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Jacquelyn Mitchard Books in Order

Jacquelyn Mitchard has written 29 books, published between 1985 and 2025. The first book is Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family (1985) and the newest is The Birdwatcher (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1985–2025
Pages on record
6,678 in 22 of 29 books
Reading time
111–167 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,678 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 29 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jacquelyn Mitchard, author

Jacquelyn Mitchard is an American journalist and novelist who also writes for children. The Deep End of the Ocean (1996) was the first title chosen for Oprah's Book Club, on 17 September 1996. Twenty-nine books are catalogued from Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family (1985) to The Birdwatcher (2025), among them The Most Wanted (1998), A Theory of Relativity (2001), Twelve Times Blessed (2003) and children's titles such as Baby Bat's Lullaby (2004). Mitchard's series are Cappadora Family, Midnight Twins and What We Saw at Night. Mitchard teaches creative writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

How many Jacquelyn Mitchard books are there?

Jacquelyn Mitchard has 29 books, released between 1985 and 2025. They include 3 series and 21 titles listed outside any series.

Jacquelyn Mitchard Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Jacquelyn Mitchard 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 Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family by Jacquelyn Mitchard (1985)
  2. Cover of The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard, book 1 of the Cappadora Family series (1996)
  3. Cover of The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship by Jacquelyn Mitchard (1997)
  4. Cover of A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2001)
  5. Cover of Twelve Times Blessed by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2003)
  6. Cover of Christmas, Present by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2003)
  7. Cover of Baby Bat's Lullaby by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2004)
  8. Cover of Starring Prima!: The Mouse of the Ballet Jolie by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2004)
  9. Cover of The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2005)
  10. Cover of Rosalie, My Rosalie: The Tale of a Duckling by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2005)
  11. Cover of Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2006)
  12. Cover of Ready, Set, School! by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2007)
  13. Cover of Now You See Her by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2007)
  14. Cover of The Midnight Twins by Jacquelyn Mitchard, book 1 of the Midnight Twins series (2008)
  15. Cover of All We Know of Heaven by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2008)
  16. Cover of Look Both Ways by Jacquelyn Mitchard, book 2 of the Midnight Twins series (2009)
  17. Cover of No Time to Wave Goodbye by Jacquelyn Mitchard, book 2 of the Cappadora Family series (2009)
  18. Cover of Second Nature by Jacquelyn Mitchard, book 3 of the Cappadora Family series (2011)
  19. Cover of What We Lost in the Dark by Jacquelyn Mitchard, book 2 of the What We Saw at Night series (2013)
  20. Cover of Two If by Sea by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2016)
  21. Cover of The Good Son by Jacquelyn Mitchard (2022)
  1. 1
    Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family1985 · 379 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985379
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  2. 2
    Jane Addams: Peace Activist1991 · 68 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199168
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  3. 3
    The Deep End of the OceanCappadora Family #11996 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996464
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  4. 4
    The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship1997 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997255
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  5. 5
    The Most Wanted1998 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998392
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  6. 6
    A Theory of Relativity2001 · 398 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001398
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  7. 7
    Twelve Times Blessed2003 · 532 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003532
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  8. 8
    Christmas, Present2003 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003128
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  9. 9
    Baby Bat's Lullaby2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  10. 10
    Starring Prima!: The Mouse of the Ballet Jolie2004 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004160
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  11. 11
    The Breakdown Lane2005 · 382 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005382
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  12. 12
    Rosalie, My Rosalie: The Tale of a Duckling2005 · 118 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005118
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  13. 13
    Cage of Stars2006 · 317 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006317
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  14. 14
    Ready, Set, School!2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  15. 15
    Still Summer2007 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007384
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  16. 16
    Now You See Her2007 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007224
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  17. 17
    The Midnight TwinsMidnight Twins #12008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  18. 18
    All We Know of Heaven2008 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008312
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  19. 19
    Eagle Eyes2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  20. 20
    Look Both WaysMidnight Twins #22009 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009288
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  21. 21
    No Time to Wave GoodbyeCappadora Family #22009 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009256
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  22. 22
    Watch for Me by MoonlightMidnight Twins #32010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  23. 23
    Second NatureCappadora Family #32011 · 364 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011364
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  24. 24
    What We Saw at NightWhat We Saw at Night #12013 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013252
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  25. 25
    What We Lost in the DarkWhat We Saw at Night #22013 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013262
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  26. 26
    Two If by Sea2016 · 401 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016401
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  27. 27
    The Good Son2022 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022342
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  28. 28
    A Very Inconvenient Scandal2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  29. 29
    The Birdwatcher2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Jacquelyn Mitchard 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.

Cappadora Family in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Deep End of the Ocean
  2. 2. No Time to Wave Goodbye
  3. 3. Second Nature

Midnight Twins in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Midnight Twins
  2. 2. Look Both Ways
  3. 3. Watch for Me by Moonlight

What We Saw at Night in order

2 books
  1. 1. What We Saw at Night
  2. 2. What We Lost in the Dark

Standalone books

21 books

21 Jacquelyn Mitchard titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jacquelyn Mitchard books in order?

You only need to read Jacquelyn Mitchard books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jacquelyn Mitchard

Start with Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jacquelyn Mitchard book?

The Birdwatcher (2025) is the newest Jacquelyn Mitchard book released so far.

Is there a new Jacquelyn Mitchard book coming?

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

Jacquelyn Mitchard at a glance

Still publishing
Jacquelyn Mitchard published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jacquelyn Mitchard books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,678 pages across the 22 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jacquelyn Mitchard books, 16 of 29, were published in the 2000s.

What the Jacquelyn Mitchard books are about

25 of the 29 Jacquelyn Mitchard 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 6 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.