Bill Watterson wrote a total of nineteen[a] official Calvin and Hobbes books that have been published in the United States by Andrews McMeel Publishing; the first, eponymously titled Calvin and Hobbes, was released April 1987, and the most recent, Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue, was released February 2015.
Before the 2005 release of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, all the extant newspaper strips were collected across eight distinct titles:[1]
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes, 1988
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, 1990
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes, 1992
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, 1992
The Days Are Just Packed, 1993
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, 1994
There's Treasure Everywhere, 1996
It's a Magical World, 1996
Notes
^Counting the hardcover and paperback editions of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes as one title (despite being released seven years apart and consisting of a different number of volumes).
References
^Fisher-Cox, Adam (2008). "Books". The Calvin and Hobbes Album. Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-12-07.