The Baby-Sitters Club Books in Order

News of a jewel thief called the Phantom Caller worries the Baby-Sitters Club. When Claudia and the others receive unsettling calls during their jobs, protecting the children means facing a mystery that feels dangerously close.

Kristy starts a babysitting club with Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey to earn money together. Difficult children, demanding clients, and disagreements soon test whether the friends can turn a good idea into a working business.

Stacey and Mary Anne accompany the Pike family on a Jersey Shore vacation as babysitters. Stacey’s crush on an older lifeguard distracts her from the children, leaving Mary Anne worried about both their work and her friend.

New club member Dawn wants to prove herself while adjusting to Stoneybrook. Babysitting three children in a recently divorced family becomes increasingly demanding, and her friendship with Mary Anne complicates her relationship with Kristy.

Kristy’s mother is getting married, and fourteen visiting children need looking after before the wedding. The Baby-Sitters Club tackles diapers, arguments, and constant mix-ups while Kristy also prepares to be a bridesmaid in her changing family.

A major argument leaves the Baby-Sitters Club members refusing to speak to one another. Usually shy Mary Anne must take more responsibility as she tries to keep their work going and prevent the friendship from falling apart.

Claudia thinks she can handle a child known for practical jokes until one prank breaks her leg. Afraid babysitting has become too dangerous, she considers quitting while the other club members decide the joker needs a lesson.

Claudia befriends Ashley, a new girl who shares her love of art. As sculpting with Ashley takes over her time, schoolwork, babysitting, and old friendships suffer, forcing Claudia to consider how much she wants to change.

After her mother remarries, Kristy moves into a wealthy neighborhood where nearby children mock her clothes and the Baby-Sitters Club. Their unkindness toward her aging dog makes adjusting to the new surroundings even harder.

Logan Bruno likes Mary Anne and wants to join the Baby-Sitters Club. While the group wonders whether a boy will fit in, Mary Anne’s shyness complicates her excitement about a friendship that may become something more.

Stacey invites the Baby-Sitters Club to New York for a weekend of sightseeing, a party, and a large babysitting job. When her hometown friends clash with her city friends, the perfect visit becomes a test of loyalty.

Spooky noises behind her bedroom wall convince Dawn that her house may be haunted. She and the other club members want to investigate, but busy babysitting schedules leave little time to solve the unsettling mystery.

Stacey’s diabetes and her parents’ constant search for medical answers put pressure on her new life in Stoneybrook. At the same time, a rival babysitting business threatens the club and friendships she has come to depend on.

Jessi persuades Kristy to let her take a job caring for the Mancusis’ many animals. Escaped snakes and sick hamsters keep her busy, while an argument within the Baby-Sitters Club makes the unusual assignment harder.

Kristy plans a huge babysitting outing so mothers can enjoy a child-free Mother’s Day. Organizing the surprise keeps the club busy, while her own mother’s secretive behavior leaves Kristy wondering what is happening at home.

Dawn thinks an older boy from California is her perfect match, but her friends notice how often he tells her what to do. Their concern puts her excitement about romance against questions of independence and respect.

Dawn expects her brother Jeff's visit from California to bring the blended Schafer-Spier family closer. Instead, hurt feelings and disagreements follow them on a Boston trip, leaving Dawn worried about whether everyone can get along.

Jessi's Aunt Cecelia moves in to look after the children and starts controlling Jessi's routines, appearance and club meetings. Jessi must show that being young doesn't mean she needs someone managing every part of her life.

Kristy babysits Susan, an autistic girl who plays music but does not speak. Hoping to help her stay in Stoneybrook rather than attend a special school, Kristy must confront her assumptions about what Susan needs.

Mary Anne and Dawn are thrilled that their parents plan to marry, turning best friends into stepsisters. As the wedding approaches, the girls face the changes that come with joining two households into one family.

Mary Anne and Stacey return to the Jersey shore to help care for the Pike children. Babysitting leaves room for summer romance, but complications with boys soon make the holiday harder to manage than Mary Anne expected.

Dawn begins receiving threatening messages and strange calls while babysitting. The harassment turns familiar jobs into frightening experiences, and she must work out who is behind it before fear disrupts her responsibilities and sense of safety.

Claudia is busy with her artwork when she takes on Rosie Wilder, a gifted child whose behavior alienates other people. Managing Rosie challenges Claudia to look beyond impressive talents and difficult manners toward the girl's need for friendship.

Claudia's hard work earns her a strong math-test grade, only for her teacher to accuse her of copying. The Baby-Sitters Club helps investigate the matching answers so she can defend both her achievement and her honesty.

A fire destroys the school attended by Stoneybrook children's pen pals. Dawn organizes a fundraiser and promises a huge sleepover as a reward, turning a generous idea into her most demanding babysitting assignment yet.

Jessi wins the leading role in her dance school's ballet, then finds her shoes stolen and receives threatening messages. The Baby-Sitters Club helps her investigate who wants her out of the show before the sabotage goes further.

Babysitting deaf child Matt Braddock introduces Jessi to sign language. As other Stoneybrook children want to learn, she also prepares a surprise for Matt, juggling a growing community project with the challenge of keeping her plans secret.

Kristy wants the Baby-Sitters Club to enter a float in Stoneybrook's baby parade. Planning costumes and managing small children proves harder than expected, while disagreements among the sitters threaten the teamwork needed to make the project succeed.

Mary Anne enjoys time apart from Logan but begins to miss him. A shared school assignment seems like a chance to reconnect, until Cokie Mason's interest in Logan complicates Mary Anne's hopes for restarting their relationship.

Mary Anne feels that her relationship with Logan leaves too little room for friends, reading and babysitting. When she asks for more time to herself, he misunderstands, forcing them to confront whether they can respect different needs.

A new babysitting client accuses Stacey of stealing a valuable ring and threatens to warn other families. Stacey and her friends investigate the disappearance to clear her name and protect the club's reputation and business.

Stacey develops a crush on the young teacher filling in for her math class and imagines their time together means more. Her friends worry about the age difference and her expectations, but she believes romance will work out.

School, babysitting and her parents' arguments leave Stacey overwhelmed as she begins feeling unwell. When her diabetes sends her to hospital, she and her friends face a health crisis that forces everyday pressures into a different perspective.

Claudia struggles with grief and anger after her grandmother Mimi dies. She fills her time with painting, babysitting, and teaching children art, but staying busy cannot answer the painful question of how to say goodbye to someone she loves.

Dawn's enthusiasm for ecology leads her to teach children about protecting the Earth and propose a recycling center at school. Her friends support the idea, but her constant lectures begin driving away the people whose help she needs.

Dawn looks forward to meeting Logan's cousin Lewis, her pen pal, but worries that he will not like her. With a double date approaching, she changes her clothes, hair, and behavior to become the girl she thinks he wants.

Dawn expects becoming Mary Anne's stepsister to mean sharing clothes, a room, and late-night conversations. Living together proves harder when Mary Anne's habits, boyfriend, and babysitting jobs make Dawn wonder whether their friendship can survive being part of the same family.

Jessi babysits Derek Masters, a young television star whose classmates call him spoiled. She likes the boy behind the celebrity image, but his stories about Hollywood soon make her question whether babysitting and ballet are exciting enough for her.

Jessi is surprised to be chosen for a synchronized swimming competition, discovering that ballet experience does not make water routines easy. As she and her partner practice, her friends' confidence in a gold medal adds pressure to an unfamiliar challenge.

Jake Kuhn, a child on Kristy's softball team, disappears after she is one of the last people to see him. With the police unable to find him, Kristy and her friends search desperately while she struggles with guilt and fear.

Kristy dislikes the lunches and class activities at Stoneybrook Middle School and decides to run for class president. Her plans for improvement raise another question: whether she can add the job to schoolwork, softball coaching, babysitting, and running the club.

Mallory's love of horse stories and daydreams makes riding lessons seem like a dream come true. Once her parents agree and lessons begin, she discovers that real horses can be much more intimidating than the ones she imagines.

While babysitting the Craine children, Mallory hears a cat in a house where no one owns a pet. Finding a white cat in the attic seems to solve the mystery, until more cries come from upstairs while the cat sits beside them.

Helping Stacey unpack, Mallory discovers an old diary inside an antique attic trunk. Its author lived in the house in the 1890s, and reading her words leads Mallory and the Baby-Sitters Club to investigate a mystery involving possible ghosts.

Mary Anne is fascinated by babies and begins caring for infant twins. A school project adds an egg baby that she and Logan must look after, giving her competing responsibilities and a closer look at how demanding caring for babies can be.

Mary Anne's kitten Tigger disappears, and the Baby-Sitters Club organizes a search and offers a reward. A letter demanding one hundred dollars for his return turns her worry into fear that someone has deliberately taken her pet.

Mary Anne wants to learn about the mother who died when she was a baby, but her father's grief makes questions difficult. Searching the attic for answers uncovers troubling evidence that sends her deeper into her family's past.

Stacey eagerly welcomes her New York friend Laine to Stoneybrook for a week. Laine dismisses babysitting and sleepovers as childish, making Stacey wonder whether their different ideas about growing up will bring their long friendship to an end.

Claudia returns home to find her room ransacked and some belongings missing. Janine's strange packages and lies to their parents add to the puzzle, prompting Claudia to enlist the Baby-Sitters Club in investigating what is happening inside her own house.

Stacey's parents decide to divorce, leaving her with a painful choice between her father's New York apartment and her mother's home in Stoneybrook. Returning to her Baby-Sitters Club friends is appealing, but choosing where to live also means leaving a parent behind.

Claudia visits Stoneybrook's new museum and discovers that valuable coins have been stolen. Her suspicion that a displayed sculpture is also a fake draws the Baby-Sitters Club into investigating thefts and forgeries that threaten the museum.

Claudia risks failing English and feels that nobody understands how difficult school is for her. Babysitting Shea Rodowsky, who has his own learning difficulties, gives her a friend who shares her frustration and a reason to confront it.

Dawn is upset when Cheryl, the Great Dane she is pet-sitting, disappears without explanation. When Kristy's puppy Shannon also vanishes, Dawn suspects the dogs have been stolen and becomes determined to find them and uncover who is responsible.

Back in California for a surfing competition, Dawn learns that a surfer has disappeared, leaving a damaged board behind. Reports of a ghost riding the waves at night turn the beach visit into a mystery she must investigate.

Dawn loves her friends and stepfamily in Stoneybrook but increasingly misses her father and brother in California. Her decision to spend six months with them shocks the Baby-Sitters Club and raises difficult questions about family, friendship, and her eventual return.

Persistent exhaustion turns out to be mononucleosis, forcing Mallory to stay in bed and give up school, activities, and babysitting for a while. Missing the Baby-Sitters Club makes recovery especially lonely, while her friends struggle with another member's absence.

Stacey's move back to New York leaves the Baby-Sitters Club facing the loss of a close friend and member. Claudia is especially hurt, while the girls plan a farewell gift and wonder how the club will carry on without Stacey.

Mallory hopes to join the Baby-Sitters Club, but an intimidating first job and an impossible written test make membership feel out of reach. With new friend Jessi beside her, she considers starting a club that will recognize their abilities.

Jessi volunteers to help teach ballet and befriends fellow dancer Mary. As Mary's fixation on dieting becomes increasingly alarming, Jessi must decide how to respond to a secret that could put her new friend's health in danger.

With Dawn away and Mallory sick, the Baby-Sitters Club has more jobs than its members can handle. Jessi suggests her friend Wendy as a new sitter, but fitting Wendy into the club proves more complicated than expected.

Jessi travels to New York to see her friend Quint perform in his first ballet. Overhearing two men plan a jewel robbery interrupts her excitement and draws her into a mystery far beyond the dance stage.

The Lowell family welcomes Mary Anne but treats Claudia coldly and refuses to hire her again. Unable to understand what went wrong, Claudia turns to the Baby-Sitters Club for help uncovering the reason for their hostility.

A snowstorm and a broken-down car force Kristy and her softball team to seek shelter in a creepy mansion. Their overnight stay turns an ordinary team trip into an unsettling experience in a house that seems haunted.

Kristy creates a softball team for younger children, including accident-prone Jackie Rodowsky. A challenge from Bart's stronger team tests the Krushers' spirit, while Kristy's crush on the opposing coach makes the game even more complicated.

Kristy is excited when a neighboring family takes in foster child Lou. Babysitting her proves difficult as Lou's disruptive behavior frustrates the sitters, leaving Kristy struggling to connect with a child she cannot easily manage.

Kristy receives notes from a secret admirer and wonders who is sending them. When the messages change from romantic to creepy, she needs the Baby-Sitters Club's help to discover who's behind them and why they have changed.

Dawn hopes coaching Margo and Claire for the Little Miss Stoneybrook pageant will prove her value as a sitter. Other club members enter their own charges, turning a children's contest into a rivalry among friends.

Mary Anne agrees to help Mrs. Towne in exchange for sewing lessons, eager to be useful. Soon the arrangement leaves her overwhelmed with housework, and she must confront the difference between helping someone and being taken advantage of.

After throwing away a chain letter, Mary Anne blames it for the club's run of bad luck. A threatening note demanding that she wear a charm sends the sitters searching for the person behind the messages.

Mallory's father loses his job, and the Pike children try to earn money to help their family. Babysitting for the wealthy Delaneys makes Mallory especially conscious of what she lacks, deepening her worries about the family's finances.

Stacey discovers that a ten-dollar bill she received is counterfeit, just as fake money begins circulating in Stoneybrook. Worried that a client may be involved, the sitters investigate before the mystery damages their club's reputation.

Stacey and Charlotte hear frightening noises from the old Hennessey house. Reports of nightmares and a graveyard beneath the building persuade the Baby-Sitters Club to investigate whether Stoneybrook really has a haunted house on its hands.

Claudia is delighted when her lively, pregnant Aunt Peaches moves to Stoneybrook. Spending time together promises fun, but Peaches's behavior gets Claudia into trouble and strains a relationship she had expected to bring only happiness.

Claudia photographs the Stoneybrook Bank simply because she likes its appearance. When the sitters learn it was robbed that same day, she begins examining her pictures for a clue the police may have missed in their investigation.

A magazine's personal ads inspire Claudia to start a similar column for children in her school newspaper. Hoping the project will help her meet a perfect boyfriend, she takes a new approach to finding romance.

Dawn witnesses a holdup, and the investigation threatens the children's Halloween trick-or-treating plans. She and the We Love Kids Club decide to pursue the robber themselves, hoping to solve the crime and rescue the celebration.

Publicity makes Dawn's relaxed California babysitting club famous and overwhelms it with new jobs. An unwelcome surprise from her father adds to her troubles, making the move she thought would bring happiness feel far less appealing.

Dawn is paid to keep twelve-year-old Whitney company, and the two become friends. Whitney, who has Down syndrome, does not know about the arrangement, leaving Dawn worried about what learning the truth could do to their bond.

Visiting California reunites Dawn with her father, brother and friend Sunny. Beaches, healthy food and another babysitting club make staying tempting, but choosing California would mean leaving her mother and the friends she has in Stoneybrook.

While helping the Kids Can Do Anything Club, Jessi meets Danielle, a nine-year-old with cancer. Danielle's hopes of visiting Disney World and finishing elementary school inspire Jessi to look for a way to help her.

Kristy looks after child actor Derek Masters while a television movie is filmed in Stoneybrook. When threatening letters demand that he leave the production, her babysitting job becomes an investigation into who wants him gone.

Mallory expects babysitting the Arnold twins to be straightforward after years of caring for her siblings. Marilyn and Carolyn instead confuse her identities and misbehave, challenging her confidence as she tries to handle a difficult regular job.

Mallory needs quiet time for an important writing project, but her younger siblings continually demand help. Feeling trapped as the family's constant babysitter, she goes on strike to make everyone recognize how much responsibility she carries.

Mallory becomes a part-time assistant to her favorite author for a school project, eager to explore connections between the writer's life and work. Discovering troubling details about Henrietta Hayes's past challenges her admiration and threatens the assignment.

Mary Anne tries to persuade fussy Jenny Prezzioso to join a kickball team, hoping to get her involved with other children. Jenny refuses, and the other players object too, leaving the babysitter caught between competing expectations.

Mary Anne helps children choose books for a library readathon, then small fires interrupt the fundraiser. With police confirming arson, she investigates who would threaten the library and the many young readers gathered there.

Mary Anne invites Logan to spend time with a boy missing his divorced father, without asking the child's mother. When the parent finds him there, a well-intentioned decision threatens Mary Anne's standing and the club's reputation.

Stacey watches the Johanssens' house and dog while they are away, but unusual signs suggest someone else is inside. Warm appliances, unexplained rubbish, and the dog's behavior prompt her and the club to investigate the apparent intruder.

The babysitters take jobs at Washington Mall for a school class, expecting an enjoyable change of routine. Expensive thefts and a frightening incident at Stacey's workplace raise concerns about safety and draw the club into investigating.

Stacey chooses a family vacation destination because her boyfriend will be there, keeping that motive from her father and Claudia. As she invents further lies to spend time with him, relationships and the holiday begin to unravel.

Claudia's drama class writes a Thanksgiving play for younger pupils, adding changes that the children enjoy. Objections from parents and teachers threaten the production, leaving the students caught between creative freedom and disappointing their young performers.

Claudia notices how different she is from her sister Janine, then discovers that childhood photographs and records seem to be missing. Searching for her birth certificate and announcement leads her to question what she knows about her family.

Claudia enters a Stoneybrook baking contest and brings the babysitters along, only to have her carefully prepared cake fail. Suspecting tampered ingredients, she investigates a pattern of sabotage that makes the competition increasingly dangerous for its participants.

After a fight with Stacey, Claudia enters a contest to host a children's radio program and wins. Her excitement falters when she learns that a rival art student will be her partner, testing their ability to work together.

Dawn initially enjoys parts of School Spirit Month, but enthusiasm turns hostile toward pupils who do not participate. Seeing Mary Anne become afraid of school, she challenges pressure that is dividing students instead of bringing them together.

Dawn misses California and feels drawn to return there permanently, but leaving Connecticut means difficult conversations with her friends. She struggles most with telling Mary Anne, her stepsister and close friend, that their shared life will change.

Jessi babysits Danielle, whose parents are so relieved that their daughter is home despite leukemia that they allow her unusual freedom. When Danielle's behavior becomes dangerous, Jessi faces the difficult task of challenging those permissive boundaries.

A heart attack prompts Kristy's stepfather Watson to leave work and adopt a calmer life at home. Nannie's departure, sick family members, and visiting Karen and Andrew make his new routine far less peaceful than anyone hoped.

A Stoneybrook history book introduces Kristy to Christina Thomas, a young heiress who disappeared long ago. The shared surname makes Kristy wonder about a family connection, drawing the Baby-sitters into a search for a missing fortune.