Desirée Books in Order

Desirée has written 36 books, published between 2014 and 2023. The first book is A Cry for Help: Who's Listening? (2014) and the newest is The Love Child (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
36
Published
2014–2023
Pages on record
954 in 3 of 36 books

Desirée has 36 books catalogued between 2014 and 2023. Subject tags set the work among African American characters in Atlanta, Georgia, with dysfunctional families, brothers and love triangles recurring. A Cry for Help: Who's Listening? and the first four For the Love of ATL books all date from 2014, followed by The Carter Boys and The Carter Girls in 2015. Other headings include Not Another Thug Story, Tuesday, Bruh Man, Skye Indie Film and a non-fiction list. The newest listed title is The Love Child (2023), and the Desirée listing is dormant.

Source: composed

How many Desirée books are there?

Desirée has 36 books, released between 2014 and 2023. They include 8 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Desirée Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 36 Desirée 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    A Cry for Help: Who's Listening?Desirée Non-Fiction #12014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  2. 2
    For the Love of ATL 1For the Love of ATL #12014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  3. 3
    For the Love of ATL 2For the Love of ATL #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  4. 4
    For the Love of ATL 3For the Love of ATL #32014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  5. 5
    For the Love of ATL 4For the Love of ATL #42014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  6. 6
    The Carter BoysCarter Boys #12015 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015266
  7. 7
    The Carter Girls: Book 1 & 2Carter Girls #12015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
  8. 8
    The Carter Girls: Book 3, 4 & 5Carter Girls #22015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
  9. 9
    The Return of the Carter BoysCarter Boys #22015 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015384
  10. 10
    BambinoTuesday #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  11. 11
    Let's Take Em To ChurchDesirée Short Stories/Novellas #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  12. 12
    Not Another Thug StoryNot Another Thug Story #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  13. 13
    Not Another Thug Story 2Not Another Thug Story #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  14. 14
    OpiumTuesday #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  15. 15
    Wage Of SinDesirée Short Stories/Novellas #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  16. 16
    Not Another Thug Story 3Not Another Thug Story #32016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  17. 17
    KOVENot Another Thug Story #42016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  18. 18
    The Skye SistersSkye Indie Film #12017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  19. 19
    NirvanaSkye Indie Film #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  20. 20
    ChaosSkye Indie Film #32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  21. 21
    DeliriousTuesday #32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  22. 22
    ATL Diaries2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
  23. 23
    Paper DreamsDesirée Non-Fiction #22018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
  24. 24
    SamsaraSkye Indie Film #42018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
  25. 25
    HoodwinkedMoon #12019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
  26. 26
    ATL Diaries: Vol. 22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
  27. 27
    Moon ChildMoon #22020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
  28. 28
    CharmedMoon #32020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
  29. 29
    Don't Mess with the Carter BoysCarter Boys #32020 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020304
  30. 30
    FantaseaMoon #42020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
  31. 31
    Skye FallMoon #52021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
  32. 32
    The Perfect Sister2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
  33. 33
    Bruh ManBruh Man #12023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
  34. 34
    Book of KuranBruh Man #22023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
  35. 35
    The Girl Below2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
  36. 36
    The Love ChildBruh Man #32023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–

Desirée 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.

Moon in order

5 books
  1. 1. Hoodwinked
  2. 2. Moon Child
  3. 3. Charmed
  4. 4. Fantasea
  5. 5. Skye Fall

For the Love of ATL in order

4 books
  1. 1. For the Love of ATL 1
  2. 2. For the Love of ATL 2
  3. 3. For the Love of ATL 3
  4. 4. For the Love of ATL 4

Not Another Thug Story in order

4 books
  1. 1. Not Another Thug Story
  2. 2. Not Another Thug Story 2
  3. 3. Not Another Thug Story 3
  4. 4. KOVE

Skye Indie Film in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Skye Sisters
  2. 2. Nirvana
  3. 3. Chaos
  4. 4. Samsara

Carter Boys in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Carter Boys
  2. 2. The Return of the Carter Boys
  3. 3. Don't Mess with the Carter Boys

Tuesday in order

3 books
  1. 1. Bambino
  2. 2. Opium
  3. 3. Delirious

Bruh Man in order

3 books
  1. 1. Bruh Man
  2. 2. Book of Kuran
  3. 3. The Love Child

Desirée Non-Fiction

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Carter Girls in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Carter Girls: Book 1 & 2
  2. 2. The Carter Girls: Book 3, 4 & 5

Desirée Short Stories/Novellas

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

4 books

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

Do you have to read Desirée books in order?

You only need to read Desirée books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Desirée

Start with A Cry for Help: Who's Listening? (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Desirée book?

The Love Child (2023) is the newest Desirée book released so far.

Is there a new Desirée book coming?

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

Desirée at a glance

Paused
No new Desirée title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Desirée books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
954 pages across the 3 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Desirée books, 26 of 36, were published in the 2010s.

When Desirée books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Desirée titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 26 titles.

2010s
26
2020s
10

36 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Desirée books are about

3 of the 36 Desirée 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 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.