Bleachers books in order

The Bleachers series by Steve Moore is a seven-book series running from 1989 to 2019, starting with Born in the Bleachers: Sports Cartoons.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Born in the Bleachers: Sports Cartoons 1989 Steve Moore Buy
2 Revolution in the Bleachers: More Sports Cartoons 1991 Steve Moore Buy
3 Back to the Bleachers: Baseball Cartoons 1996 Steve Moore Buy
4 The Best of In the Bleachers: A Classic Collection of Mental Errors 2003 Steve Moore Buy
5 Dibs on His Clubs!: An In The Bleachers Golf Collection 2004 Steve Moore Buy
6 It Only Laughs When I Hurt: An In the Bleachers Collection of Painfully Funny Sports Injury Cartoons 2019 Steve Moore Buy
7 It Only Laughs When I Hurt 2: Another In the Bleachers Collection of Painfully Funny Sports Injury Cartoons 2019 Steve Moore Buy

The Bleachers series by Steve Moore is a long-running collection of sports cartoons spanning three decades, from Born in the Bleachers in 1989 to the two It Only Laughs When I Hurt books released in 2019. The series covers a range of sports, with dedicated volumes for baseball (Back to the Bleachers, 1996) and golf (Dibs on His Clubs!, 2004), alongside broader collections drawing from across the sporting world.

The 2003 title The Best of In the Bleachers: A Classic Collection of Mental Errors suggests the series had accumulated enough material by that point to support a greatest-hits volume, marking a natural midpoint before the series continued into the 2010s. The two 2019 books — both focused on sports injury humor — round out the seven-book run with a consistent comedic theme.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Bleachers series?

There are seven books in the Bleachers series, published between 1989 and 2019.

What is the first book in the Bleachers series?

The first book in the Bleachers series is Born in the Bleachers: Sports Cartoons, published in 1989.

Do you need to read the Bleachers books in order?

Reading the Bleachers series in publication order starting with Born in the Bleachers: Sports Cartoons (1989) is recommended, as characters and storylines develop across the seven books.

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