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Cynthia Kadohata Books in Order

Cynthia Kadohata has written 14 books, published between 1989 and 2025. The first book is Floating World (1989) and the newest is Under the Fading Sky (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1989–2025
Pages on record
2,422 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
40–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,422 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Cynthia Kadohata, author

Born on July 2, 1956, Cynthia Kadohata is a Japanese American writer for children. Kira-Kira (2004), a young adult novel, received the Newbery Medal in 2005, and The Thing About Luck (2013) won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature that same year. The catalogue lists 14 Kadohata books, running from Floating World (1989) to Under the Fading Sky (2025). Weedflower (2006), Cracker! (2007) and Half a World Away (2014) are among them. Recorded subjects include Japanese Americans, friendship, dogs, farm life and grandparents.

How many Cynthia Kadohata books are there?

Cynthia Kadohata has 14 books, released between 1989 and 2025.

Cynthia Kadohata Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Cynthia Kadohata 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 Floating World by Cynthia Kadohata (1989)
  2. Cover of In the Heart of the Valley of Love by Cynthia Kadohata (1992)
  3. Cover of The Glass Mountains by Cynthia Kadohata (1995)
  4. Cover of Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata (2006)
  5. Cover of Cracker! by Cynthia Kadohata (2007)
  6. Cover of Outside Beauty by Cynthia Kadohata (2008)
  7. Cover of The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata (2013)
  8. Cover of Half a World Away by Cynthia Kadohata (2014)
  9. Cover of A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata (2019)
  10. Cover of Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata (2020)
  11. Cover of Under the Fading Sky by Cynthia Kadohata (2025)
  1. 1
    Floating World1989 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989228
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  2. 2
    In the Heart of the Valley of Love1992 · 225 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992225
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  3. 3
    The Glass Mountains1995 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995216
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  4. 4
    Kira-Kira2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  5. 5
    Weedflower2006 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006260
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  6. 6
    Cracker!2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  7. 7
    Outside Beauty2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  8. 8
    A Million Shades of Gray2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    The Thing About Luck2013 · 269 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013269
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  10. 10
    Half a World Away2014 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014256
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  11. 11
    Checked2018 · 408 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018408
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  12. 12
    A Place to Belong2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  13. 13
    Saucy2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020304
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  14. 14
    Under the Fading Sky2025 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025256
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Cynthia Kadohata 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

14 books

14 Cynthia Kadohata titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Cynthia Kadohata books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 14 Cynthia Kadohata books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Cynthia Kadohata

Start with Floating World (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cynthia Kadohata book?

Under the Fading Sky (2025) is the newest Cynthia Kadohata book released so far.

Is there a new Cynthia Kadohata book coming?

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

Awards Cynthia Kadohata has won

Wikidata records 4 awards for Cynthia Kadohata. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature2014Won
  • National Book Award for Young People's Literature2013Won
  • Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature2006Won
  • Newbery Medal2005Wonfor Kira-Kira

Cynthia Kadohata at a glance

Still publishing
Cynthia Kadohata published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Cynthia Kadohata books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,422 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cynthia Kadohata books, 5 of 14, were published in the 2000s.

What the Cynthia Kadohata books are about

13 of the 14 Cynthia Kadohata 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 6 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.