Gordon Korman (born October 23, 1963) is a Canadian author of children’s and young adult fiction books. Korman’s books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide over a career spanning four decades and have appeared at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Books in order of publication:
Standalone books
I Want to Go Home! (1981)
Our Man Weston (1982)
No Coins, Please (1984)
Don’t Care High (1985)
Son of Interflux (1986)
A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag (1987)
Radio 5th Grade (1989)
Losing Joe’s Place (1990)
The Twinkie Squad (1992)
The Toilet Paper Tigers (1993)
Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road (1994)
The Chicken Doesn’t Skate (1996)
Liar, Liar Pants on Fire (1997)
The Sixth Grade Nickname Game (1998)
No More Dead Dogs (2000)
Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America (2003)
Jake, Reinvented (2003)
Born To Rock (2006)
Schooled (2007)
The Juvie Three (2008)
Pop (2009)
Restart (2017)
Whatshisface (2018)
The Unteachables (2019)
Notorious (2019)
War Stories (2020)
Unplugged (2021)
Linked (2021)
Operation Do-Over (2022)
The Fort (2022)
The Superteacher Project (2023)
Mixed Up (2023)
Slugfest (2024)
Faker (2024)
Old School (2025)
Series
Macdonald Hall series
This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall (Scholastic-TAB Publications, 1978)
Go Jump in the Pool (1979)
Beware the Fish! (1980)
The Wizzle War (formerly The War With Mr. Wizzle) (1982)
The Zucchini Warriors (1988)
Lights, Camera, Disaster (formerly Macdonald Hall Goes Hollywood) (1991)
The Joke’s On Us (formerly Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall) (1995)
Bugs Potter
Who is Bugs Potter? (1980)
Bugs Potter LIVE at Nickaninny (1983)
Jeremy Bloom
The D− Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About School, Homework, and Life (Sort Of) (1992)
The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes) (1996)
Monday Night Football Club
The Quarterback Exchange: I Was John Elway (1997)
Running Back Conversion: I Was Barry Sanders (1997)
Super Bowl Switch: I Was Dan Marino (1997)
Heavy Artillery: I Was Junior Seau (1997)
Ultimate Scoring Machine: I Was Jerry Rice (1998)
NFL Rules! Bloopers, Pranks, Upsets, and Touchdowns (1998)
Slapshots series
The Stars From Mars (1999)
The Dream Team (formerly The All-Mars All-Stars) (1999)
The Face-off Phony (2000)
Cup Crazy (2000)
4-in-1 Slapshots: The Complete Collection (2008)
Nose Pickers series
Nose Pickers from Outer Space! (1999)
Planet of the Nose Pickers (2000)
Your Mummy Is a Nose Picker (2000)
Invasion of the Nose Pickers (2001)
4-in-1 The Ultimate Nose-Picker Collection (2006)
Island series
Shipwreck (2001)
Survival (2001)
Escape (2001)
Son of the Mob
Son of the Mob (Hyperion, 2002)
Son of the Mob 2: Hollywood Hustle (2004)
Dive series
The Discovery (2003)
The Deep (2003)
The Danger (2003)
On the Run series
Chasing the Falconers (2005)
The Fugitive Factor (2005)
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t (2005)
The Stowaway Solution (2005)
Public Enemies (2005)
Hunting the Hunter (2006)
Kidnapped series
The Abduction (2006)
The Search (2006)
The Rescue (2006)
The 39 Clues
One False Note (2008)
The Emperor’s Code (2010)
Vespers Rising (2011)
The Medusa Plot (2011)
Flashpoint (2014)
Swindle series
Swindle (2008)
Zoobreak (2009)
Framed (2010)
Showoff (2012)
Hideout (2013)
Jackpot (2014)
Unleashed (2015)
Jingle (2016)
Titanic series
Unsinkable (2011)
Collision Course (2011)
S.O.S (2011)
Ungifted series
Ungifted (2012)
Supergifted (2018)
Everest series
The Contest (2002)
The Climb (2002)
The Summit (2002)
Hypnotists series
The Hypnotists (2013)
Memory Maze (2014)
The Dragonfly Effect (2015)
Slacker series
Slacker (2016)
Level 13: A Slacker Novel (2019)
Masterminds series
Masterminds (2015)
Masterminds: Criminal Destiny (2016)
Masterminds: Payback (2017)