Below is the complete list of Max Brallier books in order. For each series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Adventure Time Books
Publication Order of Eerie Elementary Books
as Jack Chabert
Publication Order of Last Kids On Earth Books
Publication Order of Lego Nexo Knights Academy Books
Publication Order of Mister Shivers Books
Publication Order of Poptropica Books
as Jack Chabert
Publication Order of Regular Show Books
Publication Order of The Last Comics on Earth Books
with Joshua Pruett
Publication Order of The Last Kids on Earth Graphic Novels Books
Publication Order of Zombie Apocalypse Books
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Galactic Hot Dogs Books
Publication Order of Uncle Grandpa Books
About Max Brallier
Max Brallier is an American author best known for energetic children’s fiction that mixes comedy, horror, adventure, and heavily visual storytelling. His defining work is The Last Kids on Earth, the bestselling middle-grade series about Jack Sullivan and his friends surviving a monster-and-zombie apocalypse. Yet Brallier’s bibliography extends well beyond that franchise, encompassing early-reader chapter books, science-fiction adventures, interactive fiction, graphic novels, licensed titles, and work published under the pen name Jack Chabert.
Before becoming primarily associated with children’s publishing, Brallier wrote books for adults and experimented with formats that encouraged direct reader participation. Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? is particularly representative of that side of his work: an interactive adventure in which choices determine how the story develops. The combination of pop-culture awareness, comic danger, and game-like narrative would remain important as his career shifted more decisively toward younger readers.
Brallier also worked in publishing and as a game designer for Poptropica, experience that fits naturally with the interactive quality of much of his fiction. His books often move quickly, organize stories around strong visual concepts, and treat action as something playful rather than solemn. Even when zombies, haunted schools, strange creatures, or catastrophic threats are involved, humor remains central. That balance has allowed him to write effectively for children who enjoy frightening ideas without necessarily wanting conventional horror.
Under the name Jack Chabert, Brallier created Eerie Elementary, an early chapter-book series centered on Sam Graves and the disturbing realization that his school is alive. Beginning with The School Is Alive!, the books use short chapters, illustrations, recurring characters, and escalating supernatural trouble to make horror accessible to developing readers. He also wrote the Mister Shivers series under the same pen name, extending his work in child-friendly scary fiction while aiming at a different reading level and format.
Another major strand of his bibliography is Galactic Hot Dogs, a comic science-fiction adventure series following Cosmoe and the crew of a food truck in space. Beginning with Cosmoe’s Wiener Getaway, it combines interstellar danger with absurd humor and a visual presentation suited to readers drawn to comics as much as traditional prose. Brallier’s broader output has also included books connected to established entertainment properties, including Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Uncle Grandpa, and LEGO NEXO KNIGHTS. As Jack Chabert, he wrote Poptropica: Mystery of the Map, the opening graphic novel in the Poptropica series.
The Last Kids on Earth, launched in 2015 and illustrated by Douglas Holgate, became the work that most clearly established Brallier’s international profile. The series follows Jack Sullivan, Quint Baker, June Del Toro, and Dirk Savage through an increasingly expansive post-apocalyptic world of zombies and monsters. Its appeal rests partly on the contrast between genuine danger and the protagonists’ exuberant approach to survival: tree-house living, improvised weapons, video-game logic, friendship, and jokes are woven into a continuing adventure rather than isolated episodic stories. The franchise has grown to include main novels, companion stories, graphic adaptations, and related books.
Its expansion beyond print marked another important phase in Brallier’s career. The Last Kids on Earth was adapted as an animated Netflix series, with Brallier involved as a writer and producer. The screen adaptation earned an Emmy, demonstrating how closely his strengths in visual pacing, comedy, action, and serialized storytelling could translate into animation.
Brallier’s bibliography is therefore best understood by separating its overlapping strands rather than treating every title as part of one uniform body of work. The Last Kids on Earth forms his largest continuing universe; Eerie Elementary and Mister Shivers represent his work as Jack Chabert in younger horror; Galactic Hot Dogs emphasizes comic science fiction; and his interactive, graphic, and licensed projects reveal a career unusually comfortable across formats. What connects them is a consistent instinct for fast movement, strong concepts, visual humor, and stories in which young characters meet frightening or bizarre circumstances with imagination rather than passivity.