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A.S. King Books in Order

A.S. King has written 12 books, published between 2009 and 2024. The first book is The Dust of 100 Dogs (2009) and the newest is Pick the Lock (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2009–2024
Pages on record
2,723 in 9 of 12 books
Reading time
45–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,723 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of A.S. King, author of the Amy Sarig King Short Story series

A.S. King, born Amy Sarig King on March 10, 1970, is an American writer of short fiction and young adult fiction. King received the 2022 Margaret Edwards Award and is the only author to win the Michael L. Printz Award twice, for Dig (2019) and for editing and contributing to The Collectors: Stories (2023). The catalogue lists 12 books from The Dust of 100 Dogs (2009) to Pick the Lock (2024), including Please Ignore Vera Dietz (2010) and Ask the Passengers (2012).

How many A.S. King books are there?

A.S. King has 12 books, released between 2009 and 2024.

A.S. King Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 A.S. King books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King (2009)
  2. Cover of Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King (2010)
  3. Cover of Everybody sees the ants by A.S. King (2011)
  4. Cover of Ask the Passengers by A.S. King (2012)
  5. Cover of Reality Boy by A.S. King (2013)
  6. Cover of Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King (2014)
  7. Cover of I Crawl Through It by A.S. King (2015)
  8. Cover of Still Life with Tornado by A.S. King (2016)
  9. Cover of Dig by A.S. King (2019)
  10. Cover of Switch by A.S. King (2021)
  1. 1
    The Dust of 100 Dogs2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    Please Ignore Vera Dietz2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Everybody sees the ants2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  4. 4
    Monica Never Shuts UpAmy Sarig King Short Story #12012 · 116 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012116
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  5. 5
    Ask the Passengers2012 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012336
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  6. 6
    Reality Boy2013 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013400
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  7. 7
    Glory O'Brien's History of the Future2014 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014288
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  8. 8
    I Crawl Through It2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015336
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  9. 9
    Still Life with Tornado2016 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016295
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  10. 10
    Dig2019 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019392
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  11. 11
    Switch2021 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021240
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  12. 12
    Pick the Lock2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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A.S. King books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Amy Sarig King Short Story

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

11 books

11 A.S. King titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read A.S. King books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 A.S. King books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with A.S. King

Start with The Dust of 100 Dogs (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest A.S. King book?

Pick the Lock (2024) is the newest A.S. King book released so far.

Is there a new A.S. King book coming?

No next A.S. King book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

A.S. King at a glance

Still publishing
A.S. King published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
A.S. King books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,723 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most A.S. King books, 9 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the A.S. King books are about

10 of the 12 A.S. King books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.