Build from 13 stories
Start with The 13-Story Treehouse to meet Andy, Terry, Jill, and the publisher who keeps demanding their next book before the recurring jokes multiply.
Book Series · 13 Books
The Treehouse Books
In order from The 13-Story Treehouse to The 169-Story Treehouse.
Thirteen fast, heavily illustrated chapter books add thirteen new stories at a time to Andy and Terry's impossible treehouse—and a fresh round of comic disasters.
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Reading order
How to Read the Treehouse Books
Read the numbered novels from The 13-Story Treehouse through The 169-Story Treehouse. Each new book adds thirteen floors and recalls earlier inventions and characters, even though its wild deadline adventure can also work on its own.
The 169-Story Treehouse is the thirteenth and final numbered novel. Tales from the Treehouse and The Treehouse Joke Book are optional companions rather than missing steps in the main sequence.
Sources: Macmillan's official Treehouse series page, Macmillan's final-volume page.
For parents
What Parents Should Know
The books mix short bursts of text with dense black-and-white cartoons, slapstick, gross-out jokes, fantastical peril, and deliberate rule-breaking. The pace and visual support can be inviting for reluctant readers, though families looking for realistic behavior or a quiet story should expect cheerful chaos instead.
Where to start
Where Should My Child Start?
Where the story begins
First Book in the Series
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Book #1 · Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2011
The 13-Story Treehouse
By Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illustrator)
Two friends try to write a book while dealing with various distractions and adventures.
250 pages· 9,820 words· Est. 2.5 hour read
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In reading order
The Treehouse Series
13 books · Published 2011–2024
#1
#1 in Series
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The 13-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2011
Two friends try to write a book while dealing with various distractions and adventures.
#2
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$858
The 26-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2011
A week to write a book turns chaotic with sharks, storms, and a mysterious maze.
#3
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$858
The 39-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2013
Explore a 39-story treehouse with wild inventions and unexpected adventures.
#4
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$858
The 52-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2014
Two friends try to solve a mystery involving a missing publisher and a magical treehouse.
#5
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$1697
The 65-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2015
Two friends travel through time to get a building permit for their treehouse.
#6
#6 in Series
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$1348
The 78-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2016
Two friends try to make a movie about their adventures in a 78-story treehouse, but things don't go as planned.
#7
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$1498
The 91-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 7–11 · 2017
Babysitting chaos unfolds in a 91-story treehouse full of wild inventions and mysteries.
#8
#8 in Series
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$1697
The 104-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2018
A boy and his friend try to write a book while dealing with a toothache and various distractions.
#9
#9 in Series
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$1399
The 117-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2019
Can Andy and Terry escape the Story Police in their chaotic treehouse?
#10
#10 in Series
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$1499
The 130-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2020
Three friends are abducted by a giant flying eyeball and taken to a planet where they must fight in an intergalactic death battle.
#11
#11 in Series
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$1499
The 143-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2021
Two friends, Andy and Terry, go on a camping trip and get into various misadventures, including an encounter with mysterious creatures called hobyahs.
#12
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$1597
The 156-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2023
Santa's crash-landing in a treehouse leads to chaos with cloned Santas. Can Christmas be saved?
#13
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$1597
The 169-Story Treehouse
Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2024
Can they escape school, save the treehouse, and finish their book on time?
Optional companions
More from the Treehouse
2 books · Published 2020–2022
A story collection and a joke book offer extra Treehouse fun without continuing the numbered climb.
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$1248
The Treehouse Joke Book
Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2020
Dive into a world of endless laughs with a joke book from the Treehouse series.
Sale price
$1099
Treehouse Tales
Chapter Book · 2022
Dare to enter a treehouse of 13 brain-bendingly silly tales. Proceed with caution.
Good to know
Common Questions
How many books are in the Treehouse series?
There are 13 books in the Treehouse series. It began with The 13-Story Treehouse in 2011, and the newest book, The 169-Story Treehouse, was published in 2024.
What order should you read the Treehouse books in?
Start with The 13-Story Treehouse and follow the series order — the books above are numbered #1 through #13.
What ages are the Treehouse books best for?
The series is best for ages 6–12, based on the age ranges of the individual books.
Which Treehouse book is the longest?
The 65-Story Treehouse (Book #5) is the longest book in the series at 17,569 words (384 pages).
Which Treehouse book is the shortest?
The 156-Story Treehouse (Book #12) is the shortest at 8,672 words (288 pages).
The people
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The people who bring The Treehouse to life.
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