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Ann Brashares Books in Order

Ann Brashares has written 19 books, published between 2001 and 2026. The first book is Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001) and the newest is The World at Midnight (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
2001–2026
Confirmed
1 of 19 titles
Pages on record
3,665 in 12 of 19 books
Reading time
61–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,665 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Ann Brashares, author

Ann Brashares, born on 6 March 1967, is an American young adult novelist best known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. The catalogue lists 19 Brashares books, among them Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001), The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003), Girls in Pants (2005), Forever in Blue (2007) and The Last Summer (2007). The World at Midnight (2026) is the newest title. Westfallen is the other Brashares series on record. Subjects include friendship, best friends, jeans, summer and coming of age.

Ann Brashares' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series centers on four friends, Lena, Tibby, Bridget and Carmen, who take turns wearing a pair of jeans that fits each of them despite their different figures, staying connected through the experiences of growing up.

How many Ann Brashares books are there?

Ann Brashares has 19 books, released between 2001 and 2026. They include 2 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Ann Brashares Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Ann Brashares 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 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares, book 1 of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (2001)
  2. Cover of Steve Jobs by Ann Brashares (2001)
  3. Cover of Linus Torvalds, Software Rebel by Ann Brashares, book 3 of the Techies series (2001)
  4. Cover of The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares, book 2 of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (2003)
  5. Cover of Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares, book 3 of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (2005)
  6. Cover of Keep in Touch by Ann Brashares, book 4 of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (2005)
  7. Cover of Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares, book 5 of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (2007)
  8. Cover of Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares (2008)
  9. Cover of 3 Willows by Ann Brashares, book 6 of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (2009)
  10. Cover of The Here and Now by Ann Brashares (2014)
  1. 1
    Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsSisterhood of the Traveling Pants #12001 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001326
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  2. 2
    Steve Jobs2001 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200180
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  3. 3
    Linus Torvalds, Software RebelTechies #32001 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200180
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  4. 4
    The Second Summer of the SisterhoodSisterhood of the Traveling Pants #22003 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003448
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  5. 5
    Girl of Lost Things2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  6. 6
    Girls in PantsSisterhood of the Traveling Pants #32005 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005416
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  7. 7
    Keep in TouchSisterhood of the Traveling Pants #42005 · 116 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005116
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  8. 8
    The Last Summer2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  9. 9
    Forever in BlueSisterhood of the Traveling Pants #52007 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007432
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  10. 10
    Forever in Blue2008 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008416
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  11. 11
    3 WillowsSisterhood of the Traveling Pants #62009 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009336
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  12. 12
    The Summer That Changed Everything2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  13. 13
    My Name Is Memory2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  14. 14
    Sisterhood EverlastingSisterhood of the Traveling Pants #72011 · 364 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011364
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  15. 15
    The Here and Now2014 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014256
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  16. 16
    The Whole Thing Together / The Summer Bed2017 · 395 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017395
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  17. 17
    WestfallenWestfallen #12024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  18. 18
    Into the FireWestfallen #22025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  19. 19
    The World at MidnightWestfallen #32026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Ann Brashares series in order

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

Ann Brashares 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.

Westfallen in order

3 books
  1. 1. Westfallen
  2. 2. Into the Fire
  3. 3. The World at Midnight

Techies in order

1 book
  1. 3. Linus Torvalds, Software Rebel

Standalone books

8 books

8 Ann Brashares titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ann Brashares books in order?

You only need to read Ann Brashares books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ann Brashares

Start with Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001), the first Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Ann Brashares book?

The World at Midnight (2026) is the newest Ann Brashares book released so far.

Is there a new Ann Brashares book coming?

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

Ann Brashares at a glance

Still publishing
Ann Brashares published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Ann Brashares books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,665 pages across the 12 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 350 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ann Brashares books, 11 of 19, were published in the 2000s.

What the Ann Brashares books are about

13 of the 19 Ann Brashares 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.