Alice Oseman Books in Order: All 21 books (2014

Alice May Oseman, born 16 October 1994, is an English author and illustrator whose young adult books portray contemporary teenage life in the United Kingdom, praised for their realism, LGBTQIA+ inclusion and treatment of mental health. Oseman ranks as the third best-selling graphic novelist since records began. A first publishing deal came at 17, and Solitaire followed in 2014 as the first novel; the catalogue runs to 21 titles, ending at Heartstopper #6 in 2026. Awards include a British Book Award, three Children's and Family Emmy Awards, three Goodreads Choice Awards and a Silver Inky Award, and Oseman made the BBC's 100 Women list in 2023 and Time's Time100 Next in 2024.

Alice Oseman's Heartstopper graphic novel series follows Charlie, who is shy, and Nick, a rugby player, whose friendship develops after Charlie is seated next to him in class. Nick questions whether he is as straight as people assume as the two navigate crushes and coming out together.

Alice Oseman books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Heartstopper books in order

6 books by Alice Oseman

1. Volume One
2. Volume Two
3. Volume Three
4. Volume Four
5. Volume Five
6. Volume Six

Solitaire in order

3 books

1. Solitaire
2. Nick and Charlie
3. This Winter

I Was Born for This in order

2 books

1. Meeting Lister
2. I Was Born for This

Heartstopper Companion in order

2 books

1. The Heartstopper Yearbook
2. Heartstopper Official Fan Cards

Standalone books

8 books

8 Alice Oseman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Alice Oseman Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Alice Oseman books run from Solitaire (2014) to Heartstopper #6 (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Alice Oseman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Alice Oseman books in order?

You only need to read Alice Oseman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Alice Oseman books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Solitaire (2014), the first Heartstopper book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Alice Oseman book?

Heartstopper #6 (2026) is the newest Alice Oseman book released so far.

Is there a new Alice Oseman book coming?

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

Alice Oseman at a glance

Still publishing: Alice Oseman published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace: Alice Oseman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 4,115 pages across the 12 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Alice Oseman books, 12 of 21, were published in the 2020s.

What the Alice Oseman books are about

13 of the 21 Alice Oseman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: friendship is tagged on 7 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Friendship 7 of 13 books
Coming of age 5 of 13 books
Gay men 5 of 13 books
High schools 5 of 13 books
Boys 4 of 13 books
Children's fiction 4 of 13 books
Comics & graphic novels 4 of 13 books
Love in adolescence 4 of 13 books
Romance 4 of 13 books
Schools 4 of 13 books
Love 3 of 13 books
Young adult fiction 3 of 13 books

Alice Oseman Books in Order

How many Alice Oseman books are there?

Alice Oseman Books in Publication Order

Alice Oseman series and characters in order