Jacqueline Woodson Books in Order
Jacqueline Woodson is a celebrated American author, poet, and young adult advocate, renowned for her poignant and powerful storytelling. As a child, she found solace in writing, crafting tales on every available surface, from paper bags and shoes to sidewalks and notebook margins. Her love for words and storytelling only deepened, and her creative voice began to flourish. Woodson's early writing achievements include a poem about Martin Luther King, which earned her local acclaim and a Scrabble game victory. Her fifth-grade teacher's praise for a story solidified her understanding that writing had the power to inspire and uplift. Since then, Woodson has gone on to craft a body of work that explores themes of identity, family, and social justice, including the National Book Award-winning novel "Brown Girl Dreaming."
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Jacqueline Woodson
- #1AmazonThe Book Chase(1994)
- #2AmazonWomen on Women(1990)
- #3AmazonAm I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence(1994)
- #4AmazonGo the Way Your Blood Beats(1996)
- #5AmazonA Way Out of No Way(1996)
- #6AmazonPlaces I Never Meant To Be(1999)
- #7AmazonTomorrowland: 10 Stories About The Future(1999)
- #8AmazonI Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion(2000)
- #9AmazonOne Hot Second: Stories About Desire(2002)
- #10AmazonSixteen(2004)
- #11AmazonNo Such Thing as the Real World(2008)
- #12AmazonThe Letter Q(2012)
- #13AmazonHow I Resist(2018)
- #14AmazonWell-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves(2018)
- #15AmazonFight of the Century(2020)
- #16AmazonThis Is Life(2022)
- #1AmazonWRITE NOW!(1994)
- #1AmazonMartin Luther King, Jr. and His Birthday(1990)
- #2AmazonWe Had a Picnic This Sunday Past(1997)
- #3AmazonSweet, Sweet Memory(2000)
- #4AmazonVisiting Day(2001)
- #5AmazonThe Other Side(2001)
- #6AmazonOur Gracie Aunt(2002)
- #7AmazonComing On Home Soon(2004)
- #8AmazonMiss Grace's House(2005)
- #9AmazonShow Way(2005)
- #10AmazonPecan Pie Baby(2010)
- #11AmazonEach Kindness(2012)
- #12AmazonThis Is the Rope(2013)
- #13AmazonThe Day You Begin(2018)
- #14AmazonThe Year We Learned to Fly(2022)
- #15AmazonThe World Belonged to Us(2022)
- #1AmazonThe Dear One(1991)
- #2AmazonFrom the Notebooks of Melanin Sun(1995)
- #3AmazonAutobiography of a Family Photo(1995)
- #4AmazonThe House You Pass on the Way(1997)
- #5AmazonHush(2000)
- #6AmazonMiracle's Boys(2000)
- #7AmazonFeathers(2007)
- #8AmazonAfter Tupac and D Foster(2008)
- #9AmazonBeneath a Meth Moon(2012)
- #10AmazonBrown Girl Dreaming(2014)
- #11AmazonAnother Brooklyn(2016)
- #12AmazonHarbor Me(2018)
- #13AmazonRed at the Bone(2019)
- #14AmazonBefore the Ever After(2020)
- #15AmazonRemember Us(2023)
About Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson is a celebrated American author, poet, and young adult advocate, renowned for her poignant and powerful storytelling. As a child, she found solace in writing, crafting tales on every available surface, from paper bags and shoes to sidewalks and notebook margins. Her love for words and storytelling only deepened, and her creative voice began to flourish. Woodson's early writing achievements include a poem about Martin Luther King, which earned her local acclaim and a Scrabble game victory. Her fifth-grade teacher's praise for a story solidified her understanding that writing had the power to inspire and uplift. Since then, Woodson has gone on to craft a body of work that explores themes of identity, family, and social justice, including the National Book Award-winning novel "Brown Girl Dreaming."
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!
Be the first to leave a review!

