a m...

  • Pearls Gets Sacrificed

    The Pearls Before Swine gang is back in this treasury-sized edition, complete with Stephan Pastis's insightful and entertaining annotations.True to Pearls Before Swine tradition, the latest cartoon collection brims with Stephan Pastis’s cyn...

  • Pearls Gets Sacrificed: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury

    True to Pearls Before Swine tradition, the latest cartoon collection brims with Stephan Pastis’s cynical humor, sharp wit, and clever commentary. Always together—and sometimes with their fellow funny-page characters—the regular Pear...

  • Sanitized for Your Protection

    Timmy Failure - 4

    Some surprising news sends Timmy Failure on a hilarious caper as the best-selling series continues. "Behold! You are all about to be witnesses to greatness." In this fourth volume of Timmy Failure's memoirs, Timmy is forced to hit the road in a...

  • When Crocs Fly

    From Stephan Pastis, the New York Times best-selling author of Timmy Failure, comes the always hilarious cast of Pearls Before Swine in this fourth special collection for kids.Sure, crocs can fly . . . just not in the way you might expect. This spect...

  • The Book You're Not Supposed to Have

    Timmy Failure - 5

    Banishment from his life’s calling can’t keep a comically overconfident detective down in the latest episode by New York Times bestseller Stephan Pastis. This book was never meant to exist. No one needs to know the details. Just know this: the...

  • Pearls Hogs the Road: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury

    The Pearls gang returns with characteristically misanthropic humor (but with more leather): no self-aggrandizing is too flagrant for Rat, no subject is too erudite for Goat, and no sensory input is too basic for Pig. All topics are fair game for...

  • The Cat Stole My Pants

    Timmy Failure - 6

    In the sixth book in Stephan Pastis’s hilarious series, Timmy is being threatened and must rely on his new partner to solve the mystery -- and possibly save his life! Timmy is in Key West, Florida, ostensibly for the honeymoon of his mother a...

  • Suit Your Selfie: A Pearls Before Swine Collection

    Gather ‘round the smartphone, kids! Stephan and the Pearls gang are back with a whole album's-worth of jokes, jabs, and cringe-worthy puns. Even Rat cracks a smile in this fifth Pearls Before Swine collection tailored for middle-grade readers. Wi...



  • Now Look What Mistakes Were Made

    Timmy Failure - 7

    The first two hilarious tales in the New York Times best-selling Timmy Failure series -- together in one volume! Meet Timmy Failure, the clueless, comically overconfident detective. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar ...

  • It's the End When I Say It's the End

    Timmy Failure - 8

    In the series finale, Timmy Failure and his class create a hilarious film about his life -- just in time for the holidays. Though I, Timmy Failure, have solved many notorious crimes and now wish to enjoy my retirement, my fans have begged me to ...

  • Pearls Takes a Wrong Turn

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR!In true Pearls Before Swine tradition, this treasury is full of Stephan Pastis’s cynical humor, sharp wit, and clever commentary. Always together—and sometimes with their fellow funny-page characte...

  • Pearls Goes Hollywood

    In the newest Pearls Before Swine treasury, the Hollywood dreams of cartoonist Stephan Pastis meet with hilarious -- and disastrous -- results!Pearls Before Swine is one of the most popular comic strips of the past two decades, and this treasu...

  • Timmy Failure: Zero to Hero

    Timmy Failure - 0.5

    Timmy Failure is not just any detective-he is the greatest detective in his town, perhaps the nation. He is so famous that there have been seven books written about his life. Plus a movie. And so he has agreed to provide the world with his extraordin...

  • Squirrel Do Bad

    Trubble Town - 1

    From the author of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip and New York Times bestselling Timmy Failure series comes a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming, full-color graphic novel series about a quirky town -- just right for young readers starting to read long...

  • Pearls Awaits the Tide

    Prepare to get swept up in a tidal wave of hilarity, sarcasm, and atrocious puns courtesy of award-winning Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis.For the past 20 years, Pearls Before Swine has been one of the most popular and consistently hila...

  • The Why-Why's Gone Bye-Bye

    Trubble Town - 2

    From the author of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip and New York Times bestselling Timmy Failure series comes the second book in a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming, full-color graphic novel series about a quirky town -- perfect for readers of all ages...

  • Pearls Seeks Enlightenment

    Join award-winning cartoonist Stephan Pastis in his comical, careening journey to enlightenment, featuring 18 months of daily comic strips from 2020-2021 along with an introduction, reflections, and strip-by-strip commentary by the author.Stephan Pas...

  • Looking Up

    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Timmy Failure series comes a quirky and heartwarming middle grade novel about a girl struggling with loneliness and the curveballs of life -- featuring black and white illustrations throughout!Living ...



  • Pearls Gets Put in the Pokey

    Featuring 18 months of daily comic strips from 2021-2022, along with reflections and strip-by-strip commentary by award-winning cartoonist and USA TODAY bestselling author Stephan Pastis, this treasury is an open and shut case of absolute criminal hi...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stephan Pastis has published 30 books.

The next book by Stephan Pastis, Pearls Gets Put in the Pokey, will be published in October 2024.

The first book by Stephan Pastis, Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic, was published in September 2004.

Yes. Stephan Pastis has 2 series.
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