Diane McKinney-Whetstone Books in Order
Diane McKinney-Whetstone has written 8 books, published between 1996 and 2025. The first book is Tumbling (1996) and the newest is Family Spirit (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1996–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,464 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 41–62 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,464 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, born 14 August 1953, is an American novelist and a member of the Creative Writing faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. Her fiction has taken the BCALA Literary Award for Fiction in 2005 and again in 2009. Tumbling (1996) opens a catalogue of 8 books that reaches Family Spirit (2025). Subject headings name African American families, Philadelphia, sisters, married people and foster children. Tempest Rising (1998), Leaving Cecil Street (2004) and Lazaretto (2016) sit along the way, at a median length of 368 pages.
How many Diane McKinney-Whetstone books are there?
Diane McKinney-Whetstone has 8 books, released between 1996 and 2025.
Diane McKinney-Whetstone Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Diane McKinney-Whetstone 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.
- 1Tumbling1996 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/419963682/4
- 2Tempest Rising1998 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/419984002/4
- 3Blues Dancing1999 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/419994002/4
- 4Leaving Cecil Street2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420043202/4
- 5Trading Dreams at Midnight2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420053202/4
- 6Lazaretto2016 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420163682/4
- 7Our Gen2022 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420222882/4
- 8Family Spirit2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Diane McKinney-Whetstone 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
8 books8 Diane McKinney-Whetstone titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Diane McKinney-Whetstone books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Diane McKinney-Whetstone books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Start with Tumbling (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Diane McKinney-Whetstone book?
Family Spirit (2025) is the newest Diane McKinney-Whetstone book released so far.
Is there a new Diane McKinney-Whetstone book coming?
No next Diane McKinney-Whetstone book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Diane McKinney-Whetstone at a glance
- Still publishing
- Diane McKinney-Whetstone published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Diane McKinney-Whetstone books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 2,464 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Diane McKinney-Whetstone books, 3 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
What the Diane McKinney-Whetstone books are about
7 of the 8 Diane McKinney-Whetstone 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 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 5 of 7 books
- African American families 3 of 7 books
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 3 of 7 books
- African American women 2 of 7 books