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Helen Phillips Books in Order

Helen Phillips has written 9 books, published between 2012 and 2024. The first book is Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green (2012) and the newest is Hum (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2012–2024
Pages on record
665 in 3 of 9 books
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Photo of Helen Phillips, author

Helen Phillips, born in 1981, is an American novelist. The catalogue holds 9 books published between 2012 and 2024, opening with Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green (2012) and reaching Hum (2024). Subjects recorded against the books include jungles, endangered species, birds, bureaucracy, missing persons and fantasy, alongside children's stories. The Beautiful Bureaucrat (2015), Some Possible Solutions and The Doppelgängers (2016), The Need (2019) and And Yet They Were Happy (2023) also carry the credit.

How many Helen Phillips books are there?

Helen Phillips has 9 books, released between 2012 and 2024.

Helen Phillips Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Helen Phillips 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 Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green by Helen Phillips (2012)
  2. Cover of Upside Down in the Jungle by Helen Phillips (2013)
  3. Cover of The Beautiful Bureaucrat by Helen Phillips (2015)
  4. Cover of Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips (2016)
  5. Cover of The Need by Helen Phillips (2019)
  6. Cover of Hum by Helen Phillips (2024)
  1. 1
    Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    The Knowers2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  3. 3
    Upside Down in the Jungle2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Beautiful Bureaucrat2015 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015180
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Doppelgängers2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Some Possible Solutions2016 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016213
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Need2019 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    And Yet They Were Happy2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Hum2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Helen Phillips 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

9 books

9 Helen Phillips titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Helen Phillips books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 9 Helen Phillips books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Helen Phillips

Start with Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Helen Phillips book?

Hum (2024) is the newest Helen Phillips book released so far.

Is there a new Helen Phillips book coming?

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

Helen Phillips at a glance

Still publishing
Helen Phillips published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Helen Phillips books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
665 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 213 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Helen Phillips books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Helen Phillips books are about

6 of the 9 Helen Phillips books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: endangered species is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.