Most Popular Books by Ryan North

''Ridiculously fun . . . It is as hilarious and funny and strange as you would imagine . . . fantastic'' BookRiot ''Witty, relevant and endlessly entertaining'' Culturefly What if Romeo never met Juliet? What if Juliet got really buff instead of moping around the castle all day? What if they teamed up to take over Verona with robot suits? In this New York Times bestselling version of Romeo and Juliet, you get to choose where the story goes. Packed with exciting choices, fun puzzles, secret surprises, terrible puns and more than a billion possible storylines, Romeo and/or Juliet offers a new experience every time you read it. And, as an added bonus, all the different endings feature beautiful and quirky illustrations by some of the best artists working today, including New York Times bestsellers Kate Beaton, Noelle Stevenson, Randall Munroe, and Jon Klassen. Whatever your adventure, you''re guaranteed to find lots of romance, epic fight scenes and plenty of questionable decision-making by highly emotional teens. ''Shakespeare with even more sex, cryptography, time travel and alternate endings than the original! Ryan North is the only writer I know who''s smart enough and funny enough to pull this off'' Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy

Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #1-6. Something has gone terribly wrong in New York! The Thing and Alicia are traveling across America to escape it! But when they stop for the night and wake up the morning before they arrived, they find themselves caught in a time loop that''s been going on since before they were born! Meanwhile, Reed and Sue are on the run from their troubles - and make an unfortunate stop in a small town full of killer Doombots! But what is their terrible secret? And Johnny is left alone in New York - a city that hates and fears him! So it''s time for a new identity - and a new job! Can the FF find their way back together and somehow rebuild their lives?

An NPR Best Book of 2018 "How to Invent Everything is such a cool book. It''s essential reading for anyone who needs to duplicate an industrial civilization quickly." --Randall Munroe, xkcd creator and New York Times-bestselling author of What If? The only book you need if you''re going back in time What would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then broke? How would you survive? Could you improve on humanity''s original timeline? And how hard would it be to domesticate a giant wombat? With this book as your guide, you''ll survive--and thrive--in any period in Earth''s history. Bestselling author and time-travel enthusiast Ryan North shows you how to invent all the modern conveniences we take for granted--from first principles. This illustrated manual contains all the science, engineering, art, philosophy, facts, and figures required for even the most clueless time traveler to build a civilization from the ground up. Deeply researched, irreverent, and significantly more fun than being eaten by a saber-toothed tiger, How to Invent Everything will make you smarter, more competent, and completely prepared to become the most important and influential person ever. You''re about to make history. . . better.

Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #7-11. Reunited once more! The Fantastic Four settle into their surprising new home - unaware that a mysterious threat has made it there first! As their knowledge of language itself begins to melt from their minds, the members of the First Family sink into disarray - and the greatest villain of all time grasps the chance to seal their Doom! Then, Sue and Alicia spend some quality time together in town. But when they return, everything is different - and a very different Fantastic Four is formed! Can they save the reality that only they remember? Plus: Ben Grimm wakes up to find himself - alongside the house he was sleeping in and everything in it - in freefall through a colossal metal hole…falling all the way to the Earth''s core, where he''ll be cooked, crushed and destroyed! What a revoltin'' development!

From the bestelling author of Romeo and/or Juliet and How to Invent Everything, the greatest work in English literature, now in the greatest format of English literature: a chooseable-path adventure! When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet he gave the world just one possible storyline, drawn from a constellation of billions of alternate narratives. And now you can correct that horrible mistake! Play as Hamlet and avenge your father''s death—with ruthless efficiency this time. Play as Ophelia and change the world with your scientific brilliance. Play as Hamlet''s father and die on the first page, then investigate your own murder… as a ghost! Featuring over 100 different endings, each illustrated by today''s greatest artists, incredible side quests, fun puzzles, and a book-within-a-book instead of a play-within-a-play, To Be or Not To Be offers up new surprises and secrets every time you read it. You decide this all sounds extremely excellent, and that you will definitely purchase this book right away. Because as the Bard said: “to be or not to be… that is the adventure.” ...You''re almost certain that''s how it goes. To Be or Not To Be originally launched as a record-breaking Kickstarter project. This new, reader-friendly edition features the same text and illustrations as the original version, redesigned to take up half as many pages and weigh a whole pound less.

With Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal anti-war story, Slaughterhouse-Five, Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Albert Monteys (Universe!) translate a literary classic into comic book form in the tradition of A Wrinkle in Time and Fight Club 2. Billy Pilgrim has read Kilgore Trout and opened a successful optometry business. Billy Pilgrim has built a loving family and witnessed the firebombing of Dresden. Billy Pilgrim has traveled to the planet Tralfamadore and met Kurt Vonnegut. Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. Slaughterhouse-Five is at once a farcical look at the horror and tragedy of war where children are placed on the frontlines and die (so it goes), and a moving examination of what it means to be a fallible human.

NAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE “Comic book fans will fall hard for this delightfully daffy guidebook. . . . Exuberant, optimistic, and just plain fun, How to Take Over the World will both surprise and delight.” —Esquire A book this informative should be a crime! Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What’s the perfect location for a floating secret base? What zany heist will fund my wildly ambitious plans? How do I control the weather, destroy the internet, and never, ever die? Bestselling author and award-winning comics writer Ryan North has the answers. In this introduction to the science of comic-book supervillainy, he details a number of outlandish villainous schemes that harness the potential of today’s most advanced technologies. Picking up where How to Invent Everything left off, his explanations are as fun and elucidating as they are completely absurd. You don’t have to be a criminal mastermind to share a supervillain’s interest in cutting-edge science and technology. This book doesn’t just reveal how to take over the world—it also shows how you could save it. This sly guide to some of the greatest threats facing humanity accessibly explores emerging techniques to extend human life spans, combat cyberterrorism, communicate across millennia, and finally make Jurassic Park a reality.

Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #12-18.The Fantastic Four meet the Jurassic Four! When our FF swap places with a set of bizarre alternate-reality counterparts, they find themselves battling for survival…in a world where everyone is a dinosaur! Meanwhile, one year ago, Reed Richards sent the entire city block on which the Baxter Building stands - along with his own children and the children of his best friends Ben and Alicia - one year ahead in time. It was a desperate measure, but it saved them. And now we''re finally catching up with them! Plus: A revenge plot like nothing you''ve ever seen! The First Family''s kids make up for lost time! Susan Storm, archaeologist, makes a shocking find! The new S.H.I.E.L.D. takes shape! And, at last, Franklin Richards'' secret is revealed!

Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #18-22. Ryan North continues his ever-surprising FANTASTIC FOUR run! Franklin Richards has been an immortal, a god, an Omega-level mutant and more. He''s created life and entire universes - and been worshipped for it. He''s ended life and been cussed out with just as much sincerity. But there''s something else about Franklin Richards nobody else in the universe knows about - until now! Then, things take a noirish turn, and the only one who can solve the mystery…is hard-boiled private detective Alicia Masters! Plus: Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm get part-time jobs to raise some cash! Surely these old friends can work together, side by side? But when the skies turn black with Darkforce energy and vampires swarm the Earth, the Fantastic Four join the Blood Hunt! Can the brilliant Reed Richards find a cure for vampirism before it''s too late?

WINNER OF THE 2024 EISNER AWARD FOR BEST PUBLICATION FOR TEENS “Easily my favorite book of the year.” —Tillie Walden, Eisner Award–winning creator of Spinning A twisty, spellbinding adventure about a girl and her dog who want to save the world, Danger and Other Unknown Risks is the highly anticipated YA graphic novel debut from Eisner Award-winning and New York Times bestselling creators Ryan North and Erica Henderson. I''m gonna tell you a story, and I''m gonna ask that you let me finish before you say anything. Here’s the deal—on midnight of January 1st, 2000, the world ended. But it wasn’t technology that killed it: It was magic. Now, years later, the Earth has transformed. Magic works (sort of). People are happy (sort of). But this new world isn’t stable, and unless Marguerite de Pruitt and her canine pal, Daisy, do something about it, it’ll tilt into deadly chaos. Good thing they’ve been training their whole lives for this and are destined to succeed. Or so they think. Ryan North and Erica Henderson, the bestselling masterminds behind Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, serve up a graphic novel that is equally laugh-out-loud adventure and emotional gut punch. A story about the search for truth, chosen family, and rebirth, the journey of Marguerite and Daisy seeks to ask one vital question: How far are you willing to go to save the world?

C’mon, grab your friends and head to distant lands in this first-of-its-kind complete collection of award-winning writer Ryan North’s run on the beloved Adventure Time comics! It’s the mathematical and radical adventures of Finn and Jake as they team up with some of Ooo’s most memorable residents to do what they do best—PUNCH THINGS! Er, we mean ADVENTURE! Whether it’s defeating the Lich, inventing time travel, or stopping the flipping robot apocalypse, Finn and Jake—along with Princess Bubblegum, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Ice King, Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and more—are gonna make it a totally algebraic good time! Discover all these tales and more in the first definitive Adventure Time compendium, collecting the landmark run (issues #1–35) from multiple Eisner Award winner Ryan North (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) with contributions from acclaimed artists Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb (Midas), Mike Holmes (Wings of Fire), Jim Rugg (Street Angel), and many more!

It’s ADVENTURE TIME! When the Lich is accidentally unleashed from a mysterious Bag of Holding, can Finn and Jake defeat him before he uses it to suck all of Ooo into its unimaginable depths?! Also featuring the backup story “My Cider of the Mountain”!

Collects Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015B) #1-11 and Howard The Duck (2015B) #6. With her unique combination of wit, empathy and squirrel powers, computer-science student Doreen Green is all that stands between the Earth and total destruction. Well, Doreen plus her friends Tippy-Toe (a squirrel) and Nancy (a regular human). So mainly Squirrel Girl. Then what hope does Earth have if she gets hurled back in time and erased from history? Some hope, hopefully, as Howard the Duck is waiting impatiently for a crossover! If that animal encounter isn''t enough, prepare for Swarm, a buzzkill made of bees, and Mole Man, the subterranean super villain looking for love! But you''re not here for flowers and kissing, you''re all about computer science and super heroics. Get both - and more - in a showdown with Count Nefaria! You go, Squirrel Girl!

Doctor Doom, Deadpool, even Thanos: Thereu0092s one hero whou0092s beaten them all u0097 and now sheu0092s starring in her own series! Thatu0092s right, itu0092s SQUIRREL GIRL! The nuttiest and most upbeat super hero in the world is starting college! And as if meeting her new roommate and getting to class on time isnu0092t hard enough, now she has to deal with Kraven the Hunter, too? At least her squirrel friend Tippy-Toe is on hand to help out. But what can one girl, and one squirrel, do when a hungry Galactus heads toward Earth? Youu0092d be surprised! With time running out and Iron Man lending a helping hand (sort of), who will win in the battle between the Power Cosmic and the Power Chestnut? Plus: Squirrel Girlu0092s classic debut! Collecting UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1-4 and material from MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1990) #8.

Collects Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015B) #7-11. The hero who wonu0092t be beat celebrates 11 consecutive issues without a new #1! And sheu0092s letting you seize the chance to be the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl in a choose-your-own-path encounter with Swarm, buzzkill made of bees! Then, Doreen takes charge of her life u0097 her love life u0097 and starts dating. But who will kiss a Squirrel and like it? Surely not Mole Man?! The lovestruck subterranean super villain is willing to hold the world hostage to get Doreenu0092s attention. Can she save everyone without becoming Mrs. Mole Man? But enough with the hearts and flowers and kissing u0097 you read this book for computer science and super heroics (not necessarily in that order). Youu0092ll get both u0097 and more u0097 in a showdown with Count Nefaria! Plus: Visit Squirrel Girlu0092s parents in Canada u0097 theyu0092d love to have you!

The acclaimed team behind the Eisner Award-winning Adventure Time comic books, New York Times best-selling author Ryan North (Squirrel Girl) and beloved illustrators Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (One Day a Dot: The Story of You, The Universe, and Everything), combine forces once again for an original sci-fi space comedy unlike the universe has ever seen! Space captain Joey, navigator Fatima, and scientist (and dinosaur) Cooper are headed to Earth—a planet completely sectioned off, abandoned, and covered in gold—and are confronted by the most powerful weapon in the universe: some ancient dead guy''s body?! Now they gotta keep King Midas’ body from being dropped on planets across the universe, and figure out exactly what to do with a gross dead dude with one truly ridiculous superpower.

Il Dottor Destino, Deadpool, Thanos… c’è solo un’eroina che li ha sconfitti tutti da sola: Squirrel Girl! Inizia qui una nuova fase della vita di Doreen Green, con la sua iscrizione all’università, l’incontro con nuovi amici, mentre mangia sempre un sacco di ghiande e sconfigge con l’aiuto della sua scoiattolina Tippy-Toe nuovi nemici come Kraven il Cacciatore e… Galactus! Gli autori Ryan North (Adventure Time) e Erica Henderson (Jughead) lanciano la prima serie regolare della più insolita e irresistibile supereroina Marvel di sempre, in otto episodi divertentissimi pieni di trovate in ogni vignetta.

Collecting The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015B) #37-41. The death of Squirrel Girl! Yes, you read that right! Can it be true? Has the Unbeatable really been beaten? And to death, at that? Is this truly the end of Doreen Green? Youu0092ve read comics before, we assume, so yeah, probably not u0097 but thereu0092s only one way to find out for sure! Plus: Witness a fighting-mad Iron Man! Thrill to underwater adventure! And recoil as the world of our fallen hero is rocked by a pesky invasion of Skrulls! Why is all this happening? Who is behind it? And what goals u0097 sinister or otherwise u0097 are they working toward? Prepare for all to become clear as mysteries are laid bare and secret origins are revealed!

JUGHEAD VOL. 2 is the second collection of the historic JUGHEAD series relaunch, featuring the talents of comics superstars Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North and Derek Charm. This series is true to the spirit and characters that all Jughead and Archie fans know and love while reinvigorating its essence and humor through the talents of some of the most popular creators in the comic book industry. In the grand tradition of comic book reboots like ARCHIE VOL. 1, Archie Comics proudly presents... JUGHEAD VOL. 2--from the super team of Chip Zdarsky (HOWARD THE DUCK), Ryan North (THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL) and Derek Charm (REGULAR SHOW)! New story! New arc! New creative team! Let''s not compare them too harshly with the old creative team though--they were awesome. This new team is pretty good too though, lots of talent and they really do try their best.

OK, SO, FINN’S AN OLD MAN NOW?! Mnemonoid’s eaten his memories again, and as Ooo drifts closer to the darkest timeline, Old Man Finn and Queen Bubblegum have to work together to try and save everything! Also featuring the backup story “Mystery Plop (Part Two)”!

Ladies and gentlemen, the end is nigh… of THE MIDAS FLESH, that is. Our crew has done everything in their power to stop the universe from ending from the Midas curse, but were their efforts enough? Tune in for this finale that’s so crazy, you wouldn’t believe us if we spoiled it for you right now.

When Finn and Jake wander into a dungeon called “Top Secret Military Factory Keep Out,” they start to realize that this may be a dungeon for BABIES—all the answers for the puzzles are on the walls! They also realize how un-mathematical physical bodies are. But what if they could use some of this baby dungeon tech to be ghosts . . . ? Also featuring the back up story “Sphagnum Shmagnum”!

Collects Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015B) #47-50. To all things, an ending! As the finale of Ryan North’s run begins, Brain Drain is missing! And the hitherto invincible Doreen Green will have to face certain defeat to save him! It’s the nuttiest Squirrel Girl story ever as lives hang in the balance, narrative threads are resolved, shocking reveals are, um, revealed — and the greatest villains in Marvel history team up to take out the one thing that’s stood in their way: Doreen! We’re talking big bads like Doctor Doom here, people! Will Squirrel Girl survive? Friendship, explosions and friendships forged during explosions — it all comes down to this!

The powerful psychic being Mnemonoid has stolen FIVE YEARS of Finn’s memories! Now a teenager with a cool arm (who is . . . mutually kissing . . . someones?!), Finn and his friends set out to stop Mnemonoid from totally taking another bite of Finn’s brain! Also featuring the backup story “Mystery Plop (Part One)”!

Finn and Jake have ZERO adventures planned! But when they’re attacked by some sort of sentient bubblegum, suddenly they have ONE ADVENTURE PLANNED! It’s time to get to the bottom of this sticky situation—good thing they totally know someone made of bubblegum, right? Also featuring the backup story “Beach Bum Boogie!”

With the Lich defeated, all of Ooo has returned to its rightful place in time/space, only now it’s buried in a ton of sand! Finn and Jake set out to find the Desert Princess and get to the bottom of things—but how’ll they ever find the bottom of things under all this SAND?! Also featuring the backup story “The Ultimate Party Dip”!

Finn, Jake, and Marceline race to round up all the wizards in order to find the one named “Ewlbo,” who gave BMO a computer virus! And to do so, they’re gonna hold . . . a WIZARD BATTLE. Only for the most awesomest wizards, of course! Ewlbo’s gotta be around here somewhere . . . Also featuring the backup story “The Ice King & His Magical Matchmaking Mini-Comic”!

Finn has lost 20 years to Mnemonoid’s malicious machinations! When he wakes up as an adult, married to Flame Princess (er, Queen!), he finds Ooo is a very different place. Can he find a way to stop Mnemonoid before he comes back for another delicious snack?!

In order to fight the jerky ghosts who were exploiting the fact that they were invisible, Princess Bubblegum has turned all the residents of the Candy Kingdom into ghosts as well! But ghosts can’t beat up other ghosts, so you know what that means: SKELETON WARRIORS! Or, uh, teamwork!!! Also featuring the backup story “Dish Best Served Gross (Part One)”!

An upROARiously funny take on following your wildest dreams, from the bestselling creator of Dinosaur Comics Being a regular old human is kind of a drag. That''s why Sal is not going to be a teacher or doctor or lawyer when she grows up. She is going to grow up to be an awesome Tyrannosaurus Rex. Her brother thinks it''s impossible, but Sal sure shows him! And in the beginning, being a T. Rex is AWESOME. But did you know that it''s kind of hard to make friends when you are a super-giant, super-loud, super-stompy dinosaur? If only there were a way for Sal to be 100% awesome, 100% of the time... Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North makes his picture book debut with this bright, bold, and quirky story about finding--and taming--the beast within.

The powerful psychic being Mnemonoid has arrived to steal something from Finn! Oh, and also, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline get driver’s licenses! Also featuring the backup story “Lemongrab’s Makeover”!

It’s the Marcelzine, your number one zine for all things Marceline! With comics by Finn and Jake, Bonnie, and more!! Free if Marceline knows you, $5,000,00 if she doesn’t!!! Collected, edited, printed, and everything else by Marceline the Vampire Queen. Pick it up today!

Finn, Jake, and Ice King are continuing their journey through the depths of a mysterious Ice King–made dungeon! When they run up against FISHO THE COLOSSAL ICE DUNGEON BOSS (she grew into the name over time, OK), will they be able to defeat her and get the treasure Ice King promised was at the end of all this? Or is Fisho just the tip of the iceberg?! Ha ha . . . Also featuring the backup story “Silly String Theory”!

Like a magnificent mecha, Archie Comics combines the talents of super team Ryan North (THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL), Mark Waid (ARCHIE), Ian Flynn (SONIC THE HEDGEHOG) and Derek Charm (REGULAR SHOW) on JUGHEAD VOL. 3! Everyone is after Jughead! What sort of witchcraft has befallen our crowned hero, making him Riverdale''s #1 target? Jughead finds himself in a mosh pit of doom in this collection featuring Sabrina, Josie & the Pussycats, ZOMBIES and so much more!

Ensign, report to the bridge! Board the U.S.S. Cerritos for a mission to the enigmatic Qvanti system as the hit Paramount+ animated series comes to comics! Captain Carol Freeman leads her crew on an expedition aimed to build bridges and advance Federation technology, but she and the away team quickly suspect that the planet and its people are not all what they seem… Meanwhile, the crew in the lower decks take to the holodeck for some much-needed recreational time—until a bloodthirsty visitor decides to join in on their games. Can Boimler, Mariner, Tendi, and Rutherford save the ship from the likes of Dracula? Star Trek: Lower Decks unites New York Times-bestselling and Eisner-winning writer Ryan North (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) and comics artist extraordinaire Chris Fenoglio (Goosebumps, Star Wars Adventures).