Jacqueline Woodson Reading Order
10 series · 61 books
Jacqueline Woodson is an acclaimed American author known for her poignant works in children's and young adult literature. With 61 titles spanning 10 series, including If You Come Softly, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, and Locomotion, she captures the complexities of identity and culture. Active from 1990 to 2023, her notable work includes the Newbery Honor-winning memoir Brown Girl Dreaming.
Anthologies Series
Likely Complete13 books (1990–2022)
Start with Women on Women, the first of 13 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Women on Women 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  A Way Out of No Way 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Go the Way Your Blood Beats 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Places I Never Meant To Be 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About The Future 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  One Hot Second: Stories About Desire 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Sixteen 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  No Such Thing as the Real World 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Letter Q 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  How I Resist 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | This Is Life 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
Ghostwriter Series
Complete1 book (1994–1994)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Book Chase 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
Ghostwriter Non-Fiction Series
Complete1 book (1994–1994)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  WRITE NOW! 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This Series
Complete2 books (1994–1999)
Start with I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This and read in order.
If You Come Softly Series
Complete2 books (1998–2004)
Start with If You Come Softly and read in order.
Locomotion Series
Complete2 books (2003–2009)
Start with Locomotion and read in order.
Maizon Series
Complete3 books (1990–1993)
Start with Last Summer with Maizon and read in order.
Picture Series
Likely Complete15 books (1990–2022)
Start with Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Birthday, the first of 15 books in the Picture series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Birthday 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Sweet, Sweet Memory 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Other Side 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Visiting Day 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Our Gracie Aunt 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Coming On Home Soon 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Miss Grace's House 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Show Way 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Pecan Pie Baby 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Each Kindness 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  This Is the Rope 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The Day You Begin 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The World Belonged to Us 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Year We Learned to Fly 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Likely Complete15 books (1991–2023)
Start with The Dear One, the first of 15 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Dear One 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Autobiography of a Family Photo 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The House You Pass on the Way 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Hush 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Miracle's Boys 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Feathers 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  After Tupac and D Foster 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Beneath a Meth Moon 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Brown Girl Dreaming 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Another Brooklyn 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Harbor Me 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Red at the Bone 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Before the Ever After 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Remember Us 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
The One Series
Complete7 books (2019–2019)
Start with A Wedding Thing(By: Shea Serrano), the first of 7 books in the The One series.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Jacqueline Woodson written?
- Jacqueline Woodson has written 61 books across 10 series. Their published works span from 1990 to 2023.
- What is the first book in each Jacqueline Woodson series?
- Here are the first books in Jacqueline Woodson's series: Anthologies: Women on Women; I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This: I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This; If You Come Softly: If You Come Softly; Locomotion: Locomotion; Maizon: Last Summer with Maizon.
- What order should I read Jacqueline Woodson's books?
- We recommend reading Jacqueline Woodson's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Are Jacqueline Woodson's series complete?
- Jacqueline Woodson has 7 completed series.