Ellen Hopkins Reading Order

14 books (2008–2025)

Ellen Hopkins has edited twelve anthologies featuring collections from multiple authors, published between 2008 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with A New Dawn: Your Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series. The collections span young adult and nonfiction themes, covering topics ranging from relationships and identity to social issues and literary commentary.

Start with A New Dawn: Your Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series, the first of 12 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	A New Dawn: Your Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Stories About Falling Out of Love by Four Incredible Authors 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Flirtin' With the Monster: Your Favorite Authors on Ellen Hopkins' Crank and Glass 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Dear Teen Me 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Grim 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	One Death, Nine Stories 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Scary Out There 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Behind the Song 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Life Inside My Mind 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Our Stories, Our Voices 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Haunted States of America 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Banned Together 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2006–2013)

Ellen Hopkins's Burned series consists of two young adult novels published between 2006 and 2013. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Burned followed by Smoke. These interconnected books explore themes relevant to the young adult audience through Hopkins's signature poetic narrative style.

Start with Burned and read in order.

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1	Burned 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Smoke 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2004–2010)

The Crank series is a complete trilogy of young adult novels published between 2004 and 2010, following the same characters across three interconnected stories. Each book should be read in publication order—Crank, Glass, and Fallout—to experience the full arc of the narrative. Hopkins draws on real-world issues affecting teens in this three-book cycle that examines the consequences of addiction and its ripple effects on families and communities.

Start with Crank and read in order.

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1	Crank 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Glass 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Fallout 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2007–2011)

Ellen Hopkins' two-book Impulse series explores the lives of troubled teens through interconnected narratives. Published between 2007 and 2011, the series is now complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Impulse followed by Perfect. These young adult novels examine the emotional struggles and pressures facing adolescents, offering raw insight into complex issues relevant to the author's realistic storytelling style.

Start with Impulse and read in order.

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1	Impulse 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Perfect 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2015–2018)

Ellen Hopkins' Love Lies Beneath series consists of two young adult novels published between 2015 and 2018 in a complete duology. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Love Lies Beneath followed by A Sin Such as This. This finished series offers a self-contained story arc across both installments.

Start with Love Lies Beneath and read in order.

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1	Love Lies Beneath 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Sin Such as This 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

21 books (2000–2019)

Ellen Hopkins' Non-Fiction series comprises 21 complete books published between 2000 and 2019, covering topics ranging from military units and extreme sports to astronomy and natural phenomena. These young adult nonfiction titles should be read in publication order, beginning with Air Devils. The series explores subjects like the Golden Knights, U.S. Special Forces, fishing techniques, UFOs, and stars, offering accessible introductions to diverse real-world subjects for teen readers.

Start with Air Devils, the first of 21 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	Air Devils 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Orcas: High Seas Supermen 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Tarnished Legacy 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Canopies in the Clouds 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Countdown to Yesterday 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Fly Fishing 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Freshwater Fishing 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Golden Knights 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Thunderbirds 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	United States Special Forces 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Storming the Skies 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	U.S. Armed Forces 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Are We Alone? 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Inside a Star 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Lights in the Sky 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Mysteries in Space 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Telescopes 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	U. S. Air Force Fighting Vehicles 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	United States Air Force 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Scripture Confident through the Bible 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Freed to Love 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (2008–2024)

Ellen Hopkins has published twelve standalone novels between 2008 and 2024, with the series remaining ongoing. Each book functions as an independent story that can be read in any order, though following publication order beginning with Identical provides the most chronological perspective on Hopkins's evolving young adult and non-fiction work. The collection includes titles such as Triangles, Collateral, Tilt, Rumble, The You I've Never Known, People Kill People, Sanctuary Highway, Closer to Nowhere, What About Will, Sync, and The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee.

Start with Identical, the first of 12 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Identical 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Triangles 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Collateral 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Tilt 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Rumble 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The You I've Never Known 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	People Kill People 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Sanctuary Highway 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Closer to Nowhere 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	What About Will 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Sync 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2009–2015)

Ellen Hopkins's Tricks series consists of two young adult novels published between 2009 and 2015, following a complete story arc told across both books. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Tricks and continuing to Traffick, as the narrative builds sequentially between the two installments.

Start with Tricks and read in order.

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1	Tricks 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Traffick 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible