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Jacqueline Woodson Books in Order

Find every Jacqueline Woodson book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 48 books / 9 series

Jacqueline Woodson is an acclaimed American author best known for her award-winning works *Brown Girl Dreaming* and *The Other Side*. A National Book Award winner and former Young People’s Poet Laureate, her books have sold millions of copies. This page provides Jacqueline Woodson’s books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.

All Jacqueline Woodson Books in Chronological Order

1990 Last Summer with Maizon POoMB / 1 Buy
1990 Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Birthday POoPB / 1 Buy
1991 The Dear One POoSN / 1 Buy
1992 Maizon at Blue Hill POoMB / 2 Buy
1993 Between Madison and Palmetto POoMB / 3 Buy
1994 I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This POoIHMtTYTB / 1 Buy
1994 The Book Chase POoGB / 1 Buy
1994 WRITE NOW! POoGNB / 1 Buy
1995 From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun POoSN / 2 Buy
1995 Autobiography of a Family Photo POoSN / 3 Buy
1997 We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past POoPB / 2 Buy
1997 The House You Pass on the Way POoSN / 4 Buy
1998 If You Come Softly POoIYCSB / 1 Buy
1999 Lena POoIHMtTYTB / 2 Buy
2000 Sweet, Sweet Memory POoPB / 3 Buy
2000 Hush POoSN / 5 Buy
2000 Miracle's Boys POoSN / 6 Buy
2001 Visiting Day POoPB / 4 Buy
2001 The Other Side POoPB / 5 Buy
2002 Our Gracie Aunt POoPB / 6 Buy
2003 Locomotion POoLB / 1 Buy
2004 Behind You POoIYCSB / 2 Buy
2004 Coming On Home Soon POoPB / 7 Buy
2005 Miss Grace's House POoPB / 8 Buy
2005 Show Way POoPB / 9 Buy
2007 Feathers POoSN / 7 Buy
2008 After Tupac and D Foster POoSN / 8 Buy
2009 Peace, Locomotion POoLB / 2 Buy
2010 Pecan Pie Baby POoPB / 10 Buy
2012 Beneath a Meth Moon POoSN / 9 Buy
2012 Each Kindness POoPB / 11 Buy
2013 This Is the Rope POoPB / 12 Buy
2014 Brown Girl Dreaming POoSN / 10 Buy
2016 Another Brooklyn POoSN / 11 Buy
2018 Harbor Me POoSN / 12 Buy
2018 The Day You Begin POoPB / 13 Buy
2019 Before Her POoTOB / 1 Buy
2019 Parable(By: Jess Walter) POoTOB / 2 Buy
2019 Lila(By: Naima Coster) POoTOB / 3 Buy
2019 A Wedding Thing(By: Shea Serrano) POoTOB / 4 Buy
2019 Yes, And(By: Kristi Coulter) POoTOB / 5 Buy
2019 The Visitor(By: Dodai Stewart) POoTOB / 6 Buy
2019 Speed Grieving(By: Allison Ellis) POoTOB / 7 Buy
2019 Red at the Bone POoSN / 13 Buy
2020 Before the Ever After POoSN / 14 Buy
2022 The Year We Learned to Fly POoPB / 14 Buy
2022 The World Belonged to Us POoPB / 15 Buy
2023 Remember Us POoSN / 15 Buy

Jacqueline Woodson Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This 1994 Buy
02 Lena 1999 Buy
Maizon Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1990-1993
01 Last Summer with Maizon 1990 Buy
02 Maizon at Blue Hill 1992 Buy
03 Between Madison and Palmetto 1993 Buy
Locomotion Books in Reading Order 2 books / 2003-2009
01 Locomotion 2003 Buy
02 Peace, Locomotion 2009 Buy
The One Books in Reading Order 7 books / 2019-2019
01 Before Her 2019 Buy
02 Parable(By: Jess Walter) 2019 Buy
03 Lila(By: Naima Coster) 2019 Buy
04 A Wedding Thing(By: Shea Serrano) 2019 Buy
05 Yes, And(By: Kristi Coulter) 2019 Buy
06 The Visitor(By: Dodai Stewart) 2019 Buy
07 Speed Grieving(By: Allison Ellis) 2019 Buy
01 The Book Chase 1994 Buy
01 If You Come Softly 1998 Buy
02 Behind You 2004 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 15 books / 1991-2023
01 The Dear One 1991 Buy
02 From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun 1995 Buy
03 Autobiography of a Family Photo 1995 Buy
04 The House You Pass on the Way 1997 Buy
05 Hush 2000 Buy
06 Miracle's Boys 2000 Buy
07 Feathers 2007 Buy
08 After Tupac and D Foster 2008 Buy
09 Beneath a Meth Moon 2012 Buy
10 Brown Girl Dreaming 2014 Buy
11 Another Brooklyn 2016 Buy
12 Harbor Me 2018 Buy
13 Red at the Bone 2019 Buy
14 Before the Ever After 2020 Buy
15 Remember Us 2023 Buy
Picture Books in Reading Order 15 books / 1990-2022
01 Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Birthday 1990 Buy
02 We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past 1997 Buy
03 Sweet, Sweet Memory 2000 Buy
04 Visiting Day 2001 Buy
05 The Other Side 2001 Buy
06 Our Gracie Aunt 2002 Buy
07 Coming On Home Soon 2004 Buy
08 Miss Grace's House 2005 Buy
09 Show Way 2005 Buy
10 Pecan Pie Baby 2010 Buy
11 Each Kindness 2012 Buy
12 This Is the Rope 2013 Buy
13 The Day You Begin 2018 Buy
14 The Year We Learned to Fly 2022 Buy
15 The World Belonged to Us 2022 Buy
01 WRITE NOW! 1994 Buy

Where to start with Jacqueline Woodson

What is the best order to read Jacqueline Woodson books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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