Janet Fitch Books in Order
Janet Fitch has written 5 books, published between 1995 and 2019. The first book is Kicks (1995) and the newest is Chimes of a Lost Cathedral (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 1995–2019
- Pages on record
- 2,189 in 4 of 5 books
- Reading time
- 36–55 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,189 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.
Janet Fitch is an American novelist, born in Los Angeles in 1955 and a graduate of Reed College, where she first intended to become a historian. White Oleander (1999) is the best known novel and reached the screen in 2002. Five books are catalogued: Kicks (1995), White Oleander, Paint it Black (2006), The Revolution of Marina M. (2017) and Chimes of a Lost Cathedral (2019). Foster children, mothers and daughters, Los Angeles and drug abuse recur as subjects.
How many Janet Fitch books are there?
Janet Fitch has 5 books, released between 1995 and 2019. 2 of them belong to the Revolution of Marina M. series.
Janet Fitch Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Janet Fitch 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.
- 1Kicks1995 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/419952511/4
- 2White Oleander1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 3Paint it Black2006 · 387 pages · confirmed 1/420063871/4
- 420178161/4
- 520197351/4
Janet Fitch 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.
Revolution of Marina M. in order
2 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Janet Fitch titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Janet Fitch books in order?
You only need to read Janet Fitch books in order within the Revolution of Marina M. series, which holds 2 of the 5 Janet Fitch books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Janet Fitch
Start with Kicks (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Janet Fitch book?
Chimes of a Lost Cathedral (2019) is the newest Janet Fitch book released so far.
Is there a new Janet Fitch book coming?
No next Janet Fitch book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Janet Fitch at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Janet Fitch title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Janet Fitch books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 2,189 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 561 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Janet Fitch books, 2 of 5, were published in the 2010s.
What the Janet Fitch books are about
All 5 Janet Fitch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: young women is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Young women 4 of 5 books
- History 2 of 5 books
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 2 of 5 books
- Upper class women 2 of 5 books
- Bereavement 1 of 5 books
- Children of prisoners 1 of 5 books
- Children's fiction 1 of 5 books
- Coming of age 1 of 5 books
- Drug abuse 1 of 5 books
- Fantasy 1 of 5 books
- Historical fiction 1 of 5 books
- First loves 1 of 5 books