Author guide
Jeff Smith Books in Order
Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist, writer, and artist who founded Cartoon Books and self-published Bone, his landmark fantasy-comedy graphic-novel series. His other major works include RASL, Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil, Tuki, Little Mouse Gets Ready, Rose, and nonfiction about the creation of Bone.
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Jeff Smith's Newest Book
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Out from Boneville
The canonical first volume of Jeff Smith's best-known completed series.
RASL: The Drift
The first volume of Smith's science-fiction noir series.
Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil
A self-contained superhero graphic novel.
Little Mouse Gets Ready
A short, self-contained picture book for beginning readers.
Tuki: Fight for Fire
The first volume of Smith's prehistoric adventure series.
Thorn: Tales from the Lantern
An early standalone collection that shows the origins of characters later developed in Bone.
Read in order
Books by series
graphic-novel-series · complete
Bone
Jeff Smith's completed fantasy-comedy saga about the Bone cousins and their adventures in the Valley, together with related prequels, companion stories, and reference works.
- 1 The Complete Bone Adventures, Volume OneAmazon ↗
Book early-collection-1 · graphic-novel · 1993
- 2 The Complete Bone Adventures, Volume TwoAmazon ↗
Book early-collection-2 · graphic-novel · 1994
- 3 The Complete Bone Adventures, Volume ThreeAmazon ↗
Book early-collection-3 · graphic-novel · 1995
- 4 Out from BonevilleAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 1995
- 5 The Great Cow RaceAmazon ↗
Book 2 · graphic-novel · 1995
- 6
Eyes of the StormAmazon ↗Book 3 · graphic-novel · 1996
- 7 The DragonslayerAmazon ↗
Book 4 · graphic-novel · 1997
- 8 Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern BorderAmazon ↗
Book 5 · graphic-novel · 1998
- 9 Old Man's CaveAmazon ↗
Book 6 · graphic-novel · 1999
- 10 Ghost CirclesAmazon ↗
Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2001
- 11
Treasure HuntersAmazon ↗Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2002
- 12
Crown of HornsAmazon ↗Book 9 · graphic-novel · 2004
- 13
Stupid, Stupid Rat-Tails: The Adventures of Big Johnson Bone, Frontier HeroAmazon ↗Book prequel · graphic-novel · 2000
- 14
RoseAmazon ↗Book prequel · graphic-novel · 2002
- 15
Bone: Tall TalesAmazon ↗Book companion · graphic-novel · 2003
- 16
BONE HandbookAmazon ↗Book companion · nonfiction · 2010
- 17
Bone: CodaAmazon ↗Book epilogue · graphic-novella · 2016
- 18 Smiley's Dream BookAmazon ↗
Book companion · picture-book · 2018
- 19 Finders Keepers!Amazon ↗
Book companion · picture-book · 2020
- 20 Bone: More Tall TalesAmazon ↗
Book companion · graphic-novel · 2023
graphic-novel-series · complete
RASL
A completed science-fiction noir graphic-novel series about an art thief who can travel between parallel worlds.
graphic-novel-series · hiatus
Tuki
An unfinished prehistoric adventure series about Tuki, one of the first humans to leave Africa.
comic-strip-series · complete
Thorn
Jeff Smith's early comic-strip series created during college and featuring the characters who later became part of Bone.
- 1 Thorn: Tales from the LanternAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 1989
limited-series · complete
Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil
A completed four-issue Captain Marvel graphic-novel miniseries written and drawn by Jeff Smith.
- 1 Shazam!: The Monster Society of EvilAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2007
Outside the series
