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Darrien Lee Books in Order

Darrien Lee has written 17 books, published between 2001 and 2017. The first book is All That and a Bag of Chips (2001) and the newest is Love Past The Moment (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2001–2017
Pages on record
3,997 in 15 of 17 books
Reading time
67–100 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,997 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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African American families, marriage, adultery and dating recur in the subjects of Darrien Lee's books. Lee has 17 catalogued titles published from All That and a Bag of Chips (2001) to Love Past The Moment (2017), and the listed series are Denim Diaries and Venice-Craig Saga. Other titles include Been There, Done That (2003), When Hell Freezes Over (2005), Brotherly Love (2006) and 16 Going on 21 (2008). Romance and African American teenagers are also recorded subjects.

How many Darrien Lee books are there?

Darrien Lee has 17 books, released between 2001 and 2017. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Darrien Lee Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Darrien Lee 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 All That and a Bag of Chips by Darrien Lee, book 1 of the Venice-Craig Saga (2001)
  2. Cover of Been There, Done That by Darrien Lee, book 2 of the Venice-Craig Saga (2003)
  3. Cover of What Goes Around Comes Around by Darrien Lee, book 3 of the Venice-Craig Saga (2004)
  4. Cover of When Hell Freezes Over by Darrien Lee, book 4 of the Venice-Craig Saga (2005)
  5. Cover of Brotherly Love by Darrien Lee (2006)
  6. Cover of Talk To The Hand by Darrien Lee (2006)
  7. Cover of 16 Going on 21 by Darrien Lee, book 1 of the Denim Diaries series (2008)
  8. Cover of Grown in Sixty Seconds by Darrien Lee, book 2 of the Denim Diaries series (2008)
  9. Cover of Double Crossed by Darrien Lee, book 5 of the Venice-Craig Saga (2008)
  10. Cover of Queen of the Yard by Darrien Lee, book 3 of the Denim Diaries series (2009)
  11. Cover of Broken Promises by Darrien Lee, book 4 of the Denim Diaries series (2009)
  12. Cover of Unspoken Lies by Darrien Lee (2010)
  13. Cover of Precious Stones by Darrien Lee (2012)
  14. Cover of Lying to Live by Darrien Lee, book 6 of the Denim Diaries series (2012)
  1. 1
    All That and a Bag of ChipsVenice-Craig Saga #12001 · 371 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001371
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  2. 2
    Been There, Done ThatVenice-Craig Saga #22003 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003281
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  3. 3
    What Goes Around Comes AroundVenice-Craig Saga #32004 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004260
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  4. 4
    When Hell Freezes OverVenice-Craig Saga #42005 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005320
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  5. 5
    Brotherly Love2006 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006296
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  6. 6
    Talk To The Hand2006 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006306
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  7. 7
    The Last Chance2007 · 315 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007315
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  8. 8
    16 Going on 21Denim Diaries #12008 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008181
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  9. 9
    Grown in Sixty SecondsDenim Diaries #22008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  10. 10
    Double CrossedVenice-Craig Saga #52008 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008338
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  11. 11
    Queen of the YardDenim Diaries #32009 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009252
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  12. 12
    Broken PromisesDenim Diaries #42009 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009202
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  13. 13
    Unspoken Lies2010 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010233
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  14. 14
    Raising KaneDenim Diaries #52010 · 153 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010153
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  15. 15
    Precious Stones2012 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012351
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  16. 16
    Lying to LiveDenim Diaries #62012 · 138 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012138
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  17. 17
    Love Past The Moment2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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Darrien Lee 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.

Denim Diaries in order

6 books
  1. 1. 16 Going on 21
  2. 2. Grown in Sixty Seconds
  3. 3. Queen of the Yard
  4. 4. Broken Promises
  5. 5. Raising Kane
  6. 6. Lying to Live

Venice-Craig Saga in order

5 books
  1. 1. All That and a Bag of Chips
  2. 2. Been There, Done That
  3. 3. What Goes Around Comes Around
  4. 4. When Hell Freezes Over
  5. 5. Double Crossed

Standalone books

6 books

6 Darrien Lee titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Darrien Lee books in order?

You only need to read Darrien Lee 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 Darrien Lee

Start with All That and a Bag of Chips (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Darrien Lee book?

Love Past The Moment (2017) is the newest Darrien Lee book released so far.

Is there a new Darrien Lee book coming?

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

Darrien Lee at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Darrien Lee title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Darrien Lee books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,997 pages across the 15 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 281 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Darrien Lee books, 12 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the Darrien Lee books are about

15 of the 17 Darrien Lee books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 12 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.