Here is a complete list of all the Calvin and Hobbes books.  I took great pains to bring the front and back covers to you as well.  Please enrich yourself with more knowledge about each book.  Information on each book includes: the year of publication, the title, available editions, format size, use of color, forewords and afterwords, comics included, and any extras the book may have.

1987 Calvin and Hobbes
Available in paperback.
Small format.
Black and white.
Foreword: Garry Trudeau
11/18/85 through 8/17/86
Extras: Daily strip for 11/28/85 is a replacement strip; the original strip has been forgotten by many

1988 Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
Available in paperback.
Small format.
Black and white.
Foreword: Pat Oliphant
8/18/86 through 5/22/87

1988 The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
Available in paperback and hardcover.
Treasury format.
Color Sundays.
Foreword: Charles Schulz
Compiles Calvin and Hobbes and Something Under the Bed Is Drooling and 5/23/87
Extras: 12 page poem 'A Nauseous Nocturne'

1989 Yukon Ho!
Available in paperback.
Small format.
Black and white.
5/24/87 through 2/21/88
Extras: The Yukon Song

1989 The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
Available in paperback.
Treasury format.
Full color.
Afterword: Bill Watterson
Selected Sundays from 1985-1989
Extras: 10 page story 'Spaceman Spiff: Interplanetary Explorer Extraordinaire!'

1990 Weirdos From Another Planet!
Available in paperback.
Small format.
Black and white.
2/22/88 through 11/26/88, 12/1/88 through 12/4/88

1990 The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
Available in paperback and hardcover.
Treasury format.
Color Sundays.
Compiles Yukon Ho! and Weirdos From Another Planet!
Extras: 7 page story in which Calvin becomes an elephant

1991 The Revenge of the Baby-Sat
Available in paperback.
Small format.
Black and white.
11/27/88 through 11/30/88, 12/5/88 through 9/10/89, 10/16/89 through 10/18/89

1991 Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"
Available in paperback.
Small format.
Black and white.
9/11/89 through 10/15/89, 10/19/89 through 6/10/90, 6/17/90, 6/24/90 through 6/30/90, 7/2/90 through 7/7/90, 7/15/90

1992 Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
Available in paperback.
Small format.
Black and white.
6/11/90 through 6/16/90, 6/18/90 through 6/23/90, 7/1/90, 7/8/90 through 7/14/90, 7/16/90 through 4/10/91

1992 The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
Available in paperback and hardcover.
Treasury format.
Color Sundays.
Compiles Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress goes "Boink"
Extras: Several illustrated poems


1993 The Days are Just Packed
Available in paperback and hardcover.
Large format.
Color Sundays.
4/11/91 through 5/4/91, 2/2/92 through 11/1/92, 11/8/92


1994 Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Available in paperback and hardcover.
Large format.
Color Sundays.
11/2/92 through 11/7/92, 11/9/92 through 8/29/93


1995 The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
Available in paperback and hardcover.
Large format.
Color Sundays.
11/18/85 to 1995
Extras: Essays by Watterson on all aspects of the strip from licensing to the characters; all strips have commentary by Watterson and in depth information on some of Calvin's devices


1996 There's Treasure Everywhere
Available in paperback and hardcover.
Large format.
Color Sundays.
8/30/93 through 4/2/94, 1/1/95 through 3/19/95, 4/3/95 through 4/8/95, 6/3/95


1996 It's A Magical World
Available in paperback and hardcover.
Large format.
Color Sundays.
6/4/95 through 12/31/95


2001 Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995
Available in paperback.
Unique format.
Full color.
Watterson's 36 favorite Sundays from 1985-1995
Extras: Essays by Watterson on creation of each strip

 

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