List of Calvin and Hobbes books

Prior to the release of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes in 2005, eighteen Calvin and Hobbes books were published in the United States between 1987 and 2001.

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.

A twentieth official title, the textbook Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes, was published under license in 1993 by Playground Publishing in Fargo, North Dakota.

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

1. 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

1. Fisher-Cox, Adam (2008). "Books". The Calvin and Hobbes Album. Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-12-07.