Holly Goldberg Sloan Books in Order

Holly Goldberg Sloan has written 8 books, published between 2002 and 2023. The first book is Keeper - Touchdown Edition (2002) and the newest is Pieces of Blue (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2002–2023
Pages on record
1,056 in 4 of 8 books
Reading time
18–26 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,056 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Holly Goldberg Sloan writes children's fiction, with soccer, orphans, schools, gardening and eccentrics among the recorded subjects. Eight catalogued books stretch from Keeper - Touchdown Edition (2002) to Pieces of Blue (2023), and two series are recorded: I'll Be There and a children's grouping under the Sloan name. Counting by 7s (2013), Appleblossom the Possum (2015), Short (2017) and The Elephant in the Room (2021) are among the titles.

How many Holly Goldberg Sloan books are there?

Holly Goldberg Sloan has 8 books, released between 2002 and 2023. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Holly Goldberg Sloan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Holly Goldberg Sloan 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. 1
    Keeper - Touchdown EditionDream #12002 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002146
  2. 2
    I'll Be ThereI'll Be There #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  3. 3
    Counting by 7sHolly Goldberg Sloan Children's #12013 · 380 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013380
  4. 4
    Just Call My NameI'll Be There #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  5. 5
    Appleblossom the PossumHolly Goldberg Sloan Children's #22015 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015274
  6. 6
    ShortHolly Goldberg Sloan Children's #32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  7. 7
    The Elephant in the RoomHolly Goldberg Sloan Children's #52021 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021256
  8. 8
    Pieces of Blue2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

Holly Goldberg Sloan 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.

Holly Goldberg Sloan Children's in order

4 books
  1. 1. Counting by 7s
  2. 2. Appleblossom the Possum
  3. 3. Short
  4. 5. The Elephant in the Room

I'll Be There in order

2 books
  1. 1. I'll Be There
  2. 2. Just Call My Name

Dream in order

1 book
  1. 1. Keeper - Touchdown Edition

Standalone books

1 book

1 Holly Goldberg Sloan title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Holly Goldberg Sloan books in order?

You only need to read Holly Goldberg Sloan 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 Holly Goldberg Sloan

Start with Keeper - Touchdown Edition (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Holly Goldberg Sloan book?

Pieces of Blue (2023) is the newest Holly Goldberg Sloan book released so far.

Is there a new Holly Goldberg Sloan book coming?

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

Holly Goldberg Sloan at a glance

Paused
No new Holly Goldberg Sloan title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Holly Goldberg Sloan books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,056 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 265 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Holly Goldberg Sloan books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Holly Goldberg Sloan books are about

4 of the 8 Holly Goldberg Sloan 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 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.