List of Animorphs books
This is a list of all books in the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate. For a list of authors who ghostwrote much of this series using Applegate's name, see.
List of main books and companion books in publication order
There are fifty-four books in the main series.| Number | Title | Publication date | Ghostwriter | Cover morph | Time period | Narrator | ISBN |
| 01 | The Invasion | Anole lizard | Jake | ||||
| 02 | The Visitor | Cat | Rachel | ||||
| 03 | The Encounter | Red-tailed hawk | Tobias | ||||
| 04 | The Message | Bottlenose dolphin | Cassie | ||||
| 05 | The Predator | Gorilla | Marco | ||||
| 06 | The Capture | Housefly | Jake | ||||
| 07 | The Stranger | Grizzly bear | Rachel | ||||
| Megamorphs #1 | The Andalite's Gift | Siberian tiger, housefly, wolf, grizzly bear, and red-tailed hawk | All six Animorphs | ||||
| 08 | The Alien | Human | During or after December 1998 | Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill | |||
| 09 | The Secret | Wolf | Cassie | ||||
| 10 | The Android | Wolf spider | Marco | ||||
| 11 | The Forgotten | Jaguar | Jake | ||||
| 12 | The Reaction | Crocodile | Rachel | ||||
| 13 | The Change | Human | Tobias | ||||
The Andalite Chronicles
| , the 1980s, and | Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul | |||||
| 14 | The Unknown | Horse | Cassie | ||||
| 15 | The Escape | Hammerhead shark | Marco | ||||
| 16 | The Warning | Rhinoceros | Jake | ||||
| 17 | The Underground | Bat | Rachel | ||||
| 18 | The Decision | Mosquito | Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill | ||||
| Megamorphs #2 | In the Time of Dinosaurs | Sario Rip time travel to 65,000,000 years ago | All six Animorphs | ||||
| 19 | The Departure | Black swallowtail butterfly | Cassie and Jake | ||||
| 20 | The Discovery | King cobra snake | Marco | ||||
| 21 | The Threat | Golden retriever dog | Jake | ||||
| 22 | The Solution | White rat | Rachel | ||||
| The Hork-Bajir Chronicles | 1966, 1968-69, and 1998 In the year 1998, Jara Hamee tells Tobias about the Yeerk invasion of the Hork-Bajir home world. The events described happened in the 1960s. | Tobias, Aldrea-Iskillion-Falan, Dak Hamee, and Esplin 9466 | |||||
| 23 | The Pretender | Rabbit | Presumably 1998 | Tobias | |||
| 24 | The Suspicion | Giant anteater | Cassie | ||||
| 25 | The Extreme | Jeffrey Zeuhlke | Polar bear | Marco | |||
| 26 | The Attack | Siberian tiger | Jake | ||||
| 27 | The Exposed | Laura Battyanyi-Weiss | Giant squid | Rachel | |||
| 28 | The Experiment | Amy Garvey | Cattle | Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill | |||
| Alternamorphs #1 | The First Journey | Unknown | It is a gamebook, similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure series. The story exists outside continuity. | Second person | |||
| 29 | The Sickness | Melinda Metz | Yeerk | Cassie | |||
| Megamorphs #3 | Elfangor's Secret | Time Matrix time travel to October 25, 1415, December 25, 1776, October 21, 1805, 1934, June 6, 1944, and 1967. | All six Animorphs | ||||
| 30 | The Reunion | Elise Donner | Cockroach | Marco | |||
| 31 | The Conspiracy | Laura Battyanyi-Weiss | Peregrine falcon | Jake | |||
| 32 | The Separation | Starfish | Rachel | ||||
| 33 | The Illusion | Ellen Geroux | Andalite | Tobias | |||
| 34 | The Prophecy | Melinda Metz | Hork-Bajir | During or after May 1999 | Cassie and Aldrea-Iskillion-Falan | ||
| 35 | The Proposal | Jeffrey Zeuhlke | Poodle dog | Marco | |||
| Visser | 1976, the 1980s, and 1991-99 | Edriss 562 | |||||
| 36 | The Mutation | Erica Bobone | Orca | Jake | |||
| 37 | The Weakness | Elise Smith | Cheetah | Rachel | |||
| 38 | The Arrival | Kimberly Morris | Northern harrier | Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill | |||
| 39 | The Hidden | Laura Battyanyi-Weiss | African Cape buffalo | Cassie | |||
| 40 | The Other | Gina Gascone | Honey bee | Marco | |||
| Alternamorphs #2 | The Next Passage | Emily Costello | It is a gamebook, similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure series. The story exists outside continuity. | Second person | |||
| 41 | The Familiar | Ellen Geroux | Human | Jake | |||
| Megamorphs #4 | Back to Before | 1990 and alternate time line of 1997 | All six Animorphs | ||||
| 42 | The Journey | Emily Costello | African elephant | Rachel and Marco | |||
| 43 | The Test | Ellen Geroux | Taxxon | Tobias | |||
| 44 | The Unexpected | Lisa Harkrader | Kangaroo | January 2000 | Cassie | ||
| 45 | The Revelation | Ellen Geroux | Black garden ant | Marco | |||
| 46 | The Deception | Elise Donner | Human | Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill | |||
| 47 | The Resistance | Ellen Geroux | North American beaver | Jake and Isaiah | |||
| The Ellimist Chronicles | The events described happened billions of years in the past. However, they are being described in the year 2000. | Ellimist/Toomin | |||||
| 48 | The Return | Kimberly Morris | Super-Rachel | Rachel | |||
| 49 | The Diversion | Lisa Harkrader | German shepherd dog | Tobias | |||
| 50 | The Ultimate | Kimberly Morris | Great horned owl | Cassie | |||
| 51 | The Absolute | Lisa Harkrader | Mallard duck | Marco | |||
| 52 | The Sacrifice | Kimberly Morris | Raccoon | Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill | |||
| 53 | The Answer | Anaconda | Jake | ||||
| 54 | The Beginning | The heads of all six Animorphs are shown, from the side | 2000, 2001, 2003, and maybe early 2004 | All 6 Animorphs |
Chronological list
This is a chronological list of the Animorphs books by K. A. Applegate, as applies to storyline continuity.- The Andalite Chronicles
- *This book is divided into three parts: #1: Elfangor's Journey, #2: Alloran's Choice, and #3: An Alien Dies.
- 1: The Invasion
- 2: The Visitor
- 3: The Encounter
- 4: The Message
- 5: The Predator
- 6: The Capture
- 7: The Stranger
- Megamorphs 1: The Andalite's Gift
- 8: The Alien
- 9: The Secret
- 10: The Android
- 11: The Forgotten
- 12: The Reaction
- 13: The Change
- 14: The Unknown
- 15: The Escape
- 16: The Warning
- 17: The Underground
- 18: The Decision—
- Megamorphs 2: In the Time of Dinosaurs—
- 19: The Departure
- The Hork-Bajir Chronicles
- *Although the events in this story occur between The Ellimist Chronicles and The Andalite Chronicles, the entire story is being told by Jara Hamee to Tobias after book #13, The Change, and before the events of #23 The Pretender. Tobias makes reference to his restlessness and the fact that there were no missions planned. However, in The Pretender, Tobias makes reference to the fact that they had "worked plenty lately, dealing with the horrifying matter of David, the first new Animorph." This places the last possible "break" before book #20, the first book in the David trilogy
- 20: The Discovery
- 21: The Threat
- 22: The Solution
- 23: The Pretender
- 24: The Suspicion
- 25: The Extreme
- 26: The Attack
- 27: The Exposed
- 28: The Experiment
- 29: The Sickness
- Megamorphs 3: Elfangor's Secret
- 30: The Reunion—
- 31: The Conspiracy
- 32: The Separation—
- 33: The Illusion
- 34: The Prophecy
- 35: The Proposal
- Visser
- *The trial chronicled in Visser is set during and after the events of The Proposal, but the book also covers events before The Andalite Chronicles.
- 36: The Mutation
- 37: The Weakness
- 38: The Arrival
- 39: The Hidden
- 40: The Other
- Megamorphs 4: Back to Before
- 41: The Familiar
- 42: The Journey
- 43: The Test
- 44: The Unexpected
- 45: The Revelation
- 46: The Deception
- 47: The Resistance
- 48: The Return
- 49: The Diversion
- 50: The Ultimate
- 51: The Absolute
- 52: The Sacrifice
- 53: The Answer
- The Ellimist Chronicles
- *Technically this is set during the same time as the first chapters of The Beginning even though it covers events set far before The Andalite Chronicles.
- ''54: The Beginning''