The Complete Peanuts Books in Order

The earliest Peanuts strips introduce Charlie Brown and a puppy named Snoopy as Schulz develops his neighborhood. Schroeder, Lucy and Linus arrive as infants, offering a glimpse of familiar characters before their personalities and appearances settled.

Pigpen joins the neighborhood, Linus acquires his security blanket and Lucy becomes increasingly formidable. The complete strips from 1953 and 1954 follow these developing personalities while Charlie Brown’s confidence begins giving way to more familiar disappointments.

Linus grows more articulate and anxious while Charlie Brown encounters further setbacks. These complete strips from 1957 and 1958 give Snoopy an expanding role, particularly through his impressions and repeated attempts to steal Linus’s prized blanket.

Linus begins speaking, Snoopy experiments with impressions and Lucy’s feelings for Schroeder become unmistakable. The complete strips from 1955 and 1956 trace the neighborhood’s changing relationships, including many cartoons seldom seen after their original newspaper publication.

Frieda and her unusual cat join the neighborhood as Sally faces kindergarten and Lucy intensifies her campaign against Linus’s blanket. These complete 1961 and 1962 strips follow new friendships, family tensions and the gang’s persistent insecurities.

Sally arrives, Linus awaits the Great Pumpkin and Lucy establishes her psychiatric booth. The complete strips from 1959 and 1960 follow the gang’s growing world as Snoopy takes his familiar place on top of his doghouse.

Linus campaigns for class president while Lucy expands her efforts to diagnose Charlie Brown’s shortcomings. The complete 1963 and 1964 strips also introduce the numerically named 95472 siblings and reveal surprising possibilities inside Snoopy’s doghouse.

Snoopy launches his writing career and battles the Red Baron while Charlie Brown and Linus attend summer camp. These complete 1965 and 1966 strips also introduce Peppermint Patty, expanding the neighborhood beyond its familiar circle of friends.

Snoopy’s bird companion receives the name Woodstock as the gang confronts school rules, shifting identities and romantic disappointments. The complete 1969 and 1970 strips also follow Snoopy’s encounters with the mysterious authority of the Great Beagle.

Sally’s school worries and feelings for Linus take center stage while summer camp creates misunderstandings for Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty. These complete 1971 and 1972 strips also introduce Marcie and Snoopy’s confident Joe Cool persona.

Snoopy’s Flying Ace fantasies dominate his days, but the return of his original owner unsettles Charlie Brown. These complete 1967 and 1968 strips also introduce Franklin and give Peppermint Patty a growing place in the neighborhood.

Charlie Brown hides a baseball-shaped rash beneath a paper bag and discovers an unexpected new identity at camp. These complete 1973 and 1974 strips also follow Rerun’s arrival, Marcie’s mishaps and Sally’s conversations with her schoolhouse.

Snoopy’s wandering brother Spike and sister Belle expand his family while an injury interrupts his adventures. These complete 1975 and 1976 strips also follow Peppermint Patty’s unconventional education and Charlie Brown’s chance to meet his baseball idol.

Charlie Brown leaves home after trouble with the kite-eating tree and finds a small team needing a coach. These complete 1977 and 1978 strips also introduce demanding tennis players and bring new complications to the gang’s friendships.

Charlie Brown spends time in the hospital while Snoopy’s imagination leads him into airline management and riverboat gambling. These complete 1979 and 1980 strips also follow the Beagle Scouts and an unexpected romantic connection involving Peppermint Patty.

Snoopy’s brother Marbles arrives, Charlie Brown faces upheaval on the baseball field and the Van Pelts attempt farming. These complete 1981 and 1982 strips follow familiar anxieties alongside fresh family encounters and increasingly elaborate canine adventures.

Camp, school essays and seasonal expectations keep the Peanuts gang occupied while Snoopy experiments with a punk hairstyle. These complete 1985 and 1986 strips also introduce the commercially minded Tapioca Pudding and revisit Spike’s solitary desert life.

Spike sends Snoopy an urgent message from the desert while Charlie Brown discovers an embarrassing role on Peppermint Patty’s baseball team. These complete 1983 and 1984 strips also explore tangled affections, school troubles and Linus’s blanket support group.

Charlie Brown and Linus struggle with romance while Sally writes a school Christmas play and Snoopy produces a revealing book. These complete 1987 and 1988 strips also give Rerun more attention as Schulz experiments with flexible panel arrangements.

Charlie Brown meets Peggy Jean, Snoopy receives a jury summons and Olaf enters an unusual contest. These complete 1989 and 1990 strips combine romantic confusion, family visits and the familiar tensions of school, camp and neighborhood friendships.

Charlie Brown hits a decisive home run while Linus campaigns for Snoopy to join the Supreme Court. These complete 1993 and 1994 strips also follow a missing school bus, Woodstock’s family history and Snoopy’s unexpected hospital stay.

The Peanuts gang enters the 1990s with its familiar mixture of friendship, frustration and imaginative escape. This volume collects every newspaper strip from 1991 and 1992, showing Schulz continuing to explore his characters through changing situations and visual expression.

Charlie Brown takes dancing lessons and receives an invitation to a sweetheart ball while Snoopy handles difficult legal cases. These complete 1995 and 1996 strips also follow Rerun’s wish for a playmate and Linus’s nighttime worries.

Charlie Brown becomes entangled in a forged-autograph scheme while Snoopy obtains a driver’s license. These complete 1997 and 1998 strips also follow Rerun’s artistic interests, a journey by Snoopy’s brothers and Linus’s troubled Great Pumpkin congregation.

Rerun experiments with drawing underground comics as Peanuts approaches its final farewell. This volume collects the strips from 1999 through February 2000 and includes Li’l Folks, the earlier single-panel comic that anticipated Schulz’s celebrated neighborhood.

Schulz’s work beyond the newspaper strip reveals another side of the Peanuts world. This final collection brings together storybooks, comic-book stories, advertising drawings and other rarely reprinted material, accompanied by Jean Schulz’s reflections on their shared life.