Who This Author Is

Dan Gutman has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 141 catalog-linked books across 1995 to 2024, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Horror & Supernatural.

Best for readers who want imaginative settings, series momentum, and clearer jumping-in spots. If you want the easiest first click, start with Explorers, presidents, and toilets and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1995 to 2024; the most common copies on this page tend to come from HarperCollins Publishers and Harpercollins.

Best Place To Start

Explorers, presidents, and toilets

HarperCollins Publishers • 2017 • standard commitment

It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Fantasy & Sci-Fi entry points • Horror & Supernatural entry points • common used copies from HarperCollins Publishers and Harpercollins

Genres and themes: Fantasy & Sci-Fi • Horror & Supernatural

Who this author is best for: readers who want imaginative settings, series momentum, and clearer jumping-in spots

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1995 to 2024; the most common copies on this page tend to come from HarperCollins Publishers and Harpercollins.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Explorers, presidents, and toilets

    HarperCollins Publishers • 2017 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2017 • 185 pages.

  2. Space, humans, and farts

    HarperCollins Publishers • 2017 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2017 • 178 pages.

  3. Bummer in the Summer!

    HarperCollins Publishers Limited • 2019 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2019 • 144 pages.

  4. Rappy Goes to the Library

    HarperCollins Publishers • 2017 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2017 • 32 pages.

  5. The Lincoln project

    N • 2016 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  6. Ms. Cuddy is nutty!

    HarperCollins Publishers • 2015 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2015 • 106 pages.

  7. Getting Air

    Aladdin • 2008 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 240 pages.

  8. Nightmare at the Book Fair

    Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing • 2008 • standard commitment

    readers who want one of the clearer starting points on this page

  9. Abner & Me (Baseball Card Adventures)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2007 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2007 • 166 pages.

  10. The Million Dollar Goal

    Fitzgerald Books • 2007 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2007 • 167 pages.

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