Torey Hayden Reading Order

9 books (1981–2021)

Torey Hayden's nine-book non-fiction series, published between 1981 and 2021, documents her experiences as a special education teacher working with emotionally and behaviorally troubled children. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Somebody Else's Kids and concluding with The Invisible Girl, with one title focused on teaching methodology appearing midway through. While the series appears complete, it spans four decades of case studies and classroom narratives from Hayden's career.

Start with Somebody Else's Kids, the first of 9 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Somebody Else's Kids 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Murphy's Boy / Silent Boy 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Just Another Kid 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Ghost Girl 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Beautiful Child 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Twilight Children 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Teaching Children Who Are Hard to Reach: Relationship-Driven Classroom Practice 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Lost Child 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Invisible Girl 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2009–2018)

Torey Hayden's completed two-book series follows in publication order, released between 2009 and 2018. Both books were co-written with Yongey Mingyur and should be read starting with the first installment, Ziji: The Puppy Who Learned to Meditate, followed by Ziji and the Very Scary Man. This nonfiction series is now concluded.

Start with Ziji: The Puppy Who Learned to Meditate(With: Yongey Mingyur) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Ziji: The Puppy Who Learned to Meditate(With: Yongey Mingyur) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Ziji and the Very Scary Man(With: Yongey Mingyur) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1980–1995)

Torey Hayden's Sheila series consists of two complete non-fiction books published between 1980 and 1995, following a special education teacher's work with an emotionally troubled child. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with One Child, followed by The Tiger's Child, to experience the full narrative arc of this true story.

Start with One Child and read in order.

#	Title
1	One Child 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Tiger's Child 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1984–2011)

Torey Hayden's four standalone novels were published between 1984 and 2011, with the series now complete. Reading these works in publication order—beginning with The Sunflower Forest and continuing through Overheard in a Dream, The Very Worst Thing, and Innocent Foxes—allows you to experience each independent story as the author intended. Though each book stands alone, reading them chronologically by release date provides insight into Hayden's evolving perspective across nearly three decades of writing.

Start with The Sunflower Forest, the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Sunflower Forest 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Overheard in a Dream 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Very Worst Thing 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Innocent Foxes 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible