Jacqueline Woodson books in order
American children's writer and novelist
- Born
- 1963
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 41
Jacqueline Woodson has published 8 novels, 8 novellas, 18 children's books, 1 poetry collection and 6 other books, beginning with The House You Pass On the Way (1997). The best-known is Brown Girl Dreaming (2014). The latest is Year We Learned to Fly (2022).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Jacqueline Woodson
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson's most-read book.
Newest
Year We Learned to Fly
Published 2022.
Standalone novels in order
Feathers (Mar 2007)
After Tupac and D Foster (Jan 2008)
Beneath a Meth Moon (2012)
Brown Girl Dreaming (Aug 2014)
Another Brooklyn (2016)
Harbor Me (2018)
Red at the Bone (2019)
Year We Learned to Fly (2022)
Novellas in order
The Dear One (1991)
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun (1995)
Autobiography of a Family Photo (Mar 1995)
The House You Pass On the Way (1997)
If You Come Softly (1998)
Miracle's Boys (Apr 2000)
Behind You (2004)
Peace, Locomotion (2009)
Children's books in order
Last Summer with Maizon (1990)
Maizon at Blue Hill (1992)
Between Madison and Palmetto (1993)
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This (1994)
Martin Luther King, Jr (1996)
We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past (1997)
Lena (1999)
Sweet, Sweet Memory (2000)
The Other Side (2001)
Hush (2002)
Our Gracie Aunt (2002)
Coming on Home Soon (2004)
Show Way (2005)
Pecan Pie Baby (2010)
Each Kindness (2012)
This Is the Rope (2013)
The Day You Begin (2018)
Before the Ever After (2020)
Poetry in order
Locomotion (2003)
Other books in order
The Book Chase (1994)
A Way Out of No Way (1996)
If You Come Softly And Behind You (2010)
World Belonged to Us (2022)
Harbour Me (2023)
Remember Us (2023)
About Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Amanda Woodson is an American writer of books for children and young adolescents. She is best known for Miracle's Boys, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles Brown Girl Dreaming, After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way. After serving as the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, by the Library of Congress, for 2018 to 2019. Her novel Another Brooklyn was shortlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction. She accepted the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2018 and the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2020. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2020.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Jacqueline Woodson FAQ
- How many books has Jacqueline Woodson written?
- Jacqueline Woodson has published 8 novels, 8 novellas, 18 children's books, 1 poetry collection and 6 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Jacqueline Woodson's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Brown Girl Dreaming.
- What is Jacqueline Woodson's latest book?
- Year We Learned to Fly (2022).
- What is Jacqueline Woodson's most famous book?
- Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) is Jacqueline Woodson's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.