Encyclopedia Brown Books in Order
The Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. Sobol includes 24 books published between 1963–2007.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
1963 · Donald J. Sobol
Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries in this book, and by putting the solutions at the back, it challenges the reader to…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Strikes Again
1976 · Donald J. Sobol
Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown, Idaville's ten-year-old star detective with an uncanny knack for trivia, solves ten mysteries through his…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
1969 · Donald J. Sobol
The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section, challenging the reader to match wits with the…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Saves the Day
1970 · Donald J. Sobol
Leroy Brown returns as Idaville's ten-year-old star detective with an uncanny knack for trivia, solving mysteries for neighborhood kids through his…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Takes the Case
1973 · Donald J. Sobol
Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville's ten-year-old star detective with an uncanny knack for trivia, running his own detective agency and…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand
1974 · Donald J. Sobol
Leroy Brown returns as Idaville's ten-year-old star detective with an uncanny knack for trivia, solving mysteries for neighborhood kids through his…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles
1975 · Donald J. Sobol
This book presents ten mysteries solved by Leroy 'Encyclopedia' Brown, with the solutions given in a separate section, challenging readers to match…
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Buy on Amazon1980 · Donald J. Sobol
America's ten-year-old detective, described as a Sherlock Holmes in sneakers, is once again called upon to help his police-chief father and the…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints
1986 · Donald J. Sobol
The ten-year-old detective continues his war on crime in Idaville through ten more cases, for which the reader is invited to guess the solution…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt
1988 · Donald J. Sobol
A tennis shirt, a lone slice of pizza, a zebra's picture, a mixed-up word, an upside-down year, a folded piece of paper, and a muddy bandage are…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose
1996 · Donald J. Sobol
A kidnapped professor, missing monkey money, a flash-in-the-pan flashlight, a thief in a thunderstorm, and racing reptiles that become snacks for…
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Companion & related books
Related titles and editions that sit outside the main numbered order.
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues
1966 · Donald J. Sobol
Leroy Brown, known as Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville's ten-year-old star detective who solves neighborhood mysteries through his own detective…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
1967 · Donald J. Sobol
This book contains ten brief cases in which readers pit their wits against those of Encyclopedia Brown, an ingenious twelve-year-old detective.
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down
1971 · Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective, solves ten more mysteries. The solutions are given at the end of the book.
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Shows the Way
1972 · Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown, brilliant fifth-grade amateur detective, solves ten crimes. The reader may match solutions with those provided at the end of the…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor
1977 · Donald J. Sobol
This entry's source material is only a reference link to the book's Open Library work page, with no descriptive text provided, so no factual summary…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
1979 · Donald J. Sobol
Leroy Brown returns as Idaville's ten-year-old star detective with an uncanny knack for trivia, solving mysteries for neighborhood kids through his…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown takes the cake!
1983 · Donald J. Sobol
The ten-year-old detective solves "The Case of the Missing Garlic Bread" and other food-related mysteries. The book includes menus and recipes for a…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the case of the slippery salamander
1999 · Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown, the super sleuth in sneakers, solves ten new mysteries, including "The Case of the Slippery Salamander," "The Case of the Banana…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case
2007 · Donald J. Sobol
Since 1963, when Dutton published the first book in the series, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, the brainy crime-stopper has been a favorite…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the case of the carnival crime
Year unknown · Donald J. Sobol
This entry presents ten brief cases in which readers can match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster Encyclopedia Brown. The cases include toys missing…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the case of the secret UFOs
Year unknown · Donald J. Sobol
Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster Encyclopedia Brown as he investigates such cases as whether a diary of…
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Buy on AmazonEncyclopedia Brown and the case of the soccer scheme
Year unknown · Donald J. Sobol
Idaville's secret weapon against lawbreakers, ten-year-old Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, helps the police force solve ten new cases, the solutions to…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Encyclopedia Brown books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with “Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective”. Start with “Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective.”
How many books are in the Encyclopedia Brown series?
We list 24 books by Donald J. Sobol , published between 1963–2007.
Where can I buy the Encyclopedia Brown books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.