Jeanne DuPrau Books in Order
Jeanne DuPrau has written 14 books, published between 1981 and 2023. The first book is Adoption: The Facts, Feelings and Issues of a Double Heritage (1981) and the newest is Project F (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1981–2023
- Confirmed
- 3 of 14 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,029 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 34–51 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,029 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Jeanne DuPrau, born in 1944, is an American author living in Menlo Park, California, and is best known for The Books of Ember, science fiction novels for young people. The catalogue lists a Book of Ember series and titles such as The City of Ember (2003) and The People of Sparks (2004). DuPrau's 14 catalogued books also include Adoption: The Facts, Feelings and Issues of a Double Heritage (1981), The Apple IIgs Book (1987) and Cloning (1999). Project F (2023) is the newest title.
The City of Ember follows teenagers Lina and Doon, who set out to find a way out of the underground city as its generator fails and resources run low.
How many Jeanne DuPrau books are there?
Jeanne DuPrau has 14 books, released between 1981 and 2023. 4 of them belong to the Book of Ember series.
Jeanne DuPrau Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Jeanne DuPrau 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.
- 1Adoption: The Facts, Feelings and Issues of a Double Heritage1981 · 129 pages · confirmed 2/419811292/4
- 2Golden God1981 · 76 pages · confirmed 2/41981762/4
- 3The Apple IIgs Book1987 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/419872372/4
- 4The Earth House1992 · 180 pages · confirmed 2/419921802/4
- 519991122/4
- 62001482/4
- 7The American Colonies2001 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/42001482/4
- 820032882/4
- 920043383/4
- 10Car Trouble2005 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420052882/4
- 112006–3/4
- 1220082853/4
- 132016–2/4
- 14Project F2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
Jeanne DuPrau characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Ember books in order 4 books
Jeanne DuPrau 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.
Do you have to read Jeanne DuPrau books in order?
You only need to read Jeanne DuPrau books in order within the Book of Ember series, which holds 4 of the 14 Jeanne DuPrau books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jeanne DuPrau
Start with The City of Ember (2003), the first Ember book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Adoption: The Facts, Feelings and Issues of a Double Heritage (1981).
What is the newest Jeanne DuPrau book?
Project F (2023) is the newest Jeanne DuPrau book released so far.
Is there a new Jeanne DuPrau book coming?
No next Jeanne DuPrau book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jeanne DuPrau at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jeanne DuPrau title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jeanne DuPrau books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,029 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 180 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jeanne DuPrau books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Jeanne DuPrau books are about
13 of the 14 Jeanne DuPrau 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 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 4 of 13 books
- Fantasy 4 of 13 books
- Juvenile literature 4 of 13 books
- Computer 2 of 13 books