Walter Dean Myers Books in Order
Walter Dean Myers is a renowned author of children's and young adult literature. Born on August 12, 1937, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, he moved to Harlem with his foster parents at the age of three. Myers grew up and attended public school in Harlem, later attending Stuyvesant High School until age seventeen, when he joined the army. After serving four years, he worked various jobs and earned a BA from Empire State College, eventually dedicating himself to full-time writing in 1977. Myers has penned over seventy books for children and young adults, earning numerous accolades, including five Coretta Scott King Awards, two Newbery Honors, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. His notable works, Monster and Autobiography of My Dead Brother, were National Book Award Finalists, and Monster received the first Michael Printz Award for Young Adult literature from the American Library Association.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Walter Dean Myers
- #1AmazonSort of Sisters(1992)
- #2AmazonThe Party(1992)
- #3AmazonThe Prince(1992)
- #4AmazonThe Test(1992)
- #5AmazonSky Man(1993)
- #6AmazonFashion by Tasha(1993)
- #7AmazonIntensive Care(1993)
- #8AmazonDangerous Games(1993)
- #9AmazonCindy's Baby(1993)
- #10AmazonKwame's Girl(1994)
- #11AmazonThe Diary(1994)
- #12AmazonTaking Sides(1994)
- #1AmazonThe Journal of James Edmond Pease (By: Jim Murphy)(1998)
- #2AmazonThe Journal of William Thomas Emerson (By: Barry Denenberg)(1998)
- #3AmazonThe Journal of Joshua Loper(1999)
- #4AmazonThe Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins(1999)
- #5AmazonThe Journal of Ben Uchida (By: Barry Denenberg)(1999)
- #6AmazonThe Journal of Sean Sullivan (By: William Durbin)(1999)
- #7AmazonThe Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce (By: Ann Rinaldi)(2000)
- #8AmazonThe Journal of Otto Peltonen (By: William Durbin)(2000)
- #9AmazonThe Journal of Augustus Pelletier (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2000)
- #10AmazonThe Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds (By: Rodman Philbrick)(2001)
- #11AmazonThe Journal of Biddy Owens(2001)
- #12AmazonOn This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke (By: Joseph Bruchac)(2001)
- #13AmazonThe Journal of C.J. Jackson (By: William Durbin)(2002)
- #14AmazonThe Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty (By: Ellen Emerson White)(2002)
- #15AmazonThe Journal of Jedediah Barstow (By: Ellen Levine)(2002)
- #16AmazonThe Journal of Finn Reardon (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)(2003)
- #17AmazonThe Journal of Rufus Rowe (By: Sid Hite)(2003)
- #18AmazonThe Journal of Brian Doyle (By: Jim Murphy)(2004)
- #19AmazonThe Journal of Wong Ming-Chung / Staking a Claim (By: Laurence Yep)(2013)
- #20AmazonFunny You Should Ask(1992)
- #21AmazonDon't Give Up the Ghost(1993)
- #22AmazonWhen I Was Your Age: Original Stories about Growing Up(1996)
- #23AmazonNo Easy Answers(1997)
- #24AmazonFrom One Experience to Another(1997)
- #25AmazonPlaces I Never Meant To Be(1999)
- #26AmazonBig City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth(2002)
- #27AmazonEvery Man for Himself(2005)
- #28AmazonFriends(2005)
- #29AmazonThis Family Is Driving Me Crazy(2009)
- #30AmazonThe Chronicles of Harris Burdick(2011)
- #31AmazonPick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court(2011)
- #32AmazonTaking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns(2015)
- #1AmazonThe World of Work(1975)
- #2AmazonSocial Welfare(1976)
- #3AmazonNow Is Your Time!(1991)
- #4AmazonA Place Called Heartbreak(1992)
- #5AmazonYoung Martins Promise(1992)
- #6AmazonMalcolm X: By Any Means Necessary(1993)
- #7AmazonOne More River To Cross(1995)
- #8AmazonToussaint L'Ouverture(1996)
- #9AmazonThe Greatest(1997)
- #10AmazonAmistad(1998)
- #11AmazonAngel to Angel(1998)
- #12AmazonAt Her Majesty's Request(1999)
- #13AmazonMalcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly(2000)
- #14AmazonThe Blues of Flats Brown(2000)
- #15AmazonBad Boy(2001)
- #16AmazonPatrol(2002)
- #17AmazonBlues Journey(2003)
- #18AmazonI've Seen the Promised Land(2003)
- #19AmazonUSS Constellation(2004)
- #20AmazonAntarctica(2004)
- #21AmazonThe Harlem Hellfighters (With: Bill Miles)(2005)
- #22AmazonIda B. Wells(2008)
- #23AmazonMuhammad Ali: The People's Champion(2009)
- #24AmazonWe Are America(2011)
- #25AmazonJust Write: Here's How!(2012)
- #26AmazonAn African Princess(2014)
- #27AmazonBrown Angels(1993)
- #28AmazonGlorious Angels(1995)
- #29AmazonThe Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories(1996)
- #30AmazonHarlem(1997)
- #31Amazon145th Street(2000)
- #32AmazonA Time To Love (With: Christopher Myers)(2003)
- #33AmazonNew York Draft Riot(2009)
- #34AmazonWhat They Found(2009)
- #35AmazonHere in Harlem(2011)
- #1AmazonThe Golden Serpent(1980)
- #2AmazonMr. Monkey and the Gotcha Bird(1984)
- #3AmazonThe Dragon Takes a Wife(1995)
- #4AmazonHow Mr. Monkey Saw the Whole World(1996)
- #5AmazonJazz(2008)
- #6AmazonAmiri & Odette: A Love Story(2009)
- #7AmazonLooking Like Me(2009)
- #8AmazonLooking for the Easy Life(2011)
- #9AmazonFrederick Douglass(2017)
- #1AmazonThe Dancers(1972)
- #2AmazonFly, Jimmy, Fly!(1974)
- #3AmazonFast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff(1975)
- #4AmazonVictory For Jamie(1977)
- #5AmazonBrainstorm(1977)
- #6AmazonIt Ain't All for Nothin'(1978)
- #7AmazonThe Young Landlords(1979)
- #8AmazonThe Black Pearl and the Ghost(1980)
- #9AmazonThe Legend of Tarik(1981)
- #10AmazonHoops(1981)
- #11AmazonWon't Know 'Til I Get There(1982)
- #12AmazonMojo and the Russians(1982)
- #13AmazonTales of a Dead King(1983)
- #14AmazonThe Nicholas Factor(1983)
- #15AmazonThe Outside Shot(1984)
- #16AmazonMotown and Didi(1984)
- #17AmazonSweet Illusions(1986)
- #18AmazonCrystal(1987)
- #19AmazonMe, Mop, and the Moondance Kid(1988)
- #20AmazonFallen Angels(1988)
- #21AmazonScorpions(1988)
- #22AmazonThe Mouse Rap(1990)
- #23AmazonThe Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner(1992)
- #24AmazonSomewhere in the Darkness(1992)
- #25AmazonMop, Moondance and the Nagasaki Knights(1992)
- #26AmazonDarnell Rock Reporting(1994)
- #27AmazonThe Glory Field(1994)
- #28AmazonShadow of the Red Moon(1995)
- #29AmazonSlam!(1996)
- #30AmazonThree Swords for Granada(2002)
- #31AmazonHandbook for Boys(2002)
- #32AmazonThe Beast(2003)
- #33AmazonFighter(2003)
- #34AmazonThe Dream Bearer(2003)
- #35AmazonShooter(2004)
- #36AmazonAutobiography of My Dead Brother(2005)
- #37AmazonStreet Love(2006)
- #38AmazonHarlem Summer(2007)
- #39AmazonSunrise Over Fallujah(2008)
- #40AmazonRiot(2009)
- #41AmazonGame(2009)
- #42AmazonDope Sick(2009)
- #43AmazonLockdown(2010)
- #44AmazonCarmen(2011)
- #45AmazonKick (With: Ross Workman)(2011)
- #46AmazonAll the Right Stuff(2012)
- #47AmazonDarius & Twig(2013)
- #48AmazonInvasion(2013)
- #49AmazonOn a Clear Day(2014)
- #50AmazonJuba!(2015)
About Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is a renowned author of children's and young adult literature. Born on August 12, 1937, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, he moved to Harlem with his foster parents at the age of three. Myers grew up and attended public school in Harlem, later attending Stuyvesant High School until age seventeen, when he joined the army. After serving four years, he worked various jobs and earned a BA from Empire State College, eventually dedicating himself to full-time writing in 1977. Myers has penned over seventy books for children and young adults, earning numerous accolades, including five Coretta Scott King Awards, two Newbery Honors, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. His notable works, Monster and Autobiography of My Dead Brother, were National Book Award Finalists, and Monster received the first Michael Printz Award for Young Adult literature from the American Library Association.
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