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My Name Is America Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of My Name Is America books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the My Name Is America series? Start with "The Journal of James Edmond Pease (By: Jim Murphy)" (1998) and follow publication order through all 19 books.
The complete My Name Is America reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Journal of James Edmond Pease (By: Jim Murphy)
1998
The Journal of William Thomas Emerson (By: Barry Denenberg)
1998
The Journal of Joshua Loper (By: Walter Dean Myers)
1999
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins (By: Walter Dean Myers)
1999
The Journal of Ben Uchida (By: Barry Denenberg)
1999
The Journal of Sean Sullivan (By: William Durbin)
1999
The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce (By: Ann Rinaldi)
2000
The Journal of Otto Peltonen (By: William Durbin)
2000
The Journal of Augustus Pelletier (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2000
The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds
2001
The Journal of Biddy Owens (By: Walter Dean Myers)
2001
On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke (By: Joseph Bruchac)
2001
The Journal of C.J. Jackson (By: William Durbin)
2002
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty (By: Ellen Emerson White)
2002
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow (By: Ellen Levine)
2002
The Journal of Finn Reardon (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
2003
The Journal of Rufus Rowe (By: Sid Hite)
2003
The Journal of Brian Doyle (By: Jim Murphy)
2004
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung / Staking a Claim (By: Laurence Yep)
2013
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