Wayside School reading order

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 884 pages, about 16 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.

• From volume 2 on, the number of ratings falls most before volume 3, “Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger” (by 35%).

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 20, 2026.

1. 1
   Stage 116 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026

   • 1. Sideways Stories From Wayside School1978 · 128 pages · 2 h
   • 2. Wayside School is Falling Down1989 · 188 pages · 3 h
   • 3. Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger1995 · 168 pages · 3 h
   • 4. Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom2020 · 192 pages · 4 h
   • 5. Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School1989 · 96 pages · 2 h
   • 6. More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School1994 · 112 pages · 2 h
2. The end of the series

   November 20, 2026

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.0 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.

Best volume: Sideways Stories From Wayside School (8.0, 209 ratings). Weakest: Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (8.0). From volume 2 on, the biggest drop in the number of ratings is between volume 2 and 3: 35%. The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.0) scores close to the series average or above it.