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Amber Smith Books in Order

Amber Smith has written 7 books, published between 2016 and 2026. The first book is The Way I Used to Be (2016) and the newest is The Way We Become (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2016–2026
Pages on record
1,473 in 4 of 7 books
Reading time
25–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,473 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

See all 7 books in order Printable Amber Smith checklist

Amber Smith writes young adult and middle grade fiction about teenagers under strain: sexual assault, family violence, sexual orientation and coming of age. Seven catalogued books run from The Way I Used to Be in 2016 to The Way We Become in 2026, with The Last to Let Go in 2018, Something Like Gravity in 2019 and Code Name: Serendipity in 2022 between them. The Way I Used to Be grew into a series of its own, and Smith is a New York Times bestselling author.

How many Amber Smith books are there?

Amber Smith has 7 books, released between 2016 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Way I Used To Be series.

Amber Smith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Amber Smith 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 Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith, book 1 of the Way I Used To Be series (2016)
  2. Cover of The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith (2018)
  3. Cover of Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith (2019)
  4. Cover of Code Name: Serendipity by Amber Smith (2022)
  5. Cover of The Way I Am Now by Amber Smith, book 2 of the Way I Used To Be series (2023)
  1. 1
    The Way I Used to BeWay I Used To Be #12016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  2. 2
    The Last to Let Go2018 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018369
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Something Like Gravity2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Code Name: Serendipity2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Way I Am NowWay I Used To Be #22023 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Fade Into You2025 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Way We BecomeWay I Used To Be #32026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Amber Smith series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Amber Smith 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.

Standalone books

4 books

4 Amber Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Amber Smith books in order?

You only need to read Amber Smith books in order within the Way I Used To Be series, which holds 3 of the 7 Amber Smith books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Amber Smith

Start with The Way I Used to Be (2016), the first Way I Used To Be book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Amber Smith book?

The Way We Become (2026) is the newest Amber Smith book released so far.

Is there a new Amber Smith book coming?

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

Amber Smith at a glance

Still publishing
Amber Smith published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Amber Smith books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,473 pages across the 4 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Amber Smith books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2020s.

What the Amber Smith books are about

5 of the 7 Amber Smith 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 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.