Donald J. Sobol
Donald J. Sobol has written at least 68 books. Their most popular book is Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective with 64 saves with an average rating of 3.76⭐.
Author Bio
Donald J. Sobol was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from the Fieldston School in New York City in 1942 and joined the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. After the war, he got a degree from Oberlin College. He worked in New York for several years, working his way up from copy boy to reporter for the New York Sun, and then working for the New York Daily News, and worked there for two years. In the 1950s he moved to Miami to pursue writing full-time. He started writing the Two-Minute Mysteries series in 1959, and he started writing his popular Encyclopedia Brown mystery series for children in 1963. The Mystery Writers of America awarded him a Special Edgar Award for his Encyclopedia Brown series in 1975. In addition to his very popular books for children, Sobol wrote several nonfiction books, and he wrote and contributed to magazines under a variety of pen names. The 29th -- and final -- book in the Encyclopedia Brown series was published three months after Sobol's death in 2012.
#1 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1963 • 64 Readers • 96 pages • 3.8
#5 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1968 • 12 Readers • 49 pages • 3.9
#2 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1965 • 12 Readers • 96 pages • 3.6
10 Readers • 4
9 Readers • 3
#7 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1970 • 6 Readers • 100 pages • 3.5
5 Readers • 3.5
#15.5 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1982 • 5 Readers • 132 pages • 3.5
#6 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1969 • 5 Readers • 110 pages • 3.3
#15 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1982 • 4 Readers • 89 pages • 4
#13 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1977 • 4 Readers • 100 pages • 4
#14 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1976 • 3 Readers • 84 pages • 3.5
#16 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1985 • 3 Readers • 96 pages • 4
#18 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1990 • 2 Readers • 92 pages
#17 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1988 • 2 Readers • 98 pages
#23 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
2003 • 2 Readers • 69 pages
#26 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
2010 • 2 Readers • 84 pages • 4
#11 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1974 • 2 Readers • 73 pages
#8 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1971 • 2 Readers • 98 pages • 4
#12 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1975 • 2 Readers • 96 pages • 3
#21 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1998 • 2 Readers • 88 pages
1967 • 1 Reader • 148 pages • 3
#4 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1967 • 1 Reader • 112 pages • 4
1 Reader
#27 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
2011 • 1 Reader • 86 pages
1 Reader • 5
1 Reader • 5
1 Reader
1 Reader
1 Reader • 4
1985 • 1 Reader • 144 pages
#2 of 3 in Two-Minute Mysteries
1971 • 1 Reader • 126 pages • 4
1973 • 1 Reader • 96 pages
#2 of 1 in Encyclopedia Brown Double Mystery
2012 • 1 Reader • 4
#3 of 3 in Two-Minute Mysteries
1975 • 1 Reader • 126 pages
1 Reader • 4
#28 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
2012 • 1 Reader • 96 pages
#22 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1999 • 87 pages
1986 • 130 pages
#20 of 22 in Encyclopedia Brown
1996 • 71 pages
